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In a paper published last week in The ISME Journal, a team lead by Prof. MA Zhanshan (Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences) and Prof. Nicholas Gotelli (University of Vermont) discovered that, in only approximately 1/3 of cases, there is a statistical difference in the microbiome diversity of healthy versus diseased individuals.
Launched a decade ago, the human micr... more |
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In a paper published in Ecological Monographs, Professors MA Zhanshan (also known as Sam Ma) from Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Aaron M. Ellison (Harvard University) presented a new way of analyzing networks of interacting organisms, which provides a powerful framework and supporting approaches for investigating the ecology and etiology of human microbiome a... more |
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Non-human primates are widely used animal models in studying pathological mechanisms of HIV/SIV infections due to their close evolutionary status with human being. The pig-tailed macaque, which can be divided into three species based on morphological characteristics and geographic distribution, i.e., Southern pig-tailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina), Northern pig-tailed macaque (NPMs, M.leon... more |
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Recently, the research group of Prof. CHE Jing (Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences) discovered a new species of the genus Liurana Dubois, 1986 from Medog County, Tibet, China, and named it Liurana vallecula sp. nov. (English common name: Valley Papilla-tongued). The “vallecula” means “valley inhabitor”, in reference to the habitat of this species in the lower riv... more |
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Neoteny is a unique phenomenon during human evolution. Compared to nonhuman primates, humans have delayed or slowed body development. This human-specific neotenous process, in view of evolutionary significance, provides an extended time window for brain development and neural network plasticity, a key factor affecting the formation of human intelligence. However, the genetic basis of human... more |
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