Analysis of the genetic diversity of Tahe red deer and population structure of Cervus elaphu/hanglu/canadensis.

The Tahe red deer is currently the largest breeding population of antlered Cervus elaphus in China. It has unique characteristics such as drought and roughage tolerance, high antler yield and early sexual maturity. It is a high-quality provenance for cultivating high-yield Cervus elaphus breeds and is also the subject of study on the origin, evolution, and classification of Cervus elaphus.

The Use of RNAi Technology to Interfere with Gene Increases the Male Rates of Red Deer () Offspring.

Zinc finger protein X-linked () was regarded to be a sex determination factor and plays a critical role in spermatogenesis. RNAi is an effective method of silencing mRNA expression. However, there has been little research on the use of RNAi technology to control the sex of the offspring of red deer ().

The Effect of Taichi Practice on Attenuating Bone Mineral Density Loss: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

: The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of practicing Taichi on attenuating bone mineral density (BMD) loss. Both electronic and manual searches were performed for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) examining Taichi for bone health. Two review authors independently performed study selection and data extraction according to inclusion criteria.

Analysis of genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationship of red deer subspecies in XinJiang, China.

Polymorphisms for seven microsatellite loci in three red deer subspecies (9 populations) found in XinJiang were detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), 12% nondenaturation polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and the Sanguinetti silver staining method. Numbers of alleles, average effective numbers of alleles (E) and the average rate of homozygosity, allelic frequencies of seven microsatellite loci, polymorphism information content (PIC), mean heterozygosity (H) and genetic distances among the populations were calculated for each population. Dendrograms were constructed based on genetic distances by the neighbor-joining method (NJ), utilizing molecular evolutionary genetics analysis software PHYLIP (3.