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Scientific ReportsThe last two decades have reinvigorated systematic research on predatory sponges, mainly fuelled by advances in technology that have facilitated collection in deep-water habitats.
Merrick Ekins, Nerida G. Wilson
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Chronology or Context: Temporality and Artificiality of Museum Collections
Etnoantropološki Problemi, 2023 Although museum collections represent a temporary assemblage of “affiliated objects”, aimed at facilitating the responsible curation of the museum funds, in practice they are treated as an obligatory unit, without which the museum object itself does not ...
Tatjana Cvjetićanin
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Water Striders (Hemiptera: Gerridae) of Arkansas [PDF]
, 1980 The taxonomy, distribution, and ecology of the water striders of Arkansas are discussed based on personal collections, museum specimens, and literature records. A total of 15 species representing six genera is presently known from the state.
Kittle, Paul D.
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The African Collection at Liverpool Museum [PDF]
African Arts, 1998 L'A. retrace l'histoire des collections ethnographiques africaines au Musee de Liverpool (Grande-Bretagne) depuis la fin du 19 eme siecle jusqu'a l'epoque contemporaine et dont l'essentiel est constitue par des masques en bois et des sculptures figuratives.
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TEACHING ANTHROPOLOGY WITH MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
Teaching Anthropology, 2020 Material culture provides powerful teaching opportunities for core anthropological themes and issues. Based on experience in teaching both undergraduate and postgraduate students, teh authors provide examples and a framework for a class exercise which supports students to learn from objects and to think anthropologically about them.
Peers, L, Vitelli, G
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract The canine of saber‐toothed predators represents one of the most specialized dental structures known. Hypotheses about the function of hypertrophied canines range from display and conspecific interaction, soft food processing, to active prey acquisition.
Z. Jack Tseng
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Rethinking asexuality: the enigmatic case of functional sexual genes in Lepraria (Stereocaulaceae)
BMC GenomicsBackground The ubiquity of sex across eukaryotes, given its high costs, strongly suggests it is evolutionarily advantageous. Asexual lineages can avoid, for example, the risks and energetic costs of recombination, but suffer short-term reductions in ...
Meredith M. Doellman +4 more
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PhytoKeys, 2018 Poa secunda J. Presl. s.l. is a morphologically highly variable bunchgrass that is a valuable forage species in western North America. There has been much controversy as to whether multiple taxa should be recognised and at what rank in this taxonomically
Robert John Soreng, Lynn J. Gillespie
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Zoo Store 1 at the Natural History Museum: Meeting National Standards [PDF]
, 2007 The Natural History Museum (NHM), London is at the forefront of natural history science, and a major player in developing standards for the care of these collections in museums. Around ten years ago, there was a great deal of activity developing policies
Carnall, M
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Saber‐tooths, extinct apex predators with long and blade‐like upper canines, have appeared iteratively at least five times in the evolutionary history of vertebrates. Although saber‐tooths exhibit a relatively diverse range of morphologies, it is widely accepted that all killed their prey using the same predatory behavior. In this study, we CT‐
Borja Figueirido +2 more
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