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How mountains shape biodiversity: The role of the Andes in biogeography, diversification, and reproductive biology in South America’s most species-rich lizard radiation (Squamata: Liolaemidