Publication Date:
2013-10-31
Description:
Article Despite major conservation efforts, the Yangtze river dolphin, or baiji, is now recognised as functionally extinct. Here, Zhou et al . report a high quality draft baiji genome, as well as three re-sequenced genomes, and highlight evolutionary adaptations to aquatic life. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms3708 Authors: Xuming Zhou, Fengming Sun, Shixia Xu, Guangyi Fan, Kangli Zhu, Xin Liu, Yuan Chen, Chengcheng Shi, Yunxia Yang, Zhiyong Huang, Jing Chen, Haolong Hou, Xuejiang Guo, Wenbin Chen, Yuefeng Chen, Xiaohong Wang, Tian Lv, Dan Yang, Jiajian Zhou, Bangqing Huang, Zhengfei Wang, Wei Zhao, Ran Tian, Zhiqiang Xiong, Junxiao Xu, Xinming Liang, Bingyao Chen, Weiqing Liu, Junyi Wang, Shengkai Pan, Xiaodong Fang, Ming Li, Fuwen Wei, Xun Xu, Kaiya Zhou, Jun Wang, Guang Yang
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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