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  1. This study investigated the reproductive traits of the hermaphroditic four-finger threadfin, Eleutheronema tetradactylum, along the coasts of Thailand during January to December 2021. Fish samples were collected ...

    Authors: Kay Khine Soe, Teuku Haris Iqbal, Apiradee Lim, Wen‑Xiong Wang, Karl W. K. Tsim, Yutaka Takeuchi, Nirattisai Petchsupa and Sukree Hajisamae
    Citation: BMC Zoology 2023 8:22
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  2. In this study, the effect of heavy metals accumulation influence was evaluated on adult crayfish Procambarus clarkii (Decapoda, Astacidea) collected from three different Governmental locations (Kafr El-Shaikh, El...

    Authors: Mahy M. Mona, Mai L. Younis and Aalaa I. Atlam
    Citation: BMC Zoology 2023 8:21
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  3. Paphia undulata, The Short-Necked Clam, is an edible marine bivalve that is consumed internationally and locally in Egypt. Overfishing and pollution have caused population declines in Egyptian fisheries during th...

    Authors: Mostafa A. M. Mahmoud and Mohamed H. Yassien
    Citation: BMC Zoology 2023 8:20
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  4. Ecomorphological studies of lizards have increasingly employed comparison of claw morphology among species in relation to spatial niche use. Typically, such studies focus on digit IV of the autopodia, especial...

    Authors: Jendrian Riedel, Melinda Klemm, Timothy Higham, L. Lee Grismer, Thomas Ziegler, Anthony Russell, Dennis Rödder and Klaus Reinhold
    Citation: BMC Zoology 2023 8:19
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  5. Most aquatic biota's reproductive biology and life cycle are essential to the sustainable management and development of coastal ecosystems and aquaculture. The bivalve Paphia textile (Gmelin 1791), also known as

    Authors: Marwa I. Farghaly, Tamer El-Sayed Ali, Hanan M. Mitwally and Fatma A. Abdel Razek
    Citation: BMC Zoology 2023 8:18
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  6. Under the family Tephritidae, Bactrocera zonata (Saunders) is a serious pest, attacking fruits and vegetables causing large quantitative and qualitative damages throughout the world. Fruit flies require proteinac...

    Authors: Muhammad Hasnain, Shafqat Saeed, Unsar Naeem Ullah, Sami Ullah and Syed Muhammad Zaka
    Citation: BMC Zoology 2023 8:17
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  8. Chrysopa pallens is one of the most beneficial and effective natural predators, and is famous for its extensive distribution, wide prey spectrum, and excellent reproductive performance. This study examined the an...

    Authors: Xiaoping Liu, Xingkai Guo, Yanjiao Feng, Lisheng Zhang, Mengqing Wang, Yuyan Li and Jianjun Mao
    Citation: BMC Zoology 2023 8:15
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  9. The genus Sparasion, endoparasitoids of Tettigoniidae, occur in the Nearctic, Palearctic, Afrotropical and Oriental regions. It is absent in the Neotropics and Australasia. Of the thirteen species found in the Or...

    Authors: Kamalanathan Veenakumari, Andrew Polaszek, Roberto Poggi, Kolla Sreedevi, Prashanth Mohanraj, Farmanur Rahman Khan and Gundappa Baradevanal
    Citation: BMC Zoology 2023 8:14
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  10. Parabramis pekinensis was treated as research object in order to investigate the correlation between morphological traits and body weight. We measured 9 morphological indexes including total length (X1), body len...

    Authors: Wentao Xu, Yaming Feng, Zhengyan Gu, Shuanglin Zhang, Zhijing Yang, Ye Xu and Hailong Gu
    Citation: BMC Zoology 2023 8:13
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  11. Dromedary camel heart morphology is a crucial research topic with clinical applications. The study aims to understand the dromedary camel anatomy, morphology, and architecture of the ventricular mass. Results:...

    Authors: Mohamed A.M. Alsafy, Samir A.A. El-Gendy, Basma M. Kamal, Catrin S. Rutland, Hanan H. Abd-Elhafeez, Soha Soliman, Ahmed N. ELKhamary and Ahmed G. Nomir
    Citation: BMC Zoology 2023 8:12
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  12. This is the first record of the alien shrimp Mierspenaeopsis sculptilis in Brazil. The invasion was detected within Marine Extractive Reserves based on eight specimens accidentally caught by local fishermen using...

    Authors: Charles Samuel Moraes Ferreira, David Carvalho de Mesquita, Ítalo Antônio de Freitas Lutz, Ivana Barbosa Veneza, Thaís Sousa Martins, Paula da Conceição Praxedes Santana, Josy Alessandra Barreto Miranda, Jefferson Miranda de Sousa, Suane Cristina do Nascimento Matos, Francisco Carlos Alberto Fonteles Holanda, Maria Iracilda da Cunha Sampaio and Grazielle Fernanda Evangelista-Gomes
    Citation: BMC Zoology 2023 8:11
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  13. Long-whiskered catfish Sperata aor is a freshwater catfish known for its supreme flesh quality and fast growth, whose captive-reared broodstock denotes a difficult challenge for aquaculture. The reproductive dysf...

