Browsing by Subject "Biodiversity Conservation; Ecology"

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    • Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) in Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus gazella 
      Hernandez, Jorge; Prado Jiménez, Valeria; Torres, Daniel; Waldenstrom, Jonas; Haemig, Paul D.; Olsen, Bjorn (2007)
      Rectal swabs were collected from Antarctic fur seal pups Arctocephalus gazella at Cape Shirreff, South Shetland Islands, and analyzed for the presence of anthropogenic pathogens. Two of the 33 pups tested positive for ...
    • Systematics, taxonomy and domestication of alpaca and llama: new chromosomal and molecular evidence 
      Marín, Juan C.; Zapata, Beatriz; González, Benito; Bonacic, Cristian; Wheeler, Jane C.; Casey, Ciara; Bruford, Michael W.; Palma, R. Eduardo; Poulin, Elie; Alliende Rodríguez, María Angélica; Spotorno Oyarzún, Ángel (2007)
      Four camelid species exist in South America: two wild, the guanaco (Lama guanicoe) and the vicuna (Victigna vicugna), and two domestic, the alpaca (Lama pacos) and the llama (Lama glama). However, the origin of the domestic ...
    • Within selection 
      Valenzuela Yuraidini, Carlos (2007)
      The synthetic theory of evolution proposes that biotic variations generated by mutation are mostly fixed, lost or maintained polymorphic by natural selection, with a marginal effect due to genetic drift. Based on the theory ...