Abstract Endotherms recently expanding to cold environments generally exhibit strong physiological acclimation sustain high body temperature. During this process, gut microbes likely play a considerable role in host functions, including digestion and thermogenesis. The Light-vented bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis represents one of such species. It used be restricted the Oriental realm, but expanded ...

A 7-year-old, female, red-eared slider turtle was presented with proximal diaphyseal oblique femoral fracture due to falling out of bed. preoperative evaluation computed tomography performed evaluate the anatomy femur. The appropriate implant selection decided upon three-dimensional printed model before plate osteosynthesis. Follow-up time for patient 6 months and functional outcome considered ...

Abstract Cave biodiversity and ecosystems are underexplored. To guide conservation needs for visitor management, we surveyed the 2,158 m long Danial in northern Iran vertebrate fauna. We identified four mammalian two amphibian species cave: greater horseshoe bat Rhinolophus ferrumequinum , Blasius's blasii lesser mouse-eared myotis Myotis blythii Hyrcanian field mouse Apodemus hyrcanicus wood f...

Three bat species have long been considered to occur within the state of Rajasthan—the Lesser Mouse-Eared Myotis blythii Tomes, 1857, Large Barbastelle Barbastella darjelingensis Hodgson, in Horsfield, 1855 and Serotine Bat Eptesicus serotinus pachyomus 1857. Rajasthan is type locality for two these species—Myotis pachyomus. Despite targeted surveys, bats not observed more than a century half. ...

The current study presents findings on the occurrence of partial albinism (leucism) in a bird species, Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer (Linnaeus, 1766) Rajgir Wildlife Sanctuary located Nalanda district Bihar, India. Various anomalies color patterns result conditions such as Albinism, Erythrism, Melanism, Xanthism, and Schizochromism. These are characterized by alterations pigmentation conce...

Spinal neurons with descending axons are important components of spinal sensorimotor networks. We used an anatomical tracing technique to study the distribution of descending propriospinal axons and cell bodies in red-eared turtles. We injected horseradish peroxidase into a portion of one funiculus in the middle of the hindlimb enlargement and examined six spinal segments rostral to the injecti...

The genomes of warm-blooded vertebrates are characterized by a strong heterogeneity in base composition, with GC-rich and GC-poor isochores. The GC content of sequences, especially in third codon positions, is highly correlated with that of the isochore they are embedded in. In amphibian and fish genomes, GC-rich isochores are nearly absent. Thus, it has been proposed that the GC increase in a ...