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Di-Nizo CB, Suárez-Villota EY, Silva MJJ. Species limits and recent diversification of Cerradomys (Sigmodontinae: Oryzomyini) during the Pleistocene. PeerJ 2022; 10:e13011. [PMID: 35480563 PMCID: PMC9037131 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.13011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2021] [Accepted: 02/04/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Cerradomys is a genus of the tribe Oryzomyini with eight species currently recognized, and a controversial taxonomy. These species are mainly distributed in the South America dry diagonal, but some species extend into Atlantic Forest, reaching the coastal sandy plains known as Restingas. This study aimed to address species limits and patterns of diversification of Cerradomys species. For this purpose, we performed cytogenetic and molecular analyses (phylogeny, coalescent species delimitation, barcoding, and divergence times estimation) using multiple mitochondrial and nuclear markers on a comprehensive sampling, representing all nominal taxa reported so far. Chromosomal information was a robust marker recognizing eight Cerradomys species. Reciprocal monophyly was recovered for all the species, except for C. subflavus. These results together with coalescent analyses recovered eight species as the most congruent species delimitation scenario for the genus (mean C tax : 0.72). Divergence time estimates revealed that Cerradomys' diversification occurred about 1.32 million years ago (Mya) during the Pleistocene. Although our results conservatively support the eight Cerradomys species described so far, different lines of evidence suggest that C. langguthi and C. subflavus could potentially be species-complexes. We discussed this scenario in the light of multiple evolutionary processes within and between species and populations, since Cerradomys comprises a species group with recent diversification affected by Pleistocene climatic changes and by the complex biogeographic history of South America dry diagonal. This work supports that the diversity of Cerradomys is underestimated and reiterates that interdisciplinary approaches are mandatory to identify small rodent species properly, and to unhide cryptic species.
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- Camilla B. Di-Nizo
- Laboratório de Ecologia e Evolução, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil,Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Zoological Research Museum A. Koenig, Bonn, Germany
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- Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Agronomía, Universidad de las Américas, Concepción, Chile
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- Laboratório de Ecologia e Evolução, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Carmignotto AP, Pardini R, de Vivo M. Habitat Heterogeneity and Geographic Location as Major Drivers of Cerrado Small Mammal Diversity Across Multiple Spatial Scales. Front Ecol Evol 2022. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.739919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The Cerrado biome is one of the global hotspots of biodiversity, and non-volant small mammals represent a significant portion of Cerrado species richness (45%) and endemism (86%). Nevertheless, we still lack a comprehensive picture of small mammal diversity patterns and drivers throughout the Cerrado. Here we surveyed small mammals across 45 sites to address species richness, abundance, and composition patterns and their drivers within and across sites, habitats, and localities at the world’s most diverse tropical savanna. As hypothesized, we found: (1) rich assemblages (12–21 species) characterized by few abundant and several intermediate-level and rare species; dominated by oryzomyine and akodontine cricetid rodents, and thylamyine and marmosine within marsupials, each tribe showing distinct habitat requirements; (2) strong habitat selectivity, with assemblages composed of forest dwellers, savanna specialists, and grassland inhabitants; and (3) similar species richness (α-diversity) but high species turnover (β-diversity) across sites, habitats, and localities, suggesting that horizontal stratification (within localities) and geographic location (across the Cerrado) are key drivers of small mammal diversity in tropical savannas. Thus, habitat heterogeneity and geographic location can be inferred as the main factors shaping species richness, abundance, and composition across the analyzed multiple spatial scales. Moreover, we found that geographical distance as well as the distance to neighbor biomes better explained species turnover, indicating landscape history and phylogenetic constraints as the major determinants of Cerrado small mammal diversity, as also evidenced for plants and other animal groups. These data highlight the need to preserve the mosaic of habitats across the different regions of the biome to conserve most of the Cerrado biodiversity.
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Dalapicolla J, Abreu EF, do Prado JR, de Almeida Chiquito E, de Oliveira Roth PR, de Góes Brennand PG, Pavan ACD, Pereira A, Mendes FR, del Valle Alvarez MR, Rios ÉO, Cassano CR, Miretzki M, Vélez F, da Paixão Sevá A, Percequillo AR, Bovendorp RS. Areas of endemism of small mammals are underprotected in the Atlantic Forest. J Mammal 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyab073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Atlantic Forest (AF) is amongst the most threatened forests in the world. To decide where conservation efforts should be focused to preserve species, assessment of ecological and biogeographic processes nowadays are crucial. Patterns of the distribution of organisms can provide an important source of information underlying the biogeographical history of a biota. Here, our main objective was to identify Areas of Endemism (AoE) for non-volant small mammals in the AF and to investigate if those AoE are covered by protected areas. We performed quantitative and qualitative approaches to delimit AoE and calculated the area overlaid by Conservation Units (CU) within each AoE. Our results supported the recognition of seven AoE for small mammals in the AF, which largely are congruent with previous studies undertaken on other organisms, thereby highlighting the importance of those regions as hotspots of endemism. Most of the AoE recovered in the present study have less than 12% of their territory covered by forest remnants, and less than 11% of their entire range is under legal protection. These findings bring to light an important discussion on how information pertaining to the representativeness of CU within regions of high endemicity could help to identify areas in need of urgent protection within a threatened biodiversity hotspot.
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- Jeronymo Dalapicolla
- Instituto Tecnológico Vale, Desenvolvimento Sustentável, Rua Boaventura da Silva, 955, 66055-090 Belém, PA, Brazil
- Laboratório de Mamíferos, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz” (ESALQ), Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Av. Pádua Dias, 11, 13418-900 Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Mamíferos, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz” (ESALQ), Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Av. Pádua Dias, 11, 13418-900 Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Mamíferos, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz” (ESALQ), Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Av. Pádua Dias, 11, 13418-900 Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Mamíferos, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz” (ESALQ), Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Av. Pádua Dias, 11, 13418-900 Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
- Instituto Nacional da Mata Atlântica (INMA), Av. José Ruschi 4, 29650-000 Santa Teresa, ES, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Mamíferos, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz” (ESALQ), Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Av. Pádua Dias, 11, 13418-900 Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Mamíferos, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz” (ESALQ), Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Av. Pádua Dias, 11, 13418-900 Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
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- Bioconsultoria Gestão e Licenciamento Ambiental, Avenida Tancredo Neves, 274, Bloco B, Sala 427, 41820-907 Salvador, BA,Brazil
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- Instituto Neotropical: Pesquisa e Conservação (INPCON), Rua Purus 33, 82520-750 Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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- Coleção de Mamíferos “Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira” (CMARF), Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (UESC), Rodovia Jorge Amado, km16, Salobrinho, 45662-900 Ilhéus, BA, Brazil
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- Coleção de Mamíferos “Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira” (CMARF), Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (UESC), Rodovia Jorge Amado, km16, Salobrinho, 45662-900 Ilhéus, BA, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia Aplicada à Conservação, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (UESC), Rodovia Jorge Amado, km16, Salobrinho, 45662-900 Ilhéus, BA, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia e Ecologia de Vertebrados, Departamento de Zoologia, Ciência Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Av. Coronel Francisco H. dos Santos, 100 - Caixa Postal 19020, 81531-980 Curitiba, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia Aplicada à Conservação, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (UESC), Rodovia Jorge Amado, km16, Salobrinho, 45662-900 Ilhéus, BA, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (UESC), Rodovia Jorge Amado, km16, Salobrinho, 45662-900 Ilhéus, BA, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Mamíferos, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz” (ESALQ), Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Av. Pádua Dias, 11, 13418-900 Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Mamíferos, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz” (ESALQ), Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Av. Pádua Dias, 11, 13418-900 Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
- Laboratório de Ecologia Aplicada à Conservação, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (UESC), Rodovia Jorge Amado, km16, Salobrinho, 45662-900 Ilhéus, BA, Brazil
- Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Av. 24 A, 1515, 13506-900 Rio Claro, Brazil
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Prado JR, Knowles LL, Percequillo AR. A new species of South America marsh rat (Holochilus, Cricetidae) from northeastern Brazil. J Mammal 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyab104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Marsh rats of the genus Holochilus are broadly distributed and inhabit several distinct environments throughout South America. As an enigmatic group with a somewhat uncertain taxonomy, the composition and names of taxa have shifted throughout history, including the boundaries of Holochilus sciureus, a species formerly distributed in the lowlands of the Guianas, Peru, Bolivia, and northern, central, and northeastern of Brazil. Based on a combination of morphological and morphometric traits, and genomic sequences, we redefined species boundaries and split this wide concept of H. sciureus into three separated species, including a redefined H. sciureus, the newly erected from synonymy H. nanus, and an unnamed taxon. We describe this unnamed species, and provide emended diagnoses for the two redefined species. The newly named taxon inhabits the northeastern part of Brazil and differs from the other congeners by a unique combination of phenotypic and genomic characters.
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- Joyce R Prado
- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Escola Superior de Agricultura ‘Luiz de Queiroz’, Universidade de São Paulo, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Escola Superior de Agricultura ‘Luiz de Queiroz’, Universidade de São Paulo, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
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Brandão MV, Percequillo AR, D’Elía G, Paresque R, Carmignotto AP. A new species of Akodon Meyen, 1833 (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) endemic from the Brazilian Cerrado. J Mammal 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyaa126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Akodon is the second most diverse genus of sigmodontine rodents, comprising 40 extant species. Widely distributed through different environments of South America, the genus ranges from forested to open-vegetation areas, from semiarid to mesic regions, and from Andean altitudes to the lowlands of eastern Brazil. In Brazil, most species are from the Atlantic Forest, inhabiting lowland and montane habitats, with a few taxa also present in areas transitional with the Cerrado and Pantanal. Based on an integrative approach of genetics (cytogenetic and molecular data) and morphology (qualitative and quantitative external and craniodental data), we present in this contribution the hypothesis of a new species of Akodon based on specimens collected in the southwestern limit of the Cerrado domain, in the seasonally dry forests of the Serra da Bodoquena, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. The new species was recovered as a distinct lineage sister to Akodon philipmyersi, a poorly known species from the Northern Campos grasslands of Misiones Province, Argentina, and can be distinguished from its congeners by its karyotype (2n = 40, FN = 40), morphology (morphometric, pelage, and skull characters), as well as by its degree of genetic divergence (above 7.5% in Cytb sequences). This new species is endemic to the Cerrado, one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots, and to Serra da Bodoquena, one of the top priority areas for conservation in Brazil. Moreover, the new species increases the number of lineages of Akodon in Brazil, emphasizing the richness and endemism currently found in the Cerrado domain, and the importance of the open formations to the diversification of Neotropical taxa.
