Publications by authors named "U FRITZ"
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- - Syria hosts a diverse range of ecosystems, featuring nine species of chelonians (turtles and tortoises) from six different families, highlighting its ecological uniqueness in the Mediterranean and Middle East.
- - A recent comprehensive study, incorporating new field data and existing records from 2019 to 2023, documented 321 distribution records of Syrian chelonians and provided updated maps and species lists, with several new findings.
- - The research also assessed nesting sites for two marine turtle species on Syrian coasts for the first time and serves as a vital resource for understanding the biogeography, conservation, and macroecological patterns regarding turtles and tortoises in Syria.
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- The near-complete mitogenome sequence of the Chelodina intergularis holotype suggests that it is actually synonymous with Chelodina rugosa.
- The type specimens for both species are located in the Australian Museum in Sydney, and historical records indicate their type locality is near Somerset, Queensland.
- The study concludes that the unique arrangement of scutes in C. intergularis is likely just an individual anomaly rather than a distinct characteristic of the species.
The genus Wagler, 1828 comprises 20 species of semiaquatic snakes. It is mostly distributed in the cis-Andean region of South America, with only two trans-Andean species (, ). is endemic to Colombia and occurs through most of the trans-Andean region.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInterspecific introgression is a potentially important source of novel variation of adaptive significance. Although multiple cases of adaptive introgression are well documented, broader generalizations about its targets and mechanisms are lacking. Multiallelic balancing selection, particularly when acting through rare allele advantage, is an evolutionary mechanism expected to favor adaptive introgression.
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