A comparison of gene organisations and phylogenetic relationships of all 22 squamate species listed in South Korea using complete mitochondrial DNA [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2022 Studies using complete mitochondrial genome data have the potential to increase our understanding on gene organisations and evolutionary species relationships.
Daesik Park +4 more
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A new stem saurian reptile from the late Permian of South Africa and insights into saurian evolution [PDF]
Swiss Journal of PalaeontologyThe evolutionary radiation of diapsid reptiles that includes all extant and most extinct reptiles is well-represented in the Mesozoic and Cenozoic fossil records, however, the earliest stages recorded in the Paleozoic Era are limited to comparatively few
Ethan Dean Mooney +2 more
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The genome sequence of the Ibiza wall lizard, Podarcis pityusensis (Boscá, 1883) [version 1; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations] [PDF]
Wellcome Open ResearchEukaryota; Opisthokonta; Metazoa; Eumetazoa; Bilateria; Deuterostomia; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Gnathostomata; Teleostomi; Euteleostomi; Sarcopterygii; Dipnotetrapodomorpha; Tetrapoda; Amniota; Sauropsida; Sauria; Lepidosauria; Squamata; Bifurcata;
Joana Meier +4 more
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Comparative analysis of sequential and thermodynamic features of pre-miRNA in insects with various organisms and applying XGBoost for one-vs-rest binary classification [PDF]
Scientific ReportsMicroRNAs are found to regulate various biological processes which are produced from precursor microRNA. As the length of such microRNA are small, homology-based searching is not very useful. Hence, various machine learning based tools have been designed
Adhiraj Nath, Utpal Bora
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ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles [PDF]
Scientific DataTrait datasets are increasingly being used in studies investigating eco-evolutionary theory and global conservation initiatives. Reptiles are emerging as a key group for studying these questions because their traits are crucial for understanding the ...
Oleksandra Oskyrko +3 more
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Efficacy and safety of afoxolaner (NexGard®) in a collection of captive-bred lizards for the treatment and control of mite infestation [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and WildlifeLizards and other reptiles are increasingly gaining popularity as pets worldwide. These animals may be commonly parasitized by species of mites such as Ophionyssus natricis, which are deleterious, also because of their role as vectors of pathogens ...
Jairo Alfonso Mendoza-Roldan +9 more
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Historia Naturalis Bulgarica, 2023 There is a lack of information for potential winter activity of the snake-eyed lizard Ophisops elegans in Europe, where it has a limited distribution.
Georgi Krastev +2 more
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Revista Científica de Ciencias Naturales y Ambientales, 2021 Se presenta una lista y descripción morfológica de 11 especies de saurios que se registraron en la Estación Científica Pedro Franco Dávila, ubicada en el recinto de Jauneche, en la provincia de Los Ríos.
Ángela Ayala +6 more
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The Lizard Fauna of Kurdistan Province, Western Iran [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics, 2012 Kurdistan Province in the western Iran possesses varied climatic and geographical conditions that led to rich biodiversity. An investigation on the status of lizards in this Province was carried out from June 2010 to September 2011.
Z Bahmani, R Karamiani, A Gharzi
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Agama bibronii (Sauria : Agamidae) et chamaeleo chamaeleon (Sauria
Quaternaire, 2022 In North Africa, few fossil materials have been described and attributed to representatives of the Agamidae and Chamaeleonidae families. The Ifri n’Ammar site yielded remains (fragments of skulls, dentaries, maxillae and vertebrae) which have been attributed to Agama bibronii (Bibron’s agame ; Agamidae) and to Chamaeleo chamaeleon (common chameleon ...
Touria Mouhsine +2 more
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