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- Marcus Vinicius Brandão
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sistemática, Taxonomia Animal e Biodiversidade, Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Nazaré, 481, Ipiranga São Paulo, SP, Brazil
- Laboratório de Mamíferos, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz”, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Pádua Dias, 11, Caixa Postal 9 Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
- Laboratório de Diversidade Animal, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Campus Sorocaba, Rodovia João Leme dos Santos, Km 110 (SP-264), Itinga Sorocaba, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Mamíferos, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz”, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Pádua Dias, 11, Caixa Postal 9 Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales y Evolutivas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile, campus Isla Teja, s/n, Valdivia, Chile
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- Departamento de Ciências da Saúde, Centro Universitário Norte do Espírito Santo, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Av. Governador Mário Covas, s/n, Bairro Litorâneo São Mateus, ES, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Diversidade Animal, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Campus Sorocaba, Rodovia João Leme dos Santos, Km 110 (SP-264), Itinga Sorocaba, SP, Brazil
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Percequillo AR, Prado JRD, Abreu EF, Dalapicolla J, Pavan AC, de Almeida Chiquito E, Brennand P, Steppan SJ, Lemmon AR, Lemmon EM, Wilkinson M. Tempo and mode of evolution of oryzomyine rodents (Rodentia, Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae): A phylogenomic approach. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2021; 159:107120. [PMID: 33610650 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2020] [Revised: 02/01/2021] [Accepted: 02/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The tribe Oryzomyini is an impressive group of rodents, comprising 30 extant genera and an estimated 147 species. Recent remarkable advances in the understanding of the diversity, taxonomy and systematics of the tribe have mostly derived from analyses of single or few genetic markers. However, the evolutionary history and biogeography of Oryzomyini, its origin and diversification across the Neotropics, remain unrevealed. Here we use a multi-locus dataset (over 400 loci) obtained through anchored phylogenomics to provide a genome-wide phylogenetic hypothesis for Oryzomyini and to investigate the tempo and mode of its evolution. Species tree and supermatrix analyses produced topologies with strong support for most branches, with all genera confirmed as monophyletic, a result that previous studies failed to obtain. Our analyses also corroborated the monophyly and phylogenetic relationship of three main clades of Oryzomyini (B, C and D). The origin of the tribe is estimated to be in the Miocene (8.93-5.38 million years ago). The cladogenetic events leading to the four main clades occurred during the late Miocene and early Pliocene and most speciation events in the Pleistocene. Geographic range estimates suggested an east of Andes origin for the ancestor of oryzomyines, most likely in the Boreal Brazilian region, which includes the north bank of Rio Amazonas and the Guiana Shield. Oryzomyini rodents are an autochthonous South America radiation, that colonized areas and dominions of this continent mainly by dispersal events. The evolutionary history of the tribe is deeply associated with the Andean cordillera and the landscape history of Amazon basin.
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- Alexandre Reis Percequillo
- Laboratório de Mamíferos, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", Universidade de São Paulo, 13418-900 Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil; Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK.
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- Laboratório de Mamíferos, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", Universidade de São Paulo, 13418-900 Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Mamíferos, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", Universidade de São Paulo, 13418-900 Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Mamíferos, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", Universidade de São Paulo, 13418-900 Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil; Instituto Tecnológico Vale, Desenvolvimento Sustentável, 66055-090 Belém, PA, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Mamíferos, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", Universidade de São Paulo, 13418-900 Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Mamíferos, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", Universidade de São Paulo, 13418-900 Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil; Laboratório de Mastozoologia e Biogeografia, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, 29075-910 Vitória, ES, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Mamíferos, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", Universidade de São Paulo, 13418-900 Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA.
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- Department of Scientific Computing, 400 Dirac Science Library, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA.
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- Department of Scientific Computing, 400 Dirac Science Library, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA.
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- Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK.
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Di-Nizo CB, Ferguson-Smith MA, Silva MJDJ. Extensive genomic reshuffling involved in the karyotype evolution of genus Cerradomys (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae: Oryzomyini). Genet Mol Biol 2020; 43:e20200149. [PMID: 33306775 PMCID: PMC7783725 DOI: 10.1590/1678-4685-gmb-2020-0149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2020] [Accepted: 09/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Rodents of the genus Cerradomys belong to the tribe Oryzomyini
and present high chromosome variability with diploid numbers ranging from 2n=46
to 60. Classical cytogenetics and fluorescence in situ
hybridization (FISH) with telomeric and whole chromosome-specific probes of
another Oryzomyini, Oligoryzomys moojeni (OMO), were used to
assess the karyotype evolution of the genus. Results were integrated into a
molecular phylogeny to infer the hypothetical direction of chromosome changes.
The telomeric FISH showed signals in telomeres in species that diverged early in
the phylogeny, plus interstitial telomeric signals (ITS) in some species from
the most derived clades (C. langguthi,C. vivoi, C. goytaca, and C.
subflavus). Chromosome painting revealed homology from 23 segments
of C. maracajuensis and C. marinhus to 32 of
C. vivoi. Extensive chromosome reorganization was
responsible for karyotypic differences in closely related species. Major drivers
for genomic reshuffling were in tandem and centric fusion,
fission, paracentric and pericentric inversions or centromere repositioning.
Chromosome evolution was associated with an increase and decrease in diploid
number in different lineages and ITS indicate remnants of ancient telomeres.
Cytogenetics results corroborates that C. goytaca is not a
junior synonym of C. subflavus since the karyotypic differences
found may lead to reproductive isolation.
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- Cambridge Resource Centre for Comparative Genomics, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Scott L Gardner
- H. W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology, University of Nebraska State Museum and School of Biological Sciences University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, USA
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- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA
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- Assessment Division, MS-68N, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, USA
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Mancini MC, Roth PRO, Brennand PG, Ruiz-Esparza Aguilar JM, Rocha PA. Tyto furcata (Tytonidae: Strigiformes) pellets: tools to access the richness of small mammals of a poorly known Caatinga area in northeast Brazil. MAMMALIA 2019. [DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2018-0017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Owls are efficient predators and are widely distributed around the globe. Remains of undigested prey is regurgitated by these birds in the form of pellets, and these are a valuable source of information about prey communities and the diet of owls. In this study, the composition of mammals present in the diet of owls that inhabit different caves was evaluated through the analysis of their pellets. We found 373 pellets from seven caves, and small mammals composed at least 80% of the diet of these birds in all caves. The mammal composition found in the pellets showed a richness of 26 distinct taxa including 12 rodents, three marsupials and 11 bats. In this work, we highlight the richness of small mammals in a poorly known Caatinga area. We also highlight the importance of morphology and taxonomy in supporting this kind of research, which relies upon vertebrate parts as its source of information for identification. Finally, we reiterate the efficiency of the study of owl pellets as a rapid approach for assessing local mammal richness and as a complementary method in studies of diversity and conservation.
