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Viviparity (live-bearing) is a reproductive mode in which pregnant females maintain developing embryos inside their reproductive tracts and give birth directly to offspring. In contrast, oviparity (egg-laying) is the reproductive pattern in which females lay eggs that continue to develop independently of the mother until hatching. Viviparous species provide an environment for embryonic dev... more |
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Recently, scientists from Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences discovered a new species of Yunnanilus, and named as Y. jiuchiensis.
Yunnanilus is an ecologically important genus distributed in lakes, marshes, and slow-flowing waters, with an affinity for karstic areas. The species of Yunnanilus known from Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, and Guangxi regions of China as well as... more |
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| Breast cancer is one of the most common malignancies in women, recent researches indicated that transcription factor Krüpple-like factor 5 (KLF5) plays important roles in breast tumorigenesis. The previous studies showed KLF5 promotes breast cancer stem cell maintenance and self-renewal (Theranostics, 2016; 6(4): 533-544), it is also reported that Klf5 plays a key role in maintaining ESC self-... more |
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| In our brain, there are around 10 billion neurons and the neural synapses are the basic and connection units transferring the information between them. The neural transmitters, released by presynaptic neurons, diffuse into the synaptic cleft and then bind to the corresponding receptors on postsynaptic neurons, thereby regulating their neuronal activity and accomplishing the information transmis... more |
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| Puta-O region, located in the Northernmost part of Myanmar, is one of the world's highest biodiversity hotspots and the species richness is extremely high. Since December 2014, researchers from Kunming Institute of Zoology (KIZ)/Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute (SEARBI), Chinese Academy of Sciences have collected some fish specimens during the surveys of the Mali Hka River drainag... more |
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