Unlocking the Past to Protect the Future: Forensic DNA and Historical Specimens Reveal the Origins of Smuggled Yellow-Headed Parrots. [PDF]
Ramirez BR +10 more
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Humans are not unique: difficult birth is common in placental mammals
ABSTRACT Human childbirth is widely presumed to be uniquely difficult and dangerous compared to birth in other mammals. Tight fetopelvic proportions can result in obstructed labour and contribute to high rates of maternal and neonatal mortality. Ideas summarised under the ‘obstetrical dilemma’ have contributed to this assumption by explaining difficult
Nicole D. S. Grunstra
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Analysis of the Composition and Phylogenetic Relationships of the <i>Acanthosaura coronata</i> Complex Including Molecular Identification of Historical Specimens. [PDF]
Ananjeva NB +5 more
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ABSTRACT Recent methodological development in phylogenetic inference has focused predominantly on molecular data. However, renewed interest in other data types, particularly morphological data, has followed from the increased recognition of the power of total evidence and tip‐dating approaches, including fossil data, for inference of time‐scaled trees ...
Melanie J. Hopkins +9 more
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The complete mitochondrial genome and phylogenetic position of the tubeworm <i>Serpula uschakovi</i> Kupriyanova 1999 (Annelida: Serpulidae). [PDF]
Bao Q, Zheng R, Kupriyanova EK, Sun Y.
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Orchard netting impacts on biodiversity leading to cascading effects at the ecosystem level
ABSTRACT Agriculture must ensure food production without further compromising the ecosystem functions upon which it depends. Agricultural practices should therefore avoid harming farmland biodiversity, especially of taxa that supply the key ecosystem services (e.g.
Corrado Alessandrini +13 more
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Partners or passengers? Revisiting the association between diatoms and aquatic animals
ABSTRACT Numerous studies have revealed the importance of research on the communities capable of colonizing animal surfaces (epibionts) and the animals on which they live (basibionts). Very few studies have considered epizoic diatoms, and there are gaps and biases in our knowledge, including the choice of basibionts, the methods used, and the habitats ...
Gianluca Vacca +2 more
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A new genus of giant salamander (Urodela, Cryptobranchidae) from the Pliocene of Japan. [PDF]
Noda M, Matsui M, Nishikawa K.
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