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ReviewCurrent opinion in genetics & development2025

Linking phenotype to genotype using comprehensive genomic comparisons.

Leon Hilgers, Michael Hiller

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Review in Current opinion in genetics & development, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. The genetic foundations of convergent traits.Nature reviews. Genetics · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Leon HilgersSenckenberg Research Institute, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt, Germany; Institute of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Faculty of Biosciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany. Electronic address: Leon.Hilgers@senckenberg.deMichael.
Michael HillerSenckenberg Research Institute, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt, Germany; Institute of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Faculty of Biosciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany. Electronic address: Michael.Hiller@senckenberg.de.

Funding

Systems BiologyU19AG023122 · NIA · TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INST · PI Thomas Girke, NICHOLAS Joseph SCHORK · 2004 to 2026
$102.6M
NIA NIH HHS U19 AG023122
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Comparative genomics is a powerful approach to illuminate the genetic basis of phenotypic diversity across macro-evolutionary timescales. Recent advances in sequencing, genome assembly, annotation, and comparative methods promoted large-scale analyses that unveiled genomic determinants contributing to differences in cognition, metabolism, and body plans as well as phenotypes with biomedical relevance, such as cancer resistance, longevity, and viral tolerance. These studies highlight joint contributions of multiple molecular mechanisms and indicate an underappreciated role for gene and enhancer losses driving phenotypic change. However, challenges remain, including comprehensive phenotype databases and genome annotations, improved approaches for identifying lineage-specific adaptations, and functional tests. Here, we review recent progress, highlight major discoveries, and discuss future directions for linking phenotype to genotype using comparative genomics.

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GenomicsGenotypePhenotypeAnimalsEvolution, MolecularHumans

Identifiers

PMID40712504
PMCPMC13500052

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