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Peçanha WT, Quintela FM, Jorge Ribas LE, Althoff SL, Maestri R, Gonçalves GL, De Freitas TRO. A new species of Oxymycterus (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) from a transitional area of Cerrado – Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil. J Mammal 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyz060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Willian Thomaz Peçanha
- Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS 91501–970, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia de Ambientes Aquáticos Continentais. Av. Itália km 8, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS 91501–970, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Naturais, Universidade Regional de Blumenau, CEP Blumenau, SC 89012–900, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS 91501–970, Brazil
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- Departamento de Recursos Ambientales, Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas, Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica, Chile
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- Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS 91501–970, Brazil
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Catzeflis F. Reproduction and growth in a Neotropical arboreal mouse: Oecomys rutilus (Sigmodontinae: Cricetidae) in French Guiana. BIOTA NEOTROPICA 2019. [DOI: 10.1590/1676-0611-bn-2018-0697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Abstract: Postnatal growth and development of the small Neotropical mouse Oecomys rutilus (Sigmodontinae: Cricetidae) were investigated from birth to day 143, in the laboratory. Morphometric measurements at age of 3 days, of both sexes combined, revealed body weight to be 3.4 ± 0.3 g, mean tail length as 27.4 ± 1.1 mm, and mean hind foot length as 9.3 ± 0.7 mm. Body weight was found to increase steadily until at least 69 days, whereas the instantaneous growth rates of other measurements declined earlier: the daily growth of hind foot length declined to a minimum at age of 24 days, and the growth of tail and of ear declined by the age of 33 days. Average litter size for 12 captive births was 2.5, ranging from 2 to 3. The preserved eye crystalline lens was weighted in 23 captive-born animals of known age, allowing a rough estimate of the age of reproduction in wild-caught animals. Based on the inferred relation between eye-lens weight and age, the youngest reproductive (pregnant) wild-caught females had an estimated age of 90 and 95 days.
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Paresque R, Rodrigues JDS, Righetti KB. Karyotypes of Brazilian non-volant small mammals (Didelphidae and Rodentia): An online tool for accessing the chromosomal diversity. Genet Mol Biol 2018; 41:605-610. [PMID: 30004104 PMCID: PMC6136367 DOI: 10.1590/1678-4685-gmb-2017-0131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2017] [Accepted: 12/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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We have created a database system named CIPEMAB (CItogenética dos PEquenos MAmíferos Brasileiros) to assemble images of the chromosomes of Brazilian small mammals (Rodents and Marsupials). It includes karyotype information, such as diploid number, karyotype features, idiograms, and sexual chromosomes characteristics. CIPEMAB facilitates quick sharing of information on chromosome research among cytogeneticists as well as researchers in other fields. The database contains more than 300 microscopic images, including karyotypic images obtained from 182 species of small mammals from the literature. Researchers can browse the contents of the database online (http://www.citogenetica.ufes.br). The system enables users to locate images of interest by taxa, and to display the document with detailed information on species names, authors, year of the species publication, and karyotypes pictures in different colorations. CIPEMAB has a wide range of applications, such as comparing various karyotypes of Brazilian species and identifying manuscripts of interest.
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- Roberta Paresque
- Departamento de Ciências da Saúde, Centro Universitário Norte do Espírito Santo, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, São Mateus, ES, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Agrárias e Biológicas, Centro Universitário Norte do Espírito Santo, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, São Mateus, ES, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Agrárias e Biológicas, Centro Universitário Norte do Espírito Santo, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, São Mateus, ES, Brazil
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Ederli NB, Gallo SSM, Oliveira LC, de Oliveira FCR. Description of a new species Physaloptera goytaca n. sp. (Nematoda, Physalopteridae) from Cerradomys goytaca Tavares, Pessôa & Gonçalves, 2011 (Rodentia, Cricetidae) from Brazil. Parasitol Res 2018; 117:2757-2766. [PMID: 29926182 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-018-5964-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2018] [Accepted: 06/07/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Nematodes of the genus Physaloptera are common in rodents, including in species of the Family Cricetidae. There is no report of nematodes parasitizing Cerradomys goytaca, so this is the first one. For this study, 16 rodents were captured in the city of Quissamã, in the northern of Rio de Janeiro State. The rodents were necropsied, and the digestive tracts were analyzed under a stereomicroscope for the presence of parasites. The nematodes were fixed in hot AFA, clarified in Amann's lactophenol, mounted on slides with coverslip, and observed under an optical microscope. Part of the nematodes was fixed in Karnovisk solution for scanning electron microscopy. Nematodes presented evident sexual dimorphism. Oral openings had two semicircular pseudolabia, with an external lateral tooth and an internal lateral tripartite tooth on each pseudolabium. Males had a ventral spiral curved posterior ends with the presence of a caudal alae with 21 papillae with four pairs of pedunculated papillae arranged laterally, three pre-cloacal sessile papillae arranged rectilinearly and five pairs of post-cloacal sessile papillae. There was also a pair of phasmids located between the fourth and fifth pairs of post-cloacal papillae as well as two spicules that were sub-equal in size but of distinct shapes. The females have five uterine branches. The morphological and morphometrical analyses of the nematodes collected from C. goytaca were compared with other species, and the results indicated that this is a new species of the genus Physaloptera, Physaloptera goytaca n. sp.
