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Family Dasypodidae

Known as: Armadillo, Armadillos, Mammals, Armadillos 
Burrowing, chiefly nocturnal mammals of the family Dasypodidae having bodies and heads encased in small bony plates. They are widely distributed in… 
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2008
2008
Development of the carapacial ridge: implications for the evolution of genetic networks in turtle shell development
SUMMARY Paleontologists and neontologists have long looked to development to understand the homologies of the dermal bones that… 
2005
2005
A novel abundant family of retroposed elements (DAS-SINEs) in the nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus).
About half of the mammalian genome is composed of retroposons. Long interspersed elements (LINEs) and short interspersed elements… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
The nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) is naturally infected with Sarcocystis neurona.
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1999
Highly Cited
1999
Assessing the Cretaceous superordinal divergence times within birds and placental mammals by using whole mitochondrial protein sequences and an extended statistical framework.
Using the set of all vertebrate mtDNA protein sequences published as of May 1998, plus unpublished examples for elephant and… 
1999
1999
Species-Specific Identification ofMycobacterium leprae by PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis of the hsp65 Gene
ABSTRACT PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis (PRA) of thehsp65 gene present in all mycobacteria was used in the… 
1989
1989
Leprosy: understanding protective immunity.
Review
1986
Review
1986
Evaluation of the origin of Mycobacterium leprae infections in the wild armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus.
An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using the phenolic glycolipid-1 (PGL-1) antigen of Mycobacterium leprae and cross… 
1983
1983
Leprosy in five armadillo handlers.
1982
1982
SDS-PAGE analysis of M. leprae protein antigens reacting with antibodies from sera from lepromatous patients and infected armadillos.
Studies have been conducted to characterize M. leprae bacilli derived from infected armadillos. First, the proteins of the… 
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1979
Highly Cited
1979
Immunological changes observed in indeterminate and lepromatous leprosy patients and Mitsuda-negative contacts after the inoculation of a mixture of Mycobacterium leprae and BCG.
This investigation was carried out to study the possibility of eliciting favourable immunological changes in small groups of… 
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