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Unbiasing in the Genome Analysis of Iconic Shark Species
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: Received: 11 November 2019 / Approved: 18 November 2019 / Online: 18 November 2019 (07:46:50 CET)
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Journal reference: Frontiers in Marine Sciences 2021
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2021.573853
Abstract
A previous study involving whole genome sequencing of the white shark suggested unique molecular evolution accounting for gigantism and the enhanced longevity of sharks including positive selection of dozens of protein-coding genes potentially involved in genome stability. We performed a reanalysis on some of the genes and identified serious flaws in their results. In this short article, we scrutinize one of the serious problems we identified, report other concerns, and point out a potential bias in analyzing iconic shark species in general.
Supplementary and Associated Material
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-018-0673-5: The authors' publication covering non-iconic shark species
Subject Areas
shark; genome; longevity; gigantism; positive selection
Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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