Diversidade morfológica e molecular do gênero Oecomys thomas, 1906 (Rodentia: Cricetidae) na Amazônia oriental brasileira

Os roedores arborícolas do gênero Oecomys possuem distribuição reconhecida para áreas de floresta tropical e subtropical da América Central e do Sul, e compreendem 17 espécies atualmente reconhecidas, além de duas descritas, mas não nomeadas, reconhecidas em estudos prévios. Destas, apenas seis têm ocorrência esperada para a Amazônia oriental brasileira. A delimitação das espécies com base apenas em caracteres morfológicos é complicada, de forma que diversos táxons nominais já foram associados ao gênero e diversos arranjos taxonômicos foram propostos. Na única revisão taxonômica para o gênero, realizada há 50 anos, foram reconhecidas apenas duas espécies politípicas. Desde então, vários trabalhos envolvendo análises morfológicas, moleculares e cariotípicas têm demonstrado que há uma maior diversidade de espécies em Oecomys, resultando em descrições de espécies novas e revalidações de espécies anteriormente sinonimizadas. Este trabalho buscou caracterizar a variação morfológica e a diversidade molecular das espécies com ocorrência na Amazônia oriental brasileira. Para isto, empregamos análises filogenéticas com base no gene mitocondrial citocromo-b a fim de definir clados que representassem espécies, para as quais descrevemos a morfologia externa e craniana. Como resultado, reconhecemos 11 espécies com ocorrência para o leste da Amazônia brasileira, das quais cinco são esperadas para a região (Oecomys auyantepui, O. bicolor, O. paricola, O. rex e O. rutilus), duas são registradas pela primeira vez para o bioma Amazônia (Oecomys catherinae e O. cleberi) e quatro espécies são novas ou não reconhecidas como válidas atualmente, aqui denominadas Oecomys sp. A, Oecomys sp. B, Oecomys sp. C e Oecomys sp. D. Além disso, corroboramos estudos moleculares prévios em que Oecomys bicolor é um complexo de espécies, com base na alta taxa de divergência nucleotídica apresentada (7,5 %). Observamos dimorfismo sexual e variação ontogenética na morfometria craniana da espécie Oecomys paricola, e para efeito de comparação extrapolamos estas variações para as demais espécies tratadas aqui. Sugerimos também uma hipótese filogenética entre as espécies do gênero a partir de 653 pb do gene citocromo-b, sendo esta a filogenia mais abrangente para Oecomys publicada até o momento, devido ao elevado número de espécies incluídas (11 das 16 espécies atualmente reconhecidas e sete prováveis novas espécies) e a amplitude geográfica das amostras aqui utilizadas.

Revisão sistemática e filogeografia de Deconychura longicauda (Aves - Dendrocolaptidae)

Os limites interespecíficos da espécie politípica Deconychura longicauda (Dendrocolaptidae) foram investigados por uma análise conjunta, incluindo caracteres moleculares, morfológicos e vocais. Um total de 1.108 pares de bases de genes mitocondriais Cit b e ND2 foram usados para construir hipóteses filogenéticas, ao passo que os caracteres morfológicos e vocais foram analisados com métodos estatísticos univariado e multivariado. Todas as árvores filogenéticas recuperadas indicam altos níveis de diferenciação genética e estrutura filogeográfica em Deconychura longicauda, com o reconhecimento de quatro grupos principais bem apoiados, geograficamente constituídos por aves (1) do centro de endemismo Guiana no nordeste da América do Sul (2), da bacia amazônica excluindo o escudo das Guianas (3), do sopé oriental dos Andes, e (4), trans-Andinas da América do Sul e América Central. O nível de divergência genética entre estes clados varia de 6-8% (entre as aves Guianenses, não-Guianenses, do sopé dos Andes e trans-Andinas). Embora os caracteres morfológicos contribuam pouco para a diagnose em Deconychura, o canto, por outro lado, consistetemente os distinguem. Nós recomendamos com base, principalmente, em sua diagnose molecular e vocal o desdobramento de D. longicauda nas seguintes espécies filogenéticas e biológicas: Deconychura longicauda, D. pallida, D. zimmeri, D. connectens, D. typica e um táxon ainda não nomeado, endêmico do sopé oriental dos Andes.

