Draft genome of Glyptosternon maculatum, an endemic fish from Tibet Plateau.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mechanisms for high-altitude adaption have attracted widespread interest among evolutionary biologists. Several genome-wide studies have been carried out for endemic vertebrates in Tibet, including mammals, birds, and amphibians. However, little information is available about the adaptive evolution of highland fishes. Glyptosternon maculatum (Regan 1905), also known as Regan or barkley and endemic to the Tibetan Plateau, belongs to the Sisoridae family, order Siluriformes (catfishes). This species lives at an elevation ranging from roughly 2,800 m to 4,200 m. Hence, a high-quality reference genome of G. maculatum provides an opportunity to investigate high-altitude adaption mechanisms of fishes.

Findings

To obtain a high-quality reference genome sequence of G. mac

SUBMITTER: Liu H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6136493 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature