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El presente trabajo es una contribución a la discusión metodológica acerca de la determinación taxonómica de camélidos. En él se entregan los resultados obtenidos en recientes investigaciones en torno a la determinación de especies silvestres y ...
María Isabel Cartajena Fasting +1 more
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Back to Water: Signature of Adaptive Evolution in Cetacean Mitochondrial tRNAs [PDF]
The mitochondrion is the power plant of the eukaryotic cell, and tRNAs are the fundamental components of its translational machinery. In the present paper, the evolution of mitochondrial tRNAs was investigated in the Cetacea, a clade of Cetartiodactyla ...
Cozzi, Bruno +4 more
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Se presenta el estudio zooarqueológico del sitio Casa de Piedra de Ortega, ubicado en la cuenca superior del río Limay (Río Negro, Argentina). Se analizan los conjuntos del componente prehispánico inmediatamente anterior al contacto (Período III, 1490 ±
Ailín Guillermo +2 more
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Medicinal use of wild fauna by mestizo communities living near San Guillermo Biosphere Reserve (San Juan, Argentina) [PDF]
Background: Wild and domestic animals and their by-products are important ingredients in the preparation of curative, protective and preventive medicines. Despite the medicinal use of animals worldwide, this topic has received less attention than the use
Borghi, Carlos Eduardo +2 more
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Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Artiodactyla, pp. 315-343 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc.
Honacki, James H. +2 more
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Se presenta la descripción de un I3 asignado a Arctotherium sp. proveniente del sitio Baño Nuevo-1 (Patagonia Central, Chile). El hallazgo fue realizado en la Capa 5 y está asociado a restos de Macrauchenia sp., Lama guanicoe, Felidae, Camelidae, Equidae
P. López Mendoza +2 more
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Zooarqueología del sitio formativo Soria 2, valle de Yocavil (Catamarca), siglo I d.C.
En este trabajo presentamos un análisis exhaustivo de las arqueofaunas recuperadas en el sitio Soria 2 (sudeste del valle de Yocavil o Santa María, provincia de Catamarca), durante los trabajos de campo realizados entre los años 2002 y 2006.
Carlos Raúl Belotti López de Medina
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Faunal exploitation at laguna condor site, Santa Cruz province, Argentina [PDF]
El presente trabajo expone los resultados del análisis de la fauna recuperada en la localidad arqueológica de Laguna Cóndor, ubicada en el curso superior del río Gallegos en la zona de los Morros, Santa Cruz, Argentina.
Borrero, Luis Alberto +1 more
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Cooperative vigilance: The guanaco's (Lama guanicoe) key antipredator mechanism
The concept of sociality has been associated with the effectiveness of antipredator mechanisms, like cooperative vigilance and the dilution effect. Lama guanicoe (guanaco) is a social native herbivore in South America and a social species. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the antipredator responses of different-sized groups of guanacos in ...
Taraborelli, Paula Andrea +4 more
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Mitochondrial DNA Variation and Systematics of the Guanaco (Lama guanicoe, Artiodactyla: Camelidae) [PDF]
Guanacos (Lama guanicoe) are the most important native herbivorous species in the South American steppes and the dominant ungulate in a fauna rich in rodents but poor in large mammal species. Between 2 and 4 subspecies are usually recognized within Lama guanicoe, based on subtle morphological differences and geographic distribution. To evaluate whether
Marín, Juan C. +8 more
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