supported by the National Key Program(2016YFC0503200)from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China;a special grant for the giant panda from the State Forestry Administration of the People’s Republic of China;the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of the People’s Republic of China;the Foundation of Key Laboratory of State Forestry and Grassland Administration(State Park Administration)on Conservation Biology of Rare Animals in the Giant Panda National Park(KLSFGAGP2020.002);the Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Genome Read and Write(2017B030301011)。
Extant giant pandas are divided into Sichuan and Qinling subspecies.The giant panda has many speciesspecific characteristics,including comparatively small organs for body size,small genitalia of male individuals,and l...
supported by a special grant(SG1411)for the giant panda from the State Forestry Administration of China
Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is a family of highly polymorphic genes activating adaptive immunity in vertebrates. However, the underlying mecha- nism of MHC evolution is still not fully understood. In this...
supported by Knowledge Innovation Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (KSCX2-EW-Z-4);National Natural Science Foundation of China (30670329)
Anthropogenic factors affect biodiversity and have led to the contraction or extinction of animal populations worldwide.Here,we use historical demographic data,spanning the past 300 years,to show that a rapid distribu...
supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(2007CB411600);the State Forestry Administration of China (WH0627);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China
Artificial breeding is an important project to protect,recover and reintroduce endangered species.Knowledge of the population's genetic diversity at functional loci is important for the establishment of effective capt...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(30470233 and 31170297);the International Cooperative Project for the Giant Panda,State Forestry Administration(WH0306,WH0309)
For solitary species that aggregate to breed, signals, such as sound or odor, transmitted across the landscape can play an important role in mate choice and coordinating breeding activity. Recent work on vocalizations...
supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (2007CB411600);a special grant from the State Forestry Administration of China (2130206);the Fundamen-tal Research Funds for the Central Universities of China
Captive populations provide a precious genetic resource for endangered animals and a source of individuals for reintroduction to depleted habitats. Therefore, accuracy in determining paternity is of vital importance f...
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 30470233 & 30170169);the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (Grant No. 98002717);grants from China Wildlife Conservation Association (Grant Nos. 96035 & WH0309).
To test the hypothesis of whether ano- genital gland secretions (AGS) of giant panda code for their sexual ability, we collected AGS samples of 11 male (5 adult and 6 subadult) and 14 female (7 adult and 7 subadult) c...
This work was supported by the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars(Grant No.30325009);the State Key Basic Research and Development Plan of the P.R.China(Grant No.G2000046906);a special grant for the giant panda from the Sichuan Forestry Department;State Forestry Administration of China.
In the present study, formalin-fixed feces, oli-gonucleotide fingerprinting and SRY-gene based sexing were used to construct a family net for giant pandas in the Tang-jiahe Natural Reserve and to assess contemporary g...
This work was supported by the Climbing Project of the Ministry of Sciences and Technology of China (Grant No.97021109-2);the Important Project of Knowledge Innovation of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. KSCX1-05-01).
Interspecies somatic nuclear transfer (NT) may provide a new approach for preservation of the endangered rare species. Previous interspecies cloning studies have shown that a nucleus from a quiescent somatic cell supp...
THE giant panda is a kind of endangered rare animal,the number of which is less than onethousand at present,specially distributed in China.According to the protective scheme issuedby The International Association of N...