Insularity and Aridity as Drivers of Mandibular Disparity in Thylamys elegans (Waterhouse, 1839) from Populations of the Atacama Desert, Chile [PDF]
Animals, 2022 Island ecosystems differ in several elements from mainland ecosystems and may induce variations related to natural selection and patterns of adaptation in most aspects of the biology of an organism.
José I. Arriagada +7 more
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Demography and Population Dynamics of a Small Mammal Assemblage in Chilean Semiarid Thorn‐Scrub Habitat: A 30‐Year Study [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionCharacterizing population dynamics in heterogeneous environments requires comprehensive long‐term data. We monitored seven small mammals in replicated sites in a semiarid Chilean thorn‐scrub habitat over 30 years using monthly capture–mark–recapture (CMR)
Douglas A. Kelt +6 more
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Revista Chilena De Historia Natural, 2021 Background For the genus Thylamys, the rivers have been reported as barriers to dispersal, limiting current and historical distribution of its lineages.
Dusan Boric-Bargetto +2 more
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Divergent patterns of meiotic double strand breaks and synapsis initiation dynamics suggest an evolutionary shift in the meiosis program between American and Australian marsupials [PDF]
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2023 In eutherian mammals, hundreds of programmed DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are generated at the onset of meiosis. The DNA damage response is then triggered.
F. Javier Valero-Regalón +17 more
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First Report of Bartonella spp. in Marsupials from Brazil, with a Description of Bartonella harrusi sp. nov. and a New Proposal for the Taxonomic Reclassification of Species of the Genus Bartonella [PDF]
Microorganisms, 2022 The genus Bartonella (Rhizobiales: Bartonellaceae) encompasses facultative intracellular Gram-negative alphaproteobacteria that parasitize mainly erythrocytes and endothelial cells, as well as macrophages, monocytes and dendritic cells. Although they can
Renan Bressianini do Amaral +9 more
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Kinetoplastid Species Maintained by a Small Mammal Community in the Pantanal Biome [PDF]
Pathogens, 2022 Kinetoplastids include species economically important in agriculture, livestock, and human health. We evaluated the richness of kinetoplastids that infect small mammals in patches of unflooded forests in the Pantanal biome, an area where we hypothesize ...
Filipe Martins Santos +10 more
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Ecosphere, 2021 Until a few years ago, the “monito del monte” (Dromiciops gliroides) was considered the sole surviving species of Microbiotheria, the sister group of Australidelphia (Australian marsupials).
Carlos Mejías +6 more
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Gastrointestinal helminths of opossums (Mammalia: Didelphidae) from Bolivia [PDF]
ParasitologyA total of 32 taxa of helminths were recovered from 52 individuals corresponding to 17 species of didelphiomorph marsupials collected across Bolivia.
F. Agustín Jiménez +4 more
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Disseminated protozoal infection in a wild feathertail glider (Acrobates pygmaeus) in Australia [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2020 This is the first report of a disseminated protozoal infection in a wild feathertail glider (Acrobates pygmaeus) from south-eastern Australia. The glider was found dead in poor body condition.
Peter H. Holz +3 more
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Memorias Do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1990 Neohilgertia gen. n. proposed for Oxyuridae nematodes from Thylamys venustus cinderellus (Marsupialia: Didelphidae) is described. The hypothesis about the possibility of a secondary parasitism for marsupials and the origin of the genus in the African ...
Graciela T. Navone +2 more
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