Phenotypic divergence, convergence and evolution of Caucasian rock lizards (Darevskia)
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DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blaa021
Abstract: Phenotypic evolution can cause either divergent or convergent phenotypic patterns. Even adaptation to the same environment may result in divergence of some elements of phenotype, whereas for other morphological traits it could cause phenotypic convergence.… read more here.
Keywords: evolution; caucasian rock; rock lizards; head shape ... See more keywords
Evolution of parthenogenetic reproduction in Caucasian rock lizards: A review
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DOI: 10.1093/cz/zoac036
Abstract: Abstract Despite numerous works devoted to hybrid origin of parthenogenesis in reptiles, the causes of hybridization between different species, resulting in the origin of parthenogenetic forms, remain uncertain. Recent studies demonstrate that sexual species considered… read more here.
Keywords: rock; evolution parthenogenetic; hybridization; caucasian rock ... See more keywords
Genotypic similarities among the parthenogenetic Darevskia rock lizards with different hybrid origins
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DOI: 10.1186/s12862-020-01690-9
Abstract: Background The majority of parthenogenetic vertebrates derive from hybridization between sexually reproducing species, but the exact number of hybridization events ancestral to currently extant clonal lineages is difficult to determine. Usually, we do not know… read more here.
Keywords: darevskia; hybridization; parental species; rock lizards ... See more keywords
A review of mites and ticks parasitizing rock lizards (Lacertidae: Darevskia)
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DOI: 10.52707/1081-1710-47.1.19
Abstract: ABSTRACT. Rock lizards of the genus Darevskia are interesting research models due to their asexual reproduction. Ectoparasitic mites and ticks of these lizards are poorly known, despite some of these chelicerates being vector pathogens of… read more here.
Keywords: parasitizing rock; rock lizards; mites ticks; rock ... See more keywords
Extraordinary centromeres: differences in the meiotic chromosomes of two rock lizards species Darevskia portschinskii and Darevskia raddei
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DOI: 10.7717/peerj.6360
Abstract: According to the synthesis of 30 years of multidisciplinary studies, parthenogenetic species of rock lizards of genus Darevskia were formed as a result of different combination patterns of interspecific hybridization of the four bisexual parental… read more here.
Keywords: parthenogenetic species; species darevskia; rock lizards; darevskia raddei ... See more keywords