Whole-genome sequencing reveals adaptations of hairy-footed jerboas (Dipus, Dipodidae) to diverse desert environments.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Environmental conditions vary among deserts across the world, spanning from hyper-arid to high-elevation deserts. However, prior genomic studies on desert adaptation have focused on desert and non-desert comparisons overlooking the complexity of conditions within deserts. Focusing on the adaptation mechanisms to diverse desert environments will advance our understanding of how species adapt to extreme desert environments. The hairy-footed jerboas are well adapted to diverse desert environments, inhabiting high-altitude arid regions, hyper-arid deserts, and semi-deserts, but the genetic basis of their adaptation to different deserts remains unknown.

Results

Here, we sequenced the whole genome of 83 hairy-footed jerboas from distinct desert zones in China to assess

SUBMITTER: Peng X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10469962 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature