Whole-genome sequencing of giant pandas provides insights into demographic history and local adaptation
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Whole-genome sequencing of giant pandas provides insights into demographic history and local adaptation. / Zhao, Shancen; Zheng, Pingping; Dong, Shanshan; Zhan, Xiangjiang; Wu, Qi; Guo, Xiaosen; Hu, Yibo; He, Weiming; Zhang, Shanning; Fan, Wei; Zhu, Lifeng; Li, Dong; Zhang, Xuemei; Chen, Quan; Zhang, Hemin; Zhang, Zhihe; Jin, Xuelin; Zhang, Jinguo; Yang, Huanming; Wang, Jian; Wang, Jun; Wei, Fuwen.
In: Nature Genetics, Vol. 45, No. 1, 2013, p. 67-71.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Whole-genome sequencing of giant pandas provides insights into demographic history and local adaptation
AU - Zhao, Shancen
AU - Zheng, Pingping
AU - Dong, Shanshan
AU - Zhan, Xiangjiang
AU - Wu, Qi
AU - Guo, Xiaosen
AU - Hu, Yibo
AU - He, Weiming
AU - Zhang, Shanning
AU - Fan, Wei
AU - Zhu, Lifeng
AU - Li, Dong
AU - Zhang, Xuemei
AU - Chen, Quan
AU - Zhang, Hemin
AU - Zhang, Zhihe
AU - Jin, Xuelin
AU - Zhang, Jinguo
AU - Yang, Huanming
AU - Wang, Jian
AU - Wang, Jun
AU - Wei, Fuwen
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - The panda lineage dates back to the late Miocene and ultimately leads to only one extant species, the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca). Although global climate change and anthropogenic disturbances are recognized to shape animal population demography their contribution to panda population dynamics remains largely unknown. We sequenced the whole genomes of 34 pandas at an average 4.7-fold coverage and used this data set together with the previously deep-sequenced panda genome to reconstruct a continuous demographic history of pandas from their origin to the present. We identify two population expansions, two bottlenecks and two divergences. Evidence indicated that, whereas global changes in climate were the primary drivers of population fluctuation for millions of years, human activities likely underlie recent population divergence and serious decline. We identified three distinct panda populations that show genetic adaptation to their environments. However, in all three populations, anthropogenic activities have negatively affected pandas for 3,000 years.
AB - The panda lineage dates back to the late Miocene and ultimately leads to only one extant species, the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca). Although global climate change and anthropogenic disturbances are recognized to shape animal population demography their contribution to panda population dynamics remains largely unknown. We sequenced the whole genomes of 34 pandas at an average 4.7-fold coverage and used this data set together with the previously deep-sequenced panda genome to reconstruct a continuous demographic history of pandas from their origin to the present. We identify two population expansions, two bottlenecks and two divergences. Evidence indicated that, whereas global changes in climate were the primary drivers of population fluctuation for millions of years, human activities likely underlie recent population divergence and serious decline. We identified three distinct panda populations that show genetic adaptation to their environments. However, in all three populations, anthropogenic activities have negatively affected pandas for 3,000 years.
U2 - 10.1038/ng.2494
DO - 10.1038/ng.2494
M3 - Letter
C2 - 23242367
VL - 45
SP - 67
EP - 71
JO - Nature Genetics
JF - Nature Genetics
SN - 1061-4036
IS - 1
ER -
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