supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2018YFA0903000,2021YFC0863400);Key Project of Beijing University of Chemical Technology (XK1803-06);Donkey Industry Innovation Team Program of Modern Agricultural Technology System from Shandong Province,China (SDAIT-27)。
DEAR EDITOR,Astroviruses are known to cause gastroenteritis and diarrhea symptoms in various hosts.However,no information is currently available on any donkey astrovirus genome.In this study,we collected six intestina...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31621062);Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDA2004010302);Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research (STEP)Program (2019QZKK05010703);supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (91731304, 31822048);Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDB13020600);Qinghai Department of Science and Technology Major Project;State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resources in Yunnan,Yunnan University(2018KF001)supported by the Animal Branch of the Germplasm Bank of Wild Species,Chinese Academy of Sciences (Large Research Infrastructure Funding)
Over the last several hundred years,donkeys have adapted to high-altitude conditions on the Tibetan Plateau.Interestingly,the kiang,a closely related equid species,also inhabits this region.Previous reports have demon...
supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA2004010302);Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research(STEP)Program(2019QZKK0501);National Natural Science Foundation of China(31860305);Sino-Africa Joint Research Center,Chinese Academy of Sciences(SAJC201611);Research Center for Ecology and Environment of Central Asia,Chinese Academy of Sciences.Y.L.was supported by the Young Academic and Technical Leader Raising Foundation of Yunnan Province;Samples used in this study were provided by the Animal Branch of the Germplasm Bank of Wild Species,Chinese Academy of Sciences(Large Research Infrastructure Funding)
Molecular studies on donkey mitochondrial sequences have clearly defined two distinct maternal lineages involved in domestication.However,domestication histories of these two lineages remain enigmatic.We therefore com...
supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31572381);National Thousand Youth Talents Plan of the International Science and Technology Cooperation Project of China(2013DFA31420);Science and Technology Innovation Capability Promotion Program of the Science and Technology Department of Qinghai Province(2015-ZJ-712)
Divergence of gene expression and alter native splicing is a crucial driving force in the evolution of species;to date, however the molecular mechanism remains unclear. Hybrids of closely related species provide a sui...