supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC,31971413)to Dongming Li;the Hebei Natural Science Foundation(C2023205016)to Limin Wang.
The avian hippocampus,akin to its mammalian counterpart,plays a critical role in cognitive and physiological processes despite notable structural differences.Initially thought to be less developed,recent studies over ...
Detailed sedimentological analysis of the Pokaran Boulder Bed,representing the most basal unit of the Neoproterozoic-Lower Cambrian Marwar Supergroup,clearly indicates its glacial origin.The glacial sediments are inte...
funded by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2022YFC3501700);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31970325);the Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by CAST(2021QNRC1-02);the Research Project of Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality(21DZ2202300);the Science and Technology Project of Sichuan Province(2019YFN0150);the Shanghai Local Science and Technology Development Fund Program guided by the Central Government(YDZX2020300002948).
Plant phenomics aims to perform high-throughput,rapid,and accurate measurement of plant traits,facilitating the identification of desirable traits and optimal genotypes for crop breeding.Salvia miltiorrhiza(Danshen)ro...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32130012,31972871);the 2115 Talent Development Program of China Agricultural University,the Biodiversity Survey and Assessment Project of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment,China(2019HJ2096001006);the China Scholarship Council for the financial support of Di Li's study at FSU.
Dilaridae are a distinctive and phylogenetically ambiguous neuropteran family.So far,the anatomy of the immature stages remains largely unknown.We examined the 1st instar larvae of Dilar montanus in detail and present...
Evolution is the key to understanding the theories of biology.Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution(Dobzhansky 1973).Beyond the traditional method of morphology,we are aware of the possibilit...
funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (To J.Y.,31771111,31970974,32061143007,32125017 and 32150008).
Direct neural inputs to immune organs have been observed for decades,with their functions in neuroimmune regulation being increasingly appreciated.However,the current knowledge of such neural structures,particularly t...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.31970234);the Ministry of Natural Resources,China(Grant No.12111300000018001);the Key Laboratory for the Evolution of Past Life and Environment in Northeast Asia,Ministry of Education,China(Grant No.2018JDEPw001)。
Well-preserved Cretaceous trunk fragments of Cycadeoidea(Cycadeoidaceae)were recently found in Keshan County,Heilongjiang Province,Northeast China.These fossils represent important evidence of the distribution of this...
This work was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.31971704,31770743).
Ananas comosus var.bracteatus is an important ornamental plant because of its green/white chimeric leaves.The accumulation of anthocyanin makes the leaf turn to red especially in the marginal part.However,the red fade...
supported by“the National Science Centre”to K.J.grant no.UMO-2015/19/N/NZ8/00404;to S.M.D grant no.UMO-2015/18/E/NZ8/00505.Long-term study of blue tits on Gotl;was also supported by‘the Ministry of Science and Higher Education’(NN304061140);‘the National Science Centre’(UMO-2012/07/D/NZ8/01317).
Achromatic patches are a common element of plumage patterns in many bird species and there is growing body of evidence that in many avian taxa they can play a signaling role in mate choice.Although the blue tit Cyanis...
supported by the China Scholarship Council(CSC,No.201608130113);the work of Ningwen Zhang was financially supported by the Program Strategic Alliances of the Dutch Royal Academy of Sciences(KNAW,PSA program 08-PSA-BD-02).
Brassica species are characterized by their tremendous intraspecific diversity,exemplified by leafy vegetables,oilseeds,and crops with enlarged inflorescences or above ground storage organs.In contrast to potato tuber...