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Morphological and molecular characterization of Brevimulticaecum sinensis sp. nov. (Nematoda: Ascaridoidea) from Alligator sinensis (Crocodilian: Alligatoridae) [PDF]

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife
Brevimulticaecum sinensis sp. nov. is a novel species belonging to the genus Brevimulticaecum (Nematoda: Heterocheilidae). It was detected in the stomach of a carcass of a Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis Fauvel, 1879; Crocodilian: Alligatoridae) at
Jinhong Zhao, Tellez Marisa, Yujun Shuai, Genjun Tu, Yongkang Zhou, Pingsi Yi, Zengxiang Xu, Armand Kuris, Xiaobing Wu   +8 more
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The sex ratio of wild Chinese alligators Alligator sinensis

Current Zoology, 2013
The Chinese alligator Alligator sinensis is one of the most endangered crocodilian species, and typically exhibits temperature-dependent sex determination. It is extremely important to clarify the sex structure of Chinese alligators to implement recovery
Lan ZHAO, Hai-Qiong YANG, Li-Ming FANG, Guo-Liang PAN, Wei-Qiang ZOU, Da-Bin REN, Qiu-Hong WAN, Sheng-Guo FANG
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Expression profile of β-defensin genes and the effect of stocking density on them in Chinese alligator blood

浙江大学学报. 农业与生命科学版, 2020
In order to investigate the expression profile of β-defensin genes in the blood of Chinese alligator and the effect of stocking density on them, reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) was used to detect the expression ...
LU Yao, FANG Shengguo
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Terrestrial habitats in Changxing Chinese Alligator Nature Reserve of Zhejiang and their effects on the egg laying of the female alligators

浙江大学学报. 农业与生命科学版, 2021
In this research, we surveyed the habitat factors in different regions in the core area of Changxing Chinese Alligator (Alligator sinensis) Nature Reserve of Zhejiang Province and their effects on the egg laying of the female alligators during the ...
WANG Zhenwei, LIN Jianqing, ZHONG Guoheng, SUN Li, FANG Shengguo   +4 more
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An extinct deep-snouted Alligator species from the Quaternary of Thailand and comments on the evolution of crushing dentition in alligatorids

Scientific Reports, 2023
Fossil Alligator remains from Asia are critical for tracing the enigmatic evolutionary origin of the Chinese alligator, Alligator sinensis, the only living representative of Alligatoridae outside the New World. The Asian fossil record is extremely scarce
Gustavo Darlim, Kantapon Suraprasit, Yaowalak Chaimanee, Pannipa Tian, Chotima Yamee, Mana Rugbumrung, Adulwit Kaweera, Márton Rabi   +7 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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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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Sensitive and rapid detection of Ortleppascaris sinensis (Nematoda: Ascaridoidea) by loop-mediated isothermal amplification [PDF]

PeerJ, 2019
Ortleppascaris sinensis is the dominant nematode species infecting the gastrointestinal tract of the captive Chinese alligator, a critically endangered species.
Jinhong Zhao, Wei Xu, Genjun Tu, Yongkang Zhou, Xiaobing Wu   +4 more
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Historical population decline and habitat loss in a critically endangered species, the Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis)

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2019
Habitat loss and degradation are among the leading causes of local extinctions, so it is crucially important to preserve and restore the remaining critical habitat increasingly critical to conserve biodiversity.
Tao Pan, Huan Wang, Shulong Duan, Izaz Ali, Peng Yan, Ruiqing Cai, Mingsheng Wang, Jihui Zhang, Huabin Zhang, Baowei Zhang, Xiaobing Wu   +10 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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