supported by the Key R&D Project of Hubei Provincial Science and Technology Department(2020BBB076);Talent Project of Hunan Provincial Science and Technology Department(2020RC3057);National Natural Science Foundation of China(32060128)。
DEAR EDITOR,Cavefish are of considerable interest due to the remarkable morphological changes that occurred during their adaptation to cave or subterranean river habitats.These changes are thought to involve trade-off...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32260310,31560111);Top Young Talents Program of the Ten-Thousand Plan of Yunnan Province(YNWR-QNBJ-2018-024);Scientific Research Fund of Yunnan Provincial Education Department,China(2020Y0014)。
Intestinal microbes are closely related to vital host functions such as digestion and nutrient absorption,which play important roles in enhancing host adaptability.As a natural“laboratory”,caves provide an outstandi...
This work was supported by the Top Discipline Construction Program of Guizhou Province(Qianjaokeyan[2019]No.125);the programs of the Strategic Priority Research Program B of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS)(No.XDB31000000);the National Animal Collection Resource Center,China(No.2005DKA21402);the Application of Amphibian Natural Antioxidant Peptides as Cosmetic Raw Material Antioxidants(No.QKZYD[2020]4002).
Modern accumulations of genetic data offer unprecedented opportunities for understanding the systematic classification and origins of specific groups of organisms.The genus Sinocyclocheilus is among the most cave abun...
This work was financially supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China:NSFC31872218(FWM),NSFC31972868(YHZ);NSFC31372191(FWM),and NSFC31270419(ZSH);Funding agencies had no role in the design,collection,analysis,and interpretation of data;in the writing of the manuscript or in the decision to submit the manuscript for publication。
The adaptive evolution of visual systems has been observed in many cavefish.However,little is known about the molecular mechanisms underlying these adaptations,which include regressive changes such as eye degeneration...
the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant nos.51575027,51975030 and 31972868);the Beijing Municipal Natural Science Foundation(No.3152017);the Academic Excellence Foundation of BUAA for PhD Students,and partly supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.
In this study,the lateral line systems in Chinese cavefish eyeless Sinocyclocheilus tianlinensis and eyed Sinocyclocheilus macrophthalmus were investigated to reveal their morphological changes to survive in harsh env...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31672282; U1702233);Species Resources Protection Project(Fishery,171821301354052150);Agricultural Basic Long-term Observation and Monitoring Project(ZX08S182057);Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to W.S.J
DEAR EDITOR,A blind fish of Sinocyclocheilus (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae)was caught in open water in the Three Gorges (Sanxia)reservoir, at a depth of 20 m in the mainstream of YangtzeRiver in Zigui County, Hubei Provi...
financially supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China NSFC31372191(F.W.M.),NSFC31471961 (Y.H.Z.); NIH grants NIH R01 OD011116(J.H.P.) ; R24RR032670 (J.H.P.).
The genus Sinocyclocheilus (golden-line barbel) includes 25species of cave-dwelling blind fish (cavefish)and more than 30 surface-dwelling species with normal vision.Cave environments are dark and generally nutrient-p...
Cavefish, with sensitive lateral lines, can swim freely and locate preys in invisible and complex cave environments, though their eyes are greatly degenerated. Investigations on the morphology and distribution charact...