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.
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Back to Water: Signature of Adaptive Evolution in Cetacean Mitochondrial tRNAs [PDF]
, 2016 The mitochondrion is the power plant of the eukaryotic cell, and tRNAs are the fundamental components of its translational machinery. In the present paper, the evolution of mitochondrial tRNAs was investigated in the Cetacea, a clade of Cetartiodactyla ...
Cozzi, Bruno +4 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,
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Mitochondrial phylogeography and demographic history of the Vicuña: implications for conservation [PDF]
, 2007 The vicuña (Vicugna vicugna; Miller, 1924) is a conservation success story, having recovered from near extinction in the 1960s to current population levels estimated at 275 000.
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When maize is not the first choice: advances in paleodietary studies in the Archaeological Site Río Doncellas (Jujuy, Argentina) [PDF]
, 2016 In this work we present new values of stable isotopes of carbon (δ13Cco and δ13Cap) and nitrogen (δ15N) measured in a sample of 13 human individuals found in the Río Doncellas Archaeological Site (Late Period or Regional Developments, ca. 1000 AD-1450 AD)
Killian Galván, Violeta Anahí +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 ...
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Effects of orexins on 17β-estradiol synthesis and P450 aromatase modulation in the testis of alpaca (Vicugna pacos). [PDF]
, 2018 The steroidogenic enzyme P450 aromatase (ARO) has a key role in the conversion of testosterone (T) into estrogens (E), expressed as 17β-estradiol. The presence and localization of this key enzyme have not been described before in the South American ...
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Dysuria due to discospondylitis and intervertebral disc herniation in a male alpaca (Vicugna pacos) [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Dysuria in camelids is usually associated with the presence of lower urinary tract disease such as urolithiasis. As another differential diagnosis, urine retention may be caused by neurological disturbances resulting from infections of the ...
Hirz, Manuela +3 more
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