A Bear-Specific Coding Exon in TMEM41B Is Associated with Cold Adaptation
Shuang Zhang, Hui Wang, Xinyi Zhang, Xiaodan Lu, Yu Xu, Kexin Xu, Jiaqi Zhang, Yijia Chen, Yonghao Feng, Yuru Wang, Yan Liu, Peglai Zou, Hanyin Zhang, Jiajun Yao, Yue Ma, , Xingxing Kong
The paper identifies a bear-specific coding exon in TMEM41B linked to cold adaptation through comparative genomics and functional analysis.
bioRxiv · Jan 14, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology