• To compare 'natural' phenotypic variation across species, a number of efforts have been made to build taxon-specific multi-species AOs (msAOs). (biomedcentral.com)
  • Multiple taxon-specific vertebrate msAOs were developed separately for a number of different purposes. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Unfortunately this did not resolve all these issues, as CARO was not designed to provide a large set of terms for specific structures shared across species, but rather to provide an organizational framework for constructing anatomy ontologies. (biomedcentral.com)
  • When he began his research there in 1985 as a leader of a student expedition, only about 370 species of Malagasy reptiles and amphibians had been identified. (amnh.org)
  • Here we use extensive species-level data in a time-to-event model framework to identify taxonomic and geographic discovery gaps in terrestrial vertebrates. (nature.com)
  • Fig. 1: Variation in observed and predicted discovery trends for the years 1759-2014 across the four terrestrial vertebrate groups. (nature.com)
  • Fig. 3: Predicted future discovery potential across major terrestrial vertebrate taxa. (nature.com)
  • Fig. 4: Global variation in predicted discovery potential, quantified as the percent of all global terrestrial vertebrate discoveries predicted to occur in a region. (nature.com)
  • Alongside these terrestrial vertebrates, the first dinosaurs began to appear. (newscientist.com)
  • In general, their marine faunas are very similar, while there is significant turnover in the terrestrial fauna, primarily at the species level. (ufl.edu)
  • Hundreds of new species of fossil plants, insects, spiders, and vertebrates were described as a result of Hill's work with scientists. (nps.gov)
  • The majority of species in the large genus Sarcophaga are scavengers of small carrion, such as dead insects and snails or smaller vertebrates. (wikipedia.org)
  • Eight species of mite and three species of springtail (hexapods similar to insects) have been found. (livescience.com)
  • Poxviridae consists of 2 subfamilies: Chordopoxvirinae, which infects vertebrates, and Entomopoxvirinae, which infects insects. (medscape.com)
  • Arbovirus (arthropod-borne virus) is defined as any virus that is transmitted to humans and/or other vertebrates by certain species of blood-feeding arthropods, mostly insects (flies and mosquitoes) and arachnids (ticks). (msdmanuals.com)
  • Mature oocytes become fertilizable, and their meiosis is arrested again at a species-specific stage: metaphase of the first division (MetI, many invertebrates), metaphase of the second division (MetII, most vertebrates), or G1-phase (some echinoderms and coelenterates) until fertilization. (elifesciences.org)
  • In contrast, neither a pituitary organ nor gonadotropins arose in most species of invertebrates, indicating the presence of HPG axis-independent regulation in these organisms. (elifesciences.org)
  • Some neuropeptides have been shown to induce oocyte maturation and ovulation (or spawning) in several species of invertebrates. (elifesciences.org)
  • These findings demonstrate that various neuropeptides are responsible for triggering oocyte maturation and ovulation in invertebrates, and suggest that oocyte maturation and ovulation and their underlying molecular mechanisms are regulated in both a species-specific and evolutionarily conserved fashion. (elifesciences.org)
  • Foods: Primarily vegetation but occasionally small invertebrates and vertebrates. (in.gov)
  • Most of the researches concerning Fox genes, however, are on vertebrates and only a relatively low number of studies investigate Fox gene function in invertebrates. (lu.se)
  • They are found in all vertebrates and some invertebrates. (bvsalud.org)
  • We used dynamical models to investigate if community composition, species richness and structure (nestedness) affect species coexistence at carcasses. (wits.ac.za)
  • A few species feed on larger vertebrate carcasses. (wikipedia.org)
  • Fundamentally, we must know where species that are threatened by invasive alien species (IAS) live, and the degree to which they are threatened. (fu-berlin.de)
  • This regulation sets out the rules designed to prevent, minimise and mitigate the adverse effects on biodiversity of the introduction and propagation of invasive alien species considered to be of concern in the Member States of the Union. (belgium.be)
  • The "concerning" character of an invasive alien species is determined after a risk assessment carried out according to objective criteria. (belgium.be)
  • The European Commission draws up the list of invasive alien species of concern to the European Union. (belgium.be)
  • The procedure is conducted using the committee procedure during which the Commission asks Member States to vote in favour of or against a list of species the scientific relevance of which has been previously validated by the European Scientific Forum on Invasive Alien Species . (belgium.be)
  • A total of 41 plants and 47 animals are on the European list of Invasive Alien Species of Union concern. (belgium.be)
