Abstract We genotyped multiple populations of all seven parthenogenetic species rock lizards, genus Darevskia, as well their putative sexual parental populations, using double digest RAD-sequencing genomic markers. Taking advantage the conserved homology ZW/ZZ sex chromosomes among lacertid we aligned our short sequence reads to a reference Z chromosome assembly common wall lizard Podarcis mura...

Autotomy is the ability to shed a body part when an animal receives attack by predator. It often followed regeneration of lost parts counteract dysfunctions related limb amputation. Caudal autotomy frequently used in lizards avoid predation and tail regeneration. Regeneration costly process that can limit resources available for somatic growth, accumulation reserves reproduction. We carried out...

Successful establishment and range expansion of non-native species often require rapid accommodation of novel environments. Here, we use common-garden experiments to demonstrate parallel adaptive evolutionary response to a cool climate in populations of wall lizards (Podarcis muralis) introduced from southern Europe into England. Low soil temperatures in the introduced range delay hatching, whi...

Controlled aerial descent has evolved at least 30 times independently in different vertebrate and invertebrate lineages. A whole suite of morphological modifications, such as patagia, lateral skin folds and webbed feet, have been suggested to enhance descending ability. In this study, we compare aerial performance (i.e. vertical and horizontal velocity, horizontal distance covered, duration of ...

Actinomycetes that have mycolic acid in the cell walls have been classified under genera such as Corynebacterium, Gordonia, Mycobacterium, Nocardia, Rhodococcus, Tsukamurella, Skermania and Williamsia [1]. Williamsia was introduced in 1999 by Kämpfer et al. [2] to accommodate actinomycetes with atypical cell morphology and mycolic acids with 50 to 56 carbon chain lengths between the genera of R...