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The Story of the Architectural Documentation of Hagia Sophia’s Hypogeum

open access: yesOpen Archaeology, 2023
Hagia Sophia’s hypogeum is a group of subterranean Roman tomb structures located in the area between the northeastern side of the structure and the imaret (“soup kitchen”) of Hagia Sophia. Consisting of three chambers connected by a passage, the hypogeum
Diker Hasan Fırat
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Digestive Tract Morphology and Gut Microbiota Jointly Determine an Efficient Digestive Strategy in Subterranean Rodents: Plateau Zokor

open access: yesAnimals, 2022
Rodents’ lifestyles vary in different environments, and to adapt to various lifestyles specific digestion strategies have been developed. Among these strategies, the morphology of the digestive tracts and the gut microbiota are considered to play the ...
Shou-Dong Zhang   +7 more
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Screening of Multiple Potential Control Genes for use in Caste and Body Region Comparisons Using RT-qPCR in Coptotermes formosanus

open access: yesSociobiology, 2014
Formosan subterranean termites, Coptotermes formosanus, are a significant worldwide pest. Molecular gene expression is an important tool for understanding the physiology of organisms.
Matthew R Tarver   +5 more
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The constructive evolution of taste in Astyanax cavefish: A review

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Animals inhabiting subterranean environments tend to evolve a constellation of ‘regressive’ and ‘constructive’ features. Regressive traits like vision and pigmentation are reduced or lost in derived organisms.
Daniel Berning, Joshua B. Gross
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A new species of the troglobitic genus Spelaeogammarus da Silva Brum, 1975 (Amphipoda: Artesiidae) from a cave in the Brazilian semi-arid region, with new records of its congener, Spelaeogammarus spinilacertus Koenemann and Holsinger, 2000

open access: yesNauplius, 2022
We propose a new species of the troglobitic genus Spelaeogammarus da Silva Brum, 1975, with data on its distribution, ecology, aspects of behavior, and conservation status. Spelaeogammarus ginae sp. nov.
Alessandra Angélica de Pádua Bueno   +3 more
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Subterranean Life-Style Does Not Limit Long Distance Dispersal in African Mole-Rats

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
Dispersal from the natal site to breeding sites is a crucial phase in the life history of animals and can have profound effects on the reproductive ecology and the structure of animal societies.
Kyle T. Finn   +4 more
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The Subterranean Species of the Vjetrenica Cave System in Bosnia and Herzegovina

open access: yesDiversity, 2023
The Western Balkan’s Vjetrenica Cave in southern Bosnia and Herzegovina is renowned for high richness of subterranean species. However, the data on its fauna have been published only in monographs printed in a small number of copies, making them hardly ...
Teo Delić   +4 more
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Hypogean Quedius of Taiwan and their biogeographic significance (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae)

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Taxonomy, 2020
As a result of the integrative (morphology and DNA barcodes) revision of the Taiwanese species of the rove beetle genus Quedius belonging to the abnormalis group, in the subgenus Microsaurus, three valid hypogean species are reported for the fauna of ...
Fang Shuo Hu   +3 more
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Checklist of amphipod crustaceans (Crustacea: Amphipoda) in Slovenia

open access: yesNatura Sloveniae, 2021
Amphipods are among the most species-rich orders of peracarid crustaceans, inhabiting marine and fresh waters, including subterranean waters, as well as semi-terrestrial environments.
Cene Fišer   +4 more
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Skalní hrady mezi geologií, zábavou a kontemplací [PDF]

open access: yesSvět Literatury, 2023
The paper focuses on two so-called rock castles (Sloup and Jestřebí in northern Bohemia) and their presentation in the early modern topographies written by Mauritius Vogt. While today they are both perceived as former castles, for Vogt, only Jestřebí was
Michal Vokurka
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