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Viral Diversity and Epidemiology in Critically Endangered Yangtze Finless Porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis)

Microbiology Spectrum, 2023
The Yangtze finless porpoise (YFP) (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis) is a critically endangered freshwater cetacean, with about 1,249 individuals thought to be left in the wild.
Xin Zhao, Caijiao Dai, Shiyu Qian, Qing Tang, Lijuan Li, Yujiang Hao, Zhijian Zhou, Xingyi Ge, Cheng Gong, Junfa Yuan   +9 more
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Blood Transcriptome Analysis Provides Responsive Changes in Gene Expression between Ex Situ and Captive Yangtze Finless Porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis)

Fishes, 2023
The Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis, YFP) is an endangered species endemic to the Yangtze River in China, and it is the only freshwater whale in the genus Neophocaena.
Zhichen Cao, Denghua Yin, Zhanwei Li, Yan Yan, Peng Zhang, Sigang Zhang, Danqing Lin, Zhong Hua, Jialu Zhang, Congping Ying, Han Zhang, Pao Xu, Guixin Dong, Kai Liu   +13 more
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Population genomics of finless porpoises reveal an incipient cetacean species adapted to freshwater

Nature Communications, 2018
Whales, dolphins and porpoises are adapted to various aquatic habitats. Here, Zhou et al. show that polymorphisms associated with renal function and the urea cycle have undergone selection in the freshwater Yangtze finless porpoise and provide genomic ...
Xuming Zhou, Xuanmin Guang, Di Sun, Shixia Xu, Mingzhou Li, Inge Seim, Wencai Jie, Linfeng Yang, Qianhua Zhu, Jiabao Xu, Qiang Gao, Alaattin Kaya, Qianhui Dou, Bingyao Chen, Wenhua Ren, Shuaicheng Li, Kaiya Zhou, Vadim N. Gladyshev, Rasmus Nielsen, Xiaodong Fang, Guang Yang   +20 more
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Aquatic resource conservation - The first Yangtze finless porpoise successfully born in captivity

, 2005
Background. As the sole freshwater subspecies of finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides), the Yangtze finless porpoise (N. p. asiaeorientalis) lives only in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and its appended Poyang and Dongting Lakes.
Zhao, QZ, Wang, KX, Zhang, XF, Wang, D, Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Hydrobiol, Wuhan 430072, Peoples R China, Wang, D, Hao, YJ, Chen, DQ, Wei, Z   +7 more
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Echolocation signals of the free-ranging Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides asiaeorientialis)

, 2005
This paper describes the high-frequency echolocation signals from free-ranging Yangtze finless porpoise in the Tian-e-zhou Baiji National Natural Reserve in Hubei Province, China.
Wang, KX, Li, SH, Wang, D, Akamatsu, T, Li, SH, Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Hydrobiol, Wuhan 430072, Peoples R China   +4 more
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Accelerating population decline of Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis)

, 2012
The Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis) is now the only cetacean species in the Yangtze River following the probable extinction of the baiji (Lipotes vexillifer).
Hao, Yujiang, Gong, Weiming, Huang, Shiang-Lin, Wang, Ding, Mei, Zhigang, Turvey, Samuel T.   +5 more
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Shifts in Fish Assemblages and Yangtze Finless Porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis) Prey Selection in Poyang Lake During the Early Phase of the Decadal Fishing Moratorium

Diversity
Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis) is the only extant cetacean species in the Yangtze River, a national first-class protected wild animal in China, and a key indicator reflecting the health status of the Yangtze River ecosystem ...
Yun Zhang, Heng Yin, Fangning Liu, Lingxia Wei, Jiaqiao Weng, Wenzhi Ma, Legen Peng, Yi Huang, Jialing Min, Rongcheng Rao, Ying Yang, Jinxiang Yu, Jianglong Que   +12 more
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Non-invasive Fecal Steroid Measurements for Monitoring the Reproductive Status of a Critically Endangered Yangtze Finless Porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis)

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2019
Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis) is a critically endangered freshwater cetacean dwelling in the Yangtze River and its adjoining lakes.
Yu-jiang Hao, Ghulam Nabi, Ghulam Nabi, Ghulam Nabi, Xiao-Jun Deng, Xiao-Jun Deng, Ding Wang   +6 more
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Immune Responses of the Critically Endangered Yangtze Finless Porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis ssp. asiaeorientalis) to Escalating Anthropogenic Stressors in the Wild and Seminatural Environments

Frontiers in Physiology, 2020
Increasing anthropogenic stressors are potential threats to biodiversity conservation and management of Yangtze finless porpoises (YFPs). The objective of this study was to indirectly compare the habitat quality of a natural reserve, Poyang Lake and a ...
Ghulam Nabi, Ghulam Nabi, Ghulam Nabi, Ying Li, Ying Li, Richard W. McLaughlin, Zhigang Mei, Kexiong Wang, Yujiang Hao, Jinsong Zheng, Ding Wang   +10 more
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Analysis of the bacterial diversity in the fecal material of the endangered Yangtze finless porpoise, Neophocaena phocaenoides asiaeorientalis

, 2012
The aim of this study was to determine the bacteria present in the fecal material of the endangered Yangtze finless porpoise, Neophocaena phocaenoides asiaeorientalis.
McLaughlin, Richard William, Chen, MinMin, Zheng, JinSong, Zhao, QingZhong, Zheng, JS (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Hydrobiol, Wuhan 430072, Peoples R China., Wang, Ding   +5 more
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