Latest papers

Evolutionary changes of astroglia in Elasmobranchii comparing to amniotes: a study based on three immunohistochemical markers (GFAP, S-100, and glutamine synthetase).

Brain organization and specialization in deep-sea chondrichthyans.

Stem cells from cartilaginous and bony fish.

New hypothesis helps explain elasmobranch "outburst" on Georges Bank in the 1980s.

Uniform strain in broad muscles: active and passive effects of the twisted tendon of the spotted ratfish Hydrolagus colliei.

Using fatty-acid profile analysis as an ecologic indicator in the management of tourist impacts on marine wildlife: a case of stingray-feeding in the Caribbean.

Blood culture results from healthy captive and free-ranging elasmobranchs.

Redescription of Gymnorhynchus isuri (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha) from Isurus oxyrinchus (Elasmobranchii: Lamnidae).

Body fluid volume regulation in elasmobranch fish.

New host and geographical records of siphonostomatoid copepods associated with elasmobranchs off the KwaZulu-Natal coast, South Africa.

Ribosomal RNA genes and deuterostome phylogeny revisited: more cyclostomes, elasmobranchs, reptiles, and a brittle star.

Cascading effects of the loss of apex predatory sharks from a coastal ocean.

Molecular and karyological aspects of Batoidea (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchi) phylogeny.

Prey detection mechanism of elasmobranchs.

Functional richness, functional evenness, and use of niche space in parasite communities.

Sonic hedgehog function in chondrichthyan fins and the evolution of appendage patterning.

New insights on Saccus vasculosus evolution: a developmental and immunohistochemical study in elasmobranchs.

Feeding ecology of elasmobranch fishes in coastal waters of the Colombian Eastern Tropical Pacific.

PCNA immunoreactivity revealing normal proliferative activity in the brain of an adult Elasmobranch, Torpedo marmorata.

Colour vision and visual ecology of the blue-spotted maskray, Dasyatis kuhlii Müller Henle, 1814.