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Genetic Adaptation of Schizothoracine Fish to the Phased Uplifting of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.
G3 (Bethesda, Md.) - 3 Apr 2017
Zhang Dongsheng, Yu Mengchao, Hu Peng, Peng Sihua, Liu Yimeng, Li Weiwen, Wang Congcong, He Shunping, Zhai Wanying, Xu Qianghua, Chen Liangbiao
Abstract excerpt
Many species of Schizothoracine, a subfamily of Cyprinidae, are highly endemic to the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP). To characterize the adaptive changes associated with the Schizothoracine expansion at high altitudes, we sequenced tissue transcriptomes of two highland and two subhighland Schizothoracines and analyzed gene evolution patterns by comparing with lowland cyprinids. Phylogenetic tree reconstruction...
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