  • Single-species model organism anatomy ontologies (ssAOs) have been established to represent this variation. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Uberon is a core resource that supports single- and cross-species queries for candidate genes using annotations for phenotypes from the systematics, biodiversity, medical, and model organism communities, while also providing entities for logical definitions in the Cell and Gene Ontologies. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This report builds on The Arctic Species Trend Index 2010: Tracking trends in Arctic wildlife, which provided our first broad measure of trends in vertebrate populations at a pan-Arctic scale. (arctic-council.org)
  • To provide information on the number of amphibian species present at a one-kilometer spatial resolution which can be used in modeling efforts, wildlife conservation planning, natural resource management, policy-making, biodiversity studies and human-environment interactions. (columbia.edu)
  • As other studies have shown, climate warming may lead to substantial but idiosyncratic effects on wildlife species that could result in community composition shifts. (researchgate.net)
  • Utilizing the ASTI data (890 vertebrate populations from 323 species spanning a time period from 1951 to 2010), we expanded the original investigation to examine broad-scale spatial patterns of biodiversity change across the Arctic. (arctic-council.org)
  • Scientists have long sought a technology to humanely control populations of damaging invasive pests in a species-specific manner. (mdpi.com)
  • The species now occupies a large part of the country with the largest populations found around the Great Lakes region and the Atlantic coast. (in.gov)
  • As you might expect, this change in global climate killed off a huge number of species and decimated the pseudosuchian populations. (newscientist.com)
  • The newly broadened Uberon ontology is a unified cross-taxon resource for metazoans (animals) that has been substantially expanded to include a broad diversity of vertebrate anatomical structures, permitting reasoning across anatomical variation in extinct and extant taxa. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Tetrapods are the main core of vertebrates and it was the earliest tetrapods that first developed limbs and left that water to begin life on land. (animalcorner.org)
  • Tetrapods - these are bony vertebrates with four limbs or appendages. (animalcorner.org)
  • The first land-living vertebrate tetrapods include the earliest limbed vertebrates and all of its descendants including those that have since lost their limbs such as snakes. (animalcorner.org)
  • Salamanders are the only vertebrates able to regenerate their limbs. (lu.se)
  • compared a century-old dataset on species richness in the Mojave against modern surveys to measure climate-related changes in bird and small mammal communities. (researchgate.net)
  • He has formulated a revised classification for the entire group of New World lizards called Iguania, comprising about 1,000 species in the Americas, Madagascar, Fiji, and Tonga. (amnh.org)
  • Although insightful advances have recently related community composition and structure with species coexistence in mutualistic and antagonistic networks, little is known regarding other species assemblages, such as those of scavengers exploiting carrion. (wits.ac.za)
  • Griffon Vulture ( Gyps fulvus ) and certain meso- facultative mammalian scavengers (i.e., red fox, Vulpes vulpes, and stone marten, Martes foina ) were the main species contributing to nestedness. (wits.ac.za)
  • It can be used to bridge other species-specific animal anatomy ontologies, see the documentation for details. (obofoundry.org)
  • Costello, M. J., May, R. M. & Stork, N. E. Can we name Earth's species before they go extinct? (nature.com)
  • Mora, C., Rollo, A. & Tittensor, D. P. Comment on 'Can we name Earth's species before they go extinct? (nature.com)
  • Costello, M. J., May, R. M. & Stork, N. E. Response to comments on 'Can we name Earth's species before they go extinct? (nature.com)
  • The Placodermi, armoured jawed fishes of the Silurian to Devonian periods (430-360 million years old), are an entirely extinct major group of gnathostomes (jawed vertebrates). (plos.org)
  • So, from this extinct endemic species, the brown rat might claim descent. (tenerife-information-centre.com)
  • It is the largest family in the British Isles and in America north of Mexico, and it may prove to be so in other regions when huge numbers of now-unknown species are described (if they are described before they become extinct by habitat destruction). (ufl.edu)
  • This document was published in 2019 and is the first comprehensive overview of Bhutan's species richness, recording more than 11,000 species across the seven kingdoms. (gbif.org)
  • However, the proportion of species stopping the consumption of carrion (as derived from the competitive dynamic model) stabilized at high richness and nestedness levels. (wits.ac.za)
  • This suggests that high species richness and nestedness may characterize scavenging networks that are robust to high levels of interspecific competition for carrion. (wits.ac.za)
