[PDF][PDF] Population genetics reveal potential threats from low maternal genetic diversity in wild Asian elephants in China

M Shi, Y Tian, Y Tang, H Li, J Wang, Y Ma… - Global Ecology and …, 2025‏ - researchgate.net
ABSTRACT In China, wild Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) are primarily distributed in
three prefectures in Southwest Yunnan, along the border with Laos and Myanmar. These …

Myosin-5a facilitates stress granule formation by interacting with G3BP1

R Zhou, J Pan, WB Zhang, X Li - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2024‏ - Springer
Stress granules (SGs) are non-membranous organelles composed of mRNA and proteins
that assemble in the cytosol when the cell is under stress. Although the composition of …

Rapid evolution of genes with anti-cancer functions during the origins of large bodies and cancer resistance in elephants

J Bowman, VJ Lynch - bioRxiv, 2024‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Elephants have emerged as a model system to study the evolution of body size and cancer
resistance because, despite their immense size, they have a very low prevalence of cancer …