Exploring genetic, expression and regulatory patterns of parental alleles in Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata) using haplotype-resolved assemblies
Te Li, yiming Wang, Zhou Zhang, Chao Chen, Nenzhu Zheng, Jun Wang, Mengfei Ning, jian Wang, Huashui Ai, Yinhua Huang
The paper assembles haploid genomes of Muscovy ducks and analyzes genetic, expression, and regulatory patterns of parental alleles in the ZW system, finding differences in chromatin accessibility and gene expression between maternal and paternal haplotypes.
bioRxiv · Mar 7, 2026 · PreprintGenomics