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Incubation determines favorable microbial communities in Chinese alligator nests

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
Nest materials are a major heat source due to rotting promoted by microbial activity. Additionally, they are a potential microbial source given their direct contact with eggshells.
Qin-Zhang Yu, Meng-Yuan Hu, Li Wang, Jian-Qing Lin, Sheng-Guo Fang   +4 more
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Enhancement of Micro-Images Using Feature Linking Model for Cerebellum of Alligator sinensis

IEEE Access, 2019
In order to realize the three-dimensional reconstruction of the cerebellum structure of alligator sinensis, it is necessary to observe the structure by using a microscope.
Bei Li, Zaiqun Liu, Chengyan Ke, Feng Hu
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Effects of Eggshell Thickness, Calcium Content, and Number of Pores in Erosion Craters on Hatching Rate of Chinese Alligator Eggs

Animals, 2023
The Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis), found only in a small region in southeastern Anhui Province, is listed as critically endangered (CR) by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) due to its current declining population trend ...
Naijing Zhang, Huabin Zhang, Guangwei Fan, Ke Sun, Qingqing Jiang, Zhuowen Lv, Boyang Han, Zhenyuan Nie, Yujie Shao, Yongkang Zhou, Baowei Zhang, Xiaobing Wu, Tao Pan   +12 more
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Regression analysis between body and head measurements of Chinese alligators (Alligator sinensis) in the captive population

Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 2007
Análisis de regresión entre las mediciones del cuerpo y la cabeza del aligator chino (Alligator sinensis) en las poblaciones en cautividad Se tomaron medidas de cuatro dimensiones del cuerpo y catorce de la cabeza de cada uno de los aligatores chinos ...
X. B. Wu, H. Xue, L. S. Wu, J. L. Zhu, R. P. Wang   +4 more
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Alligator Hunting Season Report 2023

, 2023
The 2023 Public Alligator Hunting Season marked the sixteenth general alligator hunting season after a closure of nearly 40 years. However, alligators have been legally hunted in South Carolina since 1995 under the Private Lands Alligator Harvest Program.
Cavalier, Rebecca, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources Wildlife & Freshwater Fisheries Division, Alligator Project   +1 more
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Effects of Population Bottleneck and Balancing Selection on the Chinese Alligator Are Revealed by Locus-Specific Characterization of MHC Genes

Scientific Reports, 2017
Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis) is an endangered freshwater crocodilian endemic to China, which experienced a severe bottleneck about 30 years ago.
Teng Zhai, Hai-Qiong Yang, Rui-Can Zhang, Li-Ming Fang, Guo-Heng Zhong, Sheng-Guo Fang   +5 more
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Response Specificity to Advertisement Vocalization in the Chinese Alligator (Alligator sinensis)

, 2009
Stringency in the identification of conspecific call properties is essential among sympatric species to ensure conspecific mating, as the risk of improper recognition and heterospecific mating is high.
Wang, Chaolin, Xia, Tongsheng, Wu, Xiaobing, Wang, D, Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Hydrobiol, Wuhan 430072, Peoples R China, Wang, Ding, Wang, Xianyan, Wang, Renping   +6 more
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Acoustic signals of Chinese alligators (Alligator sinensis): Social communication

, 2007
This paper reports the first systematic study of acoustic signals during social interactions of the Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis). Sound pressure level (SPL) measurements revealed that Chinese alligators have an elaborate acoustic communication ...
Wang, Chaolin, Wu, Xiaobing, Wang, D, Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Hydrobiol, Wuhan 430072, Peoples R China, Wang, Ding, Wang, Xianyan, Wang, Renping   +5 more
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Major histocompatibility complex genomic investigation of endangered Chinese alligator provides insights into the evolution of tetrapod major histocompatibility complex and survival of critically bottlenecked species

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
BackgroundThe major histocompatibility complex (MHC) gene family, a vital immune gene family in vertebrates, helps animals defend against pathogens. The polymorphism of MHC genes is important for a species and is considered to be caused by the numerous ...
Ke He, Ke He, Ying Zhu, Ying Zhu, Shang-Chen Yang, Qing Ye, Qing Ye, Sheng-Guo Fang, Qiu-Hong Wan   +8 more
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Asian crocodile poaching: A review of molecular techniques developed for forensic identification

Journal of Forensic Science and Medicine, 2022
Crocodiles, gharials and alligators (order Crocodilia), are aquatic reptiles that live in the tropics of Asia, America, Africa, and Australia. Asian countries such as India, Indonesia, Malaysia, and tropics of Australia are the stronghold of the family ...
Ishani Mitra, Soma Roy, Ikramul Haque
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