Abstract
Whole-genome sequencing projects are increasingly populating the tree of life and characterizing biodiversity 1–4. Sparse taxon sampling has previously been proposed to confound phylogenetic inference 5, and captures only a fraction of the genomic diversity. Here we report a substantial step towards the dense representation of avian phylogenetic and molecular diversity, by analysing 363 genomes from 92.4% of bird families—including 267 newly sequenced genomes produced for phase II of the Bird 10,000 Genomes (B10K) Project. We use this comparative genome dataset in combination with a pipeline that leverages a reference-free whole-genome alignment to identify orthologous regions in greater numbers than has previously been possible and to recognize genomic novelties in particular bird lineages. The densely sampled alignment provides a single-base-pair map of selection, has more than doubled the fraction of bases that are confidently predicted to be under conservation and reveals extensive patterns of weak selection in predominantly non-coding DNA. Our results demonstrate that increasing the diversity of genomes used in comparative studies can reveal more shared and lineage-specific variation, and improve the investigation of genomic characteristics. We anticipate that this genomic resource will offer new perspectives on evolutionary processes in cross-species comparative analyses and assist in efforts to conserve species.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 252-257 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Nature |
Volume | 587 |
Issue number | 7833 |
Early online date | 11 Nov 2020 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 12 Nov 2020 |
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Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics. / Feng, Shaohong; Stiller, Josefin; Deng, Yuan; Armstrong, Joel; Fang, Qi; Reeve, Andrew Hart; Xie, Duo; Chen, Guangji; Guo, Chunxue; Faircloth, Brant C.; Petersen, Bent; Wang, Zongji; Zhou, Qi; Diekhans, Mark; Chen, Wanjun; Andreu-Sánchez, Sergio; Margaryan, Ashot; Howard, Jason Travis; Parent, Carole; Pacheco, George; Sinding, Mikkel-Holger S.; Puetz, Lara; Cavill, Emily; Ribeiro, Ângela M.; Eckhart, Leopold; Fjeldså, Jon; Hosner, Peter A.; Brumfield, Robb T.; Christidis, Les; Bertelsen, Mads F.; Sicheritz-Ponten, Thomas; Tietze, Dieter Thomas; Robertson, Bruce C.; Song, Gang; Borgia, Gerald; Claramunt, Santiago; Lovette, Irby J.; Cowen, Saul J.; Njoroge, Peter; Dumbacher, John Philip; Ryder, Oliver A.; Fuchs, Jérôme; Bunce, Michael; Burt, David W.; Cracraft, Joel; Meng, Guanliang; Hackett, Shannon J.; Ryan, Peter G.; Jønsson, Knud Andreas; Jamieson, Ian G.; Da Fonseca, Rute R.; Braun, Edward L.; Houde, Peter; Mirarab, Siavash; Suh, Alexander; Hansson, Bengt; Ponnikas, Suvi; Sigeman, Hanna; Stervander, Martin; Frandsen, Paul B.; Van Der Zwan, Henriette; Van Der Sluis, Rencia; Visser, Carina; Balakrishnan, Christopher N.; Clark, Andrew G.; Fitzpatrick, John W.; Bowman, Reed; Chen, Nancy; Cloutier, Alison; Sackton, Timothy B.; Edwards, Scott V.; Foote, Dustin J.; Shakya, Subir B.; Sheldon, Frederick H.; Vignal, Alain; Soares, André E. R.; Shapiro, Beth; González-Solís, Jacob; Ferrer-Obiol, Joan; Rozas, Julio; Riutort, Marta; Tigano, Anna; Friesen, Vicki; Dalén, Love; Urrutia, Araxi O.; Székely, Tamás; Liu, Yang; Campana, Michael G.; Corvelo, André; Fleischer, Robert C.; Rutherford, Kim M.; Gemmell, Neil J.; Dussex, Nicolas; Mouritsen, Henrik; Thiele, Nadine; Delmore, Kira; Liedvogel, Miriam; Franke, Andre; Hoeppner, Marc P.; Krone, Oliver; Fudickar, Adam M.; Milá, Borja; Ketterson, Ellen D.; Fidler, Andrew Eric; Friis, Guillermo; Parody-Merino, Ángela M.; Battley, Phil F.; Cox, Murray P.; Lima, Nicholas Costa Barroso; Prosdocimi, Francisco; Parchman, Thomas Lee; Schlinger, Barney A.; Loiselle, Bette A.; Blake, John G.; Lim, Haw Chuan; Day, Lainy B.; Fuxjager, Matthew J.; Baldwin, Maude W.; Braun, Michael J.; Wirthlin, Morgan; Dikow, Rebecca B.; Ryder, T. Brandt; Camenisch, Glauco; Keller, Lukas F.; Dacosta, Jeffrey M.; Hauber, Mark E.; Louder, Matthew I. M.; Witt, Christopher C.; Mcguire, Jimmy A.; Mudge, Joann; Megna, Libby C.; Carling, Matthew D.; Wang, Biao; Taylor, Scott A.; Del-Rio, Glaucia; Aleixo, Alexandre; Vasconcelos, Ana Tereza Ribeiro; Mello, Claudio V.; Weir, Jason T.; Haussler, David; Li, Qiye; Yang, Huanming; Wang, Jian; Lei, Fumin; Rahbek, Carsten; Gilbert, M. Thomas P.; Graves, Gary R.; Jarvis, Erich D.; Paten, Benedict; Zhang, Guojie.
