Pub Date : 2023-06-01DOI: 10.3724/ahr.2095-0357.2022.0046
L. Yang, Lixin Huang, Huabin F. Zhang, Ping-Ho Lee, Naijing Zhang, Ruiqing Cai, E. Li, T. Pan, Xiaobing Wu
{"title":"Habitat Suitability and Distribution Pattern Response to Global Climate Change in a Widespread Species, the Asiatic Toad ( <italic>Bufo gargarizans</italic>)","authors":"L. Yang, Lixin Huang, Huabin F. Zhang, Ping-Ho Lee, Naijing Zhang, Ruiqing Cai, E. Li, T. Pan, Xiaobing Wu","doi":"10.3724/ahr.2095-0357.2022.0046","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3724/ahr.2095-0357.2022.0046","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49236,"journal":{"name":"Asian Herpetological Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49434571","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-06-01DOI: 10.3724/ahr.2095-0357.2022.0037
G. Köhler, Panupong Thammachoti
{"title":"A Glimpse into the Natural History of <italic>Leiolepis rubritaeniata</italic> Mertens, 1961 (Squamata: Leiolepididae)","authors":"G. Köhler, Panupong Thammachoti","doi":"10.3724/ahr.2095-0357.2022.0037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3724/ahr.2095-0357.2022.0037","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49236,"journal":{"name":"Asian Herpetological Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48690603","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-05-01DOI: 10.3724/ahr.2095-0357.2023.0006
Jinzhong Fu
{"title":"Bufo gargarizans: what’s in a name?","authors":"Jinzhong Fu","doi":"10.3724/ahr.2095-0357.2023.0006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3724/ahr.2095-0357.2023.0006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49236,"journal":{"name":"Asian Herpetological Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46464093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.16373/J.CNKI.AHR.190046
Borzee Amael, Sin Eunchong, Oh Sunmin, Jang Yikweon
{"title":"Spring voices in Korean rice fields: The effect of abiotic variables and syntopic calls on the calling activity of the treefrog dryophytes suweonensis","authors":"Borzee Amael, Sin Eunchong, Oh Sunmin, Jang Yikweon","doi":"10.16373/J.CNKI.AHR.190046","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.16373/J.CNKI.AHR.190046","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49236,"journal":{"name":"Asian Herpetological Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67547975","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.16373/J.CNKI.AHR.200123
Weizhao Yang, Tao Zhang, Zhongyi Yao, X. Tang, Yin Qi
Understanding how organisms adapt to the environment is a compelling question in modern evolutionary biology. Genetic assimilation provides an alternative hypothesis to explain adaptation, in which phenotypic plasticity is first triggered by environmental factors, followed by selection on genotypes that reduce the plastic expression of phenotypes. To investigate the evidence of genetic assimilation in a high-altitude dweller, the toad-headed agama Phr ynocephalus vlangalii, we conducted a translocation experiment by moving individuals from high-to low-altitude environments. We then measured their gene expression profiles by transcriptome sequencing in heart, liver and muscle, and compared them to two low-altitude species P. axillaris and P. fors ythii. The results showed that the general expression profile of P. vlangalii was similar to its viviparous relative P. fors ythii, however, the differentially expressed genes in the liver of P. vlangalii showed a distinct pattern compared to both the low-altitude species. In particular, several key genes (FASN, ACAA2 and ECI2) within fatty acid metabolic pathway were no longer differentially expressed in P. valgnalii, suggesting the loss of plasticity for this pathway after translocation. This study provides evidence of genetic assimilation in fatty acid metabolism that may have facilitated the adaptation to high-altitude for P. vlangalii.
了解生物体如何适应环境是现代进化生物学中一个引人注目的问题。遗传同化提供了另一种解释适应的假设，其中表型可塑性首先由环境因素触发，然后是对基因型的选择，从而减少表型的可塑性表达。为了研究高海拔居民蟾蜍(adad -headed agama Phr ynocephalus vlangalii)遗传同化的证据，我们通过将个体从高海拔环境迁移到低海拔环境进行了易位实验。然后，我们通过转录组测序测量了它们在心脏、肝脏和肌肉中的基因表达谱，并将它们与两种低海拔物种P. axillaris和P. fors ythii进行了比较。结果表明，紫斑蝶的总体表达谱与其胎生亲缘种紫斑蝶相似，但其肝脏中差异表达基因的表达模式与两种低海拔物种不同。特别是脂肪酸代谢途径中的几个关键基因(FASN, ACAA2和ECI2)在P. valgnalii中不再差异表达，表明该途径在易位后失去了可塑性。本研究提供了脂肪酸代谢的遗传同化可能促进了P. vlangalii对高海拔的适应的证据。
{"title":"Transcriptome sequencing provides evidence of genetic assimilation in a toad-headed lizard at high altitude","authors":"Weizhao Yang, Tao Zhang, Zhongyi Yao, X. Tang, Yin Qi","doi":"10.16373/J.CNKI.AHR.200123","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.16373/J.CNKI.AHR.200123","url":null,"abstract":"Understanding how organisms adapt to the environment is a compelling question in modern evolutionary biology. Genetic assimilation provides an alternative hypothesis to explain adaptation, in which phenotypic plasticity is first triggered by environmental factors, followed by selection on genotypes that reduce the plastic expression of phenotypes. To investigate the evidence of genetic assimilation in a high-altitude dweller, the toad-headed agama Phr ynocephalus vlangalii, we conducted a translocation experiment by moving individuals from high-to low-altitude environments. We then measured their gene expression profiles by transcriptome sequencing in heart, liver and muscle, and compared them to two low-altitude species P. axillaris and P. fors ythii. The results showed that the general expression profile of P. vlangalii was similar to its viviparous relative P. fors ythii, however, the differentially expressed genes in the liver of P. vlangalii showed a distinct pattern compared to both the low-altitude species. In particular, several key genes (FASN, ACAA2 and ECI2) within fatty acid metabolic pathway were no longer differentially expressed in P. valgnalii, suggesting the loss of plasticity for this pathway after translocation. This study provides evidence of genetic assimilation in fatty acid metabolism that may have facilitated the adaptation to high-altitude for P. vlangalii.","PeriodicalId":49236,"journal":{"name":"Asian Herpetological Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67548037","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-12-25DOI: 10.16373/J.CNKI.AHR.190010
