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Nat Commun. 2021 Nov 25;12(1):6858. doi:10.1038/s41467-021-27091-0

Molecular mechanisms and topological consequences of drastic chromosomal rearrangements of muntjac deer

“we identified the rapidly evolving genes (REGs) and positively selected genes (PSGs) in the M. crinifrons, M. gongshanensis, and M. muntjak vaginalis with large fused chromosomes, as well in their common ancestor node. The results showed that the PSGs and REGs in these lineages are enriched in GOs and pathways related to the maintenance of genomic stability.” “the occurrence/frequency of genomic rearrangements (>10 kb) of M. crinifrons and M. gongshanensis (3.06~3.89 events/Mb) are not significantly higher than those in M. reevesi, E. davidianus, and C. albirostris (3.11~4.56 events/Mb)”