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4. New susceptibility loci for cutaneous melanoma risk and progression revealed using a porcine model

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Bourneuf, Emmanuelle, Jordi Estellé, Jordi, Blin, Amandine, Créchet, Francoise, Schneider, Maria-Del-Pilar, Gilbert, Hélène, Brossard, Myriam, Vaysse, Amaury, Lathrop, Mark, Vincent-Naulleau, Silvia, Demenais, Florence, Génétique Animale et Biologie Intégrative (GABI), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-AgroParisTech, Université Paris Saclay (COmUE), DRF/IRCM/SREIT/LREG, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Taxonomie - Collections (TC), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Génétique Physiologie et Systèmes d'Elevage (GenPhySE ), École nationale supérieure agronomique de Toulouse [ENSAT]-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Toulouse (ENVT), Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Institut Universitaire d'Hématologie (IUH), Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (COMUE) (USPC), Innovation Centre, P&G, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Toulouse (ENVT), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-École nationale supérieure agronomique de Toulouse (ENSAT), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT), and Université de Toulouse (UT)

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pig, [SDV.GEN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics, [SDV.GEN.GA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics/Animal genetics, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], melanoma, GWAS, [INFO]Computer Science [cs], comparative genomics, Research Paper, biomedical model
Abstract

International audience; Despite major advances, it is estimated that a large part of melanoma predisposing genes remains to be discovered. Animal models of spontaneous diseases are valuable tools and experimental crosses can be used to identify and fine-map new susceptibility loci associated with melanoma. We performed a Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS) of melanoma occurrence and progression (clinical ulceration and presence of metastasis) in a porcine model of spontaneous melanoma, the MeLiM pig. Five loci on chromosomes 2, 5, 7, 8 and 16 showed genome-wide significant associations ( p < 5 × 10 –6 ) with either one of these phenotypes. Suggestive associations ( p < 5 × 10 –5 ) were also found at 16 additional loci. Moreover, comparison of the porcine results to those reported by human melanoma GWAS indicated shared association signals notably at CDKAL1 and TERT loci but also nearby CCND1 , FTO, PLA2G6 and TMEM 38B-RAD23B loci. Extensive search of the literature revealed a potential key role of genes at the identified porcine loci in tumor invasion ( DST , PLEKHA5, CBY1 , LIMK2 and ETV5 ) and immune response modulation ( ETV5 , HERC3 and DICER1 ) of the progression phenotypes. These biological processes are consistent with the clinico-pathological features of MeLiM tumors and can open new routes for future melanoma research in humans.

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2018
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5. A rhinocerotid-dominated megafauna: The late Middle Pleistocene Coc Muoi assemblage, Lang Son province, Vietnam

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Anh, Nguyen Tuan, Antoine, Pierre-Olivier, Huong, Nguyen Thi Mai, E. Westaway, Kira, Zhao, Jian-Xin, Philippe, Duringer, Ponche, Jean-Luc, Dung, Sam Canh, Nghia, Truong Huu, Minh, Tran Thi, Pham, Thanh Son, Boyon, Marc, Nguyen, Thi Kim Thuy, Blin, Amandine, Demeter, Fabrice, Bacon, Anne-Marie, Vietnam Institute of Archaeology, Hanoi, Vietnam., Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier (UMR ISEM), École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de recherche pour le développement [IRD] : UR226, Department of Environment and Geography, Macquarie University, Radiogenic Isotope Facility - School of Earth Sciences, Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA), Institut de chimie et procédés pour l'énergie, l'environnement et la santé (ICPEES), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Matériaux et nanosciences d'Alsace (FMNGE), Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de physique du globe de Strasbourg (IPGS), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Dynamique de l'évolution humaine : individus, populations, espèces [Paris] (DEHIPE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Eco-Anthropologie et Ethnobiologie (EAE), and Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

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[SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
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Published
2018

6. Multimodal sexual signalling and mating behavior in olive baboons (Papio anubis)

Author

Rigaill, Lucie, Higham, James, Lee, Phyllis C, Blin, Amandine, and Garcia, Cecile

Subjects
Sexual behavior in animals, mating decisions, ovulation, multimodal signals, sexual swelling, Baboons Behavior, Olive baboon Behavior, sexual communication
Abstract

