Running Head: Zhu et al. genome of B. l. tsinlingensis
A chromosome‐level genome assembly of Brachymystax lenok tsinlingensis provides new insights into salmonids evolution
Wenbo Zhu1,2,*, Zhongkai Wang2,*, Haorong Li2, Hui Xiang3, Ping Li4, Lili Ni1, Li Jiao1, Yandong Ren2,†, and Ping You1,†,
1. College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, 710062, PR China.
2. School of Ecology and Environment, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, 710072, PR China.
3. Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental Biology and Applied Technology, Institute of Insect Science and Technology, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, PR China.
4. Centre for Research on Environmental Ecology and Fish Nutrition (CREEFN) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Shanghai Ocean University,Shanghai 201306, PR China.
*These authors contributed equally to this work.
†These authors jointly directed this work. Correspondence should be addressed to P. Y. (youping@snnu.edu.cn), Y. R. (renyandong90@126.com).