financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.31360141,31772470,and No.J1103512);the West Light Foundation of Chinese Academy of Sciences(2015);the Project of National Biodiversity Observation Network-Bird(2015-2018)
Background:Vigilance refers to the behavior of animals scanning their surroundings with a main purpose of antipredation.Whether vigilance can serve the function of anti-predation depends on its unpredictability,meanin...
supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.81101330,31271378,81250044 and J1103512);the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(Nos.BK2011013 and BK2012014).
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) that are involved in post-transcriptional gene regulation. It has long been assumed that miRNAs exert their roles only in the cytoplasm, where they recognize their...