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Neospongodes atlantica, a potential case of an early biological introduction in the Southwestern Atlantic [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ, 2022
Soft corals (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) are discreet components in the Southwestern Atlantic reef communities. In Brazil, the native octocoral shallow-reef fauna is mostly represented by gorgonians.
Ralf T.S. Cordeiro   +10 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The ichthyology collection at the Natural History Museum of El Salvador (MUHNES): Species checklist and new country records [PDF]

open access: yesZootaxa, 2019
The ichthyology collection at the Natural History Museum of El Salvador (MUHNES) was established in 1970. Herein, we provide the first quantitative and qualitative description of the collection; and the first public record of the specimens and taxa therein represented. The MUHNES fish collection is the largest and most important of El Salvador, hosting
Gonzalez-Murcia, Saul   +4 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Behind the veil – exploring the diversity in Phallus indusiatus s.l. (Phallomycetidae, Basidiomycota) [PDF]

open access: yesMycoKeys, 2019
Studies have demonstrated that many cosmopolitan species actually consist of divergent clades that present high levels of morphological stasis throughout their evolutionary histories. Phallus indusiatus s.l.
Tiara S. Cabral   +5 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Resolving Recalcitrant Clades in the Pantropical Ochnaceae: Insights From Comparative Phylogenomics of Plastome and Nuclear Genomic Data Derived From Targeted Sequencing

open access: yesFrontiers in Plant Science, 2021
Plastid DNA sequence data have been traditionally widely used in plant phylogenetics because of the high copy number of plastids, their uniparental inheritance, and the blend of coding and non-coding regions with divergent substitution rates that allow ...
Julio V. Schneider   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Predominantly Eastward Long-Distance Dispersal in Pantropical Ochnaceae Inferred From Ancestral Range Estimation and Phylogenomics

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
Ochnaceae is a pantropical family with multiple transoceanic disjunctions at deep and shallow levels. Earlier attempts to unravel the processes that led to such biogeographic patterns suffered from insufficient phylogenetic resolution and unclear ...
Julio V. Schneider   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Deep Genomic Divergence and Phenotypic Admixture of the Treefrog Dendropsophus elegans (Hylidae: Amphibia) Coincide With Riverine Boundaries at the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
The Atlantic Forest (AF) domain is one of the Earth’s biodiversity hotspots, known for its high levels of species diversity and endemism. Factors related to palaeoenvironmental dynamics, such as the establishment of vegetational refugia and river basins,
Renata M. Pirani   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Online Martyrs: Virtual Tours of the Miguel Agustín Pro Museum, and the José Simeón Cañas Central American University Martyrs

open access: yesReligions, 2019
This article examines two commemorative projects on 20th-century Jesuit martyrs turned into Internet tours. A comparison between the official online tour of the Father Pro Museum in Mexico City, and two unofficial tours through the Martyrs Memorial Hall ...
Marisol Lopez-Menendez
doaj   +1 more source

Children’s Knowledge of Sexual Abuse Prevention in El Salvador

open access: yesAnnals of Global Health, 2014
Background: Child sexual abuse (CSA) remains a global health problem that must be addressed. In a country with limited resources such as El Salvador, we sought an alternative way to disseminate CSA prevention information to elementary school children ...
Alicia Hurtado   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cyperus articulatus L. (Cyperaceae) Rhizome Essential Oil Causes Cell Cycle Arrest in the G2/M Phase and Cell Death in HepG2 Cells and Inhibits the Development of Tumors in a Xenograft Model

open access: yesMolecules, 2020
Cyperus articulatus L. (Cyperaceae), popularly known in Brazil as “priprioca” or “piriprioca”, is a tropical and subtropical plant used in popular medical practices to treat many diseases, including cancer. In this study, C. articulatus rhizome essential
Mateus L. Nogueira   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Freshwater Fishes of Central America: Distribution, Assessment, and Major Threats

open access: yesDiversity, 2022
Central America contains a rich diversity of freshwater habitats that support more than 600 species of freshwater fishes. However, despite several perceived threats to the integrity of the freshwater habitats throughout the region, a formal analysis of ...
Topiltzin Contreras-MacBeath   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

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