supported by grants from National Key R&D Program of China(2021YFA1101300);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32371067 and 31970943).
Males and females display dimorphic behaviors that often involve sex-specific locomotor patterns.How the sexually dimorphic locomotion is mediated is poorly understood.In this study,we identify a neuropeptide that opp...
Breeding coloration of females often signals aspects of their reproductive status,suggesting a link between color and sex steroid hormones.In this study,we examined the relationships between 2 sex steroid hormones(pro...
the IACUC of the National Wildlife Research Center.This research was supported through cooperative agreements 14-7412-1061-CA,15-7412-1155-CA,and 16-7412-1269-CA between James Madison University and the U.S.Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service(APHIS).
Animals communicate with potential mates using species-specific signals,and pheromones are powerful sexual signals that modify conspecific behavior to facilitate mate location.Among the vertebrates,snakes are especi...
Background Hypertension is a common chronic disease among older adults, and is associated with medical complications and mor- tality. This study aimed to examine the effects of social network characteristics on the pr...