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- Nicole Brand Ederli
- Instituto do Noroeste Fluminense de Ensino Superior (INFES), Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Av. João Jasbick, s/n°, Aeroporto, Santo Antônio de Pádua, RJ, 28470-000, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Sanidade Animal (LSA), Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro (UENF), Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, 28013-602, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Sanidade Animal (LSA), Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro (UENF), Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, 28013-602, Brazil
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Di-Nizo CB, Banci KRDS, Sato-Kuwabara Y, Silva MJDJ. Advances in cytogenetics of Brazilian rodents: cytotaxonomy, chromosome evolution and new karyotypic data. COMPARATIVE CYTOGENETICS 2017; 11:833-892. [PMID: 29362668 PMCID: PMC5769678 DOI: 10.3897/compcytogen.v11i4.19925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2017] [Accepted: 10/23/2017] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Rodents constitute one of the most diversified mammalian orders. Due to the morphological similarity in many of the groups, their taxonomy is controversial. Karyotype information proved to be an important tool for distinguishing some species because some of them are species-specific. Additionally, rodents can be an excellent model for chromosome evolution studies since many rearrangements have been described in this group.This work brings a review of cytogenetic data of Brazilian rodents, with information about diploid and fundamental numbers, polymorphisms, and geographical distribution. We point out that, even with the recent efforts on cytogenetic studies in this group, many species lack karyotypic data. Moreover, we describe for the first time the karyotype of Carterodon sulcidens (Lund, 1838) (Family Echimyidae), a new fundamental number for an undescribed species of Neacomys Thomas, 1900 (Family Cricetidae, Subfamily Sigmodontinae), and illustrate the karyotype of a Brazilian specimen of Mus musculus Linnaeus, 1758 (Family Muridae). This review compiles the cytogenetic data on Brazilian rodents reported in the last three decades, after the last revision published in 1984, including synonyms, chromosomal variations, and geographic distribution. Additionally, it also reinforces that Brazilian biodiversity is still poorly known, considering the new data reported here.
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- Camilla Bruno Di-Nizo
- Laboratório de Ecologia e Evolução, Instituto Butantan, Avenida Vital Brazil, 1500, CEP 05503-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética e Biologia Evolutiva, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão 277, CEP 05508-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia e Evolução, Instituto Butantan, Avenida Vital Brazil, 1500, CEP 05503-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Percequillo AR, Braga CADC, Brandão MV, Abreu-Júnior EFD, Gualda-Barros J, Lessa GM, Pires MRS, Hingst-Zaher E. The genus Abrawayaomys Cunha and Cruz, 1979 (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae): geographic variation and species definition. J Mammal 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyw228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Systematic Studies of the Genus Aegialomys Weksler et al., 2006 (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae): Geographic Variation, Species Delimitation, and Biogeography. J MAMM EVOL 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s10914-016-9360-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Caccavo A, Oliveira JA. Detecting morphological limits between parapatric species: cranial variation in Cerradomys(Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) from northeastern Brazil. J Mammal 2016. [DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyw124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Magioli M, Ferraz KMPMD, Setz EZF, Percequillo AR, Rondon MVDSS, Kuhnen VV, Canhoto MCDS, dos Santos KEA, Kanda CZ, Fregonezi GDL, do Prado HA, Ferreira MK, Ribeiro MC, Villela PMS, Coutinho LL, Rodrigues MG. Connectivity maintain mammal assemblages functional diversity within agricultural and fragmented landscapes. EUR J WILDLIFE RES 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s10344-016-1017-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Libardi GS, Percequillo AR. Variation of craniodental traits in russet rats Euryoryzomys russatus (Wagner, 1848) (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) from Eastern Atlantic Forest. ZOOL ANZ 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2016.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Tavares WC, Pessôa LM, Seuánez HN. Stability and acceleration of phenotypic evolution in spiny rats (Trinomys, Echimyidae) across different environments. Zool J Linn Soc 2016. [DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- William Corrêa Tavares
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Genética; CCS; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Avenida Carlos Chagas Filho; S/N, Cidade Universitária; Rio de Janeiro 21941-590 RJ Brazil
- Departamento de Zoologia; CCS; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Avenida Carlos Chagas Filho; S/N, Cidade Universitária Rio de Janeiro 21941-590, RJ Brazil
- Programa de Genética; Instituto Nacional de Câncer; Rua André Cavalcanti 37 Rio de Janeiro 20231-050, RJ Brazil
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- Departamento de Zoologia; CCS; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Avenida Carlos Chagas Filho; S/N, Cidade Universitária Rio de Janeiro 21941-590, RJ Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Genética; CCS; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; Avenida Carlos Chagas Filho; S/N, Cidade Universitária; Rio de Janeiro 21941-590 RJ Brazil
- Programa de Genética; Instituto Nacional de Câncer; Rua André Cavalcanti 37 Rio de Janeiro 20231-050, RJ Brazil
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Systematics and Acceleration of Cranial Evolution in Cerradomys (Rodentia, Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) of Quaternary Sandy Plains in Southeastern Brazil. J MAMM EVOL 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s10914-015-9316-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Camargo NF, Sano NY, Ribeiro JF, Vieira EM. Contrasting the realized and fundamental niche of the arboreal walking performance of neotropical rodents. J Mammal 2015. [DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyv166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Evaluation of the fundamental niche under controlled conditions can provide relevant information about physiological, evolutionary, and ecological aspects of an organism, without the influence of external factors. We investigated how allometric, phylogenetic, and adaptive components contribute to arboreal walking performance by 7 sigmodontine rodents of the Brazilian savanna (Cerrado). We captured the rodents in the field and evaluated their performances by measuring stride length, stride frequency, and velocity on 5 horizontal supports: flat board and cylindrical plastic tubes with diameters of 5.0, 3.5, 2.5, and 2.0cm. Arboreal rodents exhibited higher velocities than terrestrial species by increasing stride frequency and decreasing stride length on supports with smaller diameters. However, terrestrial species decreased both stride frequency and stride length or tended to maintain stride length and vary stride frequency. Our results reveal a strong association between realized arboreal walking performances (as inferred by proportion of arboreal captures) and stride length and frequency. However, performance metrics were weakly related to body mass and exhibited no phylogenetic effects. Our results are consistent with the hypothesis that dynamically stable arboreal walking is facilitated by increased velocity. Arboreal walking performance is likely related to ecological factors rather than phylogenetic constraints.
