Browsing Artículos (éditos e inéditos) by Subject "South America"
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Chromosome variability and evolution in rodents of the tribe abrotrichini (rodentia, cricetidae, sigmodontinae)
(Springer Research Institute, 2019-11-30)Rodents are a very diverse group with large chromosome variability. One of the most species rich linage in the Neotropics is the Sigmodontinae. Among them, the tribe Abrotrichini was recently defined and its taxonomy and ... -
DNA barcodes highlight genetic diversity patterns in rodents from lowland desert and Andean areas in Argentina
(John Wiley & Sons, 2022-02-14)Rodents are an important component of South America fauna. Their high diversity has motivated researchers to continually review their taxonomy, genetic diversity, species limits, and phylogenetic relationships. Here, we ... -
Integrative analysis of chromosome banding, telomere localization and molecular genetics in the highly variable Ctenomys of the Corrientes group (Rodentia; Ctenomyidae)
(Springer, 2018-08-03)The genus Ctenomys comprises about 70 species with great chromosome diversity. The Corrientes group is one of the most chromosomally variable lineages in the genus, where the diploid number (2n) varies from 41 to 70. In ... -
New distributional records of the exotic land snail Bradybaena similares (Férussac, 1822) (Gastropoda, Bradybaenidae) in Argentina
(Centro Regional Euroasiático de Invasiones Biológicas, 2019-04-24)Bradybaena similaris (Férussac, 1822) is an invasive land snail species native to East Asia, which is widely distributed in South America, including Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay and Paraguay. In Argentina, very few ... -
New records and range expansion for Paspalum procurrens and P. volcanense in northwestern Argentina and southeastern Bolivia
(Pensoft editor, 2019-12-31)Paspalum procurrens Quarin and P. volcanense Zuloaga, Morrone & Denham are two rare species of South American grasses inhabiting geographically restricted areas which are exposed to ecological degradation due to landscape ... -
Phylogenetic relationships among cryptic species of the phyllotis xanthopygus complex (rodentia, cricetidae)
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, 2021-01-12)The leaf-eared mouse, Phyllotis xanthopygus (Waterhouse 1837) is a widely distributed sigmodontine rodent in South America, with populations ranging from central Peru to southern Argentina and Chile. Previous morphological ... -
Second-generation bioethanol from industrial wood waste of South American species
(Green Wave Publishing of Canada, 2017-09-01)There is a global interest in replacing fossil fuels with renewable sources of energy. The present review evaluates the significance of South-American wood industrial wastes for bioethanol production. Four countries have ...
