Giardia and Cryptosporidium in Neo-Tropical Rodents and Marsupials: Is There Any Zoonotic Potential?
Life, 2021 Cryptosporidiosis and giardiasis have been identified as emerging diseases in both developed and developing countries. Wildlife has been highlighted to play a major role in the spread of these diseases to humans.
Kegan Romelle Jones, Laura Tardieu
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The lumbosacral plexus in two Didelphis species (Didelphidae, Didelphimorphia): origin and nerve distribution [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2023 Morphological studies provide knowledge that allow us to understand how animals interact with the natural environment or the captivity. The goal of this study was to describe the origin and antimeric distribution of lumbosacral plexus nerves in Didelphis
T. M. Estruc +5 more
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Phylogeny, diet, and cranial integration in australodelphian marsupials. [PDF]
, 2007 Studies of morphological integration provide valuable information on the correlated evolution of traits and its relationship to long-term patterns of morphological evolution.
Goswami, A +3 more
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The 3-dimensional anatomy of the North-Western Marsupial Mole (Notoryctes caurinus Thomas 1920) using computed tomography, X-ray and magnetic resonance imaging [PDF]
, 2003 The 3-D skeletal images obtained from reconstruction of CT scans and X-rays, and soft-tissue images produced by MRI, provide invaluable information of the internal and gross anatomy of the north-western marsupial mole (Notoryetes caurinus).
Christopher Lloyd +14 more
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Inferring kangaroo phylogeny from incongruent nuclear and mitochondrial genes [PDF]
, 2013 The marsupial genus Macropus includes three subgenera, the familiar large grazing kangaroos and wallaroos of M. (Macropus) and M. (Osphranter), as well as the smaller mixed grazing/browsing wallabies of M. (Notamacropus).
Pratt, R. +31 more
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Aspects of the breeding biology of Janaira gracilis Moreira e Pires (Crustacea, Isopoda, Asellota)
Brazilian Journal of Oceanography, 1977 The biological aspects of incubating females of Janaira gracilis Mbreira & Pires, are described. The marsupium is formed by 4 pairs of oostegites arising from pereopods I-IV.
Plínio Soares Moreira +1 more
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Frontiers in Physiology, 2022 We reviewed the many discoveries in cell biology, made since the 17th century, which have been based on red blood cells (RBCs). The advances in molecular and structural biology in the past 40 years have enabled the discovery with these cells, most ...
Gheorghe Benga, Gheorghe Benga, Guy Cox
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MHC-linked and un-linked class I genes in the wallaby [PDF]
, 2009 Background: MHC class I antigens are encoded by a rapidly evolving gene family comprising classical and non-classical genes that are found in all vertebrates and involved in diverse immune functions.
Wong, Emily S. W. +39 more
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Marsupial Genome Sequences: Providing Insight into Evolution and Disease
Scientifica, 2012 Marsupials (metatherians), with their position in vertebrate phylogeny and their unique biological features, have been studied for many years by a dedicated group of researchers, but it has only been since the sequencing of the first marsupial genome ...
Janine E. Deakin
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Genomic characterization of a novel virus found in papillomatous lesions from a southern brown bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus) in Western Australia [PDF]
, 2008 The genome of a novel virus, tentatively named bandicoot papillomatosis carcinomatosis virus type 2 (BPCV2), obtained from multicentric papillomatous lesions from an adult male southern brown bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus) was sequenced in its entirety ...
Bennett, M. +21 more
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