Publications by authors named "Daniel Mendez-Aranda"
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- - The study analyzed the taxonomy of Acanthodactylus erythrurus, uncovering at least five distinct clades across the Iberian Peninsula and the Maghreb regions, each with specific geographical distributions and altitudes ranging from sea level to over 2,300 meters.
- - An integrated approach combining molecular and morphological data revealed complete reproductive isolation between the Ibero-Moroccan clade and the eastern High Atlas clade, indicating speciation in their contact zone.
- - The research identified two new species, Acanthodactylus lacrymae sp. nov. and A. montanus sp. nov., both endemic to the Moroccan Atlas, while highlighting that further research is required to clarify
Vertebrate diets and digestive physiologies vary tremendously. Although the contribution of ecological and behavioral features to such diversity is well documented, the roles and identities of individual intestinal enzymes shaping digestive traits remain largely unexplored. Here, we show that the sucrase-isomaltase (SI)/maltase-glucoamylase (MGAM) dual enzyme system long assumed to be the conserved disaccharide and starch digestion framework in all vertebrates is absent in many lineages.
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