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| Cockroach, a common insect pest in the urban inner-city environment, is an important source of inhalant indoor allergen resource, and has been recognized as a major cause of asthma. In 1964 Bernton and Brown first clearly documented the skin reaction test of cockroach allergens. In 1979 the relationship between asthmatic patients and inhalant cockroach allergens was conformed. According to the ... more |
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| Butterflies are exceptionally diverse but their potential as an experimental system has been limited by the difficulty of deciphering heterozygous genomes and a lack of genetic manipulation technology. In order to develop butterflies as new models for exploring such topics as genetic mechanism of morphological evolution, the researchers from the Kunming Institute of Zoology (KIZ), Chinese Acade... more |
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| Breast cancer is a common malignant tumor. The advance of breast cancer treatments is hindered in part by challenges in translating to humans the successes achieved indistantly related rodent species. To bridge that evolutionary gap, scientists have begun to turn to an alternative model organism, the tree shrew (Tupaiabelangerichinensis). Tree shrews have increasingly become an attractive exper... more |
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| In the wild, many animal species, no matter how small or strong they are, can use their specialized ways to defend themselves and to prey, e.g., the deadly predator, mantis, really masters the skill of hiding its merciless nature under the disguise of those super adorable, mysteries or even spiritual gestures of mimicry; the strong, mighty lions, on the other hand, never understand how to manif... more |
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