Studies show giant panda could survive  

出　　处：《Bulletin of the Chinese Academy of Sciences》2007年第4期198-199,共2页中国科学院院刊（英文版）

摘　　要：The giant panda(Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is not a relicspecies, and it can survive, according to scientists. Employing microsatellite and mitochondrial control region (CR) sequences asThe giant panda （Ailuropoda melanoleuca） is not a relic species, and it can survive, according to scientists. Employing microsatellite and mitochondrial control region （CR） sequences as genetic markers, CAS researchers have obtained some key information about the giant panda and its recent evolution history. Their discovery that the lovely creature still possesses high genetic diversity and evolution potentials challenges the hypothesis suggesting the giant panda is facing an ＂evolutionary dead-end.＂ The research was reported in a recent issue of Molecular Biology and Evolution by a team of scientists led by Prof. WEI Fuwen of the CAS Institute of Zoology and Prof. Michael W. Bruford of Cardiff University.

关 键 词：大熊猫 生活习性 生存能力 饮食需求 

分 类 号：S863[农业科学—野生动物驯养]