Sentences with phrase «chinese alligator»
A dozen more followed, traveling from the Bronx Zoo and two other and North American parks to the Changxing Yinjiabian Chinese Alligator Nature Reserve [to ensure maximum genetic diversity].»
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It was decided that alligators bred in captivity should be re-introduced into the wild: «The first three alligators released in Hongxing Reserve of Xuancheng County in Anhui in 2003 were from the Anhui Research Center of Chinese Alligator Reproduction (ARCCAR).
In addition to massive fish species, it will also affect endangered species, including the Yangtze dolphin, the Chinese Sturgeon, the Chinese Tiger, the Chinese Alligator, the Siberian Crane, and the Giant Panda.
Claiming some genuine martial arts movie cred, this chapter features some voiceovers from not only Jackie Chan returning as Furious Five member Monkey, but Jean Claude van Damme as the Chinese alligator, Master Croc, who, like his alter - ego, who can drop into a vicious split at the drop of a yuan.
The reptile list also includes the Chinese alligator and the Round Island keel - scaled boa.
The genomic data yielded a draft sequence of Chinese alligator with the size of 2.3 Gb, and a total of 22,200 genes were predicted.
The genomic data provides a strong evidence from DNA level to illustrate why Chinese alligator can hold its breath under water for long periods of time, such as the duplication of the bicarbonate - binding hemoglobin gene, positively selected energy metabolism, and others.
Chinese alligator exhibits TSD, and does not possess sex chromosomes.
Three of these animals came from Changxing Chinese Alligator Nature Reserve in China and the other three alligators came from U.S. zoos including WCS's Bronx Zoo, and the Saint Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park.
Researchers further identified the genetic signatures of the powerful sensory system and immune system of Chinese alligator.
Shengkai Pan, Project manager from BGI, said, «The accomplishment of the Chinese alligator genome is significant for understanding its adaptation for both aquatic and terrestrial environments, and more importantly, for the conservation of such an endangered species.»
In this study, researchers collected a Chinese alligator sample from Changxing Yinjiabian Chinese Alligator Nature Reserve (Zhejiang Province, China) and sequenced its genome using a whole - genome shotgun strategy.
In a study published in Cell Research, Chinese scientists from Zhejiang University and BGI have completed the genome sequencing and analysis of the endangered Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis).
The Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis) is one of only two species of alligator in the world.
«Whole - genome sequencing uncovers the mysteries of the endangered Chinese alligator.»
Chinese partners and WCS initially released six captive - bred Chinese alligators in Dongtan Wetland Park in Shanghai in 2007.
Additional Chinese alligators from these U.S. zoos were sent to breeding centers in China to provide valuable genetic diversity in captive populations.
WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) reports that eggs of critically endangered Chinese alligators discovered recently in a nest in a Shanghai wetland park have hatched and that baby alligators have been photographed and identified swimming in the area.
Experts tracked the Chinese alligators using radio chips transmitters, and saw that by 2008, the alligators had successfully «hibernated, paired up, and laid eggs.»
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This is due to an apparent increase in the alligator's living and breeding territories Wang Chaolin, Chinese Alligators Protection Nature Reserve deputy director: