Data/hora: 03/06/2024 07:29:10

Provedor de dados: | 49
País: | Brazil
Título: | Frequency of leucism in a colony of Anoura geoffroyi (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) roosting in a ferruginous cave in Brazil
Autores: | Reis,Aline da Silva; Zampaulo,Robson de Almeida; Talamoni,Sônia Aparecida.
Data: | 2019-01-01
Ano: | 2019
Palavras-chave: | Glossophaginae; Hypopigmentation; Bats; Iron Quadrangle.
Resumo: | Abstract: We provide the first report of the frequency of leucism for a species of Neotropical bat. Leucism is an anomaly of the skin pigmentation of an animal that manifests itself as the total or partial loss of the natural color of the species, and can affect part of or the entire body. During a study involving capture and marking individuals of a population of A. geoffroyi residing in a cave in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, seven individuals with some degree of depigmentation were recorded out of 616 individuals marked, for a frequency of 1.1%. Since leucism is due to recessive gene expression, these findings may indicate that the population is isolated and possesses a high level of endogamy. Factors that may be responsible for this condition in the studied population remain unknown.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/other
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1676-06032019000300502
Editor: | Instituto Virtual da Biodiversidade | BIOTA - FAPESP
Relação: | 10.1590/1676-0611-bn-2018-0676
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Biota Neotropica  v.19 n.3 2019
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess