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Phylogeny of Zebrafish, a “Model Species,” within Danio, a “Model Genus”

Overview of attention for article published in Molecular Biology and Evolution, November 2014
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Title
Phylogeny of Zebrafish, a “Model Species,” within Danio, a “Model Genus”
Published in
Molecular Biology and Evolution, November 2014
DOI 10.1093/molbev/msu325
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Braedan M. McCluskey, John H. Postlethwait

Abstract

Zebrafish (Danio rerio) is an important model for vertebrate development, genomics, physiology, behavior, toxicology, and disease. Additionally, work on numerous Danio species is elucidating evolutionary mechanisms for morphological development. Yet, the relationships of zebrafish and its closest relatives remain unclear possibly due to incomplete lineage sorting, speciation with gene flow, and interspecies hybridization. To clarify these relationships, we first constructed phylogenomic data sets from 30,801 restriction-associated DNA (RAD)-tag loci (483,026 variable positions) with clear orthology to a single location in the sequenced zebrafish genome. We then inferred a well-supported species tree for Danio and tested for gene flow during the diversification of the genus. An approach independent of the sequenced zebrafish genome verified all inferred relationships. Although identification of the sister taxon to zebrafish has been contentious, multiple RAD-tag data sets and several analytical methods provided strong evidence for Danio aesculapii as the most closely related extant zebrafish relative studied to date. Data also displayed patterns consistent with gene flow during speciation and postspeciation introgression in the lineage leading to zebrafish. The incorporation of biogeographic data with phylogenomic analyses put these relationships in a phylogeographic context and supplied additional support for D. aesculapii as the sister species to D. rerio. The clear resolution of this study establishes a framework for investigating the evolutionary biology of Danio and the heterogeneity of genome evolution in the recent history of a model organism within an emerging model genus for genetics, development, and evolution.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Switzerland 2 1%
Norway 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Sweden 1 <1%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
New Zealand 1 <1%
Mexico 1 <1%
United States 1 <1%
Unknown 183 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 43 22%
Student > Bachelor 27 14%
Student > Master 25 13%
Researcher 17 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 14 7%
Other 27 14%
Unknown 39 20%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 73 38%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 42 22%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 6 3%
Environmental Science 5 3%
Unspecified 4 2%
Other 20 10%
Unknown 42 22%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 19. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 December 2020.
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