Hypoxic and Cold Adaptation Insights from the Himalayan Marmot Genome

Summary: The Himalayan marmot (Marmota himalayana) is a hibernating mammal that inhabits the high-elevation regions of the Himalayan mountains. Here we present a draft genome of the Himalayan marmot, with a total assembly length of 2.47 Gb. Phylogenetic analyses showed that the Himalayan marmot dive...

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Main Authors: Liang Bai, Baoning Liu, Changmian Ji, Sihai Zhao, Siyu Liu, Rong Wang, Weirong Wang, Pu Yao, Xuming Li, Xiaojun Fu, Haiyan Yu, Min Liu, Fengming Han, Ning Guan, Hui Liu, Dongyuan Liu, Yuanqing Tao, Zhongdong Wang, Shunsheng Yan, Greg Florant, Michael T. Butcher, Jifeng Zhang, Hongkun Zheng, Jianglin Fan, Enqi Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-01-01
Series:iScience
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004218302244