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Dramatic expansion of the black widow toxin arsenal uncovered by multi-tissue transcriptomics and venom proteomics. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
BackgroundAnimal venoms attract enormous interest given their potential for pharmacological discovery and understanding the evolution of natural chemistries.
Ayoub, Nadia A   +4 more
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The connective tissue index of Helix aspersa as a metal biomarker [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Copyright © 2004, Springer Netherlands.The digestive gland of adult land snails, Helix aspersa, sampled from four different sites in São Miguel island (Azores) was submitted to chemical analyses, autometallography and haemalum/eosin staining, in order to
Amaral, André   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Impairment of context memory by β-amyloid peptide in terrestrial snail

open access: yesFrontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2008
We examined influence of the β-amyloid peptide (25-35) neurotoxic fragment (βAP) on Helix lucorum food-aversion learning. Testing with aversively conditioned carrot showed that 2, 5, and 14 days after training the βAP-injected group ...
doaj   +1 more source

Avoidance of Canopy Gaps by a Common Land Snail [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Because canopy gaps are characterized by elevated temperature and decreased humidity relative to closed-canopy forest, terrestrial gastropods may be exposed to greater desiccation stress in gaps than in undisturbed forest.
Bloch, Christopher P., Stock, Michael
core   +1 more source

Land mollusc middens [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
A review of research on land mollusc middens with a circum- Mediterranean emphasis and drawing particularly on the detailed analysis of a very large Late Pleistocene Iberomaurusian midden at Taforalt, Morocco dated between 20 thousand and 12600 cal BP.
Bell, Martin, Taylor, V. K.
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Primer informe de Aelurostrongylus abstrusus en el caracol de tierra Rumina decollata, en la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Aelurostrongylus abstrusus (Railliet, 1898) is a worldwide distributed lungworm that affects wild and domestic cats, causing bronchopneumonia of varying intensity.
Borrás, P.   +5 more
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Alien Mollusks of Crimean Origin in Other Parts of Ukraine: Present Distribution and Chronology of Its Discovery

open access: yesZoodiversity
Known records of five species of land snails of Crimean origin (Brephulopsis cylindrica (Menke, 1828), B. bidens (Krynicki, 1833), Mentissa gracilicosta (Rossmässler, 1836), Monacha fruticola (Krynicki, 1833, Helix albescens Rossmässler, 1839) in Ukraine
N. V. Gural-Sverlova, R. I. Gural
doaj   +1 more source

Health and sustainability: The nutritional value of snail meat

open access: yesCroatian Journal of Food Science and Technology
The increasing popularity of snail meat prompts research of the nutritional benefits of consuming Helix aspersa maxima cultivated in Bulgaria. With a high protein content and remarkably low fat content, snail meat is well-suited for the inclusion in ...
Mihail Garkov, Kremena Nikovska
doaj   +1 more source

Polymorphism in cepaea nemoralis (l) [PDF]

open access: yes, 1970
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Cook, A. A.
core  

Chemical extractions and predicted free ion activities fail to estimate metal transfer from soil to field land snails.

open access: yes, 2011
International audienceThis study investigates the relevance of several soil chemical extractions (calcium chloride, acetic acid, citric acid and a four-step sequential procedure) and predicted free metal ion activities in the soil solution to ...
Coeurdassier, Michael   +7 more
core   +3 more sources

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