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Camels as a Climate‐Resilient Linchpin for Sustainable Development in Global Drylands

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Camels represent a significant, yet underutilized, asset for advancing integrated sustainable development in the world's expanding drylands. Previous reviews have examined camels' physiology, milk composition, or pastoral systems in isolation; this review examines their potential as a climate‐resilient linchpin for food systems by synthesizing
Ayana Angassa, Minyahel Tilahun, Solomon G. Tesfamichael   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

2018 supplement to a teacher's guide to African American historic places in South Carolina : integrating the arts into classroom instruction [PDF]

, 2019
This Arts Integration Supplement to the Teacher’s Guide to African American Historic Places in South Carolina outlines 22 lesson plans that utilize the 2017 South Carolina College-and Career-Ready Standards for Visual and Performing Arts as a tool for ...
South Carolina African American Heritage Foundation
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Sarcocystis spp. of New and Old World Camelids: Ancient Origin, Present Challenges

Pathogens
Sarcocystis spp. are coccidian protozoans belonging to the Apicomplexa phylum. As with other members of this phylum, they are obligate intracellular parasites with complex cellular machinery for the invasion of host cells. Sarcocystis spp.
Sarah N. Wieser, Susana M. Giuliano, Juan Reategui Ordoñez, Ximena Barriga Marcapura, Luis V. M. Olivera, Miguel Angel Chavez Fumagalli, Leonhard Schnittger, Mónica Florin-Christensen   +7 more
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The first complete mitochondrial genome of an ancient South American vicuña, Vicugna vicugna, from Tulán-54 (3200–2400 B.P. Northern Chile)

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2019
The first complete ancient mitochondrial genome of a vicuña (Vicugna vicugna) (3200–2400 B.P.) recovered from the Tulán-54 site (San Pedro de Atacama, Northern of Chile) was sequenced using mitochondrial enrichment by hybridization capture and subsequent
Paloma F. Díaz-Maroto, Anders J. Hansen, Alba Rey-Iglesia   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nearctic Pleistocene ungulates from the Pampean region (Argentina) in the historical collections of Santiago Roth in Switzerland: an overview

Swiss Journal of Palaeontology, 2023
Nearctic ungulates such as artiodactyls, perissodactyls, and proboscideans arrived in South America during the Great American Biotic Interchange. Among them are camelids, cervids, tayassuids, equids, tapirids and gomphotherids. A historical collection of
Jorge D. Carrillo-Briceño, Raúl I. Vezzosi, Keesha M. Ming, Zoe M. Christen, Dimila Mothé, Damián Ruiz-Ramoni, Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The postpartum period of domesticated South American camelids

CABI Agriculture and Bioscience
The postpartum period occurs between parturition and the subsequent pregnancy and is brief in female llamas and alpacas. This review delves into reports on anatomy, histology, and physiology, offering practical implications for animal science and ...
P. Bravo
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Timing the Sacred: A Multi‐Step Chronological Framework for the Llullaillaco Inca Burial

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Absolute radiocarbon dating offers high precision, but its application to historical contexts, such as the Inca civilization, requires a rigorous methodological approach. This research examines methods to enhance chronological accuracy through a case study of artifacts from the Llullaillaco Capacocha sacrifice.
Dominika Sieczkowska‐Jacyna, Gabriela Recagno Browning, Mario Bernaski, Fernanda Zigaran, Maksymilian Jędrzejowski, Jacek Pawlyta, Andrzej Rakowski, Johan Reinhard, Sturt W. Manning, Dagmara Socha   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Annual report of the South Carolina American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, 1974-75 [PDF]

, 1975
This annual report from the South Carolina American Revolution Bicentennial Commission to the General Assembly lists the Commission members, provides the purpose and organization, details programs, and provides a financial ...
South Carolina American Revolution Bicentennial Commission
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Paleoparasitological analysis on animal-origin coprolites from the Moche archaeological site Licapa II, Chicama Valley, Peru (450–900 AD)

Parasitology
Paleoparasitological research has allowed the recovery and identification of parasite structures like helminth eggs, protozoan oocysts, arthropod remains, as well as parasite ancient DNA molecules preserved in human and animal-origin archaeological ...
Darío Alejandro Ramirez, Carito Tavera Medina, Henry Tantaleán, Rodrigo Nores   +3 more
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Hair follicle characteristics and fibre production in South American camelids

Animal, 2010
Hair follicle and fibre characteristics of Peruvian alpaca and llama and Bolivian llama were analysed in three experimental studies. The first experiment was designed to determine the age at which all the secondary follicles reach maturity, as well as to
M. Antonini
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