Specimen collection is essential for modern science.

Autor: Michael W Nachman, Elizabeth J Beckman, Rauri Ck Bowie, Carla Cicero, Chris J Conroy, Robert Dudley, Tyrone B Hayes, Michelle S Koo, Eileen A Lacey, Christopher H Martin, Jimmy A McGuire, James L Patton, Carol L Spencer, Rebecca D Tarvin, Marvalee H Wake, Ian J Wang, Anang Achmadi, Sergio Ticul Álvarez-Castañeda, Michael J Andersen, Jairo Arroyave, Christopher C Austin, F Keith Barker, Lisa N Barrow, George F Barrowclough, John Bates, Aaron M Bauer, Kayce C Bell, Rayna C Bell, Allison W Bronson, Rafe M Brown, Frank T Burbrink, Kevin J Burns, Carlos Daniel Cadena, David C Cannatella, Todd A Castoe, Prosanta Chakrabarty, Jocelyn P Colella, Joseph A Cook, Joel L Cracraft, Drew R Davis, Alison R Davis Rabosky, Guillermo D'Elía, John P Dumbacher, Jonathan L Dunnum, Scott V Edwards, Jacob A Esselstyn, Julián Faivovich, Jon Fjeldså, Oscar A Flores-Villela, Kassandra Ford, Jérôme Fuchs, Matthew K Fujita, Jeffrey M Good, Eli Greenbaum, Harry W Greene, Shannon Hackett, Amir Hamidy, James Hanken, Tri Haryoko, Melissa Tr Hawkins, Lawrence R Heaney, David M Hillis, Bradford D Hollingsworth, Angela D Hornsby, Peter A Hosner, Mohammad Irham, Sharon Jansa, Rosa Alicia Jiménez, Leo Joseph, Jeremy J Kirchman, Travis J LaDuc, Adam D Leaché, Enrique P Lessa, Hernán López-Fernández, Nicholas A Mason, John E McCormack, Caleb D McMahan, Robert G Moyle, Ricardo A Ojeda, Link E Olson, Chan Kin Onn, Lynne R Parenti, Gabriela Parra-Olea, Bruce D Patterson, Gregory B Pauly, Silvia E Pavan, A Townsend Peterson, Steven Poe, Daniel L Rabosky, Christopher J Raxworthy, Sushma Reddy, Alejandro Rico-Guevara, Awal Riyanto, Luiz A Rocha, Santiago R Ron, Sean M Rovito, Kevin C Rowe, Jodi Rowley, Sara Ruane, David Salazar-Valenzuela, Allison J Shultz, Brian Sidlauskas, Derek S Sikes, Nancy B Simmons, Melanie L J Stiassny, Jeffrey W Streicher, Bryan L Stuart, Adam P Summers, Jose Tavera, Pablo Teta, Cody W Thompson, Robert M Timm, Omar Torres-Carvajal, Gary Voelker, Robert S Voss, Kevin Winker, Christopher Witt, Elizabeth A Wommack, Robert M Zink

Publikováno v: PLoS Biology, Vol 21, Iss 11, p e3002318 (2023)

Natural history museums are vital repositories of specimens, samples and data that inform about the natural world; this Formal Comment revisits a Perspective that advocated for the adoption of compassionate collection practices, querying whether it w

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Morphology, reproduction and diet in Australian and Papuan death adders (Acanthophis, Elapidae).

Autor: Richard Shine, Carol L Spencer, J Scott Keogh

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 9, Iss 4, p e94216 (2014)

Death adders (genus Acanthophis) differ from most other elapid snakes, and resemble many viperid snakes, in their thickset morphology and ambush foraging mode. Although these snakes are widely distributed through Australia and Papua New Guinea, their

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Geographic variation in morphology in the Mohave Rattlesnake (Crotalus scutulatus Kennicott 1861) (Serpentes: Viperidae): implications for species boundaries

Autor: Jonathan A. Campbell, Todd A. Castoe, Carol L. Spencer, Stephen P. Mackessy, Jesse M. Meik, Drew R. Schield, Jessica A. Watson, Brett O. Butler, Oscar Flores-Villela, Lydia L. Smith

Publikováno v: Zootaxa. 4683(1)

The Mohave Rattlesnake (Crotalus scutulatus) is a highly venomous pitviper inhabiting the arid interior deserts, grasslands, and savannas of western North America. Currently two subspecies are recognized: the Northern Mohave Rattlesnake (C. s. scutul

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31715939

Incipient speciation with biased gene flow between two lineages of the Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox)

Autor: Carol L. Spencer, Stephen P. Mackessy, Hans-Werner Herrmann, Richard Adams, Todd A. Castoe, Drew R. Schield, Tereza Jezkova, F. Nicole Proctor, Daren C. Card, Jacobo Reyes-Velasco

Publikováno v: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 83:213-223

We used mitochondrial DNA sequence data from 151 individuals to estimate population genetic structure across the range of the Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox), a widely distributed North American pit viper. We also tested hypotheses o

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2014.12.006

Phylogeographic structure and historical demography of the western diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox): A perspective on North American desert biogeography

Autor: Christopher L. Parkinson, Carol L. Spencer, Todd A. Castoe

Publikováno v: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 42:193-212

The western diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) is a prominent member of North American desert and semi-arid ecosystems, and its importance extends from its impact on the region's ecology and imagery, to its medical relevance as a large deadly v

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2006.07.002