Back to Water: Signature of Adaptive Evolution in Cetacean Mitochondrial tRNAs. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 The mitochondrion is the power plant of the eukaryotic cell, and tRNAs are the fundamental components of its translational machinery. In the present paper, the evolution of mitochondrial tRNAs was investigated in the Cetacea, a clade of Cetartiodactyla ...
Stefano Montelli +4 more
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Alterations of pleiotropic neuropeptide-receptor gene couples in Cetacea [PDF]
BMC BiologyBackground Habitat transitions have considerable consequences in organism homeostasis, as they require the adjustment of several concurrent physiological compartments to maintain stability and adapt to a changing environment.
Raul Valente +7 more
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PLoS ONE, 2009 BackgroundIntegration of diverse data (molecules, fossils) provides the most robust test of the phylogeny of cetaceans. Positioning key fossils is critical for reconstructing the character change from life on land to life in the water.Methodology ...
Michelle Spaulding +2 more
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Evidence for Positive Selection on the Leptin Gene in Cetacea and Pinnipedia [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 The leptin gene has received intensive attention and scientific investigation for its importance in energy homeostasis and reproductive regulation in mammals.
Soochin Cho, Ya-Ping Zhang
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Navigating Cetacean Mitochondrial Genome Data: Identifying Coverage and Deficiencies in Public Repositories. [PDF]
Mol Ecol ResourABSTRACT Genetic reference databases underpin a wide range of molecular approaches used to study cetacean biodiversity, including environmental DNA (eDNA), yet their reliability depends critically on data completeness, taxonomic accuracy, and metadata quality.
Afonso L +12 more
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A new diminutive fossil ziphiid from the deep-sea floor off northern Chile and some remarks on the body size evolution and palaeobiogeography of the beaked whales [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2023 The evolutionary history of the beaked whales (Ziphiidae), odontocetes nowadays adapted to deep diving, is well known thanks to a significant fossil record mainly from the deep ocean floors.
Giovanni Bianucci +3 more
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Correction to: ‘Rostrum morphology and feeding strategy of the baleen whale indicate that right whales and pygmy right whales became skimmers independently’ (2022), by Tanaka [PDF]
Royal Society Open ScienceYoshihiro Tanaka
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Vestnik MGTU, 2022 This paper describes one of the most acute problem for both environmental companies and fisheries – bycatch of marine mammals caused by bioresource exploitation in the Northwest Atlantic (NWA).
Mishin T. V.
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Animals, 2022 We investigated the relationship between age and body length, and age at sexual maturity of Physeter macrocephalus individuals stranded along the Italian coast.
Nicola Maio +17 more
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PERCEPÇÃO DE ALUNOS DE GRADUAÇÃO SOBRE ECOLOGIA E CONSERVAÇÃO DE CETÁCEOS, FORTALEZA-CE
Holos, 2021 Cetáceos são mamíferos aquáticos que habitam boa parte do globo, e que tornaram-se ameaçadas devido a ações como caças ilegais, poluição e turismo. Com isso, objetivou-se avaliar a percepção de alunos de graduação sobre Ecologia e Conservação de Cetáceos.
Marcos Adelino Almeida Filho +4 more
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