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Early-Warning Measures for Ecological Security in the Qinghai Alpine Agricultural Area

The study area of this paper is the Qinghai alpine agricultural mountain area. An ecological security early-warning model is used to identify the early warning signs of ecosystem destruction, environmental pollution a...

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WTAP Function in Sertoli Cells Is Essential for Sustaining the Spermatogonial Stem Cell Niche

We firstly examined the expression of m6A methyltransferases WTAP, METTL3, and METTL14 in mouse testis. Immunofluorescent staining revealed that METTL3 or METTL14 was co-localized with WTAP in germ cells and Sertoli c...

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Alpine Grassland Productivity Not Sensitive to Climate Warming on Third Pole

In 2011, HE Jinsheng's research team at the Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, collaborating with scientists from Peking University, established a warming-by-precipitation manipulativ...

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Climate warming destabilize Tibetan Alpine Grasslands

“Our results suggest that under a warmer climate, the ecosystem would provide less forage production in drought years, and more biomass production in wet years – which is undesirable,” said Jin-Sheng He, a professo...

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The alternative splicing of EAM8 contributes to early flowering and short-season adaptation in a landrace barley from the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Six-rowed hull-less barley (Hordeum vulgare var. nudum), referred to by Tibetan language speakers in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP) as nai, is a staple crop grown over an extensive area in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plate...

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