Research Progress

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  Chinese Wall of Ants - New wasp species protects its progeny with dead ants

  Jul 04, 2014
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  TLR ligands and IFN-γ exhibit antagonistic effects on protease HTRA1 expression in rheumatoid arthritis

  Jul 03, 2014
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  Embryo-uterine orientation at implantation requires uterine RBPJ signaling

  Rodent blastocysts show remarkably consistent embryonic orientation with respect to the uterine structure, an orientation established at initial implantation which blueprints the direction of future embryo-uterine axis. However, despite this interesting phenomenon having been discovered more than 100 years (since 1894), there have been few molecular mechanisms found responsible for this trait.

  Jul 02, 2014
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  A Protocol for Species Delineation of Public DNA Databases was developed by Chao-Dong ZHU’s lab and published on-line in Systematic Biology

  Jun 16, 2014
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  Residence time, expansion toward the equator in the invaded range and native range size matter to climatic niche shifts in non-native species

  Jun 10, 2014
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  Diversification and vicariance in two species complexes of Tomocerus (Collembola) from China

  The Qinling-Dabie Mountains-Huai River line/zone has been traditionally regarded as the geographical, climatic, agricultural and demographic boundary between north and south regions in eastern China. Human activities are frequently in eastern China, where the topographical differences are relatively small particularly in eastern plain region. The north-south boundary were considered to have weaker impacts on geographical patterns of fauna than Himalayan Mountains and Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in western China. Many animals including birds, mammals, insects etc., have broad distributions, spanning both southern and northern areas in eastern China. In these cases, Qinling-Dabie Mountains-Huai River line/zone seems to play a limited role in driving vicariant speciation in widespread species. However, the wide distribution of Collembola was doubted because of low long distance dispersal capability.

  May 22, 2014
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  Epigenetic modifier Ezh2 regulates adult neural stem cell proliferation and cognition

  Apr 18, 2014
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  The embryos of birds and reptiles actively cope with temperature challenge

  Apr 03, 2014
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  Inhibition of endothelial ERK signaling by Smad1/5 is essential for hematopoietic stem cell emergence

  Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are a group of multipotent hematopoietic progenitor cells that can differentiate into all blood lineages to maintain normal life activities. Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) has become the most effective way to treat the malignant blood diseases, but it is still difficult to generate HSCs in vitro and maintain their pluripotency.

  Mar 13, 2014
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  IOZ Team Established Knockout Pig Model for von Willebrand Disease Using CRISPR Technology

  Feb 17, 2014