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Assessing Host-Virus Codivergence for Close Relatives of Merkel Cell Polyomavirus Infecting African Great Apes [PDF]

, 2016
It has long been hypothesized that polyomaviruses (PyV; family Polyomaviridae) codiverged with their animal hosts. In contrast, recent analyses suggested that codivergence may only marginally influence the evolution of PyV.
Akonkwa, DBM, Akoua-Koffi, C, Bergl, RA, Boesch, C, Calvignac-Spencer, S, Eckardt, W, Ehlers, B, Fruth, B, Gillespie, TR, Gray, M, Hohmann, G, Karhemere, S, Kujirakwinja, D, Langergraber, K, Leendertz, FH, Madinda, NF, Muyembe, J-J, Nishuli, R, Pauly, M, Peeters, M, Petrzelkova, KJ, Robbins, MM, Schubert, G, Stoinski, TS, Todd, A, Wertheim, JO, Wittig, RM, Zuberbuhler, K   +27 more
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Biogeographic history and cryptic diversity of saxicolous Tropiduridae lizards endemic to the semiarid Caatinga [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Phylogeographic research has advanced in South America, with increasing efforts on taxa from the dry diagonal biomes. However, the diversification of endemic fauna from the semiarid Caatinga biome in northeastern Brazil is still poorly known.
Geurgas, Silvia R., Leite, Rafael N., Rodrigues, Miguel Trefaut, Werneck, Fernanda de Pinho   +3 more
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Species delimitation and DNA barcoding of Atlantic Ensis (Bivalvia, Pharidae) [PDF]

, 2013
[Abstract] Ensis Schumacher, 1817 razor shells occur at both sides of the Atlantic and along the Pacific coasts of tropical west America, Peru, and Chile. Many of them are marketed in various regions.
Cuperus, Joël, González-Tizón, Ana M., Jansen, Jeroen M., Martínez-Lage, Andrés, Perina Cedrón, Alejandra, Van Pelt, Hilde, Vierna Fernández, Joaquín   +6 more
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Is Namalycastis abiuma (Grube, 1871) (Annelida: Nereididae) restricted to its type-locality? Evidence from morphological and molecular data

Ocean and Coastal Research
Namalycastis abiuma has been recorded as a worldwide distributed species, found in most tropical and subtropical mangroves and estuarine environments. However, this status has been questioned in several publications, which indicate that several distinct
Paulo Ricardo Alves, Christopher J. Glasby, Paulo Cesar Paiva, Cinthya Simone Gomes Santos   +3 more
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Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis:human exposure through environmental and domestic aerosols [PDF]

, 2014
Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (Map) causes Johne’s disease in animals and is significantly associated with Crohn’s disease (CD) in humans. Our previous studies have shown Map to be present in U.K.
Hermon-Taylor, John, Higham, Andrew, Pickup, Roger, Rhodes, Glenn, Richardson, Hollian, Weightman, Andrew   +5 more
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DNA barcoding of marine rocky reef fishes from northern Peru suggests a parapatric speciation in the Tropical Eastern Pacific

Ecology and Evolution
Northern Peru marks the end of an extensive coastal marine region: The Panama province, which is characterized by predominantly tropical and equatorial features and is home to the only rocky reefs known in Peruvian territory.
E. Zavala, R. Britzke, Z. Siccha‐Ramírez, J. L. Ramírez   +3 more
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Multiple global radiations in tadpole shrimps challenge the concept of ‘living fossils’ [PDF]

, 2013
‘Living fossils’, a phrase first coined by Darwin, are defined as species with limited recent diversification and high morphological stasis over long periods of evolutionary time.
Avise, Barnard, Burbrink, Casane, Darwin, Drummond, Drummond, Edgar, Eldredge, Fayers, Fedonkin, Fryer, Gall, Gand, Garrouste, Gore, Green, Harvey, Haughton, Hegna, Ho, Kano, King, Korn, Korn, Kotov, Lanfear, Macdonald, Mantovani, Mathers, Nagalingum, Obst, Olesen, Pacheco, Phillimore, Pons, Rabosky, Regier, Reznick, Rhodes, Rogers, Ronquist, Stamatakis, Tamura, Trusheim, van Leeuwen, Vanschoenwinkel, von Reumont, Waloßek, Weeks, Womack, Wray, Zierold, Zierold   +53 more
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Three new species of the spider genus Naphrys Edwards (Araneae, Salticidae) under morphology and molecular data with notes in the distribution of Naphrys acerba (Peckham & Peckham) from Mexico

PeerJ
Herein, we describe three new species of the spider genus Naphrys Edwards, 2003 from Mexico: Naphrys echeri sp. nov., Naphrys tecoxquin sp. nov., and Naphrys tuuca sp. nov.
Juan Maldonado-Carrizales, A. Valdez-Mondragón, M. L. Jiménez-Jiménez, Javier Ponce-Saavedra   +3 more
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At least some protist species are not ubiquitous [PDF]

, 2013
Body size is one of the main regulators of the ecological characteristics of living organisms, including their biogeography. The \u27ubiquity hypothesis\u27 for microorganisms states that they are widely distributed, if not cosmopolitan, due to their ...
Fontaneto, Diego, Hortal, Joaquin
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The causes of insect endemicity with the example of Madagascar

, 2010
Biodiversity is disappearing at an exceptional rate, engendering a considerable effort of the scientific community to conserve the rarest and most threatened species.
Isambert, Benjamin, Isambert, Benjamin
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