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Phylogeography and Population Genetics of Vicugna vicugna: Evolution in the Arid Andean High Plateau [PDF]
Frontiers in Genetics, 2019 The vicuña (Vicugna vicugna) is the most representative wild ungulate of the high Andes of South America with two recognized morphological subspecies, V. v. mensalis in the north and V. v. vicugna in the south of its distribution.
Benito A. González +17 more
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Animal Welfare, 1982 Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Artiodactyla, pp. 315-343 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc.
Honacki, James H. +2 more
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Vicuñas (Vicugna vicugna), Wild Andean Altiplano Camelids [PDF]
Case Studies in the Environment, 2020 In these case studies, vicuñas are presented as biocultural components of the Andean altiplano’s socioecological landscape. The environmental history of vicuñas is related to the multiple values of the species, especially of its appreciated fiber as a nature contribution to people. Vicuñas were in risk of extinction, but thanks to conservation policies,
Bibiana Vilá +2 more
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International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2022 In South America inhabit an endemic group of ungulates adapted to extreme environments: the South American camelids (SAC), a key component of the Andean biocultural heritage.
Victoria Cañal, María Ornela Beltrame
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مطالعه شباهت های ژنتیکی و تجزیه و تحلیل تبارشناختی شترهای تک کوهانه و دوکوهانه ایرانی با هفت گونه اصلی موجود در خانواده شترسانان بر اساس ژنوم میتوکندریایی [PDF]
تحقیقات تولیدات دامیتوالیهای ژنوم کامل میتوکندریایی هفت گونه اصلی شترسانان شامل Vicugna vicugna، Lama guanicoe، Vicugna pacos، Lama glama، Camelus ferus، Camelus dromedarius، Camelus bactrianus، چهار شتر تک کوهانه و شش شتر دوکوهانه ایرانی همراه با توالیهای ۱۳ ژن رمزگر ...
مصطفی هاشمی +4 more
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Fascioliasis in vicugna (Vicugna vicugna) in the central highlands of Peru
Revista de Investigaciones Veterinarias del Perú, 2016 The aim of this study was to determine the presence of F. hepatica eggs in vicugnas in the Paccha area, Junín, Peru, and to evaluate its association with sex and age. Samples (n=143) were collected from the rectum during a «chaccu» activity (annual capture of wild vicugnas by the local peasants for shearing (September).
Samamé A., Luis Miguel +2 more
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Actinobacillus vicugnae sp. nov., isolated from alpaca (Vicugna pacos)
International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 2019 Ten strains of an Actinobacillus-like organism were isolated from alpaca (Vicugna pacos) in the UK over a period of 5 years, with no known epidemiological linkages. The isolates are distinct, based on both phenotype and genotype, from any previously described Actinobacillus species.
Miranda, Kirchner +5 more
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Zooarqueología del sitio formativo Soria 2, valle de Yocavil (Catamarca), siglo I d.C.
Revista del Museo de Antropologia, 2011 En este trabajo presentamos un análisis exhaustivo de las arqueofaunas recuperadas en el sitio Soria 2 (sudeste del valle de Yocavil o Santa María, provincia de Catamarca), durante los trabajos de campo realizados entre los años 2002 y 2006.
Carlos Raúl Belotti López de Medina
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Journal of Ethology, 2018 The vicuna is a high Andean wild camelid that lives year-long in groups. We analyzed the social organization of 98 marked vicunas after capture and live shearing, focusing on group composition, spatial patterns, territoriality and habitat use. The social units analyzed were families, bachelor groups and solo animals.
Yanina Arzamendia +2 more
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Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2019 The first complete ancient mitochondrial genome of a vicuña (Vicugna vicugna) (3200–2400 B.P.) recovered from the Tulán-54 site (San Pedro de Atacama, Northern of Chile) was sequenced using mitochondrial enrichment by hybridization capture and subsequent
Paloma F. Díaz-Maroto +2 more
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