The sex ratio of crocodiles is strongly biased towards females, often as high as 10 females to 1 male. In crocodilians, the temperature of egg incubation is the environmental factor determining sex. If the temperature...
Immunoglobulins(Igs)are essential components of the adaptive immune system and are expressed only in jawed vertebrates,including cartilaginous fish,bony fish,amphibians,reptiles,birds and mammals.Antigen-binding regio...
Fish (cartilaginous: elasmobraneh and bony: osteiehthyan aetinopterygian) and reptile (crocodile) mierofosails comprising scales and teeth have been examined from a series of limestone samples in the Upper Juras...
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30470244, No.30270213), and the Fund for Excellent Youth in Anhui Province (No.04043049) and Key Laboratory of Biotic Environment and Ecological safety in Anhui Province.
The nucleotide sequence of the complete mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) molecule of the salt-water crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) was determined in this article. The molecule is 16,917 base pairs Cop) in length, and co...