Results 61 to 70 of about 4,973,850 (205)
Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 Despite the discovery of several closely related viruses in bats, the direct evolutionary progenitor of SARS-CoV-2 has not yet been identified. In this study, we investigated potential animal sources of SARS-related coronaviruses using archived specimens
Nguyen Thi Thanh Nga +24 more
doaj +1 more source
Journal of Zoological Research, 2021 Ecosystem engineers are organisms that alter the distribution of resources in the environment by creating, modifying, maintaining and/or destroying the habitat. They can affect the structure and function of the whole ecosystem furthermore.
S. Sun +11 more
semanticscholar +1 more source
Reviving Chinese Pangolin Conversation: A Brief Knowledge Sharing
, 2023 Chinese pangolin is a unique critically endangered small mammal that is covered by scales and feed on termites and ants. It is dark brown or dark gray in color and lives in coniferous and broad-leaf forest, agricultural land, barren land, bamboo forest, grassland Chinese pangolin is widely distributed in the continent of Asia but the detailed studies ...
openaire +1 more source
Ethnozoological and commercial drivers of the pangolin trade in Benin
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2021 Background Pangolins are trafficked in unsustainable volumes to feed both local and global trade networks for their meat and the medicinal properties of their derivatives, including scales.
Stanislas Zanvo +5 more
doaj +1 more source
Advanced Science, EarlyView.Sarbecovirus ORF9b recruits host phosphatase PPM1A to suppress innate immunity through dual mechanisms. PPM1A directly dephosphorylates ORF9b to sustain its activity and indirectly downregulates STAT2 phosphorylation to impair interferon signaling. Pharmacological inhibition of PPM1A restores antiviral responses and limits sarbecovirus replication ...
Lixiang Xie +24 more
wiley +1 more source
Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Anthropogenic and climatic factors affect the survival of animal species. Chinese pangolin is a critically endangered species, and identifying which variables lead to local extinction events is essential for conservation management.
Haiyang Gao +5 more
doaj +1 more source
Under‐Explored Species, Breeds and Cell Types With Potential for Cultivated Meat Production
Food Bioengineering, EarlyView.This graphical abstract illustrates how the strategic selection of overlooked cell lines from novel species and specific agricultural breeds can help overcome current manufacturing bottlenecks in cultivated meat production. The schematic links the concept of an ‘ideal cell line’ to four key bioprocessing and product advantages that can be optimised ...
William Gordon‐Petrovskii +6 more
wiley +1 more source
Evaluating the application of scale frequency to estimate the size of pangolin scale seizures
Global Ecology and Conservation, 2019 All eight species of pangolin are principally threatened by overexploitation, both for international trafficking and local use. Much illegal trade involves scales, but there is an absence of robust conversion parameters for estimating the number of ...
Tessa Ullmann +2 more
doaj +1 more source
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Unsustainable hunting practices can alter population dynamics, driving biodiversity declines, which leads to ‘empty forests’. Understanding hunting behaviour, including motivations for hunting and relationships with market drivers, and access to hunting grounds are important to develop affirmative policies to stem biodiversity loss.
Natasha L. M. Mannion +6 more
wiley +1 more source
Global Ecology and Conservation, 2019 All pangolins have a taper-shaped head and short neck that makes traditional collaring methods unsuitable and tracking devices are therefore typically attached to one of the larger keratinous scales that cover the body. However, the issue of early tag detachment has limited the duration of most Asian pangolin tracking studies up to the present. In this
Nick Ching-Min Sun +2 more
openaire +2 more sources