A5102980966- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology
- Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Gut microbiota and health
- Diet and metabolism studies
- Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications
- Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
- Amoebic Infections and Treatments
- Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
- T-cell and B-cell Immunology
- Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
- Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
- Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies
- Physiological and biochemical adaptations
- Plant and animal studies
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Immune Cell Function and Interaction
- Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
Zhengzhou University
2025
Sichuan Agricultural University
2015-2024
Blastocystis is a common intestinal protist with wide range of hosts. Thus far, 38 subtypes have been identified. In recent years, wild animals confronted habitat fragmentation as well an increasing risk zoonotic disease transmission due to human disturbance. Only limited data are available on infection and subtype distribution in rhesus macaques China. The aim the present study was investigate prevalence genetic diversity nine macaque populations China.A total 276 faecal samples were...
Abstract Male musk deer secrete from the gland located between their naval and genitals. Unmated male forest generate a greater amount of than mated males, potentially allowing them to attract number females. In this study, we used gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC/MS) explore chemical composition pods captive unmated sexually mature Chinese next-generation sequencing intensively survey bacterial communities within them. Analysis showed that males have more muscone cholesterol....
The mammal intestinal microbiota is involved in various physiological processes and plays a key role host environment adaption. However, for non-human primates (NHPs), little known about their gut microbial community high-altitude environments even less adaption to such habitats. We characterised the of rhesus macaques from multiple compared it those low-altitude populations.
Island vertebrates have evolved a number of morphological, physiological, and life history characteristics that set them apart from their mainland relatives. However, to date, the evolution metabolism its impact on vulnerability extinction insular remains poorly understood. This study used metabolic data 2813 species tetrapod vertebrates, including 695 ectothermic 2118 endothermic species, reveal island mammals birds convergent strategies toward slow pace life. Insularity was associated with...
Vertebrate β-defensins comprise an important family of antimicrobial peptides that protect organisms from a diverse spectrum bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoan parasites. Previous studies have shown marked variation in the number among species, but underlying reason is unclear. To address this question, we performed comprehensive computational searches to study intact β-defensin genes 29 vertebrates. Phylogenetic analysis vertebrates identified frequent changes multiple species-specific...
Abstract There have been many reports on the genetic mechanism in rhesus macaques (RMs) for environmental adaptation to high altitudes, but synergistic involvement of gut microbiota this remains unclear. Here we performed fecal metagenomic and metabolomic studies samples from high- low-altitude populations assess role RMs high-altitude environments. Microbiota taxonomic annotation yielded 7471 species. were 37 bacterial species whose abundance was significantly enriched populations, 16 which...
Abstract The gut microbiota helps the host to absorb nutrients and generate immune responses that can affect behavior, development, reproduction, overall health. However, in most of previous studies, was sampled mainly using feces intestinal contents from mammals but not wild reptiles. Here, we described bacterial profile five different gastrointestinal tract (GIT) segments (esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large cloaca) three Rhabdophis subminiatus 16S rRNA V4 hypervariable amplicon...
Previous researches have highlighted the finding that availability of food resources plays an important role in reshaping gut microbiota wild animals as they to adapt surrounding habitat. The microbial characteristics were examined Tibetan macaques (Macaca thibetana) from eastern China (Huangshan, Anhui), but little is known about other geographical populations. Herein, we collected 40 fecal samples Labahe Natural Reserve western over four seasons and analyzed seasonal variation using 16S...
Diet and feeding behavior data are crucial to a deep understanding of the behavioral response adaptation primates high-altitude environment. From August 2019 June 2021, we collected on rhesus macaque Macaca mulatta group from Yajiang County, Western Sichuan Plateau, which has an altitude over 3,500 m. The results showed that (33.0 ± 1.8%) moving (28.3 2.6%) were dominant macaques. Macaques ate 193 food items, comprising 11 categories 90 species. Our study found plant roots (30.9 30.1%) young...
Primate species have been increasingly threatened by legal and illegal trade in China, mainly for biomedical research or as pets traditional medicine, yet most reports on from China regard international trade. To assess a proxy amount of national primate trades, we quantified the number native featuring unique web news 2000 to 2017, including accuracy their identification, location where they were confiscated rescued, condition upon rescue. measure temporal trends across these categories,...
Adaptive evolutions to high-altitude adaptation have been intensively studied in mammals. However, considering the additional vertebrate groups, new perception regarding selection challenged by stress on mitochondrial genome can be gained. To test this hypothesis, we compiled and analyzed genomes of 5 alpine pheasants 12 low-altitude species Phasianidae. The results that evolutionary rates ATP6 ND6 showing significant fluctuation among branches when involved with five revealed both genes...
Platysternon megacephalum is the only living representative species of Platysternidae and three subspecies remain: P. m. megalorcephalum, shiui, peguense. However, previous reports implied that peguense has distinct morphological molecular features. The characterization mitogenome been accepted as an efficient means phylogenetic evolutionary analysis. Hence, this study first determined complete with aim to identify structure variability through comparative Furthermore, relationship was...
The liver is the major organ of lipid biosynthesis in chicken. In laying hens, synthesizes most yolk precursors and transports them to developing follicles produce eggs. However, a systematic investigation long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) mRNA transcriptome across developmental stages needed. Here, we constructed 12 libraries from tissue during four stages: juvenile (day 60), sexual maturity 133), peak 220), broodiness 400). A total 16,930 putative lncRNAs 18,260 mRNAs were identified. More than...