Long-read genome assemblies reveals a cis-regulatory landscape associated with phenotypic divergence in two sister Siniperca fishes
Guangxian Tu, Qi Chen, Xinshuang Zhang, Ruirun Jiang, Long Zhang, Cheng-Jun Lai, Zhuyue Yan, Yanrong Lv, Shaoping Weng, Li Zhang, Jianguo He, Muhua Wang
The paper identifies structural variants and H3K4me3 domains in two closely related fish species, showing their role in cis-regulatory divergence and phenotypic traits like metabolism and immunity.
bioRxiv · Nov 9, 2022 · PreprintGenomics