A avaliação do nicho fundamental por meio de condições controladas pode fornecer informações relevantes sobre aspectos fisiológicos, evolutivos e ecológicos de diferentes organismos, excluindo a influência de fatores externos. Considerando tal abordagem, nós investigamos como componentes alométricos, filogenéticos e adaptativos podem contribuir para a habilidade de locomoção arborícola em sete espécies de roedores sigmodontíneos do Cerrado. Os roedores foram capturados no campo e tiveram suas performances avaliadas por meio de medidas de tamanho de passos, frequência de passos e velocidade em cinco suportes horizontais distintos: tábua, e tubos cilíndricos de plástico com diâmetros de 5,0, 3,5, 2,5 e 2,0cm. Nossos resultados revelaram que roedores arborícolas apresentaram maiores velocidades em comparação com roedores mais terrestres. Adicionalmente, as espécies arborícolas mantiveram ou aumentaram a velocidade em suportes com menores diâmetros, enquanto que os roedores terrestres tenderam a reduzir a velocidade. Para as espécies arborícolas, tais velocidades foram obtidas por meio do aumento da frequência de passos e diminuição do tamanho dos passos. Entretanto, espécies primariamente terrestres diminuíram tanto a frequência quanto o tamanho dos passos, ou tenderam a manter a o tamanho de passos e variar a frequência de passos. Nossos resultados revelaram uma forte associação entre capturas acima do solo e o tamanho e frequência de passos. Contudo, tais aspectos da habilidade de locomoção tiveram fraca relação com a massa corporal e não tiveram relação com a filogenia das espécies analisadas. Nossos resultados corroboram a hipótese de que roedores necessitam aumentar velocidade como forma de manter a locomoção arborícola dinamicamente estável. Entretanto, a habilidade de locomoção é provavelmente mais relacionada com fatores ecológicos do que com restrições filogenéticas.
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Bonvicino CR, Oliveira JA, Cordeiro-Estrela P, D'andrea PS, Almeida AM. A Taxonomic Update of Small Mammal Plague Reservoirs in South America. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2015; 15:571-9. [DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2015.1788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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- Cibele R. Bonvicino
- Laboratório de Biologia e Parasitologia de Mamíferos Silvestres Reservatórios, IOC-Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brazil
- Genetics Division, INCA, Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brazil
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- Departamento de Vertebrados, Museu Nacional-UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biologia e Parasitologia de Mamíferos Silvestres Reservatórios, IOC-Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brazil
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Timm RM, Cartes JL, Ruiz-Díaz M, Zárate R, Pine RH. Distribution and ecology of squirrels (Rodentia: Sciuridae) in Paraguay, with first country records for Sciurus ignitus. SOUTHWEST NAT 2015. [DOI: 10.1894/rts-22.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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de Almeida Chiquito E, D'Elía G, Percequillo AR. Taxonomic review of genusSooretamys Weksler, Percequillo & Voss (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae): an integrative approach. Zool J Linn Soc 2014. [DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Elisandra de Almeida Chiquito
- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas; Escola Superior de Agricultura ‘Luiz de Queiroz’; Universidade de São Paulo; Av. Pádua Dias, 11 Caixa Postal 9 13418-900 Piracicaba São Paulo Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales y Evolutivas; Universidad Austral de Chile; campus Isla Teja s/n Valdivia 5090000 Chile
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas; Escola Superior de Agricultura ‘Luiz de Queiroz’; Universidade de São Paulo; Av. Pádua Dias, 11 Caixa Postal 9 13418-900 Piracicaba São Paulo Brazil
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Hantavirus reservoirs: current status with an emphasis on data from Brazil. Viruses 2014; 6:1929-73. [PMID: 24784571 PMCID: PMC4036540 DOI: 10.3390/v6051929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2013] [Revised: 02/03/2014] [Accepted: 02/07/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Since the recognition of hantavirus as the agent responsible for haemorrhagic fever in Eurasia in the 1970s and, 20 years later, the descovery of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in the Americas, the genus Hantavirus has been continually described throughout the World in a variety of wild animals. The diversity of wild animals infected with hantaviruses has only recently come into focus as a result of expanded wildlife studies. The known reservoirs are more than 80, belonging to 51 species of rodents, 7 bats (order Chiroptera) and 20 shrews and moles (order Soricomorpha). More than 80genetically related viruses have been classified within Hantavirus genus; 25 recognized as human pathogens responsible for a large spectrum of diseases in the Old and New World. In Brazil, where the diversity of mammals and especially rodents is considered one of the largest in the world, 9 hantavirus genotypes have been identified in 12 rodent species belonging to the genus Akodon, Calomys, Holochilus, Oligoryzomys, Oxymycterus, Necromys and Rattus. Considering the increasing number of animals that have been implicated as reservoirs of different hantaviruses, the understanding of this diversity is important for evaluating the risk of distinct hantavirus species as human pathogens.
