摘要
The karst habitats of Southwest China contain the richest cavefish fauna in the world.However,many Chinese cavefish species are now at high risk of extinction.Chinese cavefish have evolved unusual traits,which are important for studying adaptive evolution and modeling human diseases.Here,we call on scientific research institutions to develop programs to conserve precious cavefish species and suggest international cooperation to promote research on cavefish in China.
基金
Foundation items:This work was supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDPB17 to L.M.)
Biodiversity Survey and Assessment Project of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment,China(2019HJ2096001006 to J.X.Y.)
Frontier Interdiscipline Project of Tsinghua University(20221080082 to M.Z.X.)。