  • The 2015 Release of the Global Amphibian Richness Grids data set of the Gridded Species Distribution collection are aggregations of the presence grids data for the entire class, individual families, and International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List status categories. (columbia.edu)
  • Anti-Hu antibodies may alter the production of these proteins, which are essential for the development, maturation, and maintenance of the vertebrate nervous system. (medscape.com)
  • The mechanisms involved in senescence in the Seychelles warbler will probably mirror many of those that would affect other vertebrates including humans. (rug.nl)
  • Cowpox virus "scarification" by Jenner, used to induce protective immunity against smallpox, is not a single species but a group of up to 5 virus species that infects cows, humans, and other animals. (medscape.com)
  • Similar mutations are also found in humans, so we understand what they do, and hence, we know what to look out for when analyzing the sequence data of those species. (lu.se)
  • Mute swans are one of the world's most aggressive waterfowl species and injure, kill, or displace native birds and other waterfowl. (in.gov)
  • Different species of birds see the world in different ways as a result of their different lifestyles. (lu.se)
  • vertebrate skeletal, vertebrate homologous, teleost, amphibian AOs) have been developed to represent 'natural' phenotypic variation across species. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Christopher J. Raxworthy's research focuses on Old World reptile and amphibian systematics and biogeography, especially the study of family relationships among species of chameleons. (amnh.org)
  • Ascidians are the closest living relatives of vertebrates, and their study is important for understanding the evolutionary processes of oocyte maturation and ovulation. (elifesciences.org)
  • In particular, the earliest and most primitive placoderms have great potential to illuminate the evolution of jawed vertebrate traits. (plos.org)
  • The other is a new genus and species that will be presented in my next post. (carnegiemnh.org)
  • The Bromacker Dimetrodon is considerably smaller than other known species of the genus, and this is one character among other more detailed anatomical features that distinguishes it. (carnegiemnh.org)
  • Leishmaniasis is caused by a protozoal parasite of the genus Leishmania which multiplies in certain vertebrates that act as reservoirs of the disease. (who.int)
  • It is not part of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses classification of viruses (ie, it is not a species, genus, or family), which is based on the nature and structure of the viral genome. (msdmanuals.com)
  • The study [17] reports on this phenomenon by which the urban forest gains in biodiversity and subsequently serves as a reservoir and relay of biodiversity: Site colonization by native species was particularly high at sites ≤100m from existing native vegetation, suggesting that even small patches of native vegetation in urban landscapes will be valuable as seed sources for accelerating native plant establishment at nearby receptive sites. (researchgate.net)
  • It also aims to provide up-to-date species checklists annually, by keeping track of new species records and discoveries in Bhutan. (gbif.org)
  • Much of biodiversity remains undiscovered, causing species and their functions to remain unrealized and potentially lost in ignorance. (nature.com)
  • Although their spread can have beneficial aspects, invasive species can disrupt ecosystems, reduce biodiversity and threaten livelihoods. (mdpi.com)
  • Salton Sea SRA Bioblitz: Let's get together and observe as many species as we can to celebrate California Biodiversity Day! (ca.gov)
  • New maps of the vulnerability of threatened vertebrates to IAS permit assessments of whether IAS have a major influence on biodiversity, and if so, which taxonomic groups are threatened and where they are threatened. (fu-berlin.de)
  • Uberon is a multi-species anatom ontology covering metazoa (animals). (obofoundry.org)
  • This implies that placoderms may be uniquely informative about the evolution of gnathostome body architecture, the single most dramatic morphological transformation in vertebrate evolution and a key step in our own ancestry. (plos.org)
  • The major mission of my lab is to use modern neuroscience tools to study the evolution of vertebrate brains in quantitative terms. (lu.se)
  • I am a PhD student in zoology at Charles University and I focus on evolution of brain complexity and processing capacity in different vertebrate lineages. (lu.se)
  • I study the evolution of vertebrate brains with particular interests in the number of neurons in the bird brain. (lu.se)
  • These findings highlight the importance of international policy support for basic taxonomic research and the potential of quantitative models to aid species discovery. (nature.com)
