Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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NOSSO CENÁRIO Vivemos a época do Holoceno que teve seu início com o fim da última era glacial principal, ou Idade do Gelo. Em grego, Holoceno significa “tudo recente”, sendo a atual época, do período Quaternário que abrange os últimos... more
The Arabic translation of my 2011 book, "The Fact of Evolution" (Penguin Random House) as published by Sumer Press, Baghdad.
"In January 2008 the world’s leading scientific journal, Nature, carried an editorial titled “Spread the Word: Evolution is a scientific fact, and every organization whose research depends on it should explain why”. Speaking for the... more
BACKGROUND: In spite of its indusrial usefulness and varied daily uses, lead (Pb) pollution is a widespread ecological problem that faces the humans in the 21th century. Pb was found to produces a wide range of toxic effects including... more
Objectives: Determining nutritional development in wild primates is difficult through observations because confirming dietary intake is challenging. Physiological measures are needed to determine the relative contributions of maternal... more
Corso di Storia della Scienza (a. a. 2020/2021, titolare: Prof. Claudio Pogliano) - Dipartimento di Civiltà e Forme del Sapere, Università di Pisa
The traditional terminology of 'scythe' or 'sickle' shaped is observed to be flawed as an effective descriptor for pectoral fin shape in pachycormids. The diversity of pachycormid pectoral fin shapes is assessed across the... more
Todo mundo sabe desde criança o que é cocô ou fezes. Esses são popularmente denominados como merda, bosta, “número 2”, “pupu”, “caquinha” ou “presentinho da mãe”, entre muitos outros apelidos famosos ou restritos a certos grupos... more
This project analyses a wide range of current literature concerning the origins and evolution of language. A major focus is on constraining the time in which language evolved, covering recent and gradual origins hypotheses. Included are... more
Corso di Storia della Scienza (a. a. 2020/2021, titolare: Prof. Claudio Pogliano) - Dipartimento di Civiltà e Forme del Sapere, Università di Pisa
Certificate of Excellence in Reviewing - The 5th Virtual Multidisciplinary Conference (QUAESTI 2017)
There are two images of Sir. Patrick Geddes that have been received by subsequent generations, Geddes the Liberal and Geddes the Mystic. This paper examines the ways in which revived sensitivity to the wisdom and limitations of Geddes the... more
The Western Hemisphere genus Pseudomorpha Kirby 1825 was last revised by Notman in 1925 based on only a few known species (22) and paltry few specimens (73); other authors have added an additional six species represented by 53 additional... more
Mangroves are known as the lungs of nature. Kerala once had over 70, 000 hectares of mangroves, fringing its unique estuarine systems. It is considered as the breeding ground of prawns species. There are many factors which facilitate the... more
The outstanding diversity and adaptive radiation of ctenophores in the homogeneous pelagic realm, where niche overlap is high and barriers to genetic exchange are diffuse, remains a mystery of the Plankton Paradox. This study aims to... more
en un ambiente semiárido en el centro de México, ¿cómo lo hacen?
Traditional homegardens in southwest Ethiopia is well-known land use practices playing important role in biodiversity conservation aspects. The objective of this study was to examine the contribution of homegardens towards of biodiversity... more
Expert peer review at Medicine® Journal Hesham N. Mustafa Presented April 8, 2018 (Wolters Kluwer)
This research examines the current state of knowledge of Indigenous perspectives on extinction in Canada, with a view to pluralizing contemporary understandings of, and responses to, the Global Extinction Crisis. We worked collaboratively... more
The article gives a comparative description of ecological communities of birds ecosystems that border each other. We studied the birds oak groves and fields around. The types involved in the exchange of individuals between the neighboring... more
[AMAZON LINK BELOW TO BOOK ITSELF -- TOC and book summary in downloadable .pdf] In the modern jungle of burgers, couches, and remote controls, obesity is an enormous and growing epidemic. Weight-loss books and diet gurus urge us to... more
Interspecific brood parasitism occurs when the eggs of one species are laid in the nest of a different species, but evidence of this phenomenon is scarce. Facultative interspecific brood parasitism was described in Charadriiformes. To our... more
The traditional terminology of 'scythe' or 'sickle' shaped is observed to be flawed as an effective descriptor for pectoral fin shape in pachycormids. The diversity of pachycormid pectoral fin shapes is assessed across the... more
To provide knowledge of scientific methods to farm owner for better management of their integrated farm. To study the habitability of the fish habitat i.e. physico–chemical characteristics of pond viz. Temperature , dissolve oxygen (D.O)... more
Molecular replicators like viruses, transposons, viroids and so on have the feature that their gene products, or simply their templates, are available to other replicators. This creates the Theatre for all possible ecological... more
The extent of changes in basic physiological and demographic traits associated with reproduction was investigated in the highly cultivated haploid–diploid red alga, Gracilaria chilensis. Sixty individuals bearing vegetative and... more
Cet article propose une analyse des différences épistémologiques infrastructurelles entre l’agronomie conventionnelle et les agroécologies, plus particulièrement dans leurs modes d’administration des variations, c’est-à-dire des... more
Autopentaploidy is a death sentence for vertebrate animals, which explains why none has ever been found outside of experimental laboratory settings. Allopentaplody appears to be somewhat better tolerated, with at least a few individuals... more
The European common lizard, Zootoca vivipara, is the most widespread terrestrial reptile in the world. It occupies almost the entire Northern Eurasia and includes four viviparous and two oviparous lineages. We analysed how female... more
Tetrapods possess up to five morphologically distinct vertebral series: cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral and caudal. The evolution of axial regionalization has been linked to derived Hox expression patterns during development and the... more
There is accumulating evidence that macroevolutionary patterns of mammal evolution during the Cenozoic follow similar trajectories on different continents. This would suggest that such patterns are strongly determined by global abiotic... more
The traditional terminology of ‘scythe’ or ‘sickle’ shaped is observed to be flawed as an effective descriptor for pectoral fin shape in pachycormids. The diversity of pachycormid pectoral fin shapes is assessed across the 14 recognised... more