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Turtle

Known as: Turtles, tortoise, tortoises 
Any reptile including tortoises, fresh water, and marine species of the order Testudines with a body encased in a bony or cartilaginous shell… (More)

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Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
The draft genomes of soft–shell turtle and green sea turtle yield insights into the development and evolution of the turtle–specific body plan
The unique anatomical features of turtles have raised unanswered questions about the origin of their unique body plan. We… (More)
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
The Evolution of Cooperation THE EVOLUTION OF COOPERATION
vs. concrete thinking, 28<lb>Aerospace companies, 180<lb>Afghanistan, Soviet invasion of, 4<lb>Africa, westernization in, 28<lb… (More)
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Comparison of whole chloroplast genome sequences to choose noncoding regions for phylogenetic studies in angiosperms: the tortoise and the hare III.
Although the chloroplast genome contains many noncoding regions, relatively few have been exploited for interspecific… (More)
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
A Stage-Based Population Model for Loggerhead Sea Turtles and Implications for Conservation
Management of many species is currently based on an inadequate understanding of their population dynamics. Lack of age-specific… (More)
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution of turtles.
Turtles are one of Earth's most instantly recognizable life forms, distinguished for over 200 million years in the fossil record… (More)
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Visual stimuli induce waves of electrical activity in turtle cortex.
The computations involved in the processing of a visual scene invariably involve the interactions among neurons throughout all of… (More)
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Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Conservation and dynamics of microsatellite loci over 300 million years of marine turtle evolution.
Microsatellite loci consisting of (CA)n repetitive arrays were obtained from three species of marine turtle, and primers were… (More)
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Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Serotonin-induced bistability of turtle motoneurones caused by a nifedipine-sensitive calcium plateau potential.
1. The effect of serotonin on the firing properties of motoneurones was studied in transverse sections of the adult turtle spinal… (More)
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Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Changes in time scale and sensitivity in turtle photoreceptors.
1. In turtle cones the steady-state relation between the internal potential and log light intensity was much flatter in the… (More)
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Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Receptive fields of cones in the retina of the turtle.
1. Intracellular recordings have been made of the responses to light of single cones in the retina of the turtle. The shape of… (More)
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