scholarly journals The evolutionary history of a mammal species with a highly fragmented range: the phylogeography of the European snow vole

2009 ◽  
Vol 279 (3) ◽  
pp. 243-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Castiglia ◽  
F. Annesi ◽  
B. Kryštufek ◽  
M. G. Filippucci ◽  
G. Amori
Keyword(s):  
Evolutionary History ◽  
Mammal Species ◽  
History Of

First North African record of a melanistic common genet (Genetta genetta Linnaeus, 1758)

Mammalia ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mourad Ahmim ◽  
Hafid Aroudj ◽  
Farouk Aroudj ◽  
Saaid Saidi ◽  
Samir Aroudj
Keyword(s):  
North Africa ◽  
Evolutionary History ◽  
North African ◽  
Mammal Species ◽  
Genetta Genetta ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Common ◽  
True Occurrence

Abstract The common genet (Genetta genetta Linnaeus, 1758) is a rare and protected mammal species in Algeria. We report the first melanistic individual of this species ever recorded in North Africa. Such animals have only been recorded in Spain and Portugal so far. It is unclear why melanistic common genets seem to be so rare in its African range. More research is needed to determine the true occurrence of melanistic individuals, and what the evolutionary history of melanism is in common genets.

scholarly journals Terrestriality and bacterial transfer: A comparative study of gut microbiomes in sympatric Malagasy mammals

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda C. Perofsky ◽  
Rebecca J. Lewis ◽  
Lauren Ancel Meyers
Keyword(s):  
Evolutionary History ◽  
Multivariate Analyses ◽  
Horizontal Transmission ◽  
Primate Species ◽  
Mammal Species ◽  
Shared History ◽  
Ecological Predictors ◽  
Captive Populations ◽  
History Of ◽  
Lemur Species

AbstractThe gut microbiomes of mammals appear to mirror their hosts’ phylogeny, suggesting a shared history of co-speciation. Yet, much of this evidence stems from comparative studies of distinct wild or captive populations that lack data for disentangling the relative influences of shared phylogeny and environment. Here, we present phylogenetic and multivariate analyses of gut microbiomes from six sympatric (i.e., co-occurring) mammal species inhabiting a 1-km2 area in western Madagascar—three lemur and three non-primate species—that consider genetic, dietary, and ecological predictors of microbiome functionality and composition. Host evolutionary history, indeed, appears to drive gut microbial patterns among distantly related species. However, we also find that diet—reliance on leaves versus fruit—is the best predictor of microbiome similarity among closely related lemur species, and that host substrate preference—ground versus tree— constrains horizontal transmission via incidental contact with feces, with arboreal species harboring far more distinct communities than those of their terrestrial and semi-terrestrial counterparts.

Elaborating the role of reflection and individual differences in the study of folk-economic beliefs

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Arceneaux
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Evolutionary History ◽  
Behavioral Responses ◽  
History Of ◽  
Economic Beliefs

AbstractIntuitions guide decision-making, and looking to the evolutionary history of humans illuminates why some behavioral responses are more intuitive than others. Yet a place remains for cognitive processes to second-guess intuitive responses – that is, to be reflective – and individual differences abound in automatic, intuitive processing as well.

PHYLOGENY AND EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF LICHID TRILOBITES

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
James C. Lamsdell ◽  
◽  
Melanie J. Hopkins
Keyword(s):  
Evolutionary History ◽  
History Of
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