Mitochondrial DNA lineages of Italian Giara and Sarcidano horses [PDF]
Giara and Sarcidano are 2 of the 15 extant native Italian horse breeds with limited dispersal capability that originated from a larger number of individuals. The 2 breeds live in two distinct isolated locations on the island of Sardinia. To determine the
Barbato, M. +7 more
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Cruelty and Tragedy: Cathartic Journey in Peter Shaffer's Equus
The concept of catharsis has evolved much since Aristotle defined it in Poetics as the purgation of feelings such as pity and fear caused by an imitation of a tragic action.
Sena Baltaoglu
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Horses as Sources of Proprietary Information: Commercialization, Conservation, and Compensation Pursuant to the Convention on Biological Diversity [PDF]
Horses indigenous to East and Southeast (E/SE) Asia, including native, landrace, feral, and wild populations, embody valuable genetic diversity. Conservation efforts for animals have largely been driven by humane altruism, with little consideration for ...
Kowalski, Stanley, McClory, Haley
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Work minimization accounts for footfall phasing in slow quadrupedal gaits [PDF]
Quadrupeds, like most bipeds, tend to walk with an even left/right footfall timing. However, the phasing between hind and forelimbs shows considerable variation.
Self Davies, Z T, Usherwood, J R
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We perform a statistical study of the distances between successive occurrencies of a given dinucleotide in the DNA sequence for a number of organisms of different complexity.
Castellani, Gastone C. +6 more
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Radiocarbon Chronologies and Extinction Dynamics of the Late Quaternary Mammalian Megafauna of the Taimyr Peninsula, Russian Federation [PDF]
This paper presents 75 new radiocarbon dates based on late Quaternary mammal remains recovered from eastern Taimyr Peninsula and adjacent parts of the northern Siberian lowlands, Russian Federation, including specimens of woolly mammoth (Mammuthus ...
Agenbroad, L +11 more
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Evaluating the roles of directed breeding and gene flow in animal domestication [PDF]
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Capriles, Jose M. +3 more
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Macromamíferos (équidos, bóvidos) de la cueva de Praducelos (Suegos, Luego) [PDF]
[Resumen] En este trabajo se describen restos -óseos: 1 mandibula,l tibia derecha de Equus Cabalus aff.gallicus, y un fragmento de maxilar y otro de base de cuerna de Bos sp.(o Bison sp.), procedentes de la cueva de Praducelos(Suegos,Lugo).[Abstract] the
Alberti, M. T.
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Distribution, diversity and evolution of endogenous retroviruses in perissodactyl genomes [PDF]
The evolution of mammalian genomes has been shaped by interactions with endogenous retroviruses (ERVs). In this study, we investigated the distribution and diversity of ERVs in the mammalian order Perissodactyla, with a view to understanding their impact
Gifford, Robert +2 more
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Identification of novel cryptosporidium genotypes from the Czech Republic [PDF]
Isolates of Cryptosporidium from the Czech Republic were characterized from a variety of different hosts using sequence and phylogenetic analysis of the 18S ribosomal DNA and the heat-shock (HSP-70) gene.
Ryan, U. +5 more
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