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Scleral appearance is not a correlate of domestication in mammals. 巩膜外观与哺乳动物的驯化无关。

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Zoological Letters Pub Date : 2023-05-29 DOI: 10.1186/s40851-023-00210-z

Kai R Caspar, Lisa Hüttner, Sabine Begall

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Bones and all: a new critically endangered Pantepui species of Stefania (Anura: Hemiphractidae) and a new osteological synapomorphy for the genus. 骨和所有:一种新的极度濒危的Stefania Pantepui种(无尾目:半肢动物科)和该属的一个新的骨突触形态。

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Zoological Letters Pub Date : 2023-05-25 DOI: 10.1186/s40851-023-00209-6

Philippe J R Kok

{"title":"Bones and all: a new critically endangered Pantepui species of Stefania (Anura: Hemiphractidae) and a new osteological synapomorphy for the genus.","authors":"Philippe J R Kok","doi":"10.1186/s40851-023-00209-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40851-023-00209-6","url":null,"abstract":"The hemiphractid frog genus Stefania is one of the many ancient (near-) endemic lineages of vertebrates inhabiting the biodiverse Pantepui biogeographical region in the Guiana Shield Highlands of northern South America-the famous \"Lost World\" of Arthur Conan Doyle. Previous molecular analyses of the genus Stefania have indicated that species boundaries and phylogenetic relationships are often incongruent with morphological traits in that clade. A substantial number of \"taxonomically cryptic\" species, often microendemic, remain to be described. This is notably the case for an isolated population from the summit of Wei-Assipu-tepui, a small table-top mountain at the border between Guyana and Brazil. That population was previously known as Stefania sp. 6 and belongs to the S. riveroi clade. The new species is phylogenetically distinct, but phenotypically extremely similar to S. riveroi, a taxon found only on the summit of Yuruaní-tepui in Venezuela and recovered as sister to all the other known species in the S. riveroi clade. The new taxon is described based on morphology and osteology. Data about genetic divergences within the S. riveroi clade are provided. A new synapomorphy for the genus Stefania is proposed: the presence of a distal process on the third metacarpal. Amended definitions are offered for the three other species in the S. riveroi clade (S. ayangannae, S. coxi, S. riveroi). The new species should be listed as Critically Endangered according to IUCN criteria.","PeriodicalId":54280,"journal":{"name":"Zoological Letters","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-05-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10210337/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9526067","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The use of polarized light in the zonal orientation of the sandhopper Talitrus saltator (Montagu). 偏振光在沙蚤(Talitrus saltator，蒙塔古)纬向定向中的应用。

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Zoological Letters Pub Date : 2023-05-18 DOI: 10.1186/s40851-023-00207-8

Alberto Ugolini, Takahiko Hariyama, David C Wilcockson, Luca Mercatelli

{"title":"The use of polarized light in the zonal orientation of the sandhopper Talitrus saltator (Montagu).","authors":"Alberto Ugolini, Takahiko Hariyama, David C Wilcockson, Luca Mercatelli","doi":"10.1186/s40851-023-00207-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40851-023-00207-8","url":null,"abstract":"It is well known that the celestial polarization is used as a compass cue by many species of insects and crustaceans. Although it has been shown that the sandhopper Talitrus saltator perceives polarized light and possesses an arrangement of the rhabdomeres that could allow e-vector interpretation and utilization, T. saltator does not use the e-vector of the skylight polarization as a compass cue when making excursions along the sea-land axis of sandy shores. We performed tests in confined conditions to clarify if skylight polarization is somehow involved in the zonal recovery of T. saltator. We observed the directional responses of sandhoppers in a transparent bowl under an artificial sky (an opaline Plexiglas dome). The bowl was covered by a blue gelatin filter with a grey filter (control condition) and a linear polarizing filter (experimental conditions) positioned under the blue one in such a way as to occupy half of the upper surface of the Plexiglas bowl so as to create a linear polarization gradient. Our experiments confirm that T. saltator perceives polarized light and highlight that this visual capability determines the perception, or perhaps the increase, of the radiance and/or spectral gradient and their use as compass cues in the zonal orientation. Moreover, our findings confirm that the radiance gradient is used as a chronometric compass orienting reference in the absence of other celestial orienting cues.","PeriodicalId":54280,"journal":{"name":"Zoological Letters","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10193715/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9498226","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Photoreceptor genes in a trechine beetle, Trechiama kuznetsovi, living in the upper hypogean zone. 生活在上下极区的一种金龟子（Trechiama kuznetsovi）的感光基因。

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Zoological Letters Pub Date : 2023-05-12 DOI: 10.1186/s40851-023-00208-7

Takuma Niida, Yuto Terashima, Hitoshi Aonuma, Shigeyuki Koshikawa

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Context-specific variation and repeatability in behavioral traits of bent-wing bats. 弯翼蝙蝠行为特征的环境特异性变异和可重复性。

