Hope for the Giant Panda
Scientific Evidence and Conservation Practice
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Fuwen Wei
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Conservation genomics of the critically endangered Chinese pangolin
The Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla, MP) has been extensively exploited and is now on the brink of extinction, but its population structure, evolutionary history, and adaptive potential are unclear. Here, we...
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Geographical patterns and determinants of insect biodiversity in China
Insects play important roles in the maintenance of ecosystem functioning and the provision of livelihoods for millions of people. However, compared with terrestrial vertebrates and angiosperms, such as the gia...
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Spatial-temporal population dynamics of the critically endangered Blue-crowned Laughingthrush Pterorhinus courtoisi: a 22-year longitudinal study
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Global patterns of phylogenetic diversity and transmission of bat coronavirus
Bats are reservoirs for multiple coronaviruses (CoVs). However, the phylogenetic diversity and transmission of global bat-borne CoVs remain poorly understood. Here, we performed a Bayesian phylogeographic anal...
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Molecular mechanisms of adaptive evolution in wild animals and plants
Wild animals and plants have developed a variety of adaptive traits driven by adaptive evolution, an important strategy for species survival and persistence. Uncovering the molecular mechanisms of adaptive evo...
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Open AccessCommunity structure of the solitary giant pandas is maintained by indirect social connections
Indirect interactions between individual solitary mammals, such as the giant panda, are often overlooked because of their nature, yet are important for maintaining the necessary sociality in solitary species.
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Digital Noah’s Ark: last chance to save the endangered species
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Population History of the Giant Panda
The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) has an evolutionary history of approximately 8 million years, and its direct ancestors can be traced back to the primal panda (Ailurarctos lufengensis and Ailurarctos yuan...
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Reproductive Strategy and Dispersal Pattern of the Giant Panda
Reproduction, an important part of the animal life cycle, is fundamental for population growth and species persistence. In the 1980s, due to the difficulty of captive breeding of giant pandas, it was generally...
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Major Threats to Giant Pandas and Conservation Practices
Rapid human population growth and increasing human activities have severely affected the survival of giant pandas. On the one hand, large-scale deforestation, road construction, and economic development along ...
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Adaptive Mechanisms of Dietary Specialization of Giant Panda
The giant panda belongs to the Order Carnivora and has a digestive system typical of carnivores. Compared with typical herbivores, it has neither a large stomach nor cecum for microbial fermentation, nor cellu...
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Population Ecology and Population Genetics of the Giant Panda
Population size, sex ratio, and age structure are basic parameters of population ecology and are fundamental for studying population dynamics and viability analysis. The population dynamics (increase or declin...
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On the origin of SARS-CoV-2—The blind watchmaker argument
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A whole-genome association approach for large-scale interspecies traits
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How two sesquiterpenes drive horse manure rolling behavior in wild giant pandas
In this work, we discussed and counter-commented Paul J. Weldon's comments on our recent paper (Zhou et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 117:32493, 2020a), where we reported that BCP/BCPO (beta-caryophyllene/caryoph...
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Exploring marine endosymbiosis systems with omics techniques
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Open AccessTsen-Hwang Shaw: Founder of Vertebrate Zoology in China
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Diet drives convergent evolution of gut microbiomes in bamboo-eating species
Gut microbiota plays a critical role in host physiology and health. The coevolution between the host and its gut microbes facilitates animal adaptation to its specific ecological niche. Multiple factors such a...
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A new era for evolutionary developmental biology in non-model organisms
