INTEGRATIVE TAXONOMY REVEALS A NEW SPECIES OF PACU (CHARACIFORMES: SERRASALMIDAE: MYLOPLUS) FROM THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON

Integrative taxonomy reveals a new species of pacu (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae: Myloplus) from the Brazilian Amazon

ABSTRACT Pacus of the genus Myloplus represent a formidable taxonomic challenge, and particularly so for the case of M.asterias and M.rubripinnis, two widespread and common species that harbor considerable morphological diversity.Here we apply DNA barcoding and multiple species discovery methods to find candidate species in this complex group.We re

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Gender and its Stories

The following work deals with several issues concerning gender.Firstly, it examines several anthropologic and historical dynamics concerning the establishment and legitimacy of male power, in opposition to the subordination of everything that concerns the female domain and the existence of women.In detail, it focuses on learning processes and the e

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Essential Oils against Sarcoptes scabiei

Herbal remedia 3D Printer Spare Parts are widely employed in folk medicine, and have been more and more often studied and considered in the treatment of several infections.Sarcoptic mange (scabies, when referring to human patients) is a highly contagious skin disease caused by Sarcoptes scabiei (sarcoptiformes, Sarcoptinae), an astigmatid mite whic

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Variation in the shape of the wings and taxonomy of Eurasian populations of the Calopteryx splendens complex (Odonata: Calopterygidae)

We used geometric morphometrics to determine variation in the morphology of the forewings of individuals in 20 populations of Calopteryx splendens s.l.in Eurasia and related these to the circum-specific taxonomy of this taxon.We found differences in shape, with the largest and smallest centroid size of the wings in adjacent northern (orientalis) an

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