This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.13296 This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved DR. CHUAN HE (Orcid ID : 0000-0002-8532-2898) DR. HE MENG (Orcid ID : 0000-0002-3374-2241) Article type : Resource Article Chromosome level assembly reveals a unique immune gene organization and signatures of evolution in the common pheasant Chuan He 1 , Lele Zhao 2 , Lu Xiao 1 , Ke Xu 1 , Jinmei Ding 1 , Hao Zhou 1 , Yuming Zheng 1 , Chengxiao Han 1 , Fisayo Akinyemi 1 , Huaixi Luo 1 , Lingyu Yang 1 , Lingxiao Luo 1 , Hongyan Yuan 3 , Xuelin Lu 2 and He Meng 1* 1 School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China 2 Shanghai Animal Disease Control Center, 855 Hongjing Road, Shanghai 201103, China 3 Shanghai Xinhao Rare Poultry Breeding Co. Ltd., 154 Luoshen Road, Shanghai 201408, China *Correspondence author: He Meng: menghe@sjtu.edu.cn Accepted Article