Establishment of peritoneal liquid electrophoretogram from healthy horses and horses submitted to experimentally induced intestinal obstruction

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

A new turtle from the Upper Cretaceous Bauru Group of Brazil, updated phylogeny and implications for age of the Santo Anastacio Formation

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

"She Was Not Even Normal": Unreliable Narratives of Female Insanity in Jane Eyre, Rebecca, and Wide Sargasso Sea

In my thesis, I interrogate narrative reliability related to depictions of female insanity in Jane Eyre, Rebecca, and Wide Sargasso Sea. By subjecting the trustworthiness of her storytelling to criticism, especially as regards the concealed madwoman, Bertha Mason, Jane's narration is revealed as unstable, offering problematic insight into a character long considered unflinchingly honest. In du Maurier's later literary adaptation of Jane Eyre, Bertha's parallel character, the eponymous Rebecca, comes to the fore, while the novel's unnamed narrator remains in the shadows, and bases much of her storytelling upon hearsay, rather than the "autobiography" of Jane Eyre. The most transparent narrative voice, however, is Antoinette, the main character of Wide Sargasso Sea, the 1966 prequel to Jane Eyre. Despite her madness, Antoinette's narration makes no attempt at dissemblance, speaking forthrightly about her marriage and experience, proving a truthful narrator and openly rejecting the marginal status the earlier narrators try desperately to hide.

Naming a Mountain Peak - Montana Tech Peak

While conducting research to measure and confirm the elevation of Silver Bow County's highest point, Table Mountain, a group of Montana Tech students came across a heretofore unnamed peak designated as Peak 10131 (which denotes it's height).

Classification of the taxon 2 and taxon 3 complex of Bisgaard within Gallibacterium and description of Gallibacterium melopsittaci sp. nov., Gallibacterium trehalosifermentans sp. nov. and Gallibacterium salpingitidis sp. nov

This investigation was based on 23 isolates from several European countries collected over the past 30 years, and included characterization of all isolates. Published data on amplified fragment length polymorphism typing of isolates representing all biovars as well as protein profiles were used to select strains that were then further characterized by polyamine profiling and sequencing of 16S rRNA, infB, rpoB and recN genes. Comparison of 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed a monophyletic group within the avian 16S rRNA group of the Pasteurellaceae, which currently includes the genera Avibacterium, Gallibacterium and Volucribacter. Five monophyletic subgroups related to Gallibacterium anatis were recognized by 16S rRNA, rpoB, infB and recN gene sequence comparisons. Whole-genome similarity between strains of the five subgroups and the type strain of G. anatis calculated from recN sequences allowed us to classify them within the genus Gallibacterium. In addition, phenotypic data including biochemical traits, protein profiling and polyamine patterns clearly indicated that these taxa are related. Major phenotypic diversity was observed for 16S rRNA gene sequence groups. Furthermore, comparison of whole-genome similarities, phenotypic data and published data on amplified fragment length polymorphism and protein profiling revealed that each of the five groups present unique properties that allow the proposal of three novel species of Gallibacterium, for which we propose the names Gallibacterium melopsittaci sp. nov. (type strain F450(T) =CCUG 36331(T) =CCM 7538(T)), Gallibacterium trehalosifermentans sp. nov. (type strain 52/S3/90(T) =CCUG 55631(T) =CCM 7539(T)) and Gallibacterium salpingitidis sp. nov. (type strain F150(T) =CCUG 15564(T) =CCUG 36325(T) =NCTC 11414(T)), a novel genomospecies 3 of Gallibacterium and an unnamed taxon (group V). An emended description of the genus Gallibacterium is also presented.

