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Cenozoic Tectonics Ignite Mitochondrial Codon Innovations Propelling Canid Body Size Evolution and Transcontinental Radiations

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
We decode mitochondrial genomes across all extant canids, revealing lineage‐specific codon optimization driven by altitude, predation, and body size. A tripartite framework integrates geological events, metabolic constraints, and adaptive radiation to explain carnivore evolution.
Xiaoyang Wu, Xibao Wang, Yongquan Shang, Yao Chen, Haotian Cai, Tian Xia, Qinguo Wei, Weilai Sha, Honghai Zhang   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The influence of the forest corridors to the north of the Andes on the diversification of the bright-rumped Attila, Attila spadiceus (Passeriformes, Tyrannidae), during the climatic oscillations of the middle Pleistocene. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Mendonça P, Carneiro LS, Leandro-Silva V, Aleixo A, Araripe J, Rêgo PS.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Divergence Linked to Possible Ecological Speciation in Blind Mole Rats: Integration of Thermal Biology and Bite Force in the Upper Galilee Blind Mole Rat (Nannospalax galili)

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Basalt‐dwelling blind mole rats maintain lower body temperatures, show greater post‐digging thermal increases, and dig more efficiently than those from rendzina soils. Although metabolic rates and bite force did not differ between populations, these thermal and physiological shifts align with the greater mechanical resistance and seasonal hypoxia of ...
Matěj Lövy, Jan Okrouhlík, František Vejmělka, Pavlína Schwarzová, Maja Rendulić, Eviatar Nevo, Radim Šumbera   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Climatic and environmental changes of ~100 thousand years: The mammals from the early Middle Pleistocene sequence of Notarchirico (southern Italy). [PDF]

PLoS One
Mecozzi B, Iannucci A, Carpentieri M, Pineda A, Rabinovich R, Sardella R, Moncel MH.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Osteological, Biological, and Genetic Consequences of Colonization of Fresh Waters by Marine Cottoid Fishes (Cottidae)

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Lacustrine forms of Triglopsis from North American and European lakes are at different stages of evolution, making them a suitable model for testing hypotheses about evolutionary patterns and rates. An integrative analysis of morphological, genetic, and biological adaptations occurring in lacustrine forms of the genus Triglopsis was carried out.
Valentina G. Sideleva, Zakhar V. Zhidkov, Nataliia V. Annenkova, Alexander G. Ryumin, Danila A. Melentev   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Middle Pleistocene human metatarsal from Sedia del Diavolo (Rome, Italy). [PDF]

Sci Rep
Riga A, Profico A, Mori T, Frittitta R, Nava A, Mancini L, Dreossi D, Radovčić D, Rice H, Bondioli L, Marchi D.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Parasites at the Summit: Unexpected Geographic Distribution of the Blood Parasite Lineage Found in the Endangered Giant Lizard of Tenerife

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
We combined microscopic screening and molecular phylogenetic analyses to characterize blood parasites infecting Gallotia intermedia from the coastal cliffs of Montaña de Guaza and to place these infections in a broader biogeographic context. We detected apicomplexan parasites of the genus Karyolysus infecting 53.6% of G.
Rodrigo Megía‐Palma, Gonzalo Albaladejo‐Robles, Gemma Palomar, Javier Martínez, Anamarija Žagar, Alejandro Escánez‐Pérez, Miguel A. Carretero, Wiesław Babik, Santiago Merino   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Deep-rooted Indian Middle Palaeolithic: Terminal Middle Pleistocene lithic assemblage from Retlapalle, Andhra Pradesh, India. [PDF]

PLoS One
Anil D, Devi M, Jha G, Jha G, Khan Z, Mahesh V, Ajithprasad P, Chauhan N.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Some Tuco‐Tucos Hide More Than Others: An Integrative Approach Reveals Cryptic Diversity in Ctenomys (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae) From Central Argentina

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Here, we adopt an integrative framework (molecular phylogenetics and geometric morphometrics) to reassess patterns of diversity and differentiation across this region. We analyzed cytochrome b sequences and quantified cranial shape variation. Our analyses indicate the presence of three species groups (mendocinus, talarum, and tucumanus) and two ...
Facundo Contreras, José A. Coda, Daniela Pereyra, José W. Priotto, Fernando J. Mapelli   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

3.3 million years of stone tool complexity suggests that cumulative culture began during the Middle Pleistocene. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Paige J, Perreault C.
europepmc   +1 more source