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Frontiers in ZoologyTibetan sheep are indigenous to the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau. Owing to the harsh hypoxic environment in this plateau, the hemoglobin (Hb) protein in Tibetan sheep has undergone adaptive changes over time. Hb is primarily responsible for transporting O2 and
Pengfei Zhao +9 more
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The gut bacterial diversity of sheep associated with different breeds in Qinghai province
BMC Veterinary Research, 2020 Background Gut microbiota play important roles in their co-evolution with mammals. However, little is understood about gut bacterial community of Tibetan sheep compared with other sheep breeds.
Jianjun Chang +5 more
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Deadly Predators and Virtuous Buddhists: Dog Population Control and the Politics of Ethics in Ladakh [PDF]
, 2019 The region of Ladakh in the Indian Himalayas has recently seen a rise in attacks by stray dogs, some of which have been fatal. The dogs’ claims on territory have not gone uncontested in an emotional landscape fraught with anxieties over religious ...
Gagné, Karine
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Disappearing Sheep: The Unexpected Consequences of the Emergence of the Caterpillar Fungus Economy in Golok, Qinghai, China [PDF]
, 2011 In 1999 China launched its Open Up the West campaign which was designed to change the economic face of the country’s Western regions. Left behind in the economic progress the country’s East had made since Deng Xiaoping’s reforms the West was defined in ...
Sulek, Emilia
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Growth hormone polymorphisms and growth traits in Chinese Tibetan sheep Ovis aries
Genetics and Molecular Research, 2016 Growth hormone (GH) plays an important role in promoting growth, protein and muscle accretion, and fat catabolism, suggesting that GH is a potential candidate gene affecting growth traits in vertebrates. In this paper, polymorphisms in GH were investigated in 632 Chinese Tibetan sheep, by using DNA sequencing. Three single nucleotide polymorphisms were
Y C, Han, Y G, Sun, Q, Li
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Etyma for 'chicken', 'duck', and 'goose' among language phyla in China and Southeast Asia [PDF]
, 2015 This paper considers the history of words for domesticated poultry, including ‘chicken’, ‘goose’, and ‘duck’, in China and mainland Southeast Asia to try to relate associated domestication events with specific language groups.
Alves, Mark J
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Variation of DRB1 Gene in Tibetan Sheep [PDF]
Journal of Life Sciences, 2015 null Li Shaobin +5 more
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Transformation Processes In Nomadic Pastoralism In Ladakh [PDF]
, 2013 Transformation Processes In Nomadic Pastoralism In Ladakh Today, Ladakh, a region of Jammu and Kashmir, the northernmost state of India, is home to only 1,200 nomadic pastoralists, representing less than 0,5 per cent of the total population.
Dollfus, Pascale
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Frontiers in MicrobiologyThe rumen microbiota and metabolites play an important role in energy metabolism and immune regulation of the host. However, the regulatory mechanism of rumen microbiota and metabolite interactions with host on Tibetan sheep’s plateau adaptability is ...
Yuzhu Sha +11 more
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, 2018 Table S3. Genera of protozoa in the ciliate protozoan population of the Tibetan sheep and Gansu Alpine Finewool sheep rumen. (PDF 16â kb)
Jinqiang Huang, Yongjuan Li
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