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Santori RT, Delciellos AC, Vieira MV, Gobbi N, Loguercio MFDC, Rocha-Barbosa O. Swimming performance in semiaquatic and terrestrial Oryzomyine rodents. Mamm Biol 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2013.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Brennand PGG, Langguth A, Percequillo AR. The genusHylaeamysWeksler, Percequillo, and Voss 2006 (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest: geographic variation and species definition. J Mammal 2013. [DOI: 10.1644/12-mamm-a-312.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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DNA barcoding of sigmodontine rodents: identifying wildlife reservoirs of zoonoses. PLoS One 2013; 8:e80282. [PMID: 24244670 PMCID: PMC3823626 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2013] [Accepted: 10/11/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Species identification through DNA barcoding is a tool to be added to taxonomic procedures, once it has been validated. Applying barcoding techniques in public health would aid in the identification and correct delimitation of the distribution of rodents from the subfamily Sigmodontinae. These rodents are reservoirs of etiological agents of zoonoses including arenaviruses, hantaviruses, Chagas disease and leishmaniasis. In this study we compared distance-based and probabilistic phylogenetic inference methods to evaluate the performance of cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) in sigmodontine identification. A total of 130 sequences from 21 field-trapped species (13 genera), mainly from southern Brazil, were generated and analyzed, together with 58 GenBank sequences (24 species; 10 genera). Preliminary analysis revealed a 9.5% rate of misidentifications in the field, mainly of juveniles, which were reclassified after examination of external morphological characters and chromosome numbers. Distance and model-based methods of tree reconstruction retrieved similar topologies and monophyly for most species. Kernel density estimation of the distance distribution showed a clear barcoding gap with overlapping of intraspecific and interspecific densities < 1% and 21 species with mean intraspecific distance < 2%. Five species that are reservoirs of hantaviruses could be identified through DNA barcodes. Additionally, we provide information for the description of a putative new species, as well as the first COI sequence of the recently described genus Drymoreomys. The data also indicated an expansion of the distribution of Calomys tener. We emphasize that DNA barcoding should be used in combination with other taxonomic and systematic procedures in an integrative framework and based on properly identified museum collections, to improve identification procedures, especially in epidemiological surveillance and ecological assessments.
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Nagamachi CY, Pieczarka JC, O'Brien PCM, Pinto JA, Malcher SM, Pereira AL, Rissino JDD, Mendes-Oliveira AC, Rossi RV, Ferguson-Smith MA. FISH with whole chromosome and telomeric probes demonstrates huge karyotypic reorganization with ITS between two species of Oryzomyini (Sigmodontinae, Rodentia): Hylaeamys megacephalus probes on Cerradomys langguthi karyotype. Chromosome Res 2013; 21:107-19. [PMID: 23494775 DOI: 10.1007/s10577-013-9341-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2012] [Revised: 02/14/2013] [Accepted: 02/18/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Rodentia comprises 42 % of living mammalian species. The taxonomic identification can be difficult, the number of species currently known probably being underestimated, since many species show only slight morphological variations. Few studies surveyed the biodiversity of species, especially in the Amazon region. Cytogenetic studies show great chromosomal variability in rodents, with diploid numbers ranging from 10 to 102, making it difficult to find chromosomal homologies by comparative G banding. Chromosome painting is useful, but only a few species of rodents have been studied by this technique. In this study, we sorted whole chromosome probes by fluorescence-activated cell sorting from two Hylaeamys megacephalus individuals, an adult female (2n = 54) and a fetus (2n = 50). We made reciprocal chromosome painting between these karyotypes and cross-species hybridization on Cerradomys langguthi (2n = 46). Both species belong to the tribe Oryzomyini (Sigmodontinae), which is restricted to South America and were collected in the Amazon region. Twenty-four chromosome-specific probes from the female and 25 from the fetus were sorted. Reciprocal chromosome painting shows that the karyotype of the fetus does not represent a new cytotype, but an unbalanced karyotype with multiple rearrangements. Cross-species hybridization of H. megacephalus probes on metaphases of C. langguthi shows that 11 chromosomes of H. megacephalus revealed conserved synteny, 10 H. megacephalus probes hybridized to two chromosomal regions and three hybridized to three regions. Associations were observed on chromosomes pairs 1-4 and 11. Fluorescence in situ hybridization with a telomeric probe revealed interstitial regions in three pairs (1, 3, and 4) of C. langguthi chromosomes. We discuss the genomic reorganization of the C. langguthi karyotype.
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Martins-Hatano F, Gettinger D, Manhães ML, Bergallo HG. Morphometric variations of laelapine mite (Acari: Mesostigmata) populations infesting small mammals (Mammalia) in Brazil. BRAZ J BIOL 2012; 72:595-603. [PMID: 22990832 DOI: 10.1590/s1519-69842012000300024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2011] [Accepted: 08/31/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The goal of this study was to evaluate the morphometric variation of laelapine populations (Acari, Mesostigmata) associated with neotropical oryzomyine rodents at different geographic localities in Brazil. Three nominal mite species were selected for study, all infesting the pelage of small mammals at different localities in Rio de Janeiro, Espírito Santo, Bahia, and the Federal District, Brazil. To analyse morphometric characteristics, thirty-seven morphological characters distributed across the whole body of each specimen were measured. We use the Analysis of Principal Components, extracting the three first axes and projecting each mite in these axes. Major species level changes in the taxonomy of the host mammals allows an independent examination of morphometric variation of mites infesting a set of distinctly different host species at different geographic localities. Gigantolaelaps vitzthumi and Laelaps differens are associated with oryzomyine rodents of the genus Cerradomys, and consistently showed a tendency to cluster by host phylogeny. Laelaps manguinhosi associated with Nectomys rattus in central Brazil is morphometrically distinct from mites infesting N. squamipes in the coastal restingas of Rio de Janeiro and Espírito Santo. The results obtained here indicate that laelapine mite populations can vary among geographic areas and among phylogenetically related host species. Clearly, the study of these mites at the population level can be an important tool for clarifying the taxonomy of both mites and hosts.
