A chromosome-level genome of Astyanax mexicanus surface fish for comparing population-specific genetic differences contributing to trait evolution

Autor: Wesley C. Warren, Tyler E. Boggs, Richard Borowsky, Brian M. Carlson, Estephany Ferrufino, Joshua B. Gross, LaDeana Hillier, Zhilian Hu, Alex C. Keene, Alexander Kenzior, Johanna E. Kowalko, Chad Tomlinson, Milinn Kremitzki, Madeleine E. Lemieux, Tina Graves-Lindsay, Suzanne E. McGaugh, Jeffrey T. Miller, Mathilda T. M. Mommersteeg, Rachel L. Moran, Robert Peuß, Edward S. Rice, Misty R. Riddle, Itzel Sifuentes-Romero, Bethany A. Stanhope, Clifford J. Tabin, Sunishka Thakur, Yoshiyuki Yamamoto, Nicolas Rohner
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21733-z
Popis: Mexican Tetra cavefish have long been of interest in understanding adaptation to severe environmental change. Here the authors present a chromosome-level genome for the proxy-ancestral surface fish, and use CRISPR gene-editing to show the role of the rx3 gene in eye size.
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