Leishmaniasis: A review of the disease and the debate over the origin and dispersal of the causaitive parasite Leishmania [PDF]
The vector borne disease Leishmaniasis, caused by the Leishmania parasite, is estimated to affect the lives of 12 million people. Manifesting itself into three different clinical forms that center on disfiguring sores and enlargement of several organs ...
MacMorris-Adix, Molly
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Middle Miocene vertebrates from the Amazonian Madre de Dios Subandean Zone, Perú [PDF]
A new middle Miocene vertebrate fauna from Peruvian Amazonia is described. It yields the marsupials Sipalocyon sp. (Hathliacynidae) and Marmosa (Micoureus) cf.
Altamirano, Ali +9 more
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Nutritional deficiency and placenta calcification underlie constitutive, selective embryo loss in pregnant South American plains vizcacha, Lagostomus maximus (Rodentia, Caviomorpha) [PDF]
Plains vizcacha females are able to ovulate up to 800 oocytes per estrus cycle. However, just 10–12 embryos are implanted and only two of them, those located nearest the cervix, are gestated to term.
Claver, Juan Alberto +6 more
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Description of the femur of Protomegalonyx chasicoensis Scillato-Yané (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Megalonychidae) from the arroyo Chasicó Formation (Late Miocene): systematic consideration on the sloths of chasicóan age [PDF]
Se realiza la descripción del fémur del perezoso Protomegalonyx chasicoenis Scillato-Yané sobre la base de un fémur derecho completo (MMP M 478) procedente de la Formación Arroyo Chasicó (Mioceno tardío), en el sudoeste de la provincia de Buenos Aires ...
Brandoni, Diego
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Seed Bank Estimation and Regeneration Studies of Calophyllum Apetalum Willd., from Western Ghats of Karnataka [PDF]
Studies on the seed production, modes of dispersal and regeneration patterns of threatened tree species are crucial for the management of their genetic diversity.
Nagaraja, B.C. +4 more
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The subplacenta of the red-rumped agouti (Dasyprocta leporina L) [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Hystricognath rodents have a lobed placenta, comprising labyrinthine exchange areas and interlobular trophoblast. These correspond to the labyrinthine and spongy zones of other rodent placentae. Beneath them, however, is a structure unique to
Ambrosio, Carlos Eduardo +4 more
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Communication calls produced by electrical stimulation of four structures in the guinea pig brain [PDF]
One of the main central processes affecting the cortical representation of conspecific vocalizations is the collateral output from the extended motor system for call generation.
A Arvola +69 more
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The effects of diet on anatomy, physiology and health in the guinea pig [PDF]
Given the increasing popularity of the guinea pig as a pet, it is perhaps surprising that relatively little is published as to their husbandry and dietary requirements.
Alibhai, Aziza +6 more
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Editorial: Cellular processes in placental morphogenesis. [PDF]
Barbeito CG, Miglino MA.
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The colonic groove of the plains viscacha (Lagostomus maximus) : Histochemical evidence of an abrupt change in the glycosylation pattern of goblet cells [PDF]
The ascending colon of most rodent species shows a longitudinal colonic groove that works as a retrograde transport pathway for a mixture of bacteria and mucus toward the cecum.
Díaz, Alcira Ofelia +3 more
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