Review Article

Mechanisms of Gene Duplication and Translocation and Progress towards Understanding Their Relative Contributions to Animal Genome Evolution

Table 1

Examples of species undergoing whole genome duplication or polyploidisation events. Adapted from [31, 32].

Species/Taxon (Common name)References

Xenopus laevis (African clawed frog)Morin et al. [34]
Tympanoctomys barrerae (red viscacha rat)Gallardo et al. [35]
Daphnia pulex (water flea)Vergilino et al. [36]
Schmidtea polychroa (planarian flatworm)D’Souza et al. [37]
Acipenser brevirostrum (shortnose sturgeon)Fontana et al. [38]
Scaphirhynchus platorynchus (shovelnose sturgeon)Schultz [39]
Polyodon spathula (american paddlefish)Schultz [39]
Menidia sp. (atlantic silverside)Echelle and Mosier [40]
Barbatula barbatula (stone loach)Collares-Pereira et al. [41]
Catostomidae (suckers)Schultz [39]
Botia spp. (pakistani loach)Yu et al. [42], Rishi and Shashikala Rishi [43]
Cobitis spp. (loach)Schultz [39], Vrijenhoek et al. [44], Janko et al. [45]
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus (dojo loach)Arai et al. [46]
Misgurnus fossilis (european weather loach)Raicu and Taisescu [47]
Barbodes spp. (tinfoil)Chenuil et al. [48]
Barbus spp. (barb)Suzuki and Taki [49]
Acrossocheilus sumatranus (large-scale barb)Suzuki and Taki [49]
Aulopyge hugelii (dalmatian barbelgudgeon)Mazik et al. [50]
Cyprinus carpio (carp)Wang et al. [51]
Carassius auratus (goldfish)Schultz [39], Yu et al. [42], Shimizu et al. [52]
Schizothorax spp. (snowtrouts)Mazik et al. [50]
Synocyclocheilus spp. (barbels)Yu et al. [42], Rishi and Shashikala Rishi [43]
Tor spp. (mahseer)J. Gui et al. [53]
Zacco platypus (freshwater minnow)Yu et al. [42], Mazik et al. [50]
Poecilia spp. (guppy)Schultz [39], Vriejenhoek et al. [44]
Poeciliopsis spp. (desert minnows)Schultz [39]
Protopterus dolloi (slender lungfish)Vervoort [54]
Lepisosteus oculatus (spotted gar)Schultz [39]
Stizostedion vitreum (walleye)Ewing et al. [55]
Salmonidae (salmons)Allendorf and Thorgaard [56]
Clarias batrachus (walking catfish)Pandey and Lakra [57]
Heteropneustes fossilis (indian catfish)Pandian and Koteeswaran [58]
Hyla versicolor (grey treefrog)Ptacek et al. [59], Mable and Bogart [60]
Neobatrachus spp. (burrowing frogs)Mable and Roberts [61]