This work was supported by the Key Sci-Tech Project of Shaanxi Province(No.2018ZDXM-NY-034);the Innovation Capability Support Program of Shaanxi Province(No.2018-TD-021),China;support by the Northwest A&F University and the reproductive biology and cell engineering team.We acknowledge Mr.Xuezhe ZHANG at the Shaanxi Baosen Musk Deer Industry Co.,Ltd.(Shaanxi,China)for providing experimental animals.
Background The musk glands of adult male Chinese forest musk deer(Moschus berezovskii Flerov,1929)(FMD),which are considered as special skin glands,secrete a mixture of sebum,lipids,and proteins into the musk pod.Toge...
supported by the Genetically Modified Organisms Breeding Major Project of China(2016ZX08005005);the National Key Technology R&D Program of China(2016YFD0101404);the China Agricultural Research System(CARS-15-27);the Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Crop Production,and the National Science Foundation of China(32101764).
Comprehensive utilization of cottonseeds is limited by the presence of pigment glands and its inclusion gossypol.The ideal cotton has glandless seeds but a glanded plant,a trait found in only a few Australian wild cot...
the grants from Science and Technology Project of Guangzhou City (Grant No.201510010055);Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (Grant No. 2015A030313390);National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 31672357).
Silkworm mutants are valuable resources for both transgenic breeding and gene discovery. PiggyBac-based random insertional mutagenesis has been widely used in gene functional studies. In order to discover genes involv...
Background:The uropygial gland is an exocrine gland located above the tail of birds that produces a diverse range of biochemicals.It has been hypothesized to be involved in chemical protection,water-proofing and maint...
supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(2016YFC0503200);the Chinese Academy of Sciences(QYZDB-SSW-SMC047)
Seasonally reproducing animals show many behavioral and physiological changes during the mating period, including increased signaling for intrasexual competition and mate attraction. We collected 102 anogenital gland ...
The uropygial gland has been hypothesized to play a role in sexual signaling through a "make-up" function derived from the effects of secretions from the gland on the appearanee of the plumage and bare parts of the bo...
grants fromNational Natural Science Foundation of China (31830056, 31861163006, 31625020,31530045, 31661143043 to Y.A.Z.;31871456, 31661143042, 91519314, 31630043,31571513, 31430058 to NJ.);Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDB19000000 andXDA12020349 to Y.A.Z.;XDA16020501 to NJ.Z XDA16020404 to G.P.);Ministry ofScience and Technology of China (2018YFA0108000, 2017YFA0102700,2015CB964500 to NJ., 2018YFA0107201 to G.P.);Research Grants Council(N_HKUST628/18 to T.H.C);Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission(17XD1404000 to YAZ).
In the mammary gland, it is widely believed that the luminal cells are unipotent after birth, contributing only to the luminal compartment in normal development. Here, by lineage tracing, we uncovered an unexpected po...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31471958,31272298);the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the CAS(2013183);the Open Project of Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental and Evolutionary Biology,CAS(2009DP17321409)
Three newly recorded species in the order Acerentomata in Protura from China are described:Filientomon duodecimsetosum Nakamura,2004,Verrucoentomon anatoli Shrubovych & Bernard,2012 and Verrucoentomon louisanne Shrubo...
In published paper by Watanabe, the Figure 3 on page 905 is incorrect, because of a mistake on computer processing. The correct Figure 3 is as follows.