supported financially by China Geological Survey(Grant No.DD20230221);the Key Laboratory of Stratigraphy and Palaeontology,Ministry of Natural Resources(Grant No.KLSP SP202301);National Nature Science Foundation of China(Grant No.41202012).
Twelve new dinosaur teeth have recently been recovered from three localities in the Upper Cretaceous Nenjiang Formation of the Songliao Basin.Although fragmentary,the material offers enough evidence to identify the fo...
Chinese scientists have unearthed the oldest short-tailed bird fossil,pushing the class’s origins back by 20 million years and offering new insights into early life on Earth,In a remarkable discovery,a team of Chines...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(42130209;42002015);Youth Innovation Promotion Association CAS(2021070);General Project of Yunnan Provincial Science and Technology Department(202101BA070001-076);Project of Young and Middle-aged Academic and Technical Talents(202405AC350098);Meemann Chang Academician Workstation in Yunnan Province(202205AF150002)。
A new species of Bothriolepis(Placodermi,Antiarcha),B.zhujiangyuanensis sp.nov.,is described from the Eifelian(Middle Devonian)Shangshuanghe Formation at the Pearl River Source Scenic Area,Qujing,Yunnan Province,south...
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All vertebrates have a definitive thyroid gland,or thyroid for short.As a critical organ for growth,development and metabolism,its origin and evolution have long received attention.On the basis of anatomical position,...
In arthropods,hematophagy has arisen several times throughout evolution.This specialized feeding behavior offered a highly nutritious diet obtained during blood feeds.On the other hand,blood-sucking arthropods must ov...
support by a grant from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council to K.B.T.
Animals rely on olfaction to detect and process invaluable chemical information about their environment.For olfaction to function,chemicals must first be detected,which leads to the activation of signal-transduction p...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.92255301,41972006,42072026,42130209);Mee-mann Chang Academician Workstation in Yunnan Province(Grant No.202205AF150002)。
New discovery of the early Silurian fossil fish Changxingaspis(Xiushuiaspidae,Galeaspida),Changxingaspis nianzhongi sp.nov.and C.gui,are described from the Tataertag Formation in Tarim Basin and the Kangshan Formation...
supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)to YD(32171129);from China Postdoctoral Science Foundation to YC(2023M731112);from NSFC to RG(32260216)。
Vertebrate neurons are highly dynamic cells that undergo several alterations in their functioning and physiologies in adaptation to various external stimuli.In particular,how these neurons respond to physical exercise...
supported by“Agricultural Biological Breeding-2030”major project(2023ZD0405504);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31930111 and 32102785);the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA024030104);the China Agriculture Research System of MOF and MARA(CARS-45-07);Science and Technology Major Project of Hubei Province(2023BBA001);Hubei Hongshan Laboratory(2021hszd001);Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by CAST(2023QNRC001);the Excellent Young Talents program of Wuhan。
Unisexual reproduction is generally relevant to polyploidy, and unisexual vertebrates are often considered an evolutionary “dead end” due to the accumulation of deleterious mutations and absence of genetic diversity...
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Liver is characteristic of all vertebrates.As a critical hub for many physiological processes including metabolism,innate immunity,protein synthesis and detoxification,its evolutionary origin was largely underapprecia...