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NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS
卷 23, 期 11, 页码 697-710出版社
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41576-022-00514-4
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- Wellcome Trust [206194, 218328]
- European Research Council [339873]
- UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BB/R007500/1]
- Wellcome Trust Investigator award [209368/Z/17/Z]
- Wellcome Trust [209368/Z/17/Z] Funding Source: Wellcome Trust
This article discusses how alternative splicing generates phenotypic diversity and contributes to adaptation and species divergence. Comparisons of splicing profiles between closely related species using new technologies have helped in understanding the evolution of alternative splicing.
A major goal of evolutionary genetics is to understand the genetic processes that give rise to phenotypic diversity in multicellular organisms. Alternative splicing generates multiple transcripts from a single gene, enriching the diversity of proteins and phenotypic traits. It is well established that alternative splicing contributes to key innovations over long evolutionary timescales, such as brain development in bilaterians. However, recent developments in long-read sequencing and the generation of high-quality genome assemblies for diverse organisms has facilitated comparisons of splicing profiles between closely related species, providing insights into how alternative splicing evolves over shorter timescales. Although most splicing variants are probably non-functional, alternative splicing is nonetheless emerging as a dynamic, evolutionarily labile process that can facilitate adaptation and contribute to species divergence. In this Perspective, the authors discuss how regulated alternative splicing can generate phenotypic diversity and outline emerging evidence that alternative splicing contributes to adaptation and species divergence.
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