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Biology, 2022 Tortoises are famed for their slow locomotion, which is in part related to their herbivorous diet and the constraints imposed by their protective shells.
Heather Ewart +5 more
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Anatomical and histological characterization of the heart of the scarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber)
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.The graphical abstract illustrates the scarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber) and two views of its heart (ventral and dorsal), highlighting its external morphology. The study also employed complementary approaches, including morphometric analysis, radiography, histological examination, and scanning electron microscopy, to provide a comprehensive ...
Beatriz Rosa Silva +7 more
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Monitoring of Leptospira in captive turtles by DNA analysis [PDF]
Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, 2021 G.S.S. Mesquita +6 more
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Partners or passengers? Revisiting the association between diatoms and aquatic animals
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Numerous studies have revealed the importance of research on the communities capable of colonizing animal surfaces (epibionts) and the animals on which they live (basibionts). Very few studies have considered epizoic diatoms, and there are gaps and biases in our knowledge, including the choice of basibionts, the methods used, and the habitats ...
Gianluca Vacca +2 more
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PLoS ONE, 2020 The Assam Roofed Turtle, Pangshura sylhetensis is an endangered and least studied species endemic to India and Bangladesh. The present study decodes the first complete mitochondrial genome of P. sylhetensis (16,568 bp) by using next-generation sequencing.
Shantanu Kundu +3 more
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Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Freshwater turtles are valuable sentinels of aquatic systems due to their long lifespans and resilience in environments impacted by contaminants. The Permian Basin, dominated by the oil and gas sector, spans western Texas and southeastern New Mexico, USA, including the Pecos River and its tributaries, the Delaware and Black Rivers.
Ana G. G. Sapp +4 more
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Current Status of and Threats to Sicilian Turtles
Diversity, 2022 Based on the critical review of the literature published in the last 22 years, an attempt was made to evaluate the current knowledge gap on the distribution and status of the native Testudines taxa occurring in Sicily (namely Caretta caretta, Emys ...
Luca Vecchioni +3 more
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Importance of woody patches and vegetation heterogeneity in Texas tortoise microhabitat use
Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.Microhabitat sites provide important resources and thermal conditions to reptile species that can vary spatially and temporally. This study assessed Texas tortoise Gopherus berlandieri microhabitat use and its relationship with carapace temperature during their active (April–October) and inactive seasons (November–March) between January 2023 and ...
Camryn M. Kiel +6 more
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DiversityThe order Testudines, one of the oldest monophyletic vertebrate lineages, offers an excellent opportunity to investigate mitogenome evolution and deep phylogenetic inference. However, comparative analyses across the order remain limited.
Mengsa Zhang +11 more
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Complete mitochondrial genome of the nesting Colombian Caribbean Hawksbill Turtle
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2017 The hawksbill turtle, Eretmochelis imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766), is an endangered sea turtle in Colombian Caribbean beach. In this study, we report the complete mitochondrial DNA sequences of hawksbill turtle. The entire genome comprised 16,386 base pairs,
Javier Hernández-Fernández +2 more
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