Why are whales big? Genes behind ocean giants.

Magpali, Letícia; Bielawski, Joseph P

Magpali, Letícia; Bielawski, Joseph P.

Afiliação

Magpali L; Dalhousie University, Department of Biology, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Universidade de Campinas, Departamento de Genética, Evolução, Microbiologia e Imunologia, Campinas, SP, Brasil. Electronic address: leticiamagpali@dal.ca.
Bielawski JP; Dalhousie University, Department of Biology, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Trends Genet ; 39(6): 436-438, 2023 06.

Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36997429

ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

Gigantism is prevalent in animals, but it has never reached more extreme levels than in aquatic mammals such as whales, dolphins, and porpoises. A new study by Silva et al. has uncovered five genes underlying this gigantism, a phenotype with important connections to aging and cancer suppression in long-lived animals.

Assuntos

Neoplasias; Baleias; Animais; Baleias/genética; Neoplasias/genética; Oceanos e Mares

Palavras-chave

Peto's paradox; cancer; cetaceans; gigantism; mammals; molecular evolution

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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Baleias / Neoplasias Limite: Animals Idioma: En Revista: Trends Genet Assunto da revista: GENETICA Ano de publicação: 2023 Tipo de documento: Article

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