Publications by authors named "Ming-Yao Zhang"
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- Small reservoirs in the upper Yangtze River are crucial for ecology and economy; studying their water quality response to environmental factors can help improve it.
- Research analyzed water quality data from 36 reservoirs, categorizing environmental variables into landscape configuration, landscape composition, and reservoir characteristics to understand their impact on water quality.
- Findings indicated that agricultural areas contribute to nutrient pollution, while paddy and forest land help in water purification, with reservoir depth being the most influential factor on water quality; landscape configuration was the most significant variable affecting water quality changes.
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- - The study focuses on two species of mustache toads in the Megophryidae family, which are threatened and have limited scientific research available on them.
- - Researchers sequenced and analyzed the complete mitochondrial genomes of these toads, finding that they contain essential genes and exhibit varying nucleotide diversity among populations.
- - Phylogenetic analysis established their classification into two subfamilies based on the number of keratinized nuptial spines, offering important data for future research on toad evolution and conservation.
Mitochondrial genomes (mitogenomes) are valuable resources in molecular and evolutionary studies, such as phylogeny and population genetics. The complete mitogenomes of two crocodile newts, and , were sequenced, assembled, and annotated for the first time using next-generation sequencing. The complete mitogenomes of and were 16,265 bp and 16,259 bp in lengths, which both composed of 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 2 rRNA genes, 22 tRNA genes, and 1 control region.
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