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Using environmental DNA for detection of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in natural water

Environmental DNA, 2020
Rapid, early, and reliable detection of invasive pathogenic microorganisms is essential in order to either predict or delineate an outbreak, and monitor appropriate mitigation measures. The chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans is expanding in
Annemarieke Spitzen ‐ van der Sluijs, Tariq Stark, Tony DeJean, Elin Verbrugghe, Jelger Herder, Maarten Gilbert, Jöran Janse, An Martel, Frank Pasmans, Alice Valentini   +9 more
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The Immunoglobulins of Cold-Blooded Vertebrates [PDF]

, 2014
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Chen, Clem, Cone, Cooper, Crouch, Deza, Grey, Hadji-Azimi, Hsu, Kokubu, Leslie, Magor, Malecek, Mansikka, Patel, Schaerlinger, Schaerlinger, Small, Steiner, Turchin, Wilson, Wu, Zapata   +22 more
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Origami‐Inspired Structural Design for Aquatic‐Terrestrial Amphibious Robots

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This work presents a lightweight amphibious origami robot actuated by a single shape memory alloy wire. A rigid foldable origami structure with displacement amplification enables efficient terrestrial crawling and aquatic swimming. The addition of fan‐shaped units allows controllable turning in both environments.
Weiqi Liu, Chunlong Wang, Xiaohang Sun, Hongwei Guo, Jiayao Ma, Yan Chen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
wiley   +1 more source

Dryophylax chaquensis (Bergna & Álvarez, 1993) (Serpentes, Colubridae): first record from Cochabamba Department and a geographic range extension in Bolivia [PDF]

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We present novel distributional information on the little-known snake species Dryophylax chaquensis (Bergna & Álvarez, 1993) in Bolivia, including the first record from Cochabamba Department.
Luis R. Rivas, Gabriel Callapa, Patricia Mendoza-Miranda, Arturo Muñoz, Cord B. Eversole, Randy L. Powell   +5 more
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FiN‐Kiri: Fabric‐Based Inflatable Kirigami Actuator for Multimodal Soft Robots

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This study introduces a type of inflatable fabric‐based kirigami actuator capable of performing bending motion. The actuator is utilized as soft grippers, a crawling robot and a swimming robot. The crawling robot demonstrated extraordinary motion capabilities, such as moving forward, turning and navigating a narrow tunnel.
Yang Yu, Yupei Zhang, Yanqi Yin, Yehui Wu, Jinyao Zhang, Ruiyu Bai, Jiaqiang Yao, Kewei Su, Chenyi Yu, Zhicheng Tian, Naipeng Li, Zhuang Zhang, Bo Li   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Folk taxonomy and indigenous names for frogs in Zululand, South Africa

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2019
Background We use taxonomy to organize the world into recognizable units. Folk taxonomy deals with the naming and classification of organisms through culture. Unlike its scientific counterpart, folk taxonomy is mostly undocumented, the Zoological Code of
Fortunate M. Phaka, Edward C. Netherlands, Donnavan J. D. Kruger, Louis H. Du Preez   +3 more
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Field notes on findings of threatened amphibian species in the central mountain range of western Panama [PDF]

, 2012
During field work along a transect in the Cordillera Central of western Panama between 2008 and 2010, we detected several populations of amphibian species which are considered as “Endangered” or “Critically Endangered” by the IUCN.
Carrizo, Arcadio, Hertz, Andreas, Köhler, Gunther, Lotzkat, Sebastian, Ponce, Marcos, Streit, Bruno   +5 more
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Phylogenetic signal in amphibian sensitivity to copper sulfate relative to experimental temperature [PDF]

, 2015
The release of large quantities of chemicals into the environment represents a major source of environmental disturbance. In recent years, the focus of ecotoxicology has shifted from describing the effects of chemical contaminants on individual species ...
Capellini, Isabella, Carretero, Miguel A., Chiari, Ylenia, Glaberman, Scott, Seren, Nina, Serén, Nina   +5 more
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Genetic Control of Tissue Remodeling by a Non‐Coding SNP in ITGA8 Explains Carotenoid‐Based Color Polymorphism in Marine Mollusks

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
In this study, the orange‐muscle giant abalone (Haliotis gigantea) is used as a model to identify a non‐coding SNP that disrupts the interaction between ITGA8 pre‐mRNA and the splicing factor ILF2, leading to altered ITGA8 splicing. These splicing changes promote carotenoid accumulation in abalone muscle through the regulation of tissue remodeling ...
Xiaohui Wei, Wenzhu Peng, Zekun Huang, Bingye Yang, Yiyu Wu, Minzhen Han, Yi Wang, Bingling Peng, Guosheng Hu, Jiawei Hong, Guijia Liu, Linwei Nie, Yang Gan, Miaoqin Huang, Xuan Luo, Weiwei You, Wen Liu, Caihuan Ke   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source