Hypercarnivorous apex predator could provide ecosystem services by dispersing seeds [PDF]
, 2016 Large ?hypercarnivorous? felids are recognized for their role as apex predators and hence as key elements in food webs and ecosystem functioning through competition and depredation.
Costan, Andrea Silvina +3 more
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Fibronectin rescues estrogen receptor α from lysosomal degradation in breast cancer cells [PDF]
, 2018 Estrogen receptor α (ERα) is expressed in tissues as diverse as brains and mammary glands. In breast cancer, ERα is a key regulator of tumor progression.
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MALDI-MS argininyl bufadienolide esters fingerprint from parotoid gland secretions of Rhinella arenarum : age, gender and seasonal variation [PDF]
, 2018 In many amphibians, the granular glands can be grouped in special regions forming macroglands. This is the case of toads, characterized by the presence of a pair of parotoid macroglands, strategically located to give protection by poison release in case ...
Erra Balsells, Rosa +4 more
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(2479) Proposal to conserve the name Marattia kaulfussii (Eupodium kaulfussii) against M. raddiana (Marattiaceae) [PDF]
, 2016 Proposal to conserve the name Marattia kaulfussii (Eupodium kaulfussii)against M. raddiana (Marattiaceae). Unless this proposal is accepted, the epithet raddiana will need to be combined under Eupodium and this will become the correctname of what is ...
Arana, Marcelo Daniel +2 more
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Evolutionary and Functional Relationships in the Truncated Hemoglobin Family [PDF]
, 2016 Predicting function from sequence is an important goal in current biological research, and although, broad functional assignment is possible when a protein is assigned to a family, predicting functional specificity with accuracy is not straightforward ...
Boechi, Leonardo +5 more
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Altered expression of cytokines in mice infected intranasally with two syncytial variants of Herpes simplex virus type 1 [PDF]
, 2014 Immune evasion strategies are important for the onset and the maintenance of viral infections. Many viruses have evolved mechanisms to counteract or suppress the host immune response.
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Meiotic behavior of two polyploid species of genus Pleurodema (Anura: Leiuperidae) from central Argentina [PDF]
, 2014 Polyploidy is an important evolutionary force but rare in vertebrates. However, in anurans, the genus Pleurodema has polyploid species, two of them tetraploid and one octoploid.
Grenat, Pablo Raúl +4 more
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A Note on the Estimation of the Hölder Constant [PDF]
, 2013 In this article, we develop a nonparametric estimator for the Hölder constant of a density function. We consider a simulation study to evaluate the performance of the proposal and construct smooth bootstrap confidence intervals.
Henry, Guillermo Sebastian +2 more
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Multiple anti-predator mechanisms in the red-spotted Argentina Frog (Amphibia: Hylidae) [PDF]
, 2017 Anurans employ a wide variety of anti-predator mechanisms to defend themselves. In casque-headed hylids, defence is thought to be a complex combination of several anti-predator mechanisms. However, the defence traits of only a few species are known; some
Alcalde, Leandro +6 more
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Intradermal infections by chigger mites (Hannemania spp.) in the Andean frog Telmatobius atacamensis (Anura, Telmatobiidae) [PDF]
, 2015 Here, we report the infection of adults of the Andean frog Telmatobius atacamensis (Anura, Telmatobiidae) by leeuwenhoekiid mites of the genus Hannemania and describe the histological characteristics of the normal and infected skin and the mite's larval ...
Goldberg, Francisco Javier +1 more
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