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INITIAL CHARACTERIZATION OF MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX (MHC) CLASS IIB EXON 2 IN AN ENDANGERED RATTLESNAKE, THE EASTERN MASSASAUGA (SISTRURUS CATENATUS) [PDF]

, 2014
Genes of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) play an important role in the vertebrate immune system and exhibit remarkably high levels of polymorphism, maintained by strong balancing selection.
Duvall, Melvin R., Jaeger, Collin P., King, Richard B.   +2 more
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Missed, not missing: Phylogenomic evidence for the existence of Avian FoxP3 [PDF]

, 2016
The Forkhead box transcription factor FoxP3 is pivotal to the development and function of regulatory T cells (Tregs), which make a major contribution to peripheral tolerance. FoxP3 is believed to perform a regulatory role in all the vertebrate species in
Adrian J. Shepherd, AE Minoche, AK Singh, AM Waterhouse, AT Engel, B Li, BD Singer, C Alkan, D Pinheiro, Dammy Y. Pinheiro, E Birney, F Cunningham, F Pan, FJ Quintana, Francesco Pappalardo, H von Boehmer, H Yagi, J Otte, J Wei, JA St John, JE Lopes, JF Denton, KD Pruitt, KG Andersen, KH Kaestner, L Pasquet, M Yang, ME Santos, Michael P. Denyer, MJ Sullivan, MS Boguski, MS Rocchi, N Nunez Ortiz, N Ohkura, NJ Schurch, Oliver A. Garden, Q Cai, R Andreson, R Bennett, R Leinonen, R Shanmugasundaram, R Shanmugasundaram, R Shanmugasundaram, R Shanmugasundaram, RB Williams, RC Edgar, RE Green, RK Selvaraj, RK Selvaraj, RM Samstein, RW Lusk, S Hannenhalli, S Hori, S Lankford, S Mitra, S Sakaguchi, SF Altschul, T Fukazawa, T Hron, T Kaser, T Wang, TJ Treangen, V Solovyev, W Gerner, WP Zeng, X Yu, Y Qu, Y Wen, YK Lee, Z Zhang, Z Zhang   +70 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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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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Influencing Factors and Measurement of “Willingness to Accept” Living with Alligators in a Nature Reserve: A Case Study in National Chinese Alligator Nature Reserve, China

Land, 2022
The establishment of nature reserves is an important measure to protect the wild population of Chinese alligators. Due to the overlap of nature reserves and human living areas, there is a certain conflict between economic development and ecological ...
Yefei Liu, Gui Meng, Shuirong Wu, Xufeng Zhang, Chengle Zhao, Hongguo Yang   +5 more
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Habitat Use of American Alligators in East Texas [PDF]

, 2009
The American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) has made a remarkable recovery throughout its range during the last halfcentury. In Texas, USA, current inland alligator population and harvest management strategies rely on generalized and often site ...
Calkins, Gary, Conway, Warren C., Duguay, Jeffrey, Webb, Kevin   +3 more
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Chinese Alligators

Reptiles & Amphibians, 2013
I present previously unpublished data on the breeding habits and related conservation efforts on behalf of the endangered endemic Chinese Alligator (Alligator sinensis) collected through interviews and observations conducted at the Changxing Nature Reserve & Breeding Center for Chinese Alligators.
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Telomere Length Shortens With Age in Chinese Alligators (Alligator sinensis) [PDF]

Journal of Applied Animal Research, 2009
Abstract Xu, M., Wu, X-B., Yan, P. and Zhu, H. 2009. Telomere length shortens with age in Chinese alligators (Alligator sinensis). J. Appl. Anim. Res., 36: 109–112. A fundamental observation of replicative senescence is the telomere shortening in many species.
Min Xu, Xiao-Bing Wu, Peng Yan, Hai-tao Zhu   +3 more
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Extreme-sized anurans are more prone to climate-driven extinctions

Climate Change Ecology, 2023
Understanding species responses to climatic change over extended timescales helps elucidate past and future extinction events. Amphibians are one of the most environmentally sensitive groups and yet showed high resilience to the Cretaceous-Paleogene (KPg)
Anderson Feijó, Catharina M. Karlsson, Russell Gray, Qisen Yang, Alice C. Hughes   +4 more
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The conservation status of the Chinese alligator [PDF]

Oryx, 1999
Abstract The Chinese alligator Alligator sinensis is one of the world's most endangered reptiles. At one time widespread throughout much of the lower Yangzi River basin, the remaining wild individuals are now restricted to a small area in southern Anhui Province and perhaps in adjacent Zhejiang Province.
John Thorbjarnarson, Wang Xiaoming
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