Species delimitation, discovery and conservation in a tiger beetle species complex despite discordant genetic data

DP Duran, RA Laroche, SJ Roman, W Godwin… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
In an age of species declines, delineating and discovering biodiversity is critical for both
taxonomic accuracy and conservation. In recent years, there has been a movement away …

First Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis of the Lagothrix Taxon Living in Southern Peru and Northern Bolivia: Lagothrix lagothrichatschudii (Atelidae, Primates), a …

M Ruiz-García, A Albino, M Pinedo-Castro… - Folia …, 2019 - karger.com
We sequenced mitochondrial COI and COII genes (1,377 base pairs) of 166 woolly monkeys
(Lagothrix) to determine the phylogenetic relationships of tschudii in reference to the other …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative mitogenome phylogeography of two anteater genera (Tamandua and Myrmecophaga; Myrmecophagidae, Xenarthra): Evidence of discrepant …

M Ruiz-García, D Pinilla-Beltrán… - Zoological …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The species within Xenarthra (sloths, anteaters, and armadillos) are quintessential South
American mammals. Of the three groups, Vermilingua (anteaters) contains the fewest extant …

A genomic test of subspecies in the Eunota togata species group (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae): Morphology masks evolutionary relationships and taxonomy

RA Laroche, DP Duran, CTA Lee, W Godwin… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2023 - Elsevier
Most of the world's biodiversity is described primarily or exclusively using morphological
traits that may not always reflect the true evolutionary units. Accurate taxonomy is critical for …

[HTML][HTML] Mamíferos del departamento de Sucre, Colombia

JJ Chacón-Pacheco, GA Salcedo-Rivera… - Biota …, 2022 - scielo.org.co
Se presenta la lista de los mamíferos del departamento de Sucre, basada en la revisión de
especímenes depositados en colecciones biológicas, registros novedosos y disponibles en …

Draft de novo Genome Assembly of the Elusive Jaguarundi, Puma yagouaroundi

G Tamazian, P Dobrynin, A Zhuk… - Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The Puma lineage within the family Felidae consists of 3 species that last shared a common
ancestor around 4.9 million years ago. Whole-genome sequences of 2 species from the …

Evidence of the genetic and spatial structure of Nasua narica in Central America and northern South America from mitogenomic analysis

MF Jaramillo, M Ruiz-García - Therya, 2022 - scielo.org.mx
Carnivores are extremely important in ecosystem dynamics. Coatis (Procyonidae) are a
group of Neotropical species with highly developed social behavior. One coati species is the …

Genetic differentiation between two subspecies of Emberiza schoeniclus and open forest bunting's evolution inferred from mitogenomes

I Alambiaga, R González, P Vera… - Journal of Avian …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The reed bunting, Emberiza schoeniclus (Linnaeus 1758), is the only member of the genus
adapted to Mediterranean wetlands, where some subspecies are critically endangered. The …

Invalidation of taxa within the silvery wooly monkey (Lagothrix lagothricha poeppigii, Atelidae, Primates)

M Ruiz-García, M Pinedo-Castro, A Albino… - … DNA Part A, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The systematics of the Humboldt's wooly monkeys (L. lagothricha; Atelidae) is essential to
preserve this Neotropical primate species. Traditionally, four morphological subspecies …

[HTML][HTML] Present and prospects of research on neotropical mammals using genomic approaches

MF Nery, EKS Ramos - Mastozoología neotropical, 2020 - SciELO Argentina
The recent revolution in sequencing methods allowed the generation of genomic,
transcriptomic, and other large-scale data at a speed and low cost undreamed fifteen years …