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The Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) genome and transcriptome assembly.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2018
Christensen Kris A, Rondeau Eric B, Minkley David R, Leong Jong S, Nugent Cameron M, Danzmann Roy G, Ferguson Moira M, Stadnik Agnieszka, Devlin Robert H, Muzzerall Robin, Edwards Michael, Davidson William S, Koop Ben F
Abstract excerpt
Arctic charr have a circumpolar distribution, persevere under extreme environmental conditions, and reach ages unknown to most other salmonids. The Salvelinus genus is primarily composed of species with genomes that are structured more like the ancestral salmonid genome than most Oncorhynchus and Salmo species of sister genera. It is thought that this aspect of the genome may be important for local adaptation...
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