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Article Reference Healed mid-shaft fracture of an Early Roman bovine femur
We evaluated a healed fracture that was observed in the shaft of a bovine femur from an Early Roman settlement context at the site of Wange, Belgium. Using external observation and X-ray images, the specimen is described, paying particular attention to displacement of the bone ends, shortening of the bone, and callus formation. Similar fractures seen in femora of a modern Derby’s antelope (Taurotragus derbianus) and of a modern eastern lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla graueri) are described, and we discuss why the incidence of healed femur fractures is so limited in large mammals.
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Article Reference Heeft de uitwendige gehoorgang van walvisachtigen nog enige functie?
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Article Reference Henri J. Dumont, scientist and editor
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Proceedings Reference Herbaceous Plant Availability and Use by Western Lowland Gorillas in South East Cameroon
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Article Reference Hidden biodiversity in an ancient lake: phylogenetic congruence between Lake Tanganyika tropheine cichlids and their monogenean flatworm parasites
The stunning diversity of cichlid fishes has greatly enhanced our understanding of speciation and radiation. Little is known about the evolution of cichlid parasites. Parasites are abundant components of biodiversity, whose diversity typically exceeds that of their hosts. In the first comprehensive phylogenetic parasitological analysis of a vertebrate radiation, we study monogenean parasites infecting tropheine cichlids from Lake Tanganyika. Monogeneans are flatworms usually infecting the body surface and gills of fishes. In contrast to many other parasites, they depend only on a single host species to complete their lifecycle. Our spatially comprehensive combined nuclear-mitochondrial DNA dataset of the parasites covering almost all tropheine host species (N = 18), reveals species-rich parasite assemblages and shows consistent host-specificity. Statistical comparisons of host and parasite phylogenies based on distance and topology-based tests demonstrate significant congruence and suggest that host-switching is rare. Molecular rate evaluation indicates that species of Cichlidogyrus probably diverged synchronically with the initial radiation of the tropheines. They further diversified through within-host speciation into an overlooked species radiation. The unique life history and specialisation of certain parasite groups has profound evolutionary consequences. Hence, evolutionary parasitology adds a new dimension to the study of biodiversity hotspots like Lake Tanganyika.
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Article Reference Hidden suppression of sex ratio distortion suggests Red queen dynamics between Wolbachia and its dwarf spider host.
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Article Reference High bat (Chiroptera) diversity in the Early Eocene of India
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Article Reference High concentration of long-snouted beaked whales (genus Messapicetus) from the Miocene of Peru
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Article Reference High concentration of long-snouted beaked whales (genus Messapicetus) from the Miocene of Peru
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Article Reference High cryptic diversity and persistent lineage segregation in endemic Romecytheridea (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from the ancient Lake Tangayika (East Africa)
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