Seed vigour is a key trait determining field seedling establishment and storage longevity in rice. In this study, we aimed to systematically evaluate the vigour variation patterns of rice germplasm from different sub-populations and geographic origin...
Microsimulation-based models, increasingly used in the transportation domain, require richer datasets than traditional models. Precisely enumerated population data being usually unavailable, transportation researchers generate their statistical equiv...
The ivory shell, Babylonia areolata, is an economically important gastropod along the southeastern coast of China and throughout Southeast Asia. In recent years, overfishing and habitat degradation have driven a continuous decline in wild stocks, whi...
Ginkgo biloba L. is a well-known relict tree species and an important medicinal plant. Ginkgo is rich in secondary metabolites (SMs), mainly including flavonoids, lactones, and ginkgolic acid. The aim of this study was to determine variations in the...
Introgression is an important driver of new genetic variation that increases species and genetic diversity. However, the relationship between introgression and geographic distribution of upland cotton is still unclear. Herein, we explored geographica...
Evaluation of urban planning and development is becoming more and more important due to the large-scale urbanization of the world. With the application of mobile phone data, people can analyze the development status of cities from more perspectives....
The Daurian ground squirrel (Spermophilus dauricus) is an important animal model that is frequently used by researchers studying the physiological ecology of hibernation in China. There has been considerable controversy regarding the classification o...
Lactarius hatsudake is an economically important wild edible fungus in sub-tropical and temperate Asia. At present, little is known about its genetic diversity, mode of reproduction, and population structure in natural environments. In this study, we...
BRCA1/2-associated hereditary breast and ovarian cancer is the most common form of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer and occurs in all ethnicities and racial populations. Different BRCA1/BRCA2 pathogenic variants (PVs) have been reported with a wi...
Under the background of social transformation and space reconstruction, population aging in China is becoming more and more diverse and complex. “Aging before getting rich”, a notion in population and economic development, has been a seri...
Liriodendron chinense (Hemsley) Sargent is a Class II protected plant in China as natural populations are on the verge of extinction. There is still a lack of systematic research on the genetic resources of its geographic populations. In this study,...
Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (Tobamovirus fructirugosum, ToBRFV) is an emerging virus that affects tomatoes, capsicum, and chili. Since its first detection in Jordan in 2015, the virus has been reported in more than 40 countries across all the con...
Background: Locally adapted goat populations represent important reservoirs of genetic diversity and play a crucial role in the sustainability of livestock production systems, particularly in marginal environments. However, many of these populations...
Myotis yumanensis is a small insectivorous bat distributed in Western North America and is susceptible to white-nose syndrome, a devastating fungal disease. Effective management of the disease in M. yumanensis requires an understanding of its populat...
Traditional choropleth maps, created on the basis of administrative units, often fail to accurately represent population distribution due to the high spatial heterogeneity and the temporal dynamics of the population within the units. Furthermore, upd...
The cacao tree (Theobroma cacao L.) is native to the Amazon basin and widely cultivated in the tropics to produce seeds, the valuable raw material for the chocolate industry. Conservation of cacao genetic resources and their availability for breeding...
The mitochondrial genomes are generally considered non-recombining and homoplasmic in nature. However, our previous study provided the first evidence of extensive and stable mitochondrial heteroplasmy in natural populations of the basidiomycete fungu...
To reduce global HIV-1 incidence, there is a need to understand and disentangle HIV-1 transmission dynamics and to determine the geographic areas and populations that act as hubs or drivers of HIV-1 spread. In Sub-Saharan Africa (sSA), the region wit...
Increased influence of abiotic and anthropogenic factors on the ecological state of coastal systems leads to uncontrollable changes in the overall ecosystem. This paper considers the crucial problem of studying the effect of an increase in the water&...
Host utilization information is critical to managers for estimating the hosts at risk and potential geographic range for gypsy moths from different geographic origins. In this study, the development and survival of gypsy moths from all three subspeci...
The fungal pathogen Diaporthe citri is a major cause of diseases in citrus. One common disease is melanose, responsible for large economic losses to the citrus fruit industry. However, very little is known about the epidemiology and genetic structure...
Ostreid herpesvirus 1 (OsHV-1) is a major pathogen associated with summer mortality in bivalve mollusks, but the host-side determinants of susceptibility remain poorly characterized outside oysters. In this study, we compared the responses of Chinese...
Background/Objectives: This study aimed to determine the antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of multidrug resistant (MDR) and extensively resistant (XDR) Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (S. Typhi) strains among children, along with the associated...
Among the anthropogenic stresses that marine ecosystems face, biological invasions are one of the major threats. Recently, as a result of increasingly intense anthropogenic disturbance, numerous marine species have been introduced to their non-native...
Nemacheilus subfusca is an endemic fish species in the lower Yarlung Zangbo River. Its habitats are potentially threatened by geological disturbances and anthropogenic activities, but information on population status remains limited. However, existin...
To enhance winter tourism competitiveness and address seasonal tourist flow pressures, this study adopts Harbin as a case study and introduces a metamodernist theoretical framework. This framework redefines the “population pulse” phenomen...
