Performance of tree-building methods using a morphological dataset and a well-supported Hexapoda phylogeny. [PDF]
PeerJRecently, many studies have addressed the performance of phylogenetic tree-building methods (maximum parsimony, maximum likelihood, and Bayesian inference), focusing primarily on simulated data.
Francisco Barbosa F +2 more
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Changes in gene body methylation do not correlate with changes in gene expression in Anthozoa or Hexapoda [PDF]
BMC Genomics, 2022 Background As human activity alters the planet, there is a pressing need to understand how organisms adapt to environmental change. Of growing interest in this area is the role of epigenetic modifications, such as DNA methylation, in tailoring gene ...
Groves Dixon, Mikhail V. Matz
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Revisiting the four Hexapoda classes: Protura as the sister group to all other hexapods. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S ASignificance This study resolves longstanding debates over the early evolutionary relationships within Hexapoda by employing a broad range of phylogenetic models and comprehensive sampling across all hexapod orders.
Du S +8 more
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The Unexplored Biodiversity of ‘Glacier Fleas’ (Hexapoda: Collembola): Taxonomy, Distribution and Ecology in the European Alps and Apennines [PDF]
Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary ResearchSpringtails (Hexapoda: Collembola) are unique among Alpine arthropods for including cryophilic species, able to live in contact with glacial ice, the so‐called ‘glacier fleas’.
Barbara Valle +15 more
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Zootaxa, 2023 For the first time, Clusiidae (Diptera) species are recorded from the oceanic Archipelago Fernando de Noronha, Brazil. They are represented by three genera and seven species: Czernyola fumialula sp.
José Albertíno Rafael +2 more
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Zoologiceskij zurnal, 2023 Successional changes in springtail communities were studied along a retreating Tsey Glacier at 2336 to 2071 m a.s.l. Springtails were collected from 10 sites of different ages ranging from 1 to 170 years.
M. D. Antipova, А. Б. Бабенко
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New records of springtails (Hexapoda, Collembola) for Iran from the Bula Hyrcanian forest [PDF]
Journal of Insect Biodiversity and SystematicsThe present study reports new records of the Collembola (Arthropoda: Hexapoda) from the Bula Hyrcanian forest located in Mazandaran province, north of Iran.
Masoumeh Shayanmehr +4 more
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An annotated checklist of the springtail fauna of Hungary (Hexapoda: Collembola) [PDF]
Opuscula Zoologica Instituti Zoosystematici et Oecologici Universitatis Budapestinensis, 2008 A checklist of the species of springtails (Hexapoda: Collembola) hitherto recorded from Hungary is presented. Each entry is accompanied by complete references, and remarks where appropriate. The present list contains 414 species.
Dányi, L, Traser, Gy.
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Troglomorphic adaptations on the northern European frontier: the phylogeny of the cave Pseudosinella (Hexapoda, Collembola) in the Western Carpathians [PDF]
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Introduction Using an integrative taxonomic approach, we investigated the morphological and molecular characters to identify the species of the genus Pseudosinella occurring in caves of the Western Carpathians and to clarify their phylogenetic ...
Ľubomír Kováč +5 more
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On springtails (Hexapoda: Collembola): a morphofunctional study of the jumping apparatus [PDF]
Frontiers in Zoology, 2022 Background Springtails (Hexapoda: Collembola) are tiny organisms that lead a hidden life, mostly occuring deep in the soil and on leaf litter. They have a variety of interesting body morphology patterns, the most famous of which is the catapult-like ...
Fábio Gonçalves de Lima Oliveira
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