In primate species, mating decisions seem to be based on multiple signal elements with different roles in the signalling of female reproductive status. Whereas some primate signals are relatively well described(e.g., sexual swellings and copulation calls), studies that simultaneously assess visual, auditory, behavioral, and olfactory cues as signals of reproductive state are rarely undertaken. We used data on variation in sexual behaviors and sexual swellings in relation to the fertile period (estimated from thedate of swelling detumescence) from a troop of semi‐free ranging olive baboons (Papio anubis) to assess how different signals influence patterns of mate choice. Using an objective and quantitative measure of swelling size and color, along with detailed data on sexual behaviors from 13 cycles of nine adult females,we found that fine‐scale variation in sexual swelling size, female behavior and copulation call rates couldadvertise the beginning of the fertile phase whereas swelling color did not. Rates of olfactory inspections by males also increased during the fertile phase, suggesting that olfactory signals were of interest to males and may contain information about ovulation. There was no relationship between femalecharacteristics (age and rank) and the expression of sexual signals, except for proceptive behaviors whichincreased with female rank. Males displayed more sexual behaviors such as approaches and holding and tended to direct more ejaculatory mounts during the fertile phase. All together, we suggest that whereas all males could have information concerning the timing of ovulation through female proceptive behaviors and swelling size, consorting males may have access to additional signals (olfactory cues). Sexual communication in olive baboons is consistent with a multimodal framework for fertility signalling,potentially allowing males and females to establish different mating strategies. The possible selective pressures leading to multi‐modal signalling are discussed.

Published
2013

7. Are phenotypic disparity and rate of morphological evolution correlated with ecological diversity in Carnivora?

Author

Michaud, Margot, Veron, Gèraldine, Peignè, Stèphane, Blin, Amandine, and Fabre, Anne-Claire

Subjects
CARNIVORA, PHENOTYPES, BIOLOGICAL evolution, MORPHOLOGY, MORPHOMETRICS
Abstract

In the modern definition of adaptive radiation, a clade rapidly diversifies from a common ancestor to colonize a wide variety of new ecological niches. The idea of multiplication of species related to an adaptive radiation is well accepted. However, the assessment of how ecological and phenotypic diversity is interrelated in the case of adaptive radiation has rarely been studied. This is the background of the present paper, which aimed to test the correlation between phenotypic disparity and the rate of morphological evolution in relationship to ecological diversity in terrestrial Carnivora. To do so, we used geometric morphometrics to investigate skull shape disparity and the rate of morphological evolution at the family level in Carnivora. Our analyses highlight a correlation between ecological diversity and phenotypic disparity and demonstrate that the skull shape is impacted by ecology. On the contrary, our data do not provide any correlation between ecological diversity and the rate of morphological evolution, nor between phenotypic disparity and the rate of morphological evolution. We suggest that this absence of correlation could be explained by a contrasting tempo and a shift in morphological evolutionary rate among families. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2018
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8. Analysis of Polycerate Mutants Reveals the Evolutionary Co-option of HOXD1 for Horn Patterning in Bovidae

