Factors affecting diet, habitat selection and breeding success of the African Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus in a fragmented landscape [PDF]
, 2014 This study aimed to identify variables that affect habitat selection and nesting success of the African Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus, the largest forest raptor, in north-eastern South Africa.
Ara Monadjem +29 more
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Exploring the diversity of AVPR2 in Primates and its evolutionary implications
Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2023 The current study focuses on the investigation of AVPR2 (VTR2C) protein-coupled receptor variants specific to different primate taxa. AVPR2 is activated by the neurohormone AVP, which modulates physiological processes, including water homeostasis.
Bibiana Sampaio de Oliveira Fam +8 more
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Comparative morphological study on the shape variance of the scapula in extant Cercopithecidae [PDF]
, 2020 Morphological variation in forelimb bones has been tied to substrate use in Cercopithecidae. Studies of the distal humerus and proximal ulna (Rector et al., 2018) suggest that African and Asian monkeys’ locomotor repertoires can be distinguished through ...
Day, Lisa, Vergamini, Marie
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Prevalence of mortality in mammals: A retrospective study from wildlife rescue center of Nepal
Conservation Science and Practice, 2022 To assess threats to the population of native mammals and their survival, we performed a retrospective study utilizing a rescue and rehabilitation database from Nepal.
Binaya Adhikari +4 more
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Molecular cytotaxonomy of primates by chromosomal in situ suppression hybridization [PDF]
, 1990 A new strategy for analyzing chromosomal evolution in primates is presented using chromosomal in situ suppression (CISS) hybridization. Biotin-labeled DNA libraries from flow-sorted human chromosomes are hybridized to chromosome preparations of ...
Anna Jauch +22 more
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A co-evolutionary arms race: trypanosomes shaping the human genome, humans shaping the trypanosome genome [PDF]
, 2014 <i>Trypanosoma brucei</i> is the causative agent of African sleeping sickness in humans and one of several pathogens that cause the related veterinary disease Nagana.
Capewell, Paul +4 more
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Natural history of the ERVWE1 endogenous retroviral locus
Retrovirology, 2005 Background The human HERV-W multicopy family includes a unique proviral locus, termed ERVWE1, whose full-length envelope ORF was preserved through evolution by the action of a selective pressure. The encoded Env protein (Syncytin) is involved in hominoid
Duret Laurent +5 more
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The complete mitochondrial genome of Semnopithecus schistaceus
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2019 Semnopithecus schistaceus Hodgson, 1840 belongs to subfamily Colobinae, family Cercopithecidae. This species was once mixed with S. entellus. The conservation status of this species is Least Concern (LC) in IUCN.
Ke-Ji Guo, Feng-Jun Li
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Dominance hierarchy and spatial distribution in captive red-capped mangabeys (Cercocebus torquatus torquatus): Testing Hemelrijk's agent-based model [PDF]
, 2015 We empirically tested Hemelrijk's agent-based model (Hemelrijk 1998), in which dyadic agonistic interaction between primate-group subjects determines their spatial distribution and whether or not the dominant subject has a central position with respect ...
Dolado i Guivernau, Ruth +1 more
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Human-Terrestrial Wildlife Conflict in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review
The Scientific World Journal, 2022 We conducted a review of 26 articles published between 2009 and 2021 to determine human-wildlife conflict based on spatial and temporal patterns, biological components, drivers of conflict, and mitigation methods used.
Getahun Shanko, Bekele Tona
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