All Outputs (31)

Reconstructed historical distribution and phylogeography unravels non-steppic origin of Caucasotachea vindobonensis (Gastropoda: Helicidae) (2017)
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Existing data on the phylogeography of European taxa of steppic provenance suggests that species were widely distributed during glacial periods but underwent range contraction and fragmentation during interglacials into “warm-stage refugia.” Among th... Read More about Reconstructed historical distribution and phylogeography unravels non-steppic origin of Caucasotachea vindobonensis (Gastropoda: Helicidae).

A pilot study to survey the carnivore community in the hyper-arid environment of South Sinai Mountains (2017)
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Carnivores are one of the taxa most affected by habitat fragmentation and human persecution; as a result, most carnivore species are declining; for this reason monitoring changes in carnivore population is paramount to plan effective conservation pro... Read More about A pilot study to survey the carnivore community in the hyper-arid environment of South Sinai Mountains.

Formin Is Associated with Left-Right Asymmetry in the Pond Snail and the Frog (2016)
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While components of the pathway that establishes left-right asymmetry have been identified in diverse animals, from vertebrates to flies, it is striking that the genes involved in the first symmetry-breaking step remain wholly unknown in the most obv... Read More about Formin Is Associated with Left-Right Asymmetry in the Pond Snail and the Frog.

Evidence of introgressive hybridization between the morphologically divergent land snails Ainohelix and Ezohelix (2015)
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Hybridization between different taxa is likely to take place when adaptive morphological differences evolve more rapidly than reproductive isolation. When studying the phylogenetic relationship between two land snails of different nominal genera, Ain... Read More about Evidence of introgressive hybridization between the morphologically divergent land snails Ainohelix and Ezohelix.

Gene Splicing of an Invertebrate Beta Subunit (LCav?) in the N-Terminal and HOOK Domains and Its Regulation of LCav1 and LCav2 Calcium Channels (2014)
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The accessory beta subunit (Cavβ) of calcium channels first appear in the same genome as Cav1 L-type calcium channels in single-celled coanoflagellates. The complexity of this relationship expanded in vertebrates to include four different possible Ca... Read More about Gene Splicing of an Invertebrate Beta Subunit (LCav?) in the N-Terminal and HOOK Domains and Its Regulation of LCav1 and LCav2 Calcium Channels.

A conserved set of maternal genes? Insights from a molluscan transcriptome (2014)
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The early animal embryo is entirely reliant on maternal gene products for a ‘jump-start’ that transforms a transcriptionally inactive embryo into a fully functioning zygote. Despite extensive work on model species, it has not been possible to perform... Read More about A conserved set of maternal genes? Insights from a molluscan transcriptome.

Fine mapping of the pond snail left-right asymmetry (chirality) locus using RAD-Seq and fibre-FISH (2013)
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The left-right asymmetry of snails, including the direction of shell coiling, is determined by the delayed effect of a maternal gene on the chiral twist that takes place during early embryonic cell divisions. Yet, despite being a well-established cla... Read More about Fine mapping of the pond snail left-right asymmetry (chirality) locus using RAD-Seq and fibre-FISH.

Irish Cepaea nemoralis land snails have a cryptic Franco-Iberian origin that is most easily explained by the movements of mesolithic humans (2013)
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The origins of flora and fauna that are only found in Ireland and Iberia, but which are absent from intervening countries, is one of the enduring questions of biogeography. As Southern French, Iberian and Irish populations of the land snail Cepaea ne... Read More about Irish Cepaea nemoralis land snails have a cryptic Franco-Iberian origin that is most easily explained by the movements of mesolithic humans.

RAD-Seq derived markers flank the shell colour and banding loci of the Cepaea nemoralis supergene (2013)
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Studies on the classic shell colour and banding polymorphism of the land snail Cepaea played a crucial role in establishing the importance of natural selection in maintaining morphological variation. Cepaea is also a pre-eminent model for ecologica... Read More about RAD-Seq derived markers flank the shell colour and banding loci of the Cepaea nemoralis supergene.

Molecular phylogeny of the helicoid land snails (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora: Helicoidea), with special emphasis on the Camaenidae (2007)
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The superfamily Helicoidea is a large and diverse group of land snails belonging to the Pulmonate suborder Stylommatophora. It has an almost worldwide distribution, absent from only sub-Saharan Africa, southern South America, New Zealand and some Pac... Read More about Molecular phylogeny of the helicoid land snails (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora: Helicoidea), with special emphasis on the Camaenidae.

Sex and darts in slugs and snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Stylommatophora) (2005)
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In the final stages of an elaborate courtship, many slugs and snails shoot calcareous 'love' darts into each other. While darts improve the reproductive success of the shooter, by promoting sperm survival in the recipient, it is unclear why some spec... Read More about Sex and darts in slugs and snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Stylommatophora).