J Syst Evol ›› 2026, Vol. 64 ›› Issue (5): 1126-1130.DOI: 10.1111/jse.70113

Special Issue: Virtual Focus: Genome Evolution

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Chromosome‐level bichir genomes reveal ancestral bony vertebrate architecture and regulatory innovations underlying lung origin

Qi Liu1†, Xiaolu Han1†, Yue Song2†, Hong Zhang1, Wenping He1, Xiao Xiang1, Hanchang Sun3, Li Li4*, Karsten Kristiansen2*, and Zengbao Yuan1*   

  1. 1. College of Fisheries, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
    2. Laboratory of Integrative Biomedicine, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark
    3. College of Smart Agriculture, Technology Innovation Center of Ecological Fishery Industrialization, Chongqing University of Arts and Sciences, Chongqing 402160, China
    4. Marine Science Research Institute of Shandong Province (National Oceanographic Center, Qingdao), Qingdao 266104, China
    †These authors contributed equally to this work.
    *Authors for correspondence. Li Li. E‐mail: gzkllili@163.com; Karsten Kristiansen. E‐mail: kk@bio.ku.dk; Zengbao Yuan. E‐mail: yuanzengbao1998@163.com
  • Online:2026-09-01 Published:2026-09-01
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    This study was supported by the Modern Agriculture Fish Industry Technology System of Shandong province (SDAIT‐ 12‐01).