Giant pandas and red pandas are endangered species with similar specialized bamboo diet
and partial sympatric distribution in China. Over the last two decades, the rapid development …

Cold stress affects rice growth and productivity. Defects in the plastid-localized
pseudouridine synthase OsPUS1 affect chloroplast ribosome biogenesis, leading to low …

Reintroduction programs seek to restore degraded populations and reverse biodiversity
loss. To examine the hypothesis that gut symbionts could be used as an indicator of …

Background The gut microbiota play important roles in host adaptation and evolution, but
are understudied in natural population of wild mammals. To address host adaptive evolution …

The orchid mantises achieve camouflage with morphological modifications in body color
and pattern, providing an interesting model for understanding phenotypic innovation …

Abstract Pangolins (Pholidota, Manidae) are classified as an evolutionarily distinct and
globally endangered mammal due to their unique morphology (nail‐like scales and a …

Some wild cotton species are remarkably tolerant to salt stress, and hence represent
valuable resources for improving salt tolerance of the domesticated allotetraploid species …

DNA methylation is an epigenetic modification that plays a crucial role in various regulatory
processes, including gene expression regulation, transposable element repression, and …

Abstract Background and Aims In eastern Neotropical South America, the Cerrado, a large
savanna vegetation, and the Atlantic Forest harbour high biodiversity levels, and their …

The significance of ecological non-monotonicity (a function whose first derivative changes
signs) in shaping the structure and functions of the ecosystem has recently been recognized …