Tun formation is not a prerequisite for desiccation tolerance in the marine tidal tardigrade Echiniscoides sigismundi [PDF]
, 2016 The so-called ‘tun’ state is best known from limno-terrestrial tardigrades and rotifers that rely on this compact body shape for anhydrobiotic survival.
Clausen, Lykke K.B. +4 more
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A new Megatheriinae skull (Xenarthra, Tardigrada) from the pliocene of northern venezuela – Implications for a giant sloth dispersal to central and North America [PDF]
, 2018 A skull of a ground sloth from the Pliocene San Gregorio Formation documents a northern neotropical occurrence of a megatheriine that addresses issues on intraspecific variation and biogeography. The new specimen is broadly similar in size and morphology
Brandoni, Diego +3 more
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Dimorphism in quaternary scelidotheriinae (mammalia, xenarthra, phyllophaga) [PDF]
, 2015 The contributions concerning possible cases of sexual dimorphisms in fossil and living sloths are scarce. Until now, studies in fossil ground sloth sexual dimorphism have been limited to the subfamilies Megatheriinae (Eremotherium) and Mylodontinae ...
Miño Boilini, Ángel Ramón +1 more
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Experimental taxonomy exposes ontogenetic variability and elucidates the taxonomic value of claw configuration in Milnesium Doyère, 1840 (Tardigrada : Eutardigrada : Apochela) [PDF]
, 2016 In this paper we describe a new apochelan species, Milnesium variefidum sp. nov. from Scotland and provide novel morphological and molecular data for Milnesium berladnicorum Ciobanu et al., 2014.
Blagden, Brian +4 more
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Introduction to Zoology. T. H. Savory. New York: Philosophical Library, 1968. viii, 239 pp. $6.00. [PDF]
, 2017 Excerpt: This book would delight the traditional zoologist as its emphasis is on systematics and evolution. primarily based on morphology. By the author\u27s own admission he neglects areas concerning histology, embryology, physiology and genetics, while
Nelson, Sigurd, Jr.
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Comparative genomics of the tardigrades Hypsibius dujardini and Ramazzottius varieornatus.
PLoS Biology, 2017 Tardigrada, a phylum of meiofaunal organisms, have been at the center of discussions of the evolution of Metazoa, the biology of survival in extreme environments, and the role of horizontal gene transfer in animal evolution.
Yuki Yoshida +11 more
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ZooKeys, 2016 The phylum Tardigrada was not recorded in Ireland until the Clare Island Survey of 1909–1911, with only rare subsequent reports on Irish tardigrade species. In recent decades, significant taxonomic revision has occurred within Tardigrada.
Erica DeMilio +2 more
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Horizontal gene transfer in bdelloid rotifers is ancient, ongoing and more frequent in species from desiccating habitats. [PDF]
, 2015 BACKGROUND: Although prevalent in prokaryotes, horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is rarer in multicellular eukaryotes. Bdelloid rotifers are microscopic animals that contain a higher proportion of horizontally transferred, non-metazoan genes in their ...
Barraclough, TG +6 more
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The morphology of xenarthrous vertebrae (Mammalia: Xenarthra) / [PDF]
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Gaudin, Timothy J. (Timothy James), 1966-
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BMC Genomics, 2022 Background Tardigrades are microscopic animals that are capable of tolerating extreme environments by entering a desiccated state of suspended animation known as anhydrobiosis.
Yuki Yoshida +7 more
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