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Two Reference-Quality Sea Snake Genomes Reveal Their Divergent Evolution of Adaptive Traits and Venom Systems.
Molecular biology and evolution - 27 Oct 2021
Li An, Wang Junjie, Sun Kuo, Wang Shuocun, Zhao Xin, Wang Tingfang, Xiong Liyan, Xu Weiheng, Qiu Lei, Shang Yan, Liu Runhui, Wang Sheng, Lu Yiming
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True sea snakes (Hydrophiini) are among the last and most successful clades of vertebrates that show secondary marine adaptation, exhibiting diverse phenotypic traits and lethal venom systems. To better understand their evolution, we generated the first chromosome-level genomes of two representative Hydrophiini snakes, Hydrophis cyanocinctus and H. curtus. Through comparative genomics we identified a great...
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