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Hace 9 horas · Hence, their continued breeding will risk both inbreeding depression and loss of genetic variability in captive tigers. [63] Pseudo- melanistic tigers with thick, merged stripes have been recorded in Simlipal National Park and three Indian zoos; population genetic analysis of Indian tiger samples revealed that this phenotype is caused by a mutation of a transmembrane aminopeptidase gene.
Hace 1 día · How sea turtles navigate to their breeding beaches remains unknown. One possibility is imprinting as in salmon , where the young learn the chemical signature, effectively the scent, of their home waters before leaving, and remember that when the time comes for them to return as adults.
Hace 1 día · Asia–Africa boundary. The boundary between Asia and Africa is the Suez Canal, the Gulf of Suez, the Red Sea, and the Bab-el-Mandeb. This makes Egypt a transcontinental country, with the Sinai peninsula in Asia and the remainder of the country in Africa.. Asia–Europe boundary Definitions used for the boundary between Asia and Europe in different periods of history.
Hace 9 horas · Martinique (/ ˌ m ɑːr t ɪ ˈ n iː k / MAR-tin-EEK, French: ⓘ; Martinican Creole: Matinik or Matnik; Kalinago: Madinina or Madiana) is an island in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the eastern Caribbean Sea.A part of the French West Indies (Antilles), Martinique is an overseas department and region and a single territorial collectivity of the French Republic.
Hace 1 día · History of the concepts. The metaphor of a golden age began to be applied in 19th-century literature about Islamic history, in the context of the western aesthetic fashion known as Orientalism.The author of a Handbook for Travelers in Syria and Palestine in 1868 observed that the most beautiful mosques of Damascus were "like Mohammedanism itself, now rapidly decaying" and relics of "the golden ...
Hace 9 horas · Description of the species found in the archipelago, with a provisional check-list of the fishes of Oceania. Bull. Bur. Fish. 25 (1905): 173-455 + index 457-488, Pls. 33-53. [details] Descriptive notes Taxonomic citation. Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Eviota sebreei Jordan & Seale, 1906.
Hace 1 día · This is a list of English words inherited and derived directly from the Old English stage of the language. This list also includes neologisms formed from Old English roots and/or particles in later forms of English, and words borrowed into other languages (e.g. French, Anglo-French, etc.) then borrowed back into English (e.g. bateau, chiffon, gourmet, nordic, etc.).
