La mesure combinée de trois biomarqueurs a permis d'établir qu'il est possible de prédire, jusqu'à trois décennies à l'avance, le risque d'accidents cardiovasculaires chez les femmes. Une simp... Read more La mesure combinée de trois biomarqueurs a permis d'établir qu'il est possible de prédire, jusqu'à trois décennies à l'avance, le risque d'accidents cardiovasculaires chez les femmes. Une simple prise de sang alors pourrait détecter ces facteurs de risques – simples et modifiables – facilitant... Show less

In this week’s newsletter: Conservationists have seen nests raided around the country to match demand from the Middle East• Don’t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereEarlier this... Read more In this week’s newsletter: Conservationists have seen nests raided around the country to match demand from the Middle East• Don’t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereEarlier this week we published an investigation that found hundreds of UK peregrine falcon nests have been raided in the past decade, in order to feed a growing appetite to own prized birds for racing and breeding in the Middle East.This piece has been a year in the making, working with a great team of reporters from Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ) to shed light on a multimillion-dollar industry that stretches around the world.Germany’s dying forests are losing their ability to absorb CO2. Can a new way of planting save them?The LA wildfire victims still living in toxic homes: ‘We have nowhere else to go’‘Just an unbelievable amount of pollution’: how big a threat is AI to the climate?How demand for elite falcons in the Middle East is driving illegal trade of British birds‘It’s soul destroying to find nests have failed’: inside the battle against Scotland’s falcon thievesGlobal wildlife crime causing ‘untold harm’, UN report finds Continue reading... Show less

Notre corps entame son déclin physique plus tôt qu'on ne le croit généralement, mais il reste possible d'agir favorablement sur cette trajectoire. Une enquête suédoise menée sur près d'un...

Un nuage de gaz sans la moindre étoile : c’est l’étrange objet que le télescope Hubble vient d’observer près de la galaxie M94. Baptisé Cloud-9, il pourrait être le vestige d’une galaxie "avor... Read more Un nuage de gaz sans la moindre étoile : c’est l’étrange objet que le télescope Hubble vient d’observer près de la galaxie M94. Baptisé Cloud-9, il pourrait être le vestige d’une galaxie "avortée" et offrir un nouvel éclairage sur la façon dont naissent — ou échouent à naître — les galaxies. Show less

Sunday's clash will stir the emotions as our love affair with the historic competition endures.

Sophie Germain was a brilliant, self-taught mathematician who won one of France's most prestigious prizes, yet she declined to attend the award ceremony because the co... Read more Sophie Germain was a brilliant, self-taught mathematician who won one of France's most prestigious prizes, yet she declined to attend the award ceremony because the committee members didn't respect her work. Show less

The January transfer window is underway, with Manchester United and Manchester City among those looking for new signings

Urostrophus chungarae Carvalho, Laspiur, Klaczko, Rivas, Rodrigues, Aurélio de Sena & Céspedes, 2023     DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2023.2200306  Researchgate.net/... Read more Urostrophus chungarae Carvalho, Laspiur, Klaczko, Rivas, Rodrigues, Aurélio de Sena & Céspedes, 2023     DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2023.2200306  Researchgate.net/publication/370346025 facebook.com/LuisRolandoRivasTorrico  AbstractOnly since the late 1980s have lizard specialists begun incorporating phylogenetic information to the classification of leiosaurids. These are among the most enigmatic South American lizards, with 35 currently recognised species arranged in six genera. To evaluate their relationships, we assembled a data set based on published and novel information containing 135 morphological characters and 11,235 DNA base pairs (14 loci) for up to 52 terminals, including outgroups. We performed 13 analyses based on different optimality criteria (parsimony, maximum likelihood, and coalescent approach) and indel coding strategies (gaps coded as missing data or as a fifth state). We also evaluated the impact of phenotypic evidence on the phylogeny of leiosaurids, and investigated the level of informativeness and potential sources of topological conflict using a Quartet Sampling analysis. Phylogenetic analyses supported the monophyly of major leiosaurid clades, including subfamilies Enyaliinae and Leiosaurinae, and the ‘para-anoles’ clade (Urostrophus + Anisolepis). However, Urostrophus was inferred as paraphyletic, with U. vautieri forming a clade with Anisolepis. These relationships motivate the synonymization of Anisolepis Boulenger, 1885 with Urostrophus Duméril & Bibron, 1837. The monophyly of Pristidactylus and, surprisingly, of Enyalius, were also challenged, underscoring the need for additional phylogenetic work. Finally, we described Urostrophus chungarae sp. nov. from the Torotoro National Park, Potosí, Bolivia. This apparently rare leiosaurid was inferred as sister to U. gallardoi, a Chacoan species distributed in northern Argentina and southeastern Bolivia. We conclude with a revised classification of Leiosauridae and by pointing out a number of unresolved issues that require further systematic investigation. Key words: Bolivian Andes, leiosaurid phylogeny, lizard systematics, new classification, quartet sampling, sp. nov., synonymy, Urostrophus chungarae André L. G. Carvalho, Alejandro Laspiur, Julia Klaczko, Luis Rolando Rivas, Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues, Marco Aurélio de Sena and Ricardo Céspedes. 2023. Total Evidence Phylogenetic Analysis of Leiosauridae (Squamata) with Focus on the ‘para-anoles’ and Description of A New Urostrophus Species from the Bolivian Andes.  Systematics and Biodiversity. 21(1); 2200306. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2023.2200306    Researchgate.net/publication/370346025_Total_evidence_phylogenetic_analysis_of_Leiosauridae_Squamata_with_focus_on_the_para-anoles facebook.com/LuisRolandoRivasTorrico/posts/10226025450237237 Show less

Grieving families demand a flat fee for graves and burials across Greater Manchester's 10 boroughs.

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