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Balitora ludongensis(Image by LanJiahu, KIZ)
During an expedition of the fishery resource in Jingxi County, Guangxi Province in May, 2008, some Balitora fishes were collected by Yang-Junxing’s team members of Kunming Institute of Zoology in Ludong Town of Zuojiang River drainage. After being carefully compared with all its congeners, it was described as a new species of Balitora ludon... more |
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| Anaphylaxis from insect venom is mostly caused by Hymenoptera stings, including vespids of the genera Vespula, Vespa Dolichovespula, and Polistes and by apids of the genera Apis and Bombus.Three ant genera are also of importance: Solenopsis, Myrmecia and Pachycondyla . Many cases of wasp allergy with severe allergic reactions have been documented. The symptoms induced by wasp allergy include it... more |
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Two half-blood Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys (Rhisnopithecus bieti) were born in the Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (KIZ) on the morning of February 21, 2012.
The two baby monkeys, now in excellent physical conditions, belong to the second generation of artificial propagated monkeys.
Yunnan snub-nose monkey is a world known endangered species. It only inhabit... more |
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| Antimicrobial peptides play a central role in the innate defense system and it has became the hot topic in the research of new type anti-infectious drugs because it’s not easy to develop drug-resistance in most microorganisms. The research team led by Prof. Lai Ren of the Kunming institute of zoology, CAS has done a lot of work in exploring and developing the antimicrobial peptides and charact... more |
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| The saliva gland of the horse fly Tabanus Yao contains plenty of bioactive molecules with antithrombotic effects. In recent years, the research team led by Prof. Lai Ren from Kunming institute of zoology, CAS. has characterized a number of antithrombotic molecules in the saliva gland of horse fly Tabanus Yao. Recently, based on the previous work and collaborating with Prof. John’s research tea... more |
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