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Lizards paid a greater opportunity cost to thermoregulate in a less heterogeneous environment
, 2017 Summary 1.The theory of thermoregulation has developed slowly, hampering efforts to predict how individuals can buffer climate change through behaviour.
C. H. Basson +3 more
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Seasonal reproductive endothermy in tegu lizards
Science Advances, 2016 Ectothermic lizards become endothermic in the breeding season, supporting a parental care model for the origins of endothermy. With some notable exceptions, small ectothermic vertebrates are incapable of endogenously sustaining a body temperature ...
G. Tattersall +6 more
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Mandible composition and properties in two selected praying mantises (Insecta, Mantodea)
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Insects process their food with their cuticle‐based mouthparts. These feeding structures reflect their diversity and can, in some cases, showcase adaptations in material composition, mechanical properties, and shape to suit their specific dietary preferences.
Malo Roze +3 more
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Anatomy, morphology and evolution of the patella in squamate lizards and tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) [PDF]
, 2016 The patella (kneecap) is the largest and best-known of the sesamoid bones, postulated to confer biomechanical advantages including increasing joint leverage and reinforcing the tendon against compression.
Benjamin M +18 more
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract The trigeminus nerve (cranial nerve V) is a large and significant conduit of sensory information from the face to the brain, with its three branches extending over the head to innervate a wide variety of integumentary sensory receptors, primarily tactile.
Juri A. Miyamae +4 more
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Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos, 2020 Many recent books have shown that the American world was a fascinating as well as complex field, where the cultural encounter was particularly rich and fertile, at the crossway of Amerindian, African, European and Asiatic cultures.
François Regourd
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, 2015 Palola Lizard Island Clade 3 (Fig. 3 A–B) Material examined. AM W.44407, MI QLD 2390, sequenced and photographed; AM W.44829, MI QLD 2424; AM W.44641, MI QLD 2413. Description. Specimens thin and threadlike. Anterior fragment of AM W.44407 was closely examined (Fig. 3 A, B): 15 mm long, 1.5 mm wide, with 67 chaetigers.
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