Sphenodon
National Institutes of Health
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Vitamin D plays a central role in calcium homeostasis of most vertebrates, and is obtained in different species through diet…
Iako su tuatare rasprostranjene samo na otocima Novog Zelanda svijest o njihovom ocuvanju mora doprijeti do znanstvenika diljem…
The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is an extremely dynamic region of the genome, characterized by high polymorphism and…
‘Living fossil’ taxa, by definition, have no close relatives, and therefore no outgroup to provide a root to phylogenetic trees…
Tuatara (Sphenodon, Order Sphenodontia) are rare New Zealand reptiles whose conservation involves captive breeding. Wild tuatara…
Squamate prey capture evolved in two general directions; one toward an emphasis upon lingual prehension and the other toward an…
Burrow use and population densities of tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) were in- vestigated from 1975-1980 in two dissimilar areas…
It is generally accepted that the sigmoidal nature of the haemoglobin–oxygen dissociation curve (ODC) is necessary for efficient…
The throat musculature of Sphenodon is described and figured, and compared with that of lizards. In many features of its throat…