Population Genomic Analysis of Two Endemic Schizothoracins Reveals Their Genetic Differences and Underlying Selection Associated with Altitude and Temperature

• Published in: Animals (Basel) Vol. 10; no. 3; p. 447
• Main Authors: Yang, Tianyan, Meng, Wei, Guo, Baocheng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 07.03.2020; MDPI
• Subjects: Adaptation; adaptive evolution; altitude; China; Cyprinidae; Deoxyribonucleic acid; Diptychus; diptychus maculates; Distribution; DNA; Environmental aspects; Evolution & development; evolutionary adaptation; Exports; Fish; Fisheries; Fishing; gene flow; Genetic aspects; Genetic diversity; genetic structures; Genetic variation; Genomes; genomics; geographical isolation; Gymnodiptychus; gymnodiptychus dybowskii; Methods; Morphology; Population; Population genetics; principal component analysis; Principal components analysis; Rivers; selection pressure; single nucleotide polymorphism; slaf; Software; Temperature; Zoological research; China; Tien Shan Mountains; Tibet; United States > US; Tarim Basin; Gymnodiptychus dybowskii; SLAF; genetic structures; Diptychus maculates; adaptive evolution

Schizothoracins are a group of cyprinid fishes distributed throughout the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, which can be classified in three grades: primitive, specialised and highly specialised according to adaptation ability to plateau environments. As the only specialised schizothoracins in Xinjiang, China,...