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Opsin genes of select treeshrews resolve ancestral character states within Scandentia [PDF]

Royal Society Open Science, 2019
Treeshrews are small, squirrel-like mammals in the order Scandentia, which is nested together with Primates and Dermoptera in the superordinal group Euarchonta. They are often described as living fossils, and researchers have long turned to treeshrews as
Gwen Duytschaever, Mareike C. Janiak, Perry S. Ong, Konstans Wells, Nathaniel J. Dominy, Amanda D. Melin   +5 more
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Scandentia, nuevo género de Rubiaceae-Spermacoceae

Darwiniana, 2001
Un nuevo género, Scandentia, es propuesto, representado por cuatro especies, dos de las cuales se han separado de Borreria sect. Galianthe: S. cymosa y S. monodon y otras dos son nuevas: S. andreii y S. macrobracteata.
Elsa L. Cabral, Nélida M. Bacigalupo
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Denscantia, nuevo nombre en reemplazo de Scandentia (Rubiaceae-Spermacoceae)

Darwiniana, 2001
Se propone el nuevo nombre Denscantia en reemplazo del género Scandentia, inválidamente ...
Elsa L. Cabral, Nélida M. Bacigalupo
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Study of chemical communication based on urine in tree shrews Tupaia belangeri (Mammalia: Scandentia: Tupaiidae) [PDF]

The European Zoological Journal, 2017
Chemical communication plays a key role in mammalian reproductive and social behaviour. The chemical constituents of urine are the main signal resource that can encode sex, quality and social status.
Z. Wanlong, Y. Fangyan, W. Zhengkun
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The Complete Mitochondrial Genome of Dendrogale murina (Tupaiidae) and Phylogeny of Scandentia. [PDF]

Genes (Basel), 2023
In this paper, we report the complete mitochondrial genome of the northern smooth-tailed treeshrew Dendrogale murina, which was sequenced for the first time using the Illumina next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology. The total length of the mitochondrial genome is 16,844–16,850 bp and encodes 37 genes, including two ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs) 12S and ...
Petrova T, Bondareva O, Bodrov S, Abramov A, Abramson N.   +4 more
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Asian elephants are associated with a more robust mammalian community in tropical forests. [PDF]

J Anim Ecol
It's the first evidence that Asian elephants are positively associated with robustness of mammalian networks, increases ungulate/primate abundances and minimally disrupts activity patterns. Highlights elephants' overlooked role as keystone architects beyond vegetation engineering, urging conservation prioritization to safeguard ecosystem resilience ...
Li LL, He RC, Chen C, Quan RC.
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Variation in Small Mammal Species Composition and the Occurrence of Parasitic Mites in Two Landscapes in a Scrub Typhus Endemic Region of Western Yunnan Province, China. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Yunnan Province, the most serious scrub typhus endemic areas in China, provides abundant ecological resources that sustain parasite and host populations. The distribution of vector‐borne diseases is driven by interactions between hosts, vectors and the environment, revealing critical ecological dynamics.
Luo YY, Yin JX, Shao ZT, Liu ZK, Yin SQ, Lu JL, Li JC, Wei R, Geater AF.   +8 more
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The ethmoidal region of the skull of Ptilocercus lowii (Ptilocercidae, Scandentia, Mammalia) – a contribution to the reconstruction of the cranial morphotype of primates [PDF]

Primate Biology, 2015
The ethmoidal region of the skull houses one of the most important sense organs of mammals, the sense of smell. Investigation of the ontogeny and comparative anatomy of internal nasal structures of the macrosmatic order Scandentia is a significant ...
I. Ruf, S. Janßen, U. Zeller
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Convergent Evolution of Locomotory Modes in Euarchontoglires

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2020
The research of phenotypic convergence is of increasing importance in adaptive evolution. Locomotory modes play important roles in the adaptive evolution of species in the Euarchontoglires, however, the investigation of convergent evolution of the ...
Wei-hang Geng, Wei-hang Geng, Wei-hang Geng, Xiao-ping Wang, Li-feng Che, Li-feng Che, Xin Wang, Rui Liu, Tong Zhou, Christian Roos, David M. Irwin, Li Yu   +11 more
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The Tree Shrew as a Model for Cancer Research

Frontiers in Oncology, 2021
Animal disease models are necessary in medical research, and an appropriate animal model is of great importance for studies about the prevention or treatment of cancer.
Tao Lu, Hongmei Peng, Liping Zhong, Pan Wu, Jian He, Zhiming Deng, Yong Huang   +6 more
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