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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2018

Comparative genomic investigation of high-elevation adaptation in ectothermic snakes.

Jia-Tang Li, Yue-Dong Gao, Liang Xie, Cao Deng, Peng Shi, Meng-Long Guan, Song Huang, Jin-Long Ren, Dong-Dong Wu, Li Ding and 6 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 66 papers.

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66citing papers in PubMed
11.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

66 citing papers in PubMed, 139 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Jia-Tang LiCAS Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization & Ecological Restoration and Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 610040 Chengdu, China; lijt@cib.ac.cn dhillis@austin.utexas.edu wangwz@mail.kiz.ac.cn zhangyp@mail.kiz.ac.cn.
Yue-Dong GaoState Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 650223 Kunming, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0403-5329
Liang XieKey Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children, Ministry of Education, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, 610041 Chengdu, China.
Cao DengDepartment of Bioinformatics, DNA Stories Bioinformatics Center, 610041 Chengdu, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9823-9121
Peng ShiCenter for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 650223 Kunming, China.
Meng-Long GuanCAS Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization & Ecological Restoration and Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 610040 Chengdu, China.
Song HuangCollege of Life and Environment Sciences, Huangshan University, 245041 Huangshan, China.
Jin-Long RenCAS Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization & Ecological Restoration and Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 610040 Chengdu, China.
Dong-Dong WuCenter for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 650223 Kunming, China.
Li DingCAS Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization & Ecological Restoration and Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 610040 Chengdu, China.
Zi-Yan HuangDepartment of Bioinformatics, DNA Stories Bioinformatics Center, 610041 Chengdu, China.
Hu NieDepartment of Bioinformatics, DNA Stories Bioinformatics Center, 610041 Chengdu, China.
Devon P HumphreysDepartment of Integrative Biology and Biodiversity Center, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712.
David M HillisDepartment of Integrative Biology and Biodiversity Center, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712; lijt@cib.ac.cn dhillis@austin.utexas.edu wangwz@mail.kiz.ac.cn zhangyp@mail.kiz.ac.cn.
Wen-Zhi WangState Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 650223 Kunming, China; lijt@cib.ac.cn dhillis@austin.utexas.edu wangwz@mail.kiz.ac.cn zhangyp@mail.kiz.ac.cn.
Ya-Ping ZhangCenter for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 650223 Kunming, China; lijt@cib.ac.cn dhillis@austin.utexas.edu wangwz@mail.kiz.ac.cn zhangyp@mail.kiz.ac.cn.
Kunming Institute of Zoology · CNChinese Academy of Sciences · CNThe University of Texas at Austin · USHuangshan University · CNSichuan University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Several previous genomic studies have focused on adaptation to high elevations, but these investigations have been largely limited to endotherms. Snakes of the genus

Indexed as

AltitudeAcclimatizationAllelesAnimalsBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsEndothelial PAS Domain-Containing Protein 1Evolution, MolecularFemaleFlap EndonucleasesGenomeHypoxiaPhylogenySelection, GeneticSnakesTibetUltraviolet RaysBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsEndothelial PAS Domain-Containing Protein 1Flap Endonucleasescomparative genomicsde novo genomehigh-elevation adaptationpositive selectionsnakes

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PMID30065117
PMCPMC6099860
OpenAlexW2886639598

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