    Authors: Muhammad Anamul Kabir, Mohammed Mahbub Iqbal, Shishir Kumar Nandi, Mahbuba Khanam, Md Afsar Ahmed Sumon, Albaris B. Tahiluddin, Zulhisyam Abdul Kari, Lee Seong Wei and Guillermo Téllez-Isaías
    Citation: BMC Zoology 2023 8:10
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  14. Previous flatworm phylogenetic research has been carried out analysing 18S and 28S DNA markers. Through this methodology, Mariplanellinae subfamily has been recently re-classified as Mariplanellida status novu...

    Authors: Íñigo Vicente-Hernández, Werner Armonies, Katharina Henze and M. Teresa Aguado
    Citation: BMC Zoology 2023 8:9
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  15. The precise mechanisms of hormone action responsible for the full course of events modulating folliculogenesis in crocodilian have not been determined, although histological features have been identified.

    Authors: Haitao Nie, Yunlu Xu, Yuqian Zhang, Yue Wen, Jixiang Zhan, Yong Xia, Yongkang Zhou, Renping Wang and Xiaobing Wu
    Citation: BMC Zoology 2023 8:8
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  16. The Caribbean spiny lobster Panulirus argus is heavily fished throughout its Greater Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico distribution, suggesting a heightened susceptibility to a fisheries collapse. In 2017, a nemertean...

    Authors: Amanda Berben, Natalie C. Stephens, Jaime Gonzalez-Cueto, Yulibeth Velasquez, Sigmer Quiroga, María Teresa González and J. Antonio Baeza
    Citation: BMC Zoology 2023 8:6
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  18. Human-wildlife interaction is a broad and complex topic. Due to rapid world population growth, there have been greater human impacts on wildlife through agriculture and land fragmentation. In many countries, s...

    Authors: Edward Narayan and Naureen Rana
    Citation: BMC Zoology 2023 8:5
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  22. Amphibians are facing population declines and extinctions, and protecting and supplementing refuges can help species survive. However, the microhabitat requirements of most species are unknown, and artificial ...

    Authors: Qing Tong, Wen-jing Dong, Xin-zhou Long, Zong-fu Hu, Zhi-wen Luo, Peng Guo and Li-yong Cui
    Citation: BMC Zoology 2023 8:1
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  23. Gallinula chloropus (Linnaeus, 1758) is a wild aquatic omnivorous bird characterized by a marked resistance to harsh environmental conditions and a worldwide distribution. In this study, anatomical, morphometrica...

    Authors: Ahmed M. Abdellatif, Amany Farag and Elsayed Metwally
    Citation: BMC Zoology 2022 7:61
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  24. In molecular biology studies, the selection of optimal reference genes is of vital importance for accurately quantifying gene expression. The purpose of the present study was to screen the most stable referenc...

    Authors: Mengke Ni, Zhichao Li, Jing Li, Hui He, Yaling Wang, Yixuan Jiang, Xianwei Wang, Zhuanjian Li, Ming Li and Huifen Xu
    Citation: BMC Zoology 2022 7:60
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  26. In recent two decades, studies of the annelid nervous systems were revolutionized by modern cell labeling techniques and state-of-the-art microscopy techniques. However, there are still huge gaps in our knowle...

    Authors: Zinaida I. Starunova, Ksenia V. Shunkina, Elena L. Novikova and Viktor V. Starunov
    Citation: BMC Zoology 2022 7:58
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  27. Pacific walruses are found in Arctic regions of the Chukchi and Bering Sea where rapid changes in environmental conditions resulting in loss of sea ice are occurring. Therefore, accurate life history data are ...

    Authors: Todd Robeck, Etsuko Katsumata, Kazutoshi Arai, Gisele Montano, Todd Schmitt, Stacy DiRocco and Karen J. Steinman
    Citation: BMC Zoology 2022 7:57
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  29. Anatomical features of the skeleton of wild animals contribute largely to their adaptation. A dearth of information on the skeletal anatomy of the sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekii gratus) necessitated this study. Tw...

    Authors: Kenechukwu Tobechukwu Onwuama, Chikera Samuel Ibe, Alhaji Zubair Jaji, Suleiman Olawoye Salami and Esther Solomon Kigir
    Citation: BMC Zoology 2022 7:55
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  30. The hippocampus plays an important role to support path planning and adjustment in goal-directed spatial navigation. While we still only have limited knowledge about how do the hippocampal neural activities, e...

    Authors: Mengmeng Li, Shuguan Cheng, Jiantao Fan, Zhigang Shang, Hong Wan, Lifang Yang and Long Yang
    Citation: BMC Zoology 2022 7:54
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  33. Among the 16 Neotropical genera of Philodromidae, Cleocnemis has the most troublesome taxonomic situation. Remarkable morphological differences among several genera historically said to be related to Cleocnemis d...