Holtite and Dumortierite from the Szklary Pegmatite, Lower Silesia, Poland

The Szklary holtite is represented by three compositional varieties: (I) Ta-bearing (up to 14.66 wt.% Ta(2)O(5)), which forms homogeneous crystals and cores within zoned crystals; (2) Ti-bearing (up to 3.82 wt.% TiO(2)), found as small domains within the core; and (3) Nb-bearing (up to 5.30 wt.% Nb(2)O(5),) forming the rims of zoned crystals. All three varieties show variable Sb+As content, reaching 19.18 wt.% Sb(2)O(3) (0.87 Sb a.p.f.u.) and 3.30 wt.% As(2)O(3) (0.22 As a.p.f.u.) in zoned Ta-bearing holtite, which constitutes the largest Sb+As content reported for the mineral. The zoning in holtite is a result of Ta-Nb fractionation in the parental pegmatite-forming melt together with contamination of the relatively thin Szklary dyke by Fe, Mg and Ti. Holtite and the As- and Sb-bearing dumortierite, which in places overgrows the youngest Nb-bearing zone, suggest the following crystallization sequence: Ta-bearing holtite -> Ti-bearing holtite -> Nb-bearing holtite -> As- and Sb-bearing, (Ta,Nb,Ti)-poor dumortierite -> As- and Sb-dominant, (Ta,Nb,Ti)-free dumortierite-like mineral (16.81 wt.% As(2)O(3) and 10.23 wt.% Sb(2)O(3)) with (As+Sb) > Si. The last phase is potentially a new mineral species, Al(6)rectangle B(Sb,As)(3)O(15). or Al(5)rectangle(2)B(Sb,As)(3)O(12)(OH)(3), belonging to the dumortierite group. The Szklary holtite shows no evidence of clustering of compositions around 'holtite I' and 'holtite II'. Instead, the substitutions of Si(4+) by Sb(3+)+As(3+) at the Si/Sb sites and of Ta(5+) by Nb(5+) or Ti(4+) at the Al(l) site suggest possible solid solutions between: (1) (Sb,As)-poor and (Sb,As)-rich holtite; (2) dumortierite and the unnamed (As+Sb)-dominant dumortierite-like mineral; and (3) Ti-bearing dumortierite and holtite, i.e. our data provide further evidence for miscibility between holtite and dumortierite, but leave open the question of defining the distinction between them. The Szklary holtite crystallized from the melt along with other primary Ta-Nb-(Ti) minerals such as columbite-(Mn), tantalite-(Mn), stibiotantalite and stibiocolumbite as the availability of Ta decreased. The origin of the parental melt can be related to anatexis in the adjacent Sowie Mountains complex, leading to widespread migmatization and metamorphic segregation in pelitic-psammitic sediments metamorphosed at similar to 390-380 Ma.

Cenozoic radiolaria in the western North Atlantic

Eight Cenozoic radiolarian zones were recognized in samples from two holes at Site 603, drilled on the lower continental rise off North America during Leg 93 of the Deep Sea Drilling Project. Paleocene to early Eocene radiolarian zones (Bekoma bidartensis, Buryella clinata, and Phormocyrtis striata striata zones) and early to late Miocene radiolarian zones (Calocycletta costata, Dorcadospyris alata, Diartus petterssoni, and Didymocyrtis antepenultima zones) were recognized in sediments from Holes 603 and 603B. In addition, a new Paleocene Bekoma campechensis radiolarian Zone is defined by the interval between the first morphotypic appearance of B. campechensis and the B. campechensis-B. bidartensis evolutionary transition. This zone is immediately below the B. bidartensis Zone of Foreman (1973), and has previously been discussed as a Paleocene "unnamed zone" by other investigators. A hiatus between Neogene and Paleogene sequences was also recognized in the radiolarian faunas.

Carbonate, organic carbon, pyrolysis and composition of the extracts at DSDP Holes 76-534A and 44-391

The geochemical studies of Sites 534 and 391 and their comparison allow us to improve the chemical characterization of different geological formations dating from the early Callovian to the Maestrichtian along the continental margin of eastern North America. Three of the formations are favorable for the preservation of organic matter: (1) the unnamed formation (middle Callovian to Oxfordian), (2) the Blake-Bahama Formation (Berriasian to Barremian), and (3) the Hatteras Formation (Aptian to Cenomanian). The organic matter is mainly detrital, except for a few organic-rich layers where a contribution of aquatic material occurs. In these organic-rich layers, the petroleum potential is medium to good. Maturation has not quite reached the beginning of the oil window even for the deepest organic material.

Chemical composition of Fe-Mn nodules and crusts from oceans and seas

Fluorine concentrations were determined ionometrically with an error of 0.02% in iron-manganese materials of the ocean. They were: 0.02-0.04% in ocean iron-manganese nodules, with the exception of two specimens (0.08% and 0.20% F); up to 0.02% in iron-manganese nodules of seas; 0.02-1.17% in ore crusts from ocean seamounts; and 0.02% in ore sediments of the Red Sea. Elevated fluorine content of ore crusts is associated with presence of calcium phosphate inclusions in them. Fluorine is not accumulated during iron-manganese nodule mineralization. Its average concentration in the nodules is half that in host deep-sea sediments.

(Table 1) Chemical composition of Fe-rich layered silicates from the East Korean Rise, Japan Sea

Mineral and chemical compositions of highly ferruginous layered silicates (HLS) of glauconite sands occurred on the East Korean Rise outside volcanic structures and on an unnamed volcano and the Chentsov Volcano have been studied. The use of cluster and discriminant analyses has resulted to more objectively distinguished groups among HLS, and the use of factor analysis - to illustrate correlations between chemical elements in different groups. It has been found that green mineral assemblages of the East Korean Rise are heterogeneous in terms of morphology, composition and origin, and their formation is a complex multistage process including both neoformation and degradation.