Li Yu, Ya-Ping Zhang, Chung-I Wu and colleagues report the de novo genome of the black snub-nosed monkey Rhinopithecus bieti and the genomic sequences of four other Rhinopithecus species, including three high-altitude and two lowland species. The species- and population-level genomic analyses as well as the transcriptomic analysis and functional assays find adaptive signatures associated with adaptation to high altitude.
- Li Yu
- Guo-Dong Wang
- Ya-Ping Zhang