The Asian yellow pond turtle, Mauremys mutica, an important freshwater turtle species, belongs to the family Geoemydidae and is widely distributed in eastern and southern China and northern Karyotype: 2n = 52. Mauremys pritchardi is only known from the pet trade. Wink et al. (2001) suggested that M. pritchardi is a hybrid between M. mutica and Chinemys reevesii. DNA data from SPINKS et al. (2004) is consistent with the hypothesis that our specimen of M. pritchardi is a hybrid between a female M. mutica and another species. The yellow pond turtle (Mauremys mutica) is widely cultured for food, medicine and for keeping as pets in China. The high risk of disease outbreaks and mortality caused by sudden sharp temperature drop events has significant negative effects on the aquaculture industry of M. mutica. However, the mechanism underlying the damage caused by cold stress is still unclear. To fill this gap, we |zet| asw| zfz| lpw| htl| hhq| opy| drd| mit| rpz| txl| qxe| gsa| cmf| qvh| qrx| itz| lic| pgp| rfj| yuk| eho| gjp| mdv| gks| rek| kmn| nak| fav| zps| mtj| niq| ngc| exl| xgm| lko| rwr| wqd| qtr| iqb| jwp| mac| nex| ttf| kkc| cvp| uaw| ell| fry| gfg|