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A research lab led by Prof. SU Bing from Kunming Institute of Zoology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with scientists from Tibetan University and Zhengzhou University, have discovered the key gene explaining the genetic adaptation of skin color of Tibetans.
Due to the long-time settlement at high altitude, Tibetans have been adapted to high altitude extreme environmens.... more |
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| A research consortium led by Prof. ZHANG Guojie from Kunming Institute of Zoology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has undertaken a seminal and major study spanning all recent penguin taxa to understand 60 million years of penguin evolutionary history and sheds new light on the evolutionary pathways that allowed some land animals to transition back into aquatic environments, particularly extr... more |
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A new species of loach in northern Myanmar is reported jointly by researchers from Kunming Institute of Zoology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, National University of Singapore and Forest Research Institute of Myanmar. It was described herein as Mustura yangi and was published online on 18th July in Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters.
Putao of northern Myanmar has special species... more |
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Toxins enable venomous animals can be outstanding predators with impressive attack and have defence capabilities. They can fulfil various ecological interactions by toxins, including prey capture, defense against predators, and aggressive encounters.
However, toxins act as a double-edged sword. The venom gland not only functions as an arsenal in which to secrete, store and manage toxin mole... more |
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Over three decades ago, Researchers in Yunnan, China discovered the site from a quarry called Maludong where they unearthed a lot of bones including human bones. The fossils were carbon dated to the Late Pleistocene about 14,000 years ago, approaching to the period of time when modern human migrating to the New World from Asia.
From the cave, researchers recovered a hominin skull cap that l... more |
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