Urban green spaces are considered the most important element for keeping the balance between good environmental conditions, infrastructure development, and social sustainability in cities. Nevertheless, urban green spaces are declining in developing...
Seagrasses are marine angiosperms, and seagrass beds maintain the species diversity of tropical and subtropical coastal ecosystems. For proper understanding, management and conservation of coastal ecosystems, it is essential to understand seagrass po...
To analyze growth trait differences and genetic characteristics of Siniperca chuatsi from distinct geographic populations, whole-genome resequencing was performed on 90 samples from Heilongjiang (HLJ), Hubei (HB), Hunan (HN), and Anhui (AH), and for...
Salix alba L. (Linnaeus, 1753; Salicaceae), a widely distributed riparian species, remains understudied regarding its genetic diversity patterns and driving factors in arid zone ecosystems. In this study, 320 Salix alba samples were collected from 10...
Cryptococcus gattii species complex (CGSC) is a basidiomycete haploid yeast and globally distributed mammalian pathogen. CGSC is comprised of six distinct lineages (VGI, VGII, VGIII, VGIV, VGV, and VGVI); however, the geographical distribution and po...
A traffic simulation of the Jianghan Zone in Wuhan, China was carried out. In order to simulate genuine traffic flow without traditional hard-to-implement data collection methods, geographic population distribution data were gathered from the public...
In an era of unprecedented global change, exploring patterns of gene expression among wild populations across their geographic range is crucial for characterizing adaptive potential. RNA-sequencing studies have successfully characterized gene express...
Strawberry plants and fruits are vulnerable to infections by a broad range of pathogens and pests. However, knowledge about the epidemiology of pathogens causing strawberry diseases is limited. In this study, we analyzed Fusarium commune, a major fun...
Both Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte and D. barberi Smith and Lawrence are among the most damaging insects impacting corn in North America. D. virgifera virgifera has also invaded Europe and has become an important pest in that region. Compute...
Microorganisms in the guts of insects enhance the adaptability of their hosts with different lifestyles, or those that live in different habitats. Tuta absoluta is an invasive pest that is a serious threat to tomato production in China. It has quickl...
As an essential prerequisite to the genealogical study of Jews, some elements of Jewish demographic history are provided in a long-term transnational perspective. Data and estimates from a vast array of sources are combined to draw a profile of Jewis...
Wisteria vein mosaic virus (WVMV) is a member of the genus Potyvirus, found to be associated with the Wisteria mosaic disease (WMD). In 2022, severe symptoms resembling WMD were observed on the foliage of a Chinese wisteria (Wisteria sinensis) tree g...
A sample of 185 West African cattle belonging to nine different taurine, sanga, and zebu populations was typed using a set of 33 microsatellites and the BovineHD BeadChip of Illumina. The information provided by each type of marker was summarized via...
Host plant affinity and geographic distance can play critical roles in the genetic divergence of insect herbivores and evolution of insect biotypes, but their relative importance in the divergence of insect populations is still poorly understood. We...
Dociostaurus maroccanus is a major migratory pest first recorded in Xinjiang, China, in 2025 in the Ili River Valley and Tacheng City. This event represents a new situation of concern in the field of biological security along China’s northweste...
31 October 2018
Healthcare accessibility has become an issue of social equity. An accurate estimation of existing healthcare accessibility is vital to plan and allocate health resources. Healthcare capacity, population demand, and geographic impedance are three esse...
Lassa mammarenavirus (LASV) is the etiologic agent of Lassa fever. In endemic regions in West Africa, LASV genetic diversity tends to cluster by geographic area. Seven LASV lineages are recognized, but the role of viral genetic determinants on diseas...
The rational matching of urban land and population has become an important prerequisite for sustainable urban development. In this paper, the traditional urban land scale elasticity model was improved, and combined with the gravity model, the spatial...
20 December 2013
The air quality in China, particularly the PM2.5 (particles less than 2.5 μm in aerodynamic diameter) level, has become an increasing public concern because of its relation to health risks. The distribution of PM2.5 concentrations has a close relatio...
The increased percentage of older people retaining their natural dentition was associated with a burden of poor oral health and increased service demands. This study analyses the dental service utilisation of the ageing population in Australia and de...
Large-scale population mobility has an important impact on the spatial layout of China’s urban systems. Compared with traditional census data, mobile-phone-based travel big data can describe the mobility patterns of a population in a timely, dy...
Background: Multiple myeloma (MM) has experienced rapid therapeutic innovation over the past two decades, leading to a substantial increase in clinical trial activity. However, the geographic distribution of these trials and the representation of dif...
Chinese chestnut (Castanea mollissima Bl.) is one of the earliest domesticated and cultivated fruit trees, and it is widely distributed in China. Because of the high quality of its nuts and its high resistance to abiotic and biotic stresses, Chinese...
City shrinkage, as an ongoing worldwide phenomenon, is an issue for urban planning and regional development. City shrinkage is remarkable in Japan, with over 85% of municipalities experiencing population loss from 2005 to 2015. As Japan’s socie...
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