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Daniele Bigi, Fiona Menzi, Slim Ben Jemaa, Marie-Christine Deloche, Aurélien Capitan, Johannes A. Lenstra, Marina Naval-Sanchez, Ivica Medugorac, Nathalie Hirter, Gwenola Tosser-Klopp, Diane Esquerre, Coralie M. Reich, Julia M. Paris, Rose-Marie Arbogast, Amandine Blin, Abdelhak Boukadiri, Aurélie Hintermann, Julie Rivière, Denis Duboule, Raphaël Cornette, Cécile Donnadieu, Marie-Dominique Wandhammer, Gjoko Bunevski, Louisa Gidney, Michael Stache, Isabelle Palhiere, Renate Schafberg, James Kijas, Claude Guintard, Joséphine Lesur, Jozsef Zakany, Rachel Rupp, Noelle E. Cockett, John Hedges, Ashleigh Haruda, Philippe Bardou, Olivier Putelat, Tracy Hadfield, Alain Pinton, Ockert Greyvenstein, Aurélie Allais-Bonnet, Este Van Marle-Koster, Eric Pailhoux, Coralie Danchin-Burge, David G. Riley, Cécile Grohs, Benjamin J. Hayes, Cord Drögemüller, Allice, Biologie de la Reproduction, Environnement, Epigénétique & Développement (BREED), Université Paris-Saclay-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort (ENVA)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ), Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB ), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université des Antilles (UA), Génétique Physiologie et Systèmes d'Elevage (GenPhySE ), Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Toulouse (ENVT), Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-École nationale supérieure agronomique de Toulouse [ENSAT]-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation [Canberra] (CSIRO), École nationale supérieure agronomique de Toulouse [ENSAT]-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Toulouse (ENVT), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Génétique Animale et Biologie Intégrative (GABI), Université Paris-Saclay-AgroParisTech-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), University of Geneva [Switzerland], University of Bologna, Ludwig Maximilian University [Munich] (LMU), Archéologie d'Alsace, Archéologie et histoire ancienne : Méditerranée - Europe (ARCHIMEDE), Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (MCC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA), Texas A&M University [College Station], Utah State University (USU), Université de Carthage - University of Carthage, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, University of Bern, Manx Text, Manx Loaghtan Sheep Breeders (MLSBG), Utrecht University [Utrecht], Rent a Peasant, Archéozoologie, archéobotanique : sociétés, pratiques et environnements (AASPE), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Musée Zoologique de Strasbourg, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire, Agroalimentaire et de l'alimentation Nantes-Atlantique (ONIRIS), Acquisition et Analyse de Données pour l'Histoire naturelle (2AD), MICrobiologie de l'ALImentation au Service de la Santé (MICALIS), AgroParisTech-Université Paris-Saclay-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Génome et Transcriptome - Plateforme Génomique ( GeT-PlaGe), Plateforme Génome & Transcriptome (GET), Génopole Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées [Auzeville] (GENOTOUL), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Toulouse (INSA Toulouse), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Toulouse (ENVT), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Toulouse (INSA Toulouse), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Génopole Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées [Auzeville] (GENOTOUL), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Institut de l'élevage (IDELE), Agriculture Victoria (AgriBio), Tshwane University of Technology [Pretoria] (TUT), Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI), University of Queensland [Brisbane], CSIRO Agriculture and Food (CSIRO), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Collège de France (CdF (institution)), Allais-Bonnet, Aurélie, Hintermann, Aurélie, Deloche, Marie-Christine, Cornette, Raphaël, Bardou, Philippe, Naval-Sanchez, Marina, Pinton, Alain, Haruda, Ashleigh, Grohs, Cécile, Zakany, Jozsef, Bigi, Daniele, Medugorac, Ivica, Putelat, Olivier, Greyvenstein, Ockert, Hadfield, Tracy, Jemaa, Slim Ben, Bunevski, Gjoko, Menzi, Fiona, Hirter, Nathalie, Paris, Julia M, Hedges, John, Palhiere, Isabelle, Rupp, Rachel, Lenstra, Johannes A, Gidney, Louisa, Lesur, Joséphine, Schafberg, Renate, Stache, Michael, Wandhammer, Marie-Dominique, Arbogast, Rose-Marie, Guintard, Claude, Blin, Amandine, Boukadiri, Abdelhak, Rivière, Julie, Esquerré, Diane, Donnadieu, Cécile, Danchin-Burge, Coralie, Reich, Coralie M, Riley, David G, Marle-Koster, Este van, Cockett, Noelle, Hayes, Benjamin J, Drögemüller, Cord, Kijas, Jame, Pailhoux, Eric, Tosser-Klopp, Gwenola, Duboule, Deni, Capitan, Aurélien, École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort (ENVA)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Paris-Saclay-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (MCC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), École nationale vétérinaire - Alfort (ENVA)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Paris-Saclay-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Toulouse (ENVT), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-École nationale supérieure agronomique de Toulouse [ENSAT], Université de Genève = University of Geneva (UNIGE), University of Bologna/Università di Bologna, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje (UKIM), École nationale vétérinaire, agroalimentaire et de l'alimentation Nantes-Atlantique (ONIRIS), and Collège de France - Chaire internationale Évolution des génomes et développement

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0106 biological sciences, Male, co-option, translocation, AcademicSubjects/SCI01180, regulatory mutation, 01 natural sciences, Hox genes, Hox gene, genes, 610 Medicine & health, Bilateria, time, Horns, 0303 health sciences, biology, Ecology, 630 Agriculture, Goats, [SDV.BDD.EO] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Development Biology/Embryology and Organogenesis, Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, alignment, Morphogenetic field, Biological Evolution, [SDV.BDD.MOR] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Development Biology/Morphogenesis, 590 Animals (Zoology), Haploinsufficiency, transcription, Biometry, Evolution, growth, Locus (genetics), Mice, Transgenic, [SDV.GEN.GA] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics/Animal genetics, 010603 evolutionary biology, 03 medical and health sciences, goat and sheep genomics, Behavior and Systematics, framework, Genetics, Animals, Allele, Gene, Molecular Biology, Discoveries, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 030304 developmental biology, Homeodomain Proteins, locus, Sheep, Horn (anatomy), AcademicSubjects/SCI01130, [SDV.BDD.MOR]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Development Biology/Morphogenesis, sequence, biology.organism_classification, [SDV.GEN.GA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics/Animal genetics, [SDV.BDD.EO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Development Biology/Embryology and Organogenesis, Evolutionary biology, Mutation, genome-wide association, 570 Life sciences, goat and sheep genomic
Abstract

