Mating Behavior of Manatees Documented in Mississippi Estuarine Waters [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionThe Trichechus manatus latirostris (Florida manatee) is known to seasonally range into the northern Gulf of Mexico, but evidence of mating behavior in Mississippi has not previously been documented.
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Manatees in Zoological Parks throughout the World: History, State, and Welfare [PDF]
Animals, 2023 The order Sirenia comprises several species of manatees and one species of dugong. These popular marine mammals are relatively recent acquisitions to zoological parks throughout the world.
Yann Henaut, Fabienne Delfour
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Manatee cognition and behavior: a neurobiological perspective on an unusual constellation of senses and a unique brain [PDF]
Frontiers in Behavioral NeuroscienceThe nervous systems of manatees are strikingly unique across multiple dimensions. Manatees have the largest lissencephalic (smooth) brains in the animal kingdom, and demonstrate unusual somatosensory anatomy and physiology in the peripheral and central ...
Peter F. Cook +5 more
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The manatee variational autoencoder model for predicting gene expression alterations caused by transcription factor perturbations [PDF]
Scientific ReportsWe present the Manatee variational autoencoder model to predict transcription factor (TF) perturbation-induced transcriptomes. We demonstrate that the Manatee in silico perturbation analysis recapitulates target transcriptomic phenotypes in diverse ...
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SN Applied Sciences, 2022 Aedes aegypti, the Dengue and Zika vector, is a domestic mosquito that is difficult to control. The challenge lies in the mosquito’s preference to lay its eggs in cryptic habitats such as fence post openings, buckets and bird baths, cups.
Katie Katie Williams +2 more
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Blood Reference Intervals for Antillean Manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) from Puerto Rico
Veterinary Medicine International, 2022 Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) are endangered throughout the southwestern Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean coast of Central and South America, the Greater Antilles, and the northeastern coast of South America to Brazil.
Antonio A. Mignucci-Giannoni +1 more
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Although there is growing concern about ingestion of microplastics by marine organisms, little research has been conducted on marine herbivores. This is the first study to document microplastic ingestion within the family Sirenia.
Shannon Gowans, Amy N. S. Siuda
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Complete mitochondrial genome of the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirotris, Sirenia) [PDF]
Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2020 The Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) is an endangered subspecies of the West Indian manatee (T. manatus), which inhabits inland and marine waters of southeastern United States.
Sibelle T. Vilaça, Fabricio R. Santos
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Lactobacillus acidophilus Endocarditis Complicated by Pauci-Immune Necrotizing Glomerulonephritis
Case Reports in Medicine, 2020 Infective endocarditis (IE) is more common in patients with predisposing cardiac lesions and has many potential complications, including stroke and arterial thromboembolisms. Renal manifestations have an estimated prevalence of ∼20%.
Vivian O. Chukwurah +5 more
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Using Pooled Local Expert Opinions (PLEO) to Discern Patterns in Sightings of Live and Dead Manatees (Trichechus senegalensis, Link 1785) in Lower Sanaga Basin, Cameroon. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 We aimed at unveiling patterns in live and dead manatee sightings in the Lower Sanaga Basin, Cameroon. For this purpose, the expert opinions of 133 local fishers were collected during in-person interviews, distilled using categorical data analysis, and ...
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