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Endangered languages: identifying the danger(s) for Rromani

Recherches, 2011
Almost all subvarieties of Rromani are locally endangered but as a whole it is a very vivid language. For the affirmation of Rromani as a regular European language the most crucial tasks are restoring lost or forgotten segments, enriching its ressources ...
Marcel Courthiade
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Genomics of the critically endangered monotypic genus Sinopora: the plastome of S. hongkongensis (Lauraceae) [PDF]

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2020
Sinopora hongkongensis is a critically endangered endemic tree species restricted to Hong Kong. Here we report its plastome sequence. The S. hongkongensis plastome was 158,612 bp in length, with a large single-copy (LSC) region of 89,405 bp and a small ...
Angelo Damian Armijos Carrion, Damien Daniel Hinsinger, Joeri Sergej Strijk   +2 more
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A rediscovery for the Colombian flora: Passiflora mariquitensis Mutis ex L.Uribe (Passifloraceae), a species lost for more than two centuries [PDF]

Check List, 2020
Passiflora mariquitensis Mutis ex L.Uribe, a Colombian endemic species that belongs to the subgenus Astrophea (DC.) Masters, was rediscovered in a disturbed forest in Mariquita (Tolima), where it has not been reported since 1784.
John A. Ocampo, Adriana Isabel Velásquez, José Orlando Velásquez   +2 more
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Tissue preservation and cell culture of Przewalskii´s horse (Equus przewalskii): an endangered species

Bioscience Journal, 2011
The Przewalskii´s horse or Mongolian wild horse (Equus przewalskii, Poljakov, 1881) is presently the only species of wild horse in existence. Originally from Asia, it is, classified as in extremely high risk of extinction which puts the species in the ...
Rodrigo Puentes, Agustín Furtado, Maria José Estradé, Rafael Aragunde, Nicolás Cazales, Gabriela Costa, Jorge Estévez, Fernando Cirilo, Cecilia Galosi   +8 more
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Evolutionary Genomics and Conservation of the Endangered Przewalski’s Horse [PDF]

Current Biology, 2015
Przewalski's horses (PHs, Equus ferus ssp. przewalskii) were discovered in the Asian steppes in the 1870s and represent the last remaining true wild horses. PHs became extinct in the wild in the 1960s but survived in captivity, thanks to major conservation efforts.
Der Sarkissian, C., Ermini, L., Schubert, M., Yang, M. A., Librado, P., Fumagalli, M., Jonsson, H., Bar-Gal, G. K., Albrechtsen, A., Vieira, F. G., Petersen, B., Ginolhac, A., Seguin-Orlando, A., Magnussen, K., Fages, A., Gamba, C., Lorente-Galdos, B., Polani, S., Steiner, C., Neuditschko, M., Jagannathan, V., Feh, C., Greenblatt, C. L., Ludwig, A., Abramson, N. I., Zimmermann, W., Schafberg, R., Tikhonov, A., Sicheritz-Ponten, T., Willerslev, E., Marques-Bonet, T., Ryder, O. A., Mccue, M., Rieder, S., Leeb, T., Slatkin, M., Orlando, L   +36 more
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Comparative Genomic Analysis Unveils Potential Factors Contributing to the Endangerment of Silurus lanzhouensis

Fishes, 2023
Silurus lanzhouensis is a large endemic fish exclusively found in the middle and upper reaches of China’s Yellow River, with a restricted distribution range and a small population size and is listed as an endangered species.
Yuanhao Yang, Yameng Zhang, Fenggang Li, Sien Wen, Lvzhou Wang, Guozhu Lan, Jishu Zhou, Yang Li, Zilin Zhu   +8 more
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New records on endangered and endemic species of Stigmaphyllon A. Juss. (Malpighiaceae) in Brazil [PDF]

Check List, 2013
New records on three endangered and endemic species of Stigmaphyllon are presented: S. angustilobum extend its distribution in the State of Espírito Santo, S. crenatum extend its distribution in the State of Minas Gerais and S.
Rafael Almeida, Augusto Francener, Renata Sebastiani   +2 more
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Conservation genetics of Sclerocactus in Colorado: the importance of accurate taxonomy to conservation

Frontiers in Conservation Science, 2023
IntroductionRecent advances in genetic data collection utilizing next-generation DNA sequencing technologies have the potential to greatly aid the taxonomic assessment of species of conservation concern, particularly species that have been difficult to ...
Mitchell E. McGlaughlin, Samantha K. Naibauer   +1 more
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Comparative analysis of gut microbiota diversity in endangered, economical, and common freshwater mussels using 16S rRNA gene sequencing

Ecology and Evolution, 2020
Freshwater mussels are both among the most diverse and endangered faunas worldwide. The gut microbiota of species plays a key role in nutrition and immunity, such as preventing it from pathogen invasion, synthesizing beneficial secondary metabolites, and
Xiongjun Liu, Yanling Cao, Shan Ouyang, Xiaoping Wu   +3 more
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ESUSA: US endangered species distribution file [PDF]

, 1978
A file containing distribution data on federally listed or proposed endangered species of the United States is described. Included are (a) the common name, (b) the scientific name, (c) the taxonomic family, (d) the OES/FWS/USDI group (mammal, bird, etc.), (e) the status, (f) the geographic distribution by counties, and (g) Federal Register references ...
Nagy, J., Calef, C.E.
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