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Zoological Letters Pub Date : 2023-04-07 DOI: 10.1186/s40851-023-00206-9

Yu-Jen Kuo, Ya-Fu Lee, Yen-Min Kuo, Yik Ling Tai

{"title":"Context-specific variation and repeatability in behavioral traits of bent-wing bats.","authors":"Yu-Jen Kuo, Ya-Fu Lee, Yen-Min Kuo, Yik Ling Tai","doi":"10.1186/s40851-023-00206-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40851-023-00206-9","url":null,"abstract":"Animals may show consistent among-individual behavioral differences over time and in different contexts, and these tendencies may be correlated to one another and emerge as behavioral syndromes. The cross-context variation in these behavioral tendencies, however, is rarely explored with animals in contexts associated with different locomotion modes. This study assessed the variation and repeatability in behavioral traits of bent-wing bats Miniopterus fuliginosus in southern Taiwan, and the effects of contextual settings associated with locomotion mode. The bats were sampled in the dry winter season, and their behaviors were measured in hole-board box (HB) and tunnel box (TB) tests, both suited for quadrupedal movements of the bats, and flight-tent (FT) tests that allowed for flying behaviors. The bats in the FT tests showed more interindividual and between-trial behavioral variation than those in the HB and TB tests. Nearly all of the behaviors in the TB and FT tests, but only half of those in the HB tests, showed medium to high repeatability. These repeatable behaviors were grouped into distinct behavioral traits of boldness, activity, and exploration, which were correlated to one another across contexts. In addition, we observed a consistently higher correlation between behavioral categories across the HB and TB contexts than between either of these contexts and the FT context. The results indicate consistent among-individual behavioral differences across time and contexts in wildly caught bent-wing bats. The findings of behavioral repeatability and cross-context correlations also indicate context-dependent variation and suggest that test devices which allow for flight behaviors, such as flight tents or cages, may provide a more suitable setting for measuring the behaviors and animal personalities of bats, particularly for those species that display less or little quadrupedal movements.","PeriodicalId":54280,"journal":{"name":"Zoological Letters","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10080966/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9283480","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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New insights into the retinal microstructure-diurnal activity relationship in the African five-lined skink (Trachylepis quinquetaeniata) (Lichtenstein, 1823). 非洲五行龙(Trachylepis quinquetaeniata)视网膜显微结构与日活动关系的新见解(Lichtenstein, 1823)。

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Zoological Letters Pub Date : 2023-03-18 DOI: 10.1186/s40851-023-00205-w

Neveen E R El-Bakary, Mohamed A M Alsafy, Samir A A El-Gendy, Samar M Ez Elarab

{"title":"New insights into the retinal microstructure-diurnal activity relationship in the African five-lined skink (Trachylepis quinquetaeniata) (Lichtenstein, 1823).","authors":"Neveen E R El-Bakary, Mohamed A M Alsafy, Samir A A El-Gendy, Samar M Ez Elarab","doi":"10.1186/s40851-023-00205-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40851-023-00205-w","url":null,"abstract":"Background: The retinae of diurnal vertebrates have characteristics. Most lizards are strictly diurnal, and their retinal morphology is still unknown.Materials and methods: The retina of the African five-lined skink (Trachylepis quinquetaeniata) was studied using light and transmission electron microscopy.Results: The retina's ten layers were all detected. The inner nuclear layer was the thickest by an average of 67.66 μm, and the inner plexiform layer was 57.564 μm. There were elliptical, long cylindrical, and spherical melanosomes (small and large) in the pigment epithelial layer of the retina. The cylindrical melanosomes had a large area on the lateral surfaces of cones to increase light scatter absorption. The photoreceptor layer of the retina had cones only. There were single and double cones, with the double cones consisting of principal and accessory cones. The cones had inner and outer segments separated by oil droplets. A spherical paraboloid body existed between the limiting membrane and the ellipsoid. All single cones had a paraboloid, and double cones had a large paraboloid in the accessory cone. The presence of paraboloids and large ellipsoids with mitochondria of varying sizes may have helped focus the light on cone segments.Conclusion: The African five-lined skink's eye was light-adapted due to a variety of retinal specializations related to the demands of its diurnal lifestyle in its environment.","PeriodicalId":54280,"journal":{"name":"Zoological Letters","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10024390/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9199032","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Type 1 vomeronasal receptor expression in juvenile and adult lungfish olfactory organ. 幼鱼和成年肺鱼嗅觉器官中1型v鼻受体的表达。

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Zoological Letters Pub Date : 2023-03-10 DOI: 10.1186/s40851-023-00202-z

Shoko Nakamuta, Yoshio Yamamoto, Masao Miyazaki, Atsuhiro Sakuma, Masato Nikaido, Nobuaki Nakamuta

