Whole-genome sequence of a flatfish provides insights into ZW sex chromosome evolution and adaptation to a benthic lifestyle

Nature Genetics

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 253-260

  Chen, Songlin ^a   Zhang, Guojie ^b   Shao, Changwei ^a   Huang, Quanfei ^b   Liu, Geng ^b   Zhang, Pei ^b   Song, Wentao ^a   An, Na ^b   Chalopin, Domitille ^c   Volff, Jean Nicolas ^c   Hong, Yunhan ^d   Li, Qiye ^b   Sha, Zhenxia ^a   Zhou, Heling ^b   Xie, Mingshu ^a   Yu, Qiulin ^b   Liu, Yang ^e   Xiang, Hui ^f   Wang, Na ^a   Wu, Kui ^b   Yang, Changgeng ^a   Zhou, Qian ^b   Liao, Xiaolin ^a   Yang, Linfeng ^b   Hu, Qiaomu ^a   Zhang, Jilin ^b   Meng, Liang ^a   Jin, Lijun ^b   Tian, Yongsheng ^a   Lian, Jinmin ^b   Yang, Jingfeng ^a   Miao, Guidong ^a   Liu, Shanshan ^a   Liang, Zhuo ^a   Yan, Fang ^a   Li, Yangzhen ^a   Sun, Bin ^a   Zhang, Hong ^a   Zhang, Jing ^a   Zhu, Ying ^a   Du, Min ^a   Zhao, Yongwei ^a   Schartl, Manfred ^g   Tang, Qisheng ^a   Wang, Jun ^b,h,i   more..

^a AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^b BGI SHENZHEN   (China)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e DALIAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

ⁱ KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEMALE; FLATFISH; GENE LOSS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DETERMINATION; TONGUE;

AVES; CYNOGLOSSIDAE; CYNOGLOSSUS SEMILAEVIS; MAMMALIA; PLEURONECTIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; DNA; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; FLATFISHES; GENOME; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES;

EID: 84895867400     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng.2890     Document Type: Article

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