Advances in sequencing and informatics and rapidly falling costs have made genome
sequencing projects far more accessible to researchers in all of the life sciences, including …

Eld's deer, a conserved wildlife species of Thailand, is facing inbreeding depression,
particularly in the captive Siamese Eld's deer (SED) subspecies. In this study, we …

Closely related muntjac deer show striking karyotype differences. Here we describe
chromosome-scale genome assemblies for Chinese and Indian muntjacs, Muntiacus …

Deer species were repeatedly overexploited and protected for their meat and fur and they
had strong impacts on ecosystems and human society by damaging crops and planted …

Ruminants (Ruminantia) are among the most successful herbivorous mammals, exhibiting
wide-ranging morphological and ecological characteristics (such as headgear and …

Alphaviruses are emerging, mosquito-transmitted RNA viruses with poorly understood
cellular tropism and species selectivity. Mxra8 is a receptor for multiple alphaviruses …

Background Mammalian X chromosomes are mainly euchromatic with a similar size and
structure among species whereas Y chromosomes are smaller, have undergone substantial …

Background Genome assembly into chromosomes facilitates several analyses including
cytogenetics, genomics and phylogenetics. Despite rapid development in bioinformatics …

Background With the unprecedented rapid growth rate (up to 2.75 cm/day), velvet antler is
an invaluable model for the identification of potent growth factors and signaling networks for …

Sika deer are known to prefer oak leaves, which are rich in tannins and toxic to most
mammals; however, the genetic mechanisms underlying their unique ability to adapt to living …