Causal or spurious relationship? Climate and the distribution of Phelsuma geckos on Grand Comoro Island

2017 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 500-508
Author(s):  
Oliver Hawlitschek ◽  
Boris Brückmann ◽  
Frank Glaw
Keyword(s):  
Comoro Island

Pseudomonas rubrilineans. [Distribution map].

1987 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
West Indies ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
French Guiana ◽  
New South ◽  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Comoro Island ◽  
New Distribution

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Pseudomonas rubrilineans[Acidovorax avenae subsp. avenae] (Lee et al.) Stapp. Hosts: sugarcane (Saccharum). Information is given on the geographical distribution in Africa, Comoro Island, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Reunion, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaire Republic, Zimbabwe, Asia, Burma, China, Formosa (Taiwan), India, Bihar, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Punjab, Indonesia, Java, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Kampuchea, Malaysia, Nepal, Okinawa, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Australasia & Oceania, Australia, New South Wales, Queensland, Fiji, Guam, Hawaii, Papua New Guinea, Tahiti, North America, Mexico, USA, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Central America & West Indies, Barbados, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Salvador, St Kitts, St Lucia, Trinidad, South America, Argentina, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Minas Gerais, Montana, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, Venezuela. This map has since been incorporated into Map No. 511, Acidovorax avenae subsp. avenae (Manns) Willems, Goor, Thielmans, Kersters & De Ley.

Observations on the timing of reproduction in the congeneric Comoro Island fruit bats,Pteropus livingstoniiandP. seychellensis comorensis

1995 ◽  
Vol 236 (2) ◽  
pp. 327-331 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. J. Trewhella ◽  
P. F. Reason ◽  
J. G. Davies ◽  
S. Wray
Keyword(s):  
Fruit Bats ◽  
Timing Of Reproduction ◽  
Comoro Island

scholarly journals XPC and POLH/XPV Genes Mutated in a Genetic Cluster of Xeroderma Pigmentosum Patients in Northeast Brazil

2022 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ligia Pereira Castro ◽  
Danilo Batista-Vieira ◽  
Tiago Antonio de Souza ◽  
Ana Rafaela de Souza Timoteo ◽  
Jessica Dayanna Landivar Coutinho ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Xeroderma Pigmentosum ◽  
High Throughput Sequencing ◽  
First Year ◽  
Genetic Condition ◽  
Genetic Cluster ◽  
High Incidence ◽  
Comoro Island ◽  
First Year Of Life ◽  
Defective Dna Repair

Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) is a rare genetic condition in which exposure to sunlight leads to a high tumor incidence due to defective DNA repair machinery. Herein, we investigated seven patients clinically diagnosed with XP living in a small city, Montanhas (Rio Grande do Norte), in the Northeast region of Brazil. We performed high-throughput sequencing and, surprisingly, identified two different mutated genes. Six patients carry a novel homozygote mutation in the POLH/XPV gene, c.672_673insT (p.Leu225Serfs*33), while one patient carries a homozygote mutation in the XPC gene, c.2251-1G>C. This latter mutation was previously described in Southeastern Africa (Comoro Island and Mozambique), Pakistan, and in a high incidence in Brazil. The XP-C patient had the first symptoms before the first year of life with aggressive ophthalmologic tumor progression and a melanoma onset at 7 years of age. The XP-V patients presented a milder phenotype with later onset of the disorder (mean age of 16 years old), and one of the six XP-V patients developed melanoma at 72 years. The photoprotection is minimal among them, mainly for the XP-V patients. The differences in the disease severity between XP-C (more aggressive) and XP-V (milder) patients are obvious and point to the major role of photoprotection in the XPs. We estimate that the incidence of XP patients at Montanhas can be higher, but with no diagnosis, due to poor health assistance. Patients still suffer from the stigmatization of the condition, impairing diagnosis, education for sun protection, and medical care.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document