Giant pandas and red pandas are endangered species with similar specialized bamboo diet
and partial sympatric distribution in China. Over the last two decades, the rapid development …

Palaeogenomes provide the potential to study evolutionary processes in real time, but this
potential is limited by our ability to recover genetic data over extended timescales. 1 As a …

Genetic diversity is lost in small and isolated populations, affecting many globally declining
species. Interspecific admixture events can increase genetic variation in the recipient …

Of the many peculiarities that enable the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), a member
of the order Carnivora, to adapt to life as a dedicated bamboo feeder, its extra “thumb” is …

Historically, the giant panda was widely distributed from northern China to southwestern
Asia [1]. As a result of range contraction and fragmentation, extant individuals are currently …

古环境DNA (ancient environmental DNA, 简称ancient eDNA) 指保存于古环境样品中的生物古
DNA (ancient DNA, 简称aDNA). 与直接从古代生物遗存内获取的单一物种古DNA 不同 …

The Asiatic wild dog (Cuon alpinus), restricted today largely to South and Southeast Asia,
was widespread throughout Eurasia and even reached North America during the …

The giant panda is well known to have unique dentition, adapted to bamboo exclusive diet.
The teeth are used to cut and grind the bamboo. However, it is unclear how these teeth …

The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is the most basal living species in the phylogeny
of the family Ursidae, with a specialized diet composed of a variety of bamboo species. The …

The genetic investigation of the archeological or museum samples, including endangered
species, provides vital information necessary to plan, implement, and revisit conservation …