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Quancheng Oulebao Animal Kingdom

Zoo
0 active
china
36.7432, 116.8351

Quancheng Oulebao Animal Kingdom in Dezhou, Shandong Province, is a large theme park and zoo complex that houses several giant pandas.

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Ya Er

雅二

Alive
12 years old
Quancheng Oulebao Animal Kingdom

Ya Er (雅二, studbook #904) is a female giant panda born August 27, 2013 at the Chengdu Research Base. Daughter of Xing Ya...

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Cover image for "The International Studbook: How Big Data Prevents Panda Inbreeding"
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Nature 🔬 advanced

The International Studbook: How Big Data Prevents Panda Inbreeding

Every captive giant panda on Earth is recorded in a single global database — the International Studbook — which tracks lineage, calculates genetic relatedness, and determines each year's breeding recommendations. This article explains how studbook managers use population genetics software to maintain 90% genetic diversity across 700 captive pandas, making the panda breeding program one of the most mathematically sophisticated conservation efforts in history.

1 panda
studbook genetics breeding +2
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Cover image for "The Giant Panda Genome Project: How DNA Sequencing Transformed Conservation"
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Nature 🔬 advanced

The Giant Panda Genome Project: How DNA Sequencing Transformed Conservation

In 2009, an international team led by BGI-Shenzhen published the first complete giant panda genome — a 2.4 billion base-pair blueprint that revealed why pandas lost the taste for meat, how they digest bamboo with bacterial help, and why their genetic diversity offers hope for survival. This article follows the science from Jing Jing's blood sample to today's conservation genomics, covering TAS1R1 umami pseudogenization, the Illumina sequencing revolution, and what the genome means for the species' future.

1 panda
genome dna genetics +5
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Cover image for "Panda Habitat as Carbon Sink: The Hidden Climate Value of Bamboo Forests"
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Nature 🔬 advanced

Panda Habitat as Carbon Sink: The Hidden Climate Value of Bamboo Forests

The bamboo forests protected for pandas store an estimated 2-3 billion tons of carbon across the Giant Panda National Park's 27,000 square kilometers — an ecosystem service worth $200-750 million annually in carbon sequestration alone. This article examines how panda conservation doubles as climate action, why bamboo forests rival tropical rainforests in per-hectare carbon storage, and how China's carbon market is creating new economic incentives for habitat protection.

carbon climate ecosystem-services +4
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Cover image for "How to Trace Any Giant Panda's Family Tree: The Studbook Guide"
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Nature 📚 general

How to Trace Any Giant Panda's Family Tree: The Studbook Guide

Every captive giant panda on Earth has a unique studbook number that maps directly to its parents, grandparents, offspring, and location history. This guide teaches you how to use the PandaCommon database to trace any panda's lineage — from Fu Bao back to Pan Pan in three generations — and explains what the studbook numbers reveal about genetic relationships, breeding history, and the hidden family connections that link pandas across continents.

2 pandas
studbook tool guide +5
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