Biological adaptations in the Arctic cervid, the reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)

Zeshan Lin; Lei Chen; Xianqing Chen; Yingbin Zhong; Yue Yang; Wenhao Xia; Chang Liu; Wenbo Zhu; Han Wang; Biyao Yan; Yifeng Yang; Xing Liu; Kjersti Sternang Kvie; Knut Håkon Røed; Kun Wang; Wuhan Xiao; Haijun Wei; Guangyu Li; Rasmus Heller; M. Thomas P. Gilbert; Qiang Qiu; Wen Wang; Zhipeng Li

doi:10.1126/science.aav6312

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Biological adaptations in the Arctic cervid, the reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)

Zeshan Lin¹,*,
Lei Chen¹,*,
Xianqing Chen¹,*,
Yingbin Zhong²,³,*,
Yue Yang¹,*,
Wenhao Xia¹,*,
Chang Liu¹,
Wenbo Zhu¹,
Han Wang²,³,
Biyao Yan¹,
Yifeng Yang⁴,
Xing Liu⁵,
Kjersti Sternang Kvie ⁶,
Knut Håkon Røed ⁶,
Kun Wang¹,
Wuhan Xiao⁵,
Haijun Wei⁴,
Guangyu Li⁴,
Rasmus Heller⁷,
M. Thomas P. Gilbert ⁸,⁹,
Qiang Qiu ¹,†,
Wen Wang ¹,¹⁰,¹¹,†,
Zhipeng Li ⁴,†

¹Center for Ecological and Environmental Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China.
²Center for Circadian Clocks, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China.
³School of Biology and Basic Medical Sciences, Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China.
⁴Department of Special Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, Institute of Special Animal and Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun 130112, China.
⁵State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China.
⁶Department of Basic Sciences and Aquatic Medicine, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Oslo 0102, Norway.
⁷Section for Computational and RNA Biology, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen N 2200, Denmark.
⁸Section for Evolutionary Genomics, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen N 2200, Denmark.
⁹Norwegian University of Science and Technology, University Museum, Trondheim 7491, Norway.
¹⁰State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China.
¹¹Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China.

↵†Corresponding author: lizhipeng01{at}caas.cn (Z.L.); wwang{at}mail.kiz.ac.cn (W.W.); qiuqiang{at}lzu.edu.cn (Q.Q.)

↵* These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Science 21 Jun 2019:
Vol. 364, Issue 6446, eaav6312
DOI: 10.1126/science.aav6312

Zeshan Lin

Center for Ecological and Environmental Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China.

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Lei Chen

Center for Ecological and Environmental Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China.

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Xianqing Chen

Center for Ecological and Environmental Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China.

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Yingbin Zhong

Center for Circadian Clocks, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China.School of Biology and Basic Medical Sciences, Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China.

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Yue Yang

Center for Ecological and Environmental Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China.

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Wenhao Xia

Center for Ecological and Environmental Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China.

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Chang Liu

Center for Ecological and Environmental Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China.

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Wenbo Zhu

Center for Ecological and Environmental Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China.

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Han Wang

Center for Circadian Clocks, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China.School of Biology and Basic Medical Sciences, Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China.

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Biyao Yan

Center for Ecological and Environmental Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China.

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Yifeng Yang

Department of Special Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, Institute of Special Animal and Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun 130112, China.

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Xing Liu

State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China.

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Kjersti Sternang Kvie

Department of Basic Sciences and Aquatic Medicine, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Oslo 0102, Norway.

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Knut Håkon Røed

Department of Basic Sciences and Aquatic Medicine, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Oslo 0102, Norway.

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Kun Wang

Center for Ecological and Environmental Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China.

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Wuhan Xiao

State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China.

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Haijun Wei

Department of Special Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, Institute of Special Animal and Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun 130112, China.

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Guangyu Li

Department of Special Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, Institute of Special Animal and Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun 130112, China.

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Rasmus Heller

Section for Computational and RNA Biology, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen N 2200, Denmark.

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M. Thomas P. Gilbert

Section for Evolutionary Genomics, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen N 2200, Denmark.Norwegian University of Science and Technology, University Museum, Trondheim 7491, Norway.

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Qiang Qiu

Center for Ecological and Environmental Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China.

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For correspondence: lizhipeng01@caas.cn wwang@mail.kiz.ac.cn qiuqiang@lzu.edu.cn

Wen Wang

Center for Ecological and Environmental Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, China.State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China.Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China.

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Zhipeng Li

Department of Special Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, Institute of Special Animal and Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Changchun 130112, China.

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For correspondence: lizhipeng01@caas.cn wwang@mail.kiz.ac.cn qiuqiang@lzu.edu.cn

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