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Mercury concentration in different tissues of Podocnemis unifilis (Troschel, 1848) (Podocnemididae: Testudines) from the lower Xingu River – Amazonian, Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Biology
Studies using chelonians as biosentinels of environment quality or health risks associated with turtle consumption are very rare, especially in the Amazon basin. This study aims to measure Mercury levels (Hg) in muscle, liver, fat and blood of Podocnemis
J. Souza-Araujo, T. Giarrizzo, MO. Lima
doaj   +1 more source

Incentivos institucionais no manejo participativo: o caso do programa “quelônio do Uatumã” [PDF]

, 2015
In Brazil, the institutional incentives are focused on the intensive management of wild animals (captive intensive farming); there are a few extensive management initiatives in natural environments. The fresh water Podocnemididae turtles are resources of
Oliveira, Paulo Henrique Guimarães de
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A lengthy solution to the optimal propagule size problem in the large-bodied South American freshwater turtle, Podocnemis unifilis [PDF]

, 2018
In oviparous vertebrates lacking parental care, resource allocation during reproduction is a major maternal effect that may enhance female fitness. In general, resource allocation strategies are expected to follow optimality models to solve the energy ...
Adams, Dean, Adams, Dean, Escalona, Tibisay, Valenzuela, Nicole, Valenzuela, Nicole   +4 more
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Proteinograma sérico de Tartarugas-da-Amazônia (Podocnemis expansa, Schweigger – 1812) - Testudines, Podocnemididae [PDF]

Pubvet, 2011
André Luiz Quagliatto Santos, Antonio Vicente Mundim, Lorena Tannús Menezes, Arthur Paulino Sanzo Kaminishi, Tatiana Grillo Leonardo, Liliane Rangel Nascimento   +5 more
openaire   +1 more source

The complete mitochondrion genome of the Hoge's Side-necked turtle Ranacephala hogei (Chelidae), a critically endangered species from South America. [PDF]

Genet Mol Biol
Dumans AT, Selvatti AP, Sarzi DS, Furtado C, Drummond G, Coutinho M, Carvalho DC, Prosdocimi F.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Interstitial Telomeric Repeats Are Rare in Turtles. [PDF]

Genes (Basel), 2020
Clemente L, Mazzoleni S, Pensabene Bellavia E, Augstenová B, Auer M, Praschag P, Protiva T, Velenský P, Wagner P, Fritz U, Kratochvíl L, Rovatsos M.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Correction: 'The latest freshwater giants: a new Peltocephalus (Pleurodira: Podocnemididae) turtle from the Late Pleistocene of the Brazilian Amazon' (2024), by Ferreira et al. [PDF]

Biol Lett
Ferreira GS, Nascimento ER, Cadena EA, Cozzuol MA, Farina BM, Pacheco MLAF, Rizzutto MA, Langer MC.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Vertebrate-tropism of a cressdnavirus lineage implicated by poxvirus gene capture. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2023
Kinsella CM, van der Hoek L.
europepmc   +1 more source

The latest freshwater giants: a new Peltocephalus (Pleurodira: Podocnemididae) turtle from the Late Pleistocene of the Brazilian Amazon. [PDF]

Biol Lett
Ferreira GS, Nascimento ER, Cadena EA, Cozzuol MA, Farina BM, Pacheco MLAF, Rizzutto MA, Langer MC.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Evolutionary insights in Amazonian turtles (Testudines, Podocnemididae): co-location of 5S rDNA and U2 snRNA and wide distribution of Tc1/Mariner. [PDF]

Biol Open, 2020
Cavalcante MG, Nagamachi CY, Pieczarka JC, Noronha RCR.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source