  • We seek to combine the isotropic fractionator that allows estimation of neuronal and glial cell numbers and distributions across hundreds of species with whole-brain labeling, clearing and automated light microscopy methods that allow quantitative whole-brain mapping of cell type distributions. (lu.se)
  • Our ultimate goal is to assess how evolutionary diversification or convergence in brain quantitative features contributes to the broad behavioral repertoires seen across vertebrates. (lu.se)
  • Even though vertebrates are a diverse group of animals, only around 50,000 species have been identified which is a very small fraction of all animal species. (animalcorner.org)
  • Vertebrates include all animals that have a backbone. (animalcorner.org)
  • This by no means a comprehensive list of vertebrate animals but is a selection of the most popular vertebrates featured on this website. (animalcorner.org)
  • Reciprocal, lethal rivalry of this sort is rare among wild animals, but considering the feeding relationships of these particular species, it is not too surprising that this unusual behavior has developed. (encyclopedia.com)
  • Two posters include illustrations of the majority of the plants and animals species concerned. (belgium.be)
  • As an alternative to these limitations, studies have been proposed using different animals, including several mammal species, to be adopted as experimental models 3-5 . (bvsalud.org)
  • Disentangling the processes that shape the organization of ecological assemblages and its implications for species coexistence is one of the foremost challenges of ecology. (wits.ac.za)
  • Some mutations in oocytes lead to infertility in the mature organism, whereas others, over a long period of time, may eventually lead to the emergence of novel species or subspecies. (elifesciences.org)
  • This FOA is a companion to RFA-AG-24-019 , Comparative Research on Determinants of Differences Among Human and Nonhuman Primate Species in Life Spans, Life Histories, and Other Aging-Related Outcomes, and Prospects for Translation, which invites R01 research projects in this topic area and describes specific topics of interest. (nih.gov)
  • Built with readily available data, this approach allows for the prediction of the risk of extinction of a larger number of species compared with that provided by expert-based assessments. (nature.com)
  • The easiest way to differentiate mute swans from the other two species is that adult mute swans have an orange beak with a black border near their eyes and a black knob atop their beak. (in.gov)
  • This review charts the twists and turns on the road to developing gene drives in vertebrates. (mdpi.com)
  • The realisation of robust gene drive strategies in vertebrate pests has the potential to revolutionise biocontrol. (mdpi.com)
  • Dr. Frost also studies the notion of species in systematic biology and evaluates ways to effectively combine molecular and morphological data. (amnh.org)
  • Since then Dr. Raxworthy in collaboration with others has found (and is now describing) more than 150 new species and has added a wealth of information to the published literature on known species. (amnh.org)
  • A major strength of scRNAseq is that it allows for powerful cross species comparisons. (lu.se)
  • The Earth as a whole had a warmer climate than it does today, so several species of dinosaur flourished in Antarctica from about 140-to-100-million-years ago. (livescience.com)
  • In addition, determining the invasiveness of a species depends on a number of local factors, including type of habitat. (invasivespeciesinfo.gov)
  • Expression of the two basic forms of the disease, namely cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis depends on the species of Leishmania responsible and the immune response to infection. (who.int)
  • The invasive mute swan and its destructive impacts to native ecosystems can negatively affect other swan species. (in.gov)
  • However, all these species occur elsewhere in Europe, which means that they could be reintroduced into Sweden. (lu.se)
  • We found that centres of IAS-threatened vertebrates are concentrated in the Americas, India, Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand. (fu-berlin.de)
  • Fish and Other Aquatic Vertebrates are members of the subphylum Vertebrata who spend the majority of their lives in freshwater, marine, or estuarine environments. (invasivespeciesinfo.gov)
  • A lack of eyes has evolved in some soil-inhabiting (Leptotyphlinae) and cave-inhabiting species, and winglessness has evolved in species occupying environments including mountains, the soil, caves, and seashores. (ufl.edu)
  • This study revealed that, without additional management intervention, restoration of mature, late-successional forest cannot be achieved by simultaneous planting of native species. (researchgate.net)
  • We report the first study linking 1372 vertebrates threatened by more than 200 IAS from the completely revised Global Invasive Species Database. (fu-berlin.de)
  • Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate the morphology of tooth enamel from buffalo species Bubalus bubalis as a replacement for human enamel in laboratory studies, using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). (bvsalud.org)