RT Journal Article T1 Hagfish genome elucidates vertebrate whole-genome duplication events and their evolutionary consequences A1 Yu, Daqi A1 Ren, Yandong A1 Uesaka, Masahiro A1 Beavan, Alan J. S. A1 Muffato, Matthieu A1 Shen, Jieyu A1 Li, Yongxin A1 Sato, Iori A1 Wan, Wenting A1 Clark, James W. A1 Keating, Joseph N. A1 Carlisle, Emily M. A1 Dearden, Richard P. A1 Giles, Sam A1 Randle, Emma A1 Sansom, Robert S. A1 Feuda, Roberto A1 Fleming, James F. A1 Sugahara, Fumiaki A1 Cummins, Carla A1 Patricio, Mateus A1 Akanni, Wasiu A1 D'Aniello, Salvatore A1 Bertolucci, Cristiano A1 Irie, Naoki A1 Alev, Cantas A1 Sheng, Guojun A1 de Mendoza, Alex A1 Maeso, Ignacio A1 Irimia, Manuel A1 Fromm, Bastian A1 Peterson, Kevin J. A1 Das, Sabyasachi A1 Hirano, Masayuki A1 Rast, Jonathan P. A1 Cooper, Max D. A1 Paps, Jordi A1 Pisani, Davide A1 Kuratani, Shigeru A1 Martin, Fergal J. A1 Wang, Wen A1 Donoghue, Philip C. J. A1 Zhang, Yong E. A1 Pascual-Anaya, Juan K1 Vertebrados - Evolución AB Polyploidy or whole-genome duplication (WGD) is a major event that drastically reshapes genome architecture and is often assumed to be causally associated with organismal innovations and radiations. The 2R hypothesis suggests that two WGD events (1R and 2R) occurred during early vertebrate evolution. However, the timing of the 2R event relative to the divergence of gnathostomes ( jawed vertebrates) and cyclostomes ( jawless hagfishes and lampreys) is unresolved and whether these WGD events underlie vertebrate phenotypic diversification remains elusive. Here we present the genome of the inshore hagfish, Eptatretus burgeri. Through comparative analysis with lamprey and gnathostome genomes, we reconstruct the early events in cyclostome genome evolution, leveraging insights into the ancestral vertebrate genome. Genome-wide synteny and phylogenetic analyses support a scenario in which 1R occurred in the vertebrate stem-lineage during the early Cambrian, and 2R occurred in the gnathostome stem-lineage, maximally in the late Cambrian–earliest Ordovician, after its divergence from cyclostomes. We find that the genome of stem-cyclostomes experienced an additional independent genome triplication. Functional genomic and morphospace analyses demonstrate that WGD events generally contribute to developmental evolution with similar changes in the regulatory genome of both vertebrate groups. However, appreciable morphological diversification occurred only in the gnathostome but not in the cyclostome lineage, calling into question the general expectation that WGDs lead to leaps of bodyplan complexity. PB Springer Nature YR 2024 FD 2024-03 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/32703 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/32703 LA eng NO u, D., Ren, Y., Uesaka, M. et al. Hagfish genome elucidates vertebrate whole-genome duplication events and their evolutionary consequences. Nat Ecol Evol 8, 519–535 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02299-z NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, proyecto con referencia PID2021-125078NA-I00. DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga RD 19 ene 2026