摘要
The giant panda(Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is not a relicspecies, and it can survive, according to scientists. Employing microsatellite and mitochondrial control region (CR) sequences as
The giant panda （Ailuropoda melanoleuca） is not a relic species, and it can survive, according to scientists. Employing microsatellite and mitochondrial control region （CR） sequences as genetic markers, CAS researchers have obtained some key information about the giant panda and its recent evolution history. Their discovery that the lovely creature still possesses high genetic diversity and evolution potentials challenges the hypothesis suggesting the giant panda is facing an ＂evolutionary dead-end.＂ The research was reported in a recent issue of Molecular Biology and Evolution by a team of scientists led by Prof. WEI Fuwen of the CAS Institute of Zoology and Prof. Michael W. Bruford of Cardiff University.
