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By-catch associated with fisheries of Heterocarpus vicarius (Costa Rica) and Heterocarpus reedi (Chile) (Decapoda: Pandalidae): a six-year study (2004-2009)
(Journal of Crustacean Biology, 33(2), 198-209. 2013, 2013)
Growing concern about the quantity and diversity of by-catch species caught in the bottom trawling nets of crustacean fisheries led us to compare the quantity of by-catch recorded in Chilean and Costa Rican deep-water ...
Arabidopsis Qc‑SNARE genes BET11 and BET12 are required for fertility and pollen tube elongation
(2015-10-01)
Pollen tubes are rapidly growing specialized structures that elongate in a polar manner. They play a crucial role in the delivery of sperm cells through the stylar tissues of the flower and into the embryo sac, where the ...
Acoustic courtship songs in males of the fruit fly Anastrepha ludens (Diptera: Tephritidae) associated with geography, mass rearing and courtship success
(Rev. Biol. Trop. 57 (Suppl. 1): 257-265. Epub 2009 November 30., 2009-11-30)
The Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) has been used successfully to control or eradicate fruit flies. The
commonly observed inferiority of mass-reared males, compared with wild males, when they are paired with wild
females, ...
Costa rican international cooperative biodiversity group: using insects and other arthropods in biodiversity prospecting
In: J. Rosenthal (Ed.). Drug discovery, economic development and conservation: The International Cooperative Biodiversity Groups. Pharm. Biol. Vol 37, Supplement, pp. 55-68.
(Pharmaceutical Biology 37(Supplement):55–68. 1999, 1999)
This paper describes the Costa Rican International Collaborative Biodiversity Group (ICBG), which was designed to introduce insects and other arthropods as a source of pharmaceutical compounds, and to generate knowledge ...
Bosque y Población en la Península de Osa, Costa Rica
(Revista de Biología Tropical 50 (2):585-598, 2002, 2002-01)
Este estudio relaciona datos geocodificados de censos de población con información de uso de la tierra proveniente de imágenes de satélite y fotografías aéreas. Se analizan tres procesos: deforestación, reforestación y ...
Body distribution of Bothrops asper (terciopelo) snake venom myotoxin and its relationship to pathological changes
(1988)
The distribution of 125I-labelled Bothrops asper myotoxin following i.m. and i.v. injections was studied in mice. After i.m. administration the toxin was concentrated in the injected gastrocnemius muscle, with relatively ...
Cariotipos de diez especies de serpientes costarricenses de la familia Viperidae
(1979)
All the karyotypes of ten snake species of the family Viperidae from Costa Rica have a diploid number of 36 chromosomes, 16 macro- and 20 microchromosomes; females show an heteromorphism in the fourth pair. The karyological ...
Cariotipos de las principales serpientes coral (Elapidae: Micrurus) de Costa Rica
(1979)
Se describen los cariotipos de las tres especies de serpientes de coral (Elapidae: Micrurus) más abundantes en Costa Rica: M. nigrocinctus, M. alleni y M. mipartitus. M. nigrocinctus presenta dos poblaciones cariotípicas ...
La genealogía de doña Isabel Jiménez. Una aproximación a la primera fase del mestizaje en Costa Rica
(Orígenes. Revista de la Asociación de Genealogía e Historia de Costa Rica, 1(1), 271-284, 2012)
The genealogy of doña Isabel Jiménez is a evidence of Spanish-Amerindian admixture since the early Spanish Colony in Costa Rica. The observed a DNA lineage wich has an Amerindian ancestry in a a deep matrilineal genealogy. ...
Karyotype of the yellow-bellied sea snake, Pelamis platurus
(1980)
In this paper we describe the karyotype of the yellow-bellied sea snake, Pelamis platurus from Costa Rica. The diploid number is 38 chromosomes, with 20 macrochromosomes and 18 microchromosomes. The pairs 1 and 2 are ...