supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(U0836603);Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University(NCET)
The phylogeny of the colobine monkeys has a complex evolutionary history,evolving several distinct radiations and owned a wide range of forest and woodland habits in tropical Africa and in southern and eastern Asia.Un...
supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(U0836603);Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University(NCET)
Leptin is an adiposity-secreted hormone that is pivotal in regulating feeding behavior,energy metabolism and body mass.The study of leptin has been of crucial importance for public health and pharmaceutical interventi...
supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (2007CB411600);National Natural Science Foundation of China (U0836603)
Chinese snub-nosed monkeys (genus Rhinopithecus, subfamily Colobinae), including R. bieti, R. brelichi and R. roxellana, are well-known as the non-human primates with the highest known altitudinal distribution. They r...
supported by the National Key Basic Research Program of China (2007CB411600);National Natural Science Foundation of China (U0836603);National Undergraduate Students Research Training Fund from Ministry of Education of China, National Fund for Fostering Talents of Basic Science (J0730652);Research Training Fund from Experiment Teaching Center of Life Sciences;Project of Higher Education Reform and Practice of Science and Engineering from Ministry of Education of China (239)
The recognition and perception of chemical signals from environments are very important for the survival of organisms.In mammals,general chemical signals are mainly detected by the main olfactory system (MOS),while ph...
supported by the State Key Basic Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2007CB411600);National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. U0836603)
Adaptation is one of the most fundamental issues in the studies of organismal evolution. Pancreatic ribonuclease is a very impor- tant digestive enzyme and secreted by the pancreas. Numerous studies have suggested tha...