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The Sinocyclocheilus cavefish genome provides insights into cave adaptation.
BMC biology - 4 Jan 2016
Yang Junxing, Chen Xiaoli, Bai Jie, Fang Dongming, Qiu Ying, Jiang Wansheng, Yuan Hui, Bian Chao, Lu Jiang, He Shiyang, Pan Xiaofu, Zhang Yaolei, Wang Xiaoai, You Xinxin, Wang Yongsi, Sun Ying, Mao Danqing, Liu Yong, Fan Guangyi, Zhang He, Chen Xiaoyong, Zhang Xinhui, Zheng Lanping, Wang Jintu, Cheng Le, Chen Jieming, Ruan Zhiqiang, Li Jia, Yu Hui, Peng Chao, Ma Xingyu, Xu Junmin, He You, Xu Zhengfeng, Xu Pao, Wang Jian, Yang Huanming, Wang Jun, Whitten Tony, Xu Xun, Shi Qiong
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: An emerging cavefish model, the cyprinid genus Sinocyclocheilus, is endemic to the massive southwestern karst area adjacent to the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau of China. In order to understand whether orogeny influenced the evolution of these species, and how genomes change under isolation, especially in subterranean habitats, we performed whole-genome sequencing and comparative analyses of three species...
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