In: Nature, Vol. 587, No. 7833, 12.11.2020, p. 252-257.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
TY - JOUR
T1 - Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics
AU - Feng, Shaohong
AU - Stiller, Josefin
AU - Deng, Yuan
AU - Armstrong, Joel
AU - Fang, Qi
AU - Reeve, Andrew Hart
AU - Xie, Duo
AU - Chen, Guangji
AU - Guo, Chunxue
AU - Faircloth, Brant C.
AU - Petersen, Bent
AU - Wang, Zongji
AU - Zhou, Qi
AU - Diekhans, Mark
AU - Chen, Wanjun
AU - Andreu-Sánchez, Sergio
AU - Margaryan, Ashot
AU - Howard, Jason Travis
AU - Parent, Carole
AU - Pacheco, George
AU - Sinding, Mikkel-Holger S.
AU - Puetz, Lara
AU - Cavill, Emily
AU - Ribeiro, Ângela M.
AU - Eckhart, Leopold
AU - Fjeldså, Jon
AU - Hosner, Peter A.
AU - Brumfield, Robb T.
AU - Christidis, Les
AU - Bertelsen, Mads F.
AU - Sicheritz-Ponten, Thomas
AU - Tietze, Dieter Thomas
AU - Robertson, Bruce C.
AU - Song, Gang
AU - Borgia, Gerald
AU - Claramunt, Santiago
AU - Lovette, Irby J.
AU - Cowen, Saul J.
AU - Njoroge, Peter
AU - Dumbacher, John Philip
AU - Ryder, Oliver A.
AU - Fuchs, Jérôme
AU - Bunce, Michael
AU - Burt, David W.
AU - Cracraft, Joel
AU - Meng, Guanliang
AU - Hackett, Shannon J.
AU - Ryan, Peter G.
AU - Jønsson, Knud Andreas
AU - Jamieson, Ian G.
AU - Da Fonseca, Rute R.
AU - Braun, Edward L.
AU - Houde, Peter
AU - Mirarab, Siavash
AU - Suh, Alexander
AU - Hansson, Bengt
AU - Ponnikas, Suvi
AU - Sigeman, Hanna
AU - Stervander, Martin
AU - Frandsen, Paul B.
AU - Van Der Zwan, Henriette
AU - Van Der Sluis, Rencia
AU - Visser, Carina
AU - Balakrishnan, Christopher N.
AU - Clark, Andrew G.
AU - Fitzpatrick, John W.
AU - Bowman, Reed
AU - Chen, Nancy
AU - Cloutier, Alison
AU - Sackton, Timothy B.
AU - Edwards, Scott V.
AU - Foote, Dustin J.
AU - Shakya, Subir B.
AU - Sheldon, Frederick H.
AU - Vignal, Alain
AU - Soares, André E. R.
AU - Shapiro, Beth
AU - González-Solís, Jacob
AU - Ferrer-Obiol, Joan
AU - Rozas, Julio
AU - Riutort, Marta
AU - Tigano, Anna
AU - Friesen, Vicki
AU - Dalén, Love
AU - Urrutia, Araxi O.
AU - Székely, Tamás
AU - Liu, Yang
AU - Campana, Michael G.
AU - Corvelo, André
AU - Fleischer, Robert C.
AU - Rutherford, Kim M.
AU - Gemmell, Neil J.