Il-Kook Park, Dae-in Kim, J. Fong, Daesik Park
{"title":"Home range size and overlap of the small nocturnal Schlegel’s Japanese gecko (Gekko japonicus), introduced into a city park in Korea.","authors":"Il-Kook Park, Dae-in Kim, J. Fong, Daesik Park","doi":"10.16373/J.CNKI.AHR.190010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.16373/J.CNKI.AHR.190010","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49236,"journal":{"name":"Asian Herpetological Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48160892","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-01-01DOI: 10.16373/J.CNKI.AHR.170064
Chunxiao Xu, Xu Gao, M. Crossland, Zetian Liu, Supen Wang, Wei Zhu, R. Shine, Yiming Li
{"title":"Foraging responses of the larvae of invasive bullfrogs (Lithobates catesbeianus): possible implications for bullfrog control and ecological impact in China","authors":"Chunxiao Xu, Xu Gao, M. Crossland, Zetian Liu, Supen Wang, Wei Zhu, R. Shine, Yiming Li","doi":"10.16373/J.CNKI.AHR.170064","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.16373/J.CNKI.AHR.170064","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49236,"journal":{"name":"Asian Herpetological Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67547951","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2016-03-25DOI: 10.16373/J.CNKI.AHR.150056
Qiong Zhang, Xingzhi Han, R. Kraus, Le Yang, Liqing Fan, Y. Ye, Y. Tao
For species that have a broad geographic distribution, adaptive variation may be attributable to gene expression plasticity. Nanorana parkeri is an anuran endemic to the southern Tibetan Plateau where it has an extensive altitudinal range(2850 to 5100 m asl). Low oxygen concentration is one of the main environmental characteristics of the Tibetan Plateau. Hypoxia-inducible factor α subunits(HIF-1α and HIF-2α, encoded by Endothelial PAS domain protein 1(EPAS1)) and associated genes(e.g., vascular endothelial growth factor(VEGF) and Erythropoietin(EPO)) play crucial roles in maintaining oxygen homeostasis. In this study, we compared the expression of HIF-1A, VEGF, EPAS1 and EPO mRNA between two populations of N. parkeri: one population inhabiting the native high altitudes, and the second living in, and being acclimated to, the lower plains(70 m asl). The expression of HIF-1A, VEGF and EPAS1 mRNA in the high altitude population were significantly higher than in the acclimated population, whereas there was no significant difference for EPO between two groups. Our results indicated that gene expression plasticity may make significant contributions to local adaptation of species that have broad altitudinal distributions. In addition, we deepen our understanding of the adaptive potential of this species by evaluating the experiments in the scope of its evolutionary history.
{"title":"The Expression Plasticity of Hypoxia Related Genes in High-Altitude and Plains Nanorana parkeri Populations","authors":"Qiong Zhang, Xingzhi Han, R. Kraus, Le Yang, Liqing Fan, Y. Ye, Y. Tao","doi":"10.16373/J.CNKI.AHR.150056","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.16373/J.CNKI.AHR.150056","url":null,"abstract":"For species that have a broad geographic distribution, adaptive variation may be attributable to gene expression plasticity. Nanorana parkeri is an anuran endemic to the southern Tibetan Plateau where it has an extensive altitudinal range(2850 to 5100 m asl). Low oxygen concentration is one of the main environmental characteristics of the Tibetan Plateau. Hypoxia-inducible factor α subunits(HIF-1α and HIF-2α, encoded by Endothelial PAS domain protein 1(EPAS1)) and associated genes(e.g., vascular endothelial growth factor(VEGF) and Erythropoietin(EPO)) play crucial roles in maintaining oxygen homeostasis. In this study, we compared the expression of HIF-1A, VEGF, EPAS1 and EPO mRNA between two populations of N. parkeri: one population inhabiting the native high altitudes, and the second living in, and being acclimated to, the lower plains(70 m asl). The expression of HIF-1A, VEGF and EPAS1 mRNA in the high altitude population were significantly higher than in the acclimated population, whereas there was no significant difference for EPO between two groups. Our results indicated that gene expression plasticity may make significant contributions to local adaptation of species that have broad altitudinal distributions. In addition, we deepen our understanding of the adaptive potential of this species by evaluating the experiments in the scope of its evolutionary history.","PeriodicalId":49236,"journal":{"name":"Asian Herpetological Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67547917","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2016-03-25DOI: 10.16373/J.CNKI.AHR.150046
Qiong Zhang, Xingzhi Han, Y. Ye, R. Kraus, Liqing Fan, Le Yang, Y. Tao
{"title":"Expression of HIF-1 alpha and its target genes in the Nanorana parkeri heart: Implications for high altitude adaptation","authors":"Qiong Zhang, Xingzhi Han, Y. Ye, R. Kraus, Liqing Fan, Le Yang, Y. Tao","doi":"10.16373/J.CNKI.AHR.150046","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.16373/J.CNKI.AHR.150046","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49236,"journal":{"name":"Asian Herpetological Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67547884","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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