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Coelomocytes of the Oligochaeta earthworm Lumbricus terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758) as evolutionary key of defense: a morphological study. 少毛纲蚯蚓蚓腔母细胞作为防御的进化关键:形态学研究。

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Zoological Letters Pub Date : 2023-03-04 DOI: 10.1186/s40851-023-00203-y

Alessio Alesci, Gioele Capillo, Angelo Fumia, Marco Albano, Emmanuele Messina, Nunziacarla Spanò, Simona Pergolizzi, Eugenia Rita Lauriano

{"title":"Coelomocytes of the Oligochaeta earthworm Lumbricus terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758) as evolutionary key of defense: a morphological study.","authors":"Alessio Alesci, Gioele Capillo, Angelo Fumia, Marco Albano, Emmanuele Messina, Nunziacarla Spanò, Simona Pergolizzi, Eugenia Rita Lauriano","doi":"10.1186/s40851-023-00203-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40851-023-00203-y","url":null,"abstract":"Metazoans have several mechanisms of internal defense for their survival. The internal defense system evolved alongside the organisms. Annelidae have circulating coelomocytes that perform functions comparable to the phagocytic immune cells of vertebrates. Several studies have shown that these cells are involved in phagocytosis, opsonization, and pathogen recognition processes. Like vertebrate macrophages, these circulating cells that permeate organs from the coelomic cavity capture or encapsulate pathogens, reactive oxygen species (ROS), and nitric oxide (NO). Furthermore, they produce a range of bioactive proteins involved in immune response and perform detoxification functions through their lysosomal system. Coelomocytes can also participate in lithic reactions against target cells and the release of antimicrobial peptides. Our study immunohistochemically identify coelomocytes of Lumbricus terrestris scattered in the epidermal and the connective layer below, both in the longitudinal and in the smooth muscle layer, immunoreactive for TLR2, CD14 and α-Tubulin for the first time. TLR2 and CD14 are not fully colocalized with each other, suggesting that these coelomocytes may belong to two distinct families. The expression of these immune molecules on Annelidae coelomocytes confirms their crucial role in the internal defense system of these Oligochaeta protostomes, suggesting a phylogenetic conservation of these receptors. These data could provide further insights into the understanding of the internal defense system of the Annelida and of the complex mechanisms of the immune system in vertebrates.","PeriodicalId":54280,"journal":{"name":"Zoological Letters","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9985225/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9083143","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Origin of the propatagium in non-avian dinosaurs. 非鸟类恐龙传播膜的起源。

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Zoological Letters Pub Date : 2023-02-23 DOI: 10.1186/s40851-023-00204-x

Yurika Uno, Tatsuya Hirasawa

{"title":"Origin of the propatagium in non-avian dinosaurs.","authors":"Yurika Uno, Tatsuya Hirasawa","doi":"10.1186/s40851-023-00204-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40851-023-00204-x","url":null,"abstract":"Avian wings as organs for aerial locomotion are furnished with a highly specialized musculoskeletal system compared with the forelimbs of other tetrapod vertebrates. Among the specializations, the propatagium, which accompanies a skeletal muscle spanning between the shoulder and wrist on the leading edge of the wing, represents an evolutionary novelty established at a certain point in the lineage toward crown birds. However, because of the rarity of soft-tissue preservation in the fossil record, the evolutionary origin of the avian propatagium has remained elusive. Here we focus on articulated skeletons in the fossil record to show that angles of elbow joints in fossils are indicators of the propatagium in extant lineages of diapsids (crown birds and non-dinosaurian diapsids), and then use this relationship to narrow down the phylogenetic position acquiring the propatagium to the common ancestor of maniraptorans. Our analyses support the hypothesis that the preserved propatagium-like soft tissues in non-avian theropod dinosaurs (oviraptorosaurian Caudipteryx and dromaeosaurian Microraptor) are homologous with the avian propatagium, and indicate that all maniraptoran dinosaurs likely possessed the propatagium even before the origin of flight. On the other hand, the preserved angles of wrist joints in non-avian theropods are significantly greater than those in birds, suggesting that the avian interlocking wing-folding mechanism involving the ulna and radius had not fully evolved in non-avian theropods. Our study underscores that the avian wing was acquired through modifications of preexisting structures including the feather and propatagium.","PeriodicalId":54280,"journal":{"name":"Zoological Letters","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9951497/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9334112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A review of the reproductive system in anuran amphibians. 无尾两栖动物生殖系统综述。

IF 1.7 3区生物学

Zoological Letters Pub Date : 2023-02-13 DOI: 10.1186/s40851-023-00201-0

Maribel Méndez-Tepepa, Cuauhtémoc Morales-Cruz, Edelmira García-Nieto, Arely Anaya-Hernández

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