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Endoparasites infecting exotic captive amphibian pet and zoo animals (Anura, Caudata) in Germany
Alongside exotic reptiles, amphibians, such as toads, frogs, salamanders, and newts, are nowadays considered popular pets worldwide. As reported for...
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A novel class III endogenous retrovirus with a class I envelope gene in African frogs with an intact genome and developmentally regulated transcripts in Xenopus tropicalis
BackgroundRetroviruses exist as exogenous infectious agents and as endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) integrated into host chromosomes. Such endogenous...
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Metapolystoma ohlerianum n. sp. (Monogenea: Polystomatidae) from Aglyptodactylus madagascariensis (Anura: Mantellidae)
PurposeDespite Madagascar’s high amphibian diversity of more than 400 species, only a few polystome species are known from the island. The dissection...
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Contributions to the History of Polystomatid Flatworm Discoveries and Research
Polystomatid flatworms have been present in the scientific literature as far back as 1758, the year that Carl Linnaeus introduced the binomial...
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Polystome Species of Amphibians
This chapter brings together all known polystomes of amphibians, namely 135 spp. from all three extant orders Anura (frogs and toads), Urodela...
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Importance of Animal Models in the Field of Cancer Research
Cancer has traditionally been the center of human interest all around the world, making it a medical research hotspot. Animal models are categorized...
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Analysis of pallial/cortical interneurons in key vertebrate models of Testudines, Anurans and Polypteriform fishes
The organization of the pallial derivatives across vertebrates follows a comparable elementary arrangement, although not all of them possess a...
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Importance of Animal Models in the Field of Cancer Research
Cancer has traditionally been the center of human interest all around the world, making it a medical research hotspot. Animal models are categorized...
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Laboratory Animals
Though the current modern era has introduced equivalent alternatives for animal research like in-silico, in-vitro methods, and...
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Evolution of NCoR-1 and NCoR-2 corepressor alternative mRNA splicing in placental mammals
ObjectiveThe NCoR-1 and NCoR-2 corepressors are products of an early gene duplication near the beginning of vertebrate evolution and play both...
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B-esterases and Behavioral Biomarkers in Tadpoles Exposed to Pesticide Pyrethroid-TRISADA®
ObjectiveThe ecotoxic effects of pesticide used for mosquito’s control TRISADA ® (TRI) [deltamethrin (D) 1%+tetramethrin (T) 0.33%, and piperonyl...
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Type II Na+-phosphate Cotransporters and Phosphate Balance in Teleost Fish
Teleost fish are excellent models to study the phylogeny of the slc34 gene family, Slc34-mediated phosphate (P i ) transport and how Slc34 transporters...
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Chytridiomycosis
The amphibian fungal disease chytridiomycosis is considered one of the greatest threats to biodiversity. This lethal skin disease is caused by...
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Description of a new species of Chabaudus Inglis and Ogden, 1965 (Nematoda: Seuratoidea) from the frog Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis from Dehrandun, Uttarakhand, India
Chabaudus dehradunensis sp. nov. (Nematoda: Seuratoidea) from the large intestine of the water skipper, Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis (Anura,...
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Genetics and Regeneration in Vertebrates
Regeneration is a common trait in vertebrates, with regrowth of entire appendages carried out by a number of groups including teleost fish,...
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Homoeologous chromosomes of Xenopus laevis are highly conserved after whole-genome duplication
It has been suggested that whole-genome duplication (WGD) occurred twice during the evolutionary process of vertebrates around 450 and 500 million...
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Pheromones and Amphibian Behavior
Pheromones were first discovered in the Amphibia less than 20 years ago: newts in 1995 when the compound named sodefrin was located in male cloacal...