Chromosome-Length Assembly of the Baikal Seal ( Pusa sibirica ) Genome Reveals a Historically Large Population Prior to Isolation in Lake Baikal

, the Baikal seal, is the only extant, exclusively freshwater, pinniped species. The pending issue is, how and when they reached their current habitat-the rift lake Baikal, more than three thousand kilometers away from the Arctic Ocean. To explore the demographic history and genetic diversity of thi...

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