In the course of evolution, pecorans (i.e., higher ruminants) developed a remarkable diversity of osseous cranial appendages, collectively referred to as “headgear,” which likely share the same origin and genetic basis. However, the nature and function of the genetic determinants underlying their number and position remain elusive. Jacob and other rare populations of sheep and goats are characterized by polyceraty, the presence of more than two horns. Here, we characterize distinct POLYCERATE alleles in each species, both associated with defective HOXD1 function. We show that haploinsufficiency at this locus results in the splitting of horn bud primordia, likely following the abnormal extension of an initial morphogenetic field. These results highlight the key role played by this gene in headgear patterning and illustrate the evolutionary co-option of a gene involved in the early development of bilateria to properly fix the position and number of these distinctive organs of Bovidae.

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2021
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9. Analysis of Polycerate Mutants Reveals the Evolutionary Co-option of HOXD1 for Horn Patterning in Bovidae.

Author

Allais-Bonnet A, Hintermann A, Deloche MC, Cornette R, Bardou P, Naval-Sanchez M, Pinton A, Haruda A, Grohs C, Zakany J, Bigi D, Medugorac I, Putelat O, Greyvenstein O, Hadfield T, Jemaa SB, Bunevski G, Menzi F, Hirter N, Paris JM, Hedges J, Palhiere I, Rupp R, Lenstra JA, Gidney L, Lesur J, Schafberg R, Stache M, Wandhammer MD, Arbogast RM, Guintard C, Blin A, Boukadiri A, Rivière J, Esquerré D, Donnadieu C, Danchin-Burge C, Reich CM, Riley DG, Marle-Koster EV, Cockett N, Hayes BJ, Drögemüller C, Kijas J, Pailhoux E, Tosser-Klopp G, Duboule D, and Capitan A

Subjects
Animals, Biometry, Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, Goats embryology, Goats metabolism, Homeodomain Proteins metabolism, Male, Mice, Transgenic, Mutation, Sheep embryology, Sheep metabolism, Biological Evolution, Goats genetics, Homeodomain Proteins genetics, Horns, Sheep genetics
Abstract

In the course of evolution, pecorans (i.e., higher ruminants) developed a remarkable diversity of osseous cranial appendages, collectively referred to as "headgear," which likely share the same origin and genetic basis. However, the nature and function of the genetic determinants underlying their number and position remain elusive. Jacob and other rare populations of sheep and goats are characterized by polyceraty, the presence of more than two horns. Here, we characterize distinct POLYCERATE alleles in each species, both associated with defective HOXD1 function. We show that haploinsufficiency at this locus results in the splitting of horn bud primordia, likely following the abnormal extension of an initial morphogenetic field. These results highlight the key role played by this gene in headgear patterning and illustrate the evolutionary co-option of a gene involved in the early development of bilateria to properly fix the position and number of these distinctive organs of Bovidae., (© The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution.)

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2021
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10. Taxonomic bias in biodiversity data and societal preferences.

Author

Troudet J, Grandcolas P, Blin A, Vignes-Lebbe R, and Legendre F

Subjects
Agaricales classification, Animals, Bias, Biodiversity, Phylogeny, Plants classification, Classification methods, Conservation of Natural Resources methods
Abstract

Studying and protecting each and every living species on Earth is a major challenge of the 21 st century. Yet, most species remain unknown or unstudied, while others attract most of the public, scientific and government attention. Although known to be detrimental, this taxonomic bias continues to be pervasive in the scientific literature, but is still poorly studied and understood. Here, we used 626 million occurrences from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), the biggest biodiversity data portal, to characterize the taxonomic bias in biodiversity data. We also investigated how societal preferences and taxonomic research relate to biodiversity data gathering. For each species belonging to 24 taxonomic classes, we used the number of publications from Web of Science and the number of web pages from Bing searches to approximate research activity and societal preferences. Our results show that societal preferences, rather than research activity, strongly correlate with taxonomic bias, which lead us to assert that scientists should advertise less charismatic species and develop societal initiatives (e.g. citizen science) that specifically target neglected organisms. Ensuring that biodiversity is representatively sampled while this is still possible is an urgent prerequisite for achieving efficient conservation plans and a global understanding of our surrounding environment.

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2017
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