Comparative transcriptomic analysis revealed adaptation mechanism of Phrynocephalus erythrurus, the highest altitude Lizard living in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Yang, Yongzhi ^a   Wang, Lizhong ^a   Han, Jin ^a   Tang, Xiaolong ^a   Ma, Ming ^a   Wang, Kun ^a   Zhang, Xiao ^a   Ren, Qian ^a   Chen, Qiang ^a   Qiu, Qiang ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Accelerate evolutionary rate; High altitude adaptation; Hypoxia; Lizard; Positive selection; UV damage

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; IDENTIFICATION KEY; LIZARD; POPULATION GENETICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; ENDOTHERMY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HYPOXIA; METABOLISM; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; PHRYNOCEPHALUS; RANA CHENSINENSIS; RANIDAE; SQUAMATA;

OXYGEN; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ADAPTATION; ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; LIZARD; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; LIZARDS; OXYGEN; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; TIBET; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84930679408     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12862-015-0371-8     Document Type: Article

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84. Yang Y, Wang L, Han J, Tang X, Ma M, Wang K, Zhang X, Ren Q, Chen Q, Qiu Q. Data from: Comparative transcriptomic analysis revealed adaptation mechanism of Phrynocephalus erythrurus, the highest altitude Lizard living in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. BMC Evol Biol 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.f587b.