Results 61 to 70 of about 577 (160)

The evolution of muscle spindles

Experimental Physiology, Volume 110, Issue 10, Page 1401-1421, October 1, 2025.
Abstract Muscle spindles are stretch‐sensitive mechanoreceptors found in the skeletal muscles of most four‐limbed vertebrates. They are unique amongst sensory receptors in the ability to regulate their sensitivity by contraction of the intrafusal muscle fibres on which the sensory endings lie.
Robert W. Banks, Uwe Proske
wiley   +1 more source

Biodiversity of the upper deltaic complex of the Paraná River [PDF]

, 2008
En este trabajo se analiza la riqueza y distribución de la flora vascular y fauna de vertebrados de la región superior del Complejo Deltaico del Río Paraná.
Aceñolaza, Pablo Gilberto, Demonte, Danilo, Giménez, Esteban, Manzano, Adriana Silvina, Marchetti, Zuleica Yael, Rodriguez, Estela Elizabeth, Ronchi Virgolini, Ana Laura, Sanchez, Laura Cecilia   +7 more
core   +1 more source

On a second collection of reptiles and amphibians taken in Tanganyika territory by C. J. P. Ionides, Esq. [PDF]

, 1955
Volume ...
Loveridge, Arthur,
core  

Herpetofauna of Estação Ambiental de Peti, an Atlantic Rainforest fragment of Minas Gerais State, southeastern Brazil [PDF]

Fornecemos aqui uma lista de espécies de anfíbios e répteis da Estação de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento Ambiental de Peti, uma reserva de Mata Atlântica localizada nas montanhas da Cadeia do Espinhaço, estado de Minas Gerais, sudeste do Brasil.
BERTOLUCI, Jaime, CANELAS, Marco Antonio Schettino, EISEMBERG, Carla Camilo, MONTINGELLI, Giovanna Gondim, PALMUTI, Cesar Felipe de Souza   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Amphibians Of Argentinean Mesopotamia [PDF]

, 2004
An update of the amphibian diversity and populations status in the Northeast of Argentina (NEA) is presented. General characteristics and distribution of groups that conform the amphibian fauna of this region is also pointed out.
Baldo, Juan Diego, Barg, Mónica Viviana, Manzano, Adriana Silvina   +2 more
core  

Variation in the trunk musculature of caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) [PDF]

, 1982
Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/73775/1/j.1469-7998.1982.tb02083.x ...
Carroll, Cope, Cope, Cope, Cox, Gans, Gaymer, Kingsley, Lawson, Marcus, Maurer, Maurer, Maurer, Naylor, Nishi, Nishi, Nussbaum, Nussbaum, Parsons, Sarasin, Schnurbein, Taylor, Taylor, Wiedersheim   +23 more
core   +1 more source

Resistance Is Not Futile: Widespread Convergent Evolution of Resistance to Alpha-Neurotoxic Snake Venoms in Caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona). [PDF]

Int J Mol Sci, 2023
Mancuso M, Zaman S, Maddock ST, Kamei RG, Salazar-Valenzuela D, Wilkinson M, Roelants K, Fry BG.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Long-distance dispersal in amphibians [PDF]

, 2019
Although the distribution patterns of major amphibian lineages are mainly explained by a Pangean origin with subsequent vicariant diversification, dispersal events have exerted a strong influence on present-day distributions. Long-distance dispersal (LDD)
Fonte, Luis Fernando Marin da, Lötters, Stefan, Mayer, Michael   +2 more
core  

The Psocoptera of Norway spruce (Picea abies) branches in northern Finland [PDF]

, 1993
The psocid fauna living on spruce branches was studied in northern Finland, both in urban areas near the industrial city of Oulu and in rural surroundings, during the years 1986-88.
Itämies, Juhani, Laine, Anne, Orell, Markku   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness (Addenda 2013). [PDF]

, 2013
The kingdom Animalia is here estimated to have a total of 1,659,420 described species (including 133,692 fossil species) in 40 phyla. Among these, the most successful phylum Arthropoda alone represents 1,302,809 species, or about 78.5% of the total.
Zhang, Zhi-Qiang
core   +2 more sources