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| Worldwide, there are 80,000-130,000 recognized mollusk species, and approximately 5% of them live in freshwater. These extensively diversified invertebrate animals compose the large phylum Mollusca. Although the mollusks could be found in various habitats and have their own characteristic behaviors, but one thing them have in common is the sensitivities to environments. As an environmental indi... more |
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| For the susceptible human group, they might will be bothered by lots of outdoor allergens, for example, pollen could make them to repel flowers blossoming in Spring, or to shun beautiful sunshine in sunny days. Then could their home be the haven and keep them free of allergic symptoms, such as itching, sneezing and coughing? Unfortunately, the answer is highly possible negative. Depends on if t... more |
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| Estimated to afflict some 500 million people worldwide, obesity is an increasingly common problem. Numerous studies also implicate it as the number one preventable cause of death globally. Despite these realities, research into the causes and treatments of obesity are handicapped by our limited understandings into the connection between lipid metabolism—the process by which the body breaks dow... more |
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| In the long history of biomedical research, animals are always the non-replaceable parts. During the last four decades, 99% of the laureates of Noble Prize in Physiology and Medicine won the honor referring to their animal-based research. For human diseases study specifically, although the non-human primates, such as rhesus monkey, do have their undeniable advantages, the disadvantages are also... more |
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| No matter how small it is, almost every aspect of biology’s life is under the close watch of evolutionary selection. And the influence of selection could show in different ways. For example, directional selection is a mode in which the best man wins, which means a single phenotype will be favored and the allele frequency will continuously shift in one direction. But one the other hand, there a... more |
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