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ArticleZoological research2025

Genomic insights into the convergent evolution of desert adaptation in camels and antelopes.

Jiong Zhou, Xiao-Fang Zhou, Hui-Shan Yue, Wu Chen, Bin Li, Bo-Tong Zhou, Zi-He Li, Ze-Cheng Du, Yi-Fan Mao, Wen Wang and 4 more

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Article in Zoological research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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14 authors.

Jiong ZhouShaanxi Key Laboratory of Qinling Ecological Intelligent Monitoring and Protection, School of Ecology and Environment, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710072, China.
Xiao-Fang ZhouShaanxi Key Laboratory of Qinling Ecological Intelligent Monitoring and Protection, School of Ecology and Environment, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710072, China.
Hui-Shan YueShaanxi Key Laboratory of Qinling Ecological Intelligent Monitoring and Protection, School of Ecology and Environment, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710072, China.
Wu ChenGuangzhou Zoo and Guangzhou Wildlife Research Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510070, China.
Bin LiShaanxi Key Laboratory of Qinling Ecological Intelligent Monitoring and Protection, School of Ecology and Environment, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710072, China.
Bo-Tong ZhouShaanxi Key Laboratory of Qinling Ecological Intelligent Monitoring and Protection, School of Ecology and Environment, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710072, China.
Zi-He LiShaanxi Key Laboratory of Qinling Ecological Intelligent Monitoring and Protection, School of Ecology and Environment, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710072, China.
Ze-Cheng DuShaanxi Key Laboratory of Qinling Ecological Intelligent Monitoring and Protection, School of Ecology and Environment, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710072, China.
Yi-Fan MaoShaanxi Key Laboratory of Qinling Ecological Intelligent Monitoring and Protection, School of Ecology and Environment, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710072, China.
Wen WangShaanxi Key Laboratory of Qinling Ecological Intelligent Monitoring and Protection, School of Ecology and Environment, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710072, China.
Dong-Dong WuState Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China.
Ge HanShaanxi Key Laboratory of Qinling Ecological Intelligent Monitoring and Protection, School of Ecology and Environment, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710072, China. E-mail: gehan1992@163.com.
Bao WangShaanxi Key Laboratory of Qinling Ecological Intelligent Monitoring and Protection, School of Ecology and Environment, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710072, China. E-mail: wangbao0716@163.com.
Lei ChenShaanxi Key Laboratory of Qinling Ecological Intelligent Monitoring and Protection, School of Ecology and Environment, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710072, China. E-mail: chen_lei@nwpu.edu.cn.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Extreme heat and chronic water scarcity present formidable challenges to large desert-dwelling mammals. In addition to camels, antelopes within the Hippotraginae and Alcelaphinae subfamilies also exhibit remarkable physiological and genetic specializations for desert survival. Among them, the critically endangered addax (

Indexed as

Adaptation, PhysiologicalAntelopesBiological EvolutionCamelusDesert ClimateAnimalsEvolution, MolecularGenomeGenomicsAddax nasomaculatusConvergent evolutionDesert adaptation

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PMID40709535
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