The Ancestral Carnivore Karyotype As Substantiated by Comparative Chromosome Painting of Three Pinnipeds, the Walrus, the Steller Sea Lion and the Baikal Seal (Pinnipedia, Carnivora). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Karyotype evolution in Carnivora is thoroughly studied by classical and molecular cytogenetics and supplemented by reconstructions of Ancestral Carnivora Karyotype (ACK).
Violetta R Beklemisheva +6 more
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Complete mitochondrial genome of South American sea lion Otaria byronia (Carnivora: Otariidae)
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2019 The complete mitochondrial genome of Otaria byronia was sequenced for the first time. The mitogenome is 16,640 bp long and encodes 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 tRNA genes, two rRNA genes, one origin of light strand replication (OL), and a control ...
Jia-Shen Tian +5 more
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Determinación de edades en Otariidae y Phocidae (Carnivora) sobre piezas dentarias, técnicas alternativas [PDF]
Revista del Museo de La Plata, 2016 La depositación periódica de capas de esmalte, cemento y dentina en los dientes de los mamíferos es de gran utilidad para la determinación de edades absolutas.
C. M. Loza +5 more
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Are Sponges Good Natural Sentinels for Monitoring Fish Diversity in Antarctic Coastal Waters? [PDF]
Ecol EvolThis study demonstrates that eDNA metabarcoding using both water and sponge samples is an effective tool for monitoring fish biodiversity along the Western Antarctic Peninsula. The results revealed 14 endemic Antarctic fish species and one marine mammal, with water samples often offering a more comprehensive view than sponges.
Angulo-Preckler C +5 more
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Ecological Insights Into the Extinct Korean Sea Lion (Zalophus japonicus) in Korea Based on Stable Isotope Analysis of Bone Collagen. [PDF]
Rapid Commun Mass SpectromABSTRACT Rationale The Japanese sea lion (Zalophus japonicus), once abundant in Japan, Korea, and Russia, went extinct by the mid‐20th century due to hunting and environmental change. This study examines the diet and ecological role of Korean Z. japonicus using stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis of bone collagen from archaeological and ...
Lee YJ, Kim MJ, Kim JS, Kwak SN, Lee SH.
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Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2002 The ultrastructure of Proechinophthirus zumpti Werneck, 1955, mainly the external chorionic features of the egg, is described through electronic microscopy techniques.
Dolores del Carmen Castro +2 more
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The oldest record of the Steller sea lion Eumetopias jubatus (Schreber, 1776) from the early Pleistocene of the North Pacific [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 The extant genera of fur seals and sea lions of the family Otariidae (Carnivora: Pinnipedia) are thought to have emerged in the Pliocene or the early Pleistocene in the North Pacific.
Nahoko Tsuzuku, Naoki Kohno
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Parasites & Vectors, 2021 Background The systematic of several marine diphyllobothriid tapeworms of pinnipeds has been revised in recent years. However, 20 species of Diphyllobothrium from phocids and otariids are still recognized as incertae sedis.
Jesús S. Hernández-Orts +3 more
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Can you hear me now? A comparative survey of pinniped auditory apparatus morphology
Zoodiversity, 2021 Over the past century research on the morphology of the auditory apparatuses of pinnipeds, which include Phocidae (true seals), Otariidae (sea lions and fur seals), and Odobenidae (walruses) is extremely limited, in comparison to other Carnivora ...
Lindsey Koper +2 more
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Eotaria citrica, sp. nov., a new stem otariid from the “Topanga” formation of Southern California [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 A new taxon of stem otariid, Eotaria citrica sp. nov., is described from the upper Burdigalian to lower Langhian “Topanga” formation of Orange County, California.
Jorge Velez-Juarbe
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