Evolution of cetacean-specific conserved non-coding elements suggests their role in the limb changes during secondary aquatic adaptation
In summary, our study supports the functional role of CNE sequence divergence and the complex mechanisms underlying limb morphology changes in cetaceans.
Authors
- Wenhua Ren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8429-5963)
- Shixia Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0283-0986)
- Zhenhua Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1862-0473)
- Yao Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0935-385X)
- Jia Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6274-2710)
- Yujie Chong
- Guang Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6285-6937)
- Zhenpeng Yu
Institutions
- Nanjing Normal University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Biology
- Published
- 2025-07-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-025-02300-0
- Primary Topic
- Marine animal studies overview
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Government of Jiangsu Province
- Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions
- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou)
- National Key Research and Development Program of China