The Evolution of Endothermy and Its Diversity in Mammals and Birds [PDF]
, 2004 Many elements of mammalian and avian thermoregulatory mechanisms are present in reptiles and the changes involved in the transition to endothermy are more quantitative than qualitative.
Augee, Michael +2 more
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Natural history of Platypria (Platypria) hystrix (Fabricius, 1798) on Fabaceae host plants, with notes on other Platypria species in India (Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae, Hispini) [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2021 The leaf-beetle genus Platypria Guérin-Méneville, 1840 comprises two subgenera and 34 species (Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Hispini). Host plants are documented for eight species and indicate mostly perennial species of Fabaceae and Rhamnaceae.
Sachin Ranade +3 more
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Male mutation bias is the main force shaping chromosomal substitution rates in monotreme mammals [PDF]
, 2017 In many species, spermatogenesis involves more cell divisions than oogenesis, and the male germline, therefore, accumulates more DNA replication errors, a phenomenon known as male mutation bias.
Aguilar-Gómez, Diana +4 more
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, 1998 In his recent book, Concepts: Where Cognitive Science Went Wrong, Jerry Fodor retracts the radical concept-nativism he once defended. Yet that position stood, virtually unchallenged, for more than twenty years.
Cowie, Fiona
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In the Shadow of a Willow Tree: A Community Garden Experiment in Decolonising, Multispecies Research [PDF]
, 2018 In 2014 I commenced a postdoctoral project that involved collaboratively planting and maintaining a community garden on a block of land that was once part of the East Armidale Aboriginal Reserve in the so-called New England Tableland region of New South ...
Wright, Kate
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ZooKeys, 2012 The monotreme genus Zaglossus, the largest egg-laying mammal, comprises several endangered taxa today known only from New Guinea. Zaglossus is considered to be extinct in Australia, where its apparent occurrence (in addition to the large echidna genus ...
Kristofer M. Helgen +3 more
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Body Temperature In Captive Long-Beaked Echidnas (Zaglossus Bartoni) [PDF]
, 2003 The routine occurrence of both short-term (daily) and long-term torpor (hibernation) in short-beaked echidnas, but not platypus, raises questions about the third monotreme genus, New Guinea's Zaglossus.
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Multiple rooks of chess - a generic integral field unit deployment technique
, 2018 A new field re-configuration technique, Multiple Rooks of Chess (MRC), for multiple deployable Integral Field Spectrographs has been developed. The method involves mechanical geometry as well as an optimized deployment algorithm. The geometry is found to
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Pluto and the Platypus: An Odd Ball and an Odd Duck — On Classificatory Norms [PDF]
, 2017 Some astronomers believe that we have discovered that Pluto is not a planet. I contest this assessment. Recent discoveries of trans-Neptunian Pluto-sized objects do not require that we exclude Pluto from the planets.
Slater, Matthew H.
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Hibernation in a Monotreme, the Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) [PDF]
, 1989 1. The body temperatures of five echidnas in Australia's Southern Alps were monitored by radio telemetry from February to December 1987. 2. All five hibernated throughout the winter, showing very low body temperatures (4-9 degrees C, close to ambient ...
Augee, ML, Beard, LA, Grigg, GC
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