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We analyzed the morphometrics of seven taxa of short-tailed fruit bats Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae: Carollia, (Carollia benkeithi, Carollia brevicauda, Carollia castanea, Carollia perspicillata azteca, Carollia perspicillata perspicillata,... more
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      Zoology, Morphometrics, Ecology, Morphology
The list of plant parasitic nematodes of the family Dolichodoridae, known from Iran, is updated. 81 species belonging to 13 genera and three subfamilies are included in the list. Data for 29 species are added, of which seven species viz.... more
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      Evolutionary Biology, Zoology, Morphometrics, Taxonomy
Different species of seahorses are harvested and exported on a large-scale in worldwide. Nearly 50 countries are involved in seahorse’s exploitation and trade.Morphometric characters were compared and analyzed with statistically like head... more
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Pseudo-cryptic speciation occurs commonly in living oceanic plankton. In the coccolithophores, recent genetic studies have revealed that Braarudosphaera bigelowii has a number of unique genotypes that correlate well with pentalith size,... more
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      Morphometrics, Biostratigraphy, Evolution
Taxonomy is of paramount importance for sound biostratigraphic interpretation. Biostratigraphy (and biochronology) still largely relies on the ranges of selected taxa. However, as the morphology of species varies through time,... more
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      Morphometrics, Biostratigraphy, Evolution
Los cefalópodos son una clase de moluscos con un rol importante en la estructura de los ecosistemas marinos, puesto que actúan simultáneamente tanto como presas como depredadores. Están caracterizados por poseer un cuerpo musculoso que... more
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      Morphometrics, Geometric Morphometrics, Morphology, Cephalopods
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      Morphometrics, Human Osteology, South Africa, Sex Estimation
A total of 20 domestic cattle (Bos taurus L.) and 15 water buffalo (Bubalis bubalis L.) skulls were analyzed in this study. All of the specimens belonged to female individuals. Using a total of 27 craniometric measurements from each of... more
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      Zooarchaeology, Morphometrics, Morphology, Turkey
Arctic foxes, Vulpes lagopus living on Mednyi Island suffered a drastic decline in population size in the late 1970s due to an outbreak of mange epizootic. This dramatic fall in numbers rendered the subspecies endangered , and the... more
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      Morphometrics, Genetic Drift, Carnivore Ecology, Carnivores
Swine eperythrozoonosis is a haemotrophic disease caused by Eperythrozoon suis, actually called Mycoplasma suis, an extracellular bacterial organism that apparently adheres to pig erythrocyte membrane, inducing its deformation and damage.... more
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      Morphometrics, Morphometry, Ultrastructure, Veterinary Sciences
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      Zooarchaeology, Environmental Archaeology, Morphometrics, Early Medieval Archaeology
Thirteen species of Pratylenchidae: Pratylenchus coffeae, P. delattrei, P. loosi, P. neglectus, P. penetrans, P. pseudopratensis, P. thornei, P. vulnus, Pratylenchus sp., Pratylenchoides alkani, P. ritteri, Hirschmanniella sp. and... more
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      Zoology, Morphometrics, Nematology, Morphology
Mimesis is a relatively widespread phenomenon among reef fish, but the ontogenetic processes relevant for mimetic associations in fish are still poorly understood. In the present study, the allometric growth of two allopatric leaf-mimetic... more
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      Mimesis, Morphometrics, Geometric Morphometrics, Animal Behavior
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      Zooarchaeology, Morphometrics, Taphonomy, Archaeology of Mining
A number of morphometric analyses of Neandertal tali since the turn of the century have failed to reach a consensus on the functional affinities of these fossil foot bones. To clarify the problem a univariate and multivariate analysis of... more
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      Morphometrics, Neandertals, Talus Bone
Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) production in Ghana is limited by the root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita, and yield losses over 70% have been experienced in farmer fields. Major management strategies of the root-knot nematode (RKN),... more
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      Morphometrics, Meloidogyne
The minute snails of the troglobitic genus Zospeum are known from the southeastern Alps through the Dinarides and from the Pyrenees to the Cantabrian Mountains. The majority of Zospeum has been described from the northernmost region of... more
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      Morphometrics, Dinarides, Molecular phylogenetics, Subterranean Biology
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      Evolutionary Biology, Morphometrics, Analysis, Ontogeny
Although some studies have already been performed on Rhipicephalus san-guineus (Latreille) populations, there is still much disarray around its taxonomic classification. Rhipicephalus sanguineus, which is also known as ''brown dog tick"... more
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      Systematics (Taxonomy), Morphometrics, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Morphology
Rhipicephalus sanguineus, commonly known as “brown dog tick” or “kennel tick”, is a three-host tick that parasitizes mainly dogs and occasionally humans. This arthropod is worldwide distributed and is a vector of some zoonosis, as... more
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      Systematics (Taxonomy), Morphometrics, Molecular Biology, Morphology