@article{a21bfc1653f74fefb073fd5bef4e9a9a,
title = "Correspondence on Lovell et al.: Identification of chicken genes previously assumed to be evolutionarily lost",
abstract = "Through RNA-Seq analyses, we identified 137 genes that are missing in chicken, including the long-sought-after nephrin and tumor necrosis factor genes. These genes tended to cluster in GC-rich regions that have poor coverage in genome sequence databases. Hence, the occurrence of syntenic groups of vertebrate genes that have not been observed in Aves does not prove the evolutionary loss of such genes.",
author = "Susanne Bornel{\"o}v and Eyal Seroussi and Sara Yosefi and Ken Pendavis and Burgess, {Shane C.} and Manfred Grabherr and Miriam Friedman-Einat and Leif Andersson",
note = "Funding Information: We thank Mr Mark Ruzal for growing the chickens. The study was supported by the ERC project BATESON (awarded to LA), Israel Academy of Sciences 876/14, and by the Chief Scientist of the Israeli Ministry of Agriculture 0469/14 (awarded to MFE and ES). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 The Author(s).",
year = "2017",
month = jun,
day = "14",
doi = "10.1186/s13059-017-1231-1",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "18",
journal = "Genome biology",
issn = "1474-7596",
publisher = "BioMed Central",
number = "1",
}