AU - Dussex, Nicolas
AU - Mouritsen, Henrik
AU - Thiele, Nadine
AU - Delmore, Kira
AU - Liedvogel, Miriam
AU - Franke, Andre
AU - Hoeppner, Marc P.
AU - Krone, Oliver
AU - Fudickar, Adam M.
AU - Milá, Borja
AU - Ketterson, Ellen D.
AU - Fidler, Andrew Eric
AU - Friis, Guillermo
AU - Parody-Merino, Ángela M.
AU - Battley, Phil F.
AU - Cox, Murray P.
AU - Lima, Nicholas Costa Barroso
AU - Prosdocimi, Francisco
AU - Parchman, Thomas Lee
AU - Schlinger, Barney A.
AU - Loiselle, Bette A.
AU - Blake, John G.
AU - Lim, Haw Chuan
AU - Day, Lainy B.
AU - Fuxjager, Matthew J.
AU - Baldwin, Maude W.
AU - Braun, Michael J.
AU - Wirthlin, Morgan
AU - Dikow, Rebecca B.
AU - Ryder, T. Brandt
AU - Camenisch, Glauco
AU - Keller, Lukas F.
AU - Dacosta, Jeffrey M.
AU - Hauber, Mark E.
AU - Louder, Matthew I. M.
AU - Witt, Christopher C.
AU - Mcguire, Jimmy A.
AU - Mudge, Joann
AU - Megna, Libby C.
AU - Carling, Matthew D.
AU - Wang, Biao
AU - Taylor, Scott A.
AU - Del-Rio, Glaucia
AU - Aleixo, Alexandre
AU - Vasconcelos, Ana Tereza Ribeiro
AU - Mello, Claudio V.
AU - Weir, Jason T.
AU - Haussler, David
AU - Li, Qiye
AU - Yang, Huanming
AU - Wang, Jian
AU - Lei, Fumin
AU - Rahbek, Carsten
AU - Gilbert, M. Thomas P.
AU - Graves, Gary R.
AU - Jarvis, Erich D.
AU - Paten, Benedict
AU - Zhang, Guojie
N1 - Author Correction at: 10.1038/s41586-021-03473-8
PY - 2020/11/12
Y1 - 2020/11/12
N2 - Whole-genome sequencing projects are increasingly populating the tree of life and characterizing biodiversity 1–4. Sparse taxon sampling has previously been proposed to confound phylogenetic inference 5, and captures only a fraction of the genomic diversity. Here we report a substantial step towards the dense representation of avian phylogenetic and molecular diversity, by analysing 363 genomes from 92.4% of bird families—including 267 newly sequenced genomes produced for phase II of the Bird 10,000 Genomes (B10K) Project. We use this comparative genome dataset in combination with a pipeline that leverages a reference-free whole-genome alignment to identify orthologous regions in greater numbers than has previously been possible and to recognize genomic novelties in particular bird lineages. The densely sampled alignment provides a single-base-pair map of selection, has more than doubled the fraction of bases that are confidently predicted to be under conservation and reveals extensive patterns of weak selection in predominantly non-coding DNA. Our results demonstrate that increasing the diversity of genomes used in comparative studies can reveal more shared and lineage-specific variation, and improve the investigation of genomic characteristics. We anticipate that this genomic resource will offer new perspectives on evolutionary processes in cross-species comparative analyses and assist in efforts to conserve species.
AB - Whole-genome sequencing projects are increasingly populating the tree of life and characterizing biodiversity 1–4. Sparse taxon sampling has previously been proposed to confound phylogenetic inference 5, and captures only a fraction of the genomic diversity. Here we report a substantial step towards the dense representation of avian phylogenetic and molecular diversity, by analysing 363 genomes from 92.4% of bird families—including 267 newly sequenced genomes produced for phase II of the Bird 10,000 Genomes (B10K) Project. We use this comparative genome dataset in combination with a pipeline that leverages a reference-free whole-genome alignment to identify orthologous regions in greater numbers than has previously been possible and to recognize genomic novelties in particular bird lineages. The densely sampled alignment provides a single-base-pair map of selection, has more than doubled the fraction of bases that are confidently predicted to be under conservation and reveals extensive patterns of weak selection in predominantly non-coding DNA. Our results demonstrate that increasing the diversity of genomes used in comparative studies can reveal more shared and lineage-specific variation, and improve the investigation of genomic characteristics. We anticipate that this genomic resource will offer new perspectives on evolutionary processes in cross-species comparative analyses and assist in efforts to conserve species.
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