    Authors: André Wanderley do Prado, Renner Luiz Cerqueira Baptista, Hector Baruch Pereira Schinelli and Daniela Maeda Takiya
    Citation: BMC Zoology 2022 7:51
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Zoology 2023 8:2

  34. Pleistocene climate fluctuations have strongly modified species genetic diversity and distributions. The Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla) has been recognized as a critically endangered animal due to heavy po...

    Authors: Shichao Wei, Song Sun, Hongliang Dou, Fuyu An, Haiyang Gao, Ce Guo and Yan Hua
    Citation: BMC Zoology 2022 7:50
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  35. The 3D computed tomography produces detailed images of the digit bones in addition to the angiograph render volume 3D of the CT shows the relation between the arteries, bones, and tissues of the digit. Therefo...

    Authors: Samir A. A. El-Gendy, Basma M. Kamal and Mohamed A. M. Alsafy
    Citation: BMC Zoology 2022 7:49
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  36. The degree of temporal overlap between sympatric wild hosts species and their behavioral interactions can be highly relevant to the transmission of pathogens. However, this topic has been scantly addressed. Fu...

    Authors: Rodrigo Salgado, Isabel Barja, María del Carmen Hernández, Basilio Lucero, Ivan Castro-Arellano, Cristian Bonacic and André V. Rubio
    Citation: BMC Zoology 2022 7:48
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  38. Rabbits have been proposed as a model for the human meibomian gland (MG), a large specific sebaceous gland in the eyelid that consists of secretory acini arranged laterally and related to the central duct via ...

    Authors: Sara M. M. El-Desoky and Nada Abdellah
    Citation: BMC Zoology 2022 7:46
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  39. Fundamental knowledge on the seasonal reproductive microanatomy and endocrinology of reptiles has been collected from several studies of various species. The present study was to determine annual changes in ho...

    Authors: Akkanee Pewhom, Thidaporn Supapakorn and Nopparat Srakaew
    Citation: BMC Zoology 2022 7:45
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  40. According to our acknowledgment this is the first full anatomical description of the studied laryngeal mound of the Egyptian Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis, Linnaeus, 1758). This study was obtained with the aid of s...

    Authors: Fatma A. Madkour and Mohammed Abdelsabour-Khalaf
    Citation: BMC Zoology 2022 7:44
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  41. The measurement of the energy available for growth (scope of growth, SFG) can be used in bivalves to make a long-term prediction in a short-term experiment of the condition of the individual. In order to tackl...

    Authors: S. Hernandis, I. Ibarrola, J. Tena-Medialdea, M. Vázquez-Luis, J. R. García-March, P. Prado and M. Albentosa
    Citation: BMC Zoology 2022 7:43
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  43. The reproductive cycle of the recently described sponge Tethya meloni was investigated for a period of 15 months (September 2018 – November 2019) in the Mar Piccolo of Taranto (Southern Italy) and was compared wi...

    Authors: Maria Mastrodonato, Giovanni Scillitani, Roberta Trani, Frine Cardone, Giuseppe Corriero and Carlotta Nonnis Marzano
    Citation: BMC Zoology 2022 7:41
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  45. It is well-known that light/dark phase can affect energy expenditure and behaviors of most organisms; however, its influences on individuality (inter-individual variance) and plasticity (intra-individual varia...

    Authors: Song Tan, Juan Li, Qiao Yang, Jinzhong Fu and Jingfeng Chen
    Citation: BMC Zoology 2022 7:39
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  46. Body size is a fundamental organismal trait. However, as body size and ecological contexts change across developmental time, evolutionary divergence may cause unexpected patterns of body size diversity among d...

    Authors: Eric W. Hammerschmith, Gavin C. Woodruff, Kimberly A. Moser, Erik Johnson and Patrick C. Phillips
    Citation: BMC Zoology 2022 7:38
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  47. Dipteran parasitoids of Embioptera (webspinners) are few and extremely rare but known from all biogeographical regions except Australasia/Oceania. All belong to the fly family Tachinidae, a hyperdiverse and wi...

    Authors: Davide Badano, Alice Lenzi, James E. O’Hara, Kelly B. Miller, Andrea Di Giulio, Filippo Di Giovanni and Pierfilippo Cerretti
    Citation: BMC Zoology 2022 7:37
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  49. Yellow-legged gulls (Larus michahellis), commonly found in Istanbul and their surroundings, have a monomorphic plumage, like other gull species. For this reason, sex determination cannot be made externally. In th...

    Authors: Gülsün Pazvant, Nazan Gezer İnce, Ermiş Özkan, Ozan Gündemir, Kozet Avanus and Tomasz Szara
    Citation: BMC Zoology 2022 7:35
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  50. The Vietnamese Mekong Delta (VMD) is the granary for the whole country, providing animal and plant resources, especially fish. Among the fish species, the genus Glossogobius are the majority. Until now, research ...

    Authors: Ngon T. Truong, Gieo H. Phan, Tran T. H. Lam, Ton H. D. Nguyen, Do T. Khang, Men T. Tran, Nam S. Tran and Quang M. Dinh
    Citation: BMC Zoology 2022 7:34
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Zoology 2022 7:40

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