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Genetic Population Structure of the Italian Wall Lizards <i>Podarcis siculus</i> (Squamata: Lacertidae): Insight From Nuclear DNA Markers. [PDF]
Ecol EvolMicrosatellite analysis of 294 Podarcis siculus specimens from 121 localities revealed eight genetic clusters that partially align with previously identified mtDNA lineages. However, notable mito‐nuclear discordance was observe, particularly in Southern Italy and Sicily, where microsatellite data indicated different contact zones and less genetic ...
Senczuk G +3 more
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Frontiers in Genetics, 2022 The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is an important genomic region for adaptive immunity and has long been studied in ecological and evolutionary contexts, such as disease resistance and mate and kin selection.
Daren C. Card +8 more
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Diversity, 2021 Karstic landscapes are immense reservoirs of biodiversity and range-restricted endemism. Nowhere is this more evident than in the world’s third-largest vertebrate genus Cyrtodactylus (Gekkonidae) which contains well over 300 species.
L. Grismer +15 more
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A review of the osteoderms of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata)
Biological Reviews of The Cambridge Philosophical Society, 2021 Osteoderms are mineralised structures consisting mainly of calcium phosphate and collagen. They form directly within the skin, with or without physical contact with the skeleton.
C. Williams +10 more
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Leishmania spp. in Squamata reptiles from the Mediterranean basin.
Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 2021 Leishmania tarentolae is a non-pathogenic trypanosomatid species isolated from geckoes in the Mediterranean basin. In Italy, L. tarentolae and Leishmania infantum occur in sympatry in areas where canine leishmaniosis (CanL) is endemic.
J. Mendoza-Roldan +7 more
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A new fossil marine lizard with soft tissues from the Late Cretaceous of southern Italy [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2018 A new marine lizard showing exceptional soft tissue preservation was found in Late Cretaceous deposits of the Apulian Platform (Puglia, Italy). Primitivus manduriensis gen. et sp. nov.
Ilaria Paparella +3 more
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Diversity, 2023 Pinus squamata is a rare and endangered tree endemic to northeastern Yunnan Province, China, and it is listed as a Plant Species with Extremely Small Populations (PSESP) in China for requiring urgent conservation.
Fengrong Li, Weibang Sun
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Cretaceous research (Print), 2021 The mosasaurids (Mosasauridae) were a group of lizards that became highly specialized for marine life in the mid-Cretaceous. By the end of the Cretaceous, they had undergone an adaptive radiation, and showed a wide range of body sizes, locomotor styles ...
N. Longrich +3 more
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Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) feeding on snakes (Reptilia: Squamata)
The journal of arachnology, 2021 . In this paper, 319 incidents of snake predation by spiders are reported based on a comprehensive global literature and social media survey. Snake-catching spiders have been documented from all continents except Antarctica.
M. Nyffeler, J. Gibbons
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The first iguanian lizard from the Mesozoic of Africa [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2016 The fossil record shows that iguanian lizards were widely distributed during the Late Cretaceous. However, the biogeographic history and early evolution of one of its most diverse and peculiar clades (acrodontans) remain poorly known.
Sebastián Apesteguía +3 more
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