Tibetan Plateau imposes extremely inhospitable environment on most wildlife. Besides the
harsh aquatic environment including hypoxia and chronic cold, high salinity and alkalinity is …

Comparative genomics has elucidate the molecular footprints of adaptations to extreme
environments at high altitude including hypoxia, but insight into the genomic basis of saline …

Elucidating the genetic mechanisms of organismal adaptation to the Tibetan Plateau at a
genomic scale can provide insights into the process of adaptive evolution. Many highland …

Background Understanding the genetic basis of adaptation to high altitude life is of
paramount importance for preserving and managing genetic diversity in highland animals …

Background Genome-wide studies on highland adaptation mechanism in terrestrial animal
have been widely reported with few available for aquatic animals. Tibetan Schizothoracinae …

High‐altitude environments are strong drivers of adaptive evolution in endemic organisms.
However, little is known about the genetic mechanisms of convergent adaptation among …

Glyptosternoid fishes (Siluriformes), one of the three broad fish lineages (the two other are
schizothoracines and Triplophysa), have a limited distribution in the rivers in the Tibetan …

Abstracts Background Mechanisms for high-altitude adaption have attracted widespread
interest among evolutionary biologists. Several genome-wide studies have been carried out …

Leuciscus waleckii is widely distributed in Northeast Asia and has high economic value. The
population in Lake Dali Nur can adapt to extremely alkaline–saline water with bicarbonate …

Gymnocypris przewalskii, a cyprinid fish endemic to the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, has
evolved unique morphological, physiological and genetic characteristics to adapt to the …