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de la Sancha NU, D’Elía G, Teta P. Systematics of the subgenus of mouse opossums Marmosa (Micoureus) (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) with noteworthy records from Paraguay. Mamm Biol 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2011.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Voss RS, Pine RH, Solari S. A New Species of the Didelphid Marsupial GenusMonodelphisfrom Eastern Bolivia. AMERICAN MUSEUM NOVITATES 2012. [DOI: 10.1206/3740.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Vivo MD, Carmignotto AP, Gregorin R, Hingst-Zaher E, Iack-Ximenes GE, Miretzki M, Percequillo AR, Rollo Junior MM, Rossi RV, Taddei VA. Checklist dos mamíferos do Estado de São Paulo, Brasil. BIOTA NEOTROPICA 2011. [DOI: 10.1590/s1676-06032011000500007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A fauna de mamíferos do estado de São Paulo consta de 231 táxons, sendo este número uma estimativa da real diversidade presente na região, dado a falta de amostragem em grandes extensões do estado, e também de revisões taxonômicas para determinados grupos. Ainda assim, nosso conhecimento aumentou em 20% desde a última estimativa em 1998, principalmente em relação aos quirópteros e roedores. Estes dados são provenientes de inventários faunísticos, e também do estudo de espécimes depositados em coleções científicas oriundos de revisões taxonômicas. Também temos um maior volume de dados a respeito da distribuição dos mamíferos em relação às diferentes paisagens presentes no estado, o que nos permite dividir a mastofauna em três componentes distintos: o mais importante desses é o das espécies generalistas, que ocorrem em todas as principais paisagens do estado; o segundo grupo concentra espécies das formações abertas, e o terceiro grupo inclui as espécies essencialmente florestais. Além disso, o número de estudos que tem se preocupado com o efeito da fragmentação de hábitats sobre as comunidades de mamíferos, bem como a respeito da permeabilidade das espécies em áreas alteradas, também aumentaram. Dados a respeito da ocorrência, abundância e vulnerabilidade das espécies foram essenciais para traçar estratégias em relação à escolha de áreas e à indicação de ações prioritárias para a conservação dos mamíferos no estado, assim como classificar as espécies nas diferentes categorias de ameaças propostas, culminando na Lista das Espécies Ameaçadas do Estado de São Paulo. Entretanto, ainda existem inúmeras lacunas de conhecimento, que vão desde o número limitado de amostras zoológicas, até a falta de informações acerca da ecologia e história natural de várias espécies. É imprescindível que aumentemos as amostras de mamíferos em coleções zoológicas, principalmente em áreas de Floresta Ombrófila Densa, nos fragmentos de Cerrado, bem como em áreas do centro e oeste do Estado, que permanecem ainda pouco estudadas, com o objetivo de produzir um maior número de revisões taxonômicas em diversos grupos de mamíferos, e de estudos com abordagens filogeográficas e de genética de populações, para diagnosticarmos de forma efetiva a riqueza de mamíferos no estado, bem como os mecanismos evolutivos responsáveis por esta diversificação. Aliados a esses estudos serão necessárias abordagens ecológicas para gerarmos conhecimento, que em conjunto, nos permitirá avaliarmos o estado de conservação dos mamíferos de São Paulo e tomarmos decisões sobre as melhores estratégias para manejarmos e preservarmos estas espécies.
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Tavares WC, Pessôa LM, Gonçalves PR. New species ofCerradomysfrom coastal sandy plains of southeastern Brazil (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae). J Mammal 2011. [DOI: 10.1644/10-mamm-096.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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PERCEQUILLO ALEXANDRER, WEKSLER MARCELO, COSTA LEONORAP. A new genus and species of rodent from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae: Oryzomyini), with comments on oryzomyine biogeography. Zool J Linn Soc 2011. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00643.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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de la Sancha NU, D'Elía G, Tribe CJ, Perez PE, Valdez L, Pine RH. Rhipidomys (Rodentia, Cricetidae) from Paraguay: noteworthy new records and identity of the Paraguayan species. MAMMALIA 2011. [DOI: 10.1515/mamm.2011.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Zijlstra JS, Madern PA, van den Hoek Ostende LW. New genus and two new species of Pleistocene oryzomyines (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) from Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles. J Mammal 2010. [DOI: 10.1644/09-mamm-a-208.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Souza DP, Asfora PH, Lira TC, Astúa D. Small mammals in Barn Owl (Tyto alba – Aves, Strigiformes) pellets from Northeastern Brazil, with new records of Gracilinanus and Cryptonanus (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae). Mamm Biol 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2009.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Chapada Diamantina is located in central Bahia state, and has a large diversity of habitats, including important transitional areas, but has remained largely unstudied until now. In the present study we list the non-flying mammals of Chapada Diamantina National Park and surroundings. We captured only small non-volant mammals, medium and large mammals were assessed through indirect evidences (tracks and marks) and interviews. We recorded 58 species and 47 genera from seven Mammalian orders. Seven species are included in the list of endangered Brazilian species by IBAMA and IUCN; and other seven are classified as data-deficient. Species richness of small mammals was equivalent among sampled habitats, but species composition varied among habitats (10 in semi-deciduous forest, 9 in rocky savanna and 8 in cerrado sensu stricto), as some species are restricted by humidity to forest habitats. During four different samplings, eight species were collected only in open vegetation, four only in forests, and six in both habitats. Oligoryzomys rupestris and Gracilinanus microtarsus had its geographic range expanded. Faunal composition is similar to the one observed in the Atlantic Forest, including species from Cerrado and Caatinga. Besides, some species occupy different habitats from those previously ascribed to them.
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- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UERJ, Brazil
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de la Sancha N, D'Elía G, Netto F, Pérez P, Salazar-Bravo J. Discovery of Juliomys (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae) in Paraguay, a new genus of Sigmodontinae for the country's Atlantic Forest. MAMMALIA 2009. [DOI: 10.1515/mamm.2009.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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