Financial support was provided by the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (31101633)
The digestive tract plays an important role in digestion and the acquisition of food energy. Understanding the impact of abiotic environments on digestive tract morphology is especially important for evolution of dige...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31101633);the Innovative Team Foundation of China West Normal University
In many anurans, the forelimb muscles of males are used to grasp females and are often heavier than those of females despite the larger female body size. Such sexual dimorphism in forelimb musculature is thought to re...
Financial support was provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31101633);the Foundation of Key Laboratory of Southwest China Wildlife Resources Conservation (Ministry of Education);China West Normal University;China (XNYB01-3).
We used skeletochronology to estimate age structure of the Omei Wood Frog, Rana omeimontis, from southwestern China.Average age differed significantly between males and females.Age at sexual maturity in both males and...