The allotetraploid origin and asymmetrical genome evolution of the common carp Cyprinus carpio

The common carp is derived from recent whole genome duplication and represents a model for polyploid genome evolution, rare in vertebrates. Here, the authors generate and analyse chromosome-level reference genomes for common carp, and describe subgenome gene expression changes.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Peng Xu, Jian Xu, Guangjian Liu, Lin Chen, Zhixiong Zhou, Wenzhu Peng, Yanliang Jiang, Zixia Zhao, Zhiying Jia, Yonghua Sun, Yidi Wu, Baohua Chen, Fei Pu, Jianxin Feng, Jing Luo, Jing Chai, Hanyuan Zhang, Hui Wang, Chuanju Dong, Wenkai Jiang, Xiaowen Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12644-1