Comparative Transcriptomics and Methylomics Reveal Adaptive Responses of Digestive and Metabolic Genes to Dietary Shift in Giant and Red Pandas

Comparative Transcriptomics and Methylomics Reveal Adaptive Responses of Digestive and Metabolic Genes to Dietary Shift in Giant and Red Pandas

Both the giant panda (<i>Ailuropoda melanoleuca</i>) and red panda (<i>Ailurus fulgens</i>) belong to the order Carnivora, but have changed their dietary habits to eating bamboo exclusively. The convergent evolution characteristics of their morphology, genome and gut flora ha...

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Main Authors: Lu Li, Fujun Shen, Xiaodie Jie, Liang Zhang, Guoqiang Yan, Honglin Wu, Yan Huang, Rong Hou, Bisong Yue, Xiuyue Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-08-01
Series:Genes
Subjects:
giant panda
red panda
adaptive evolution
dietary shift
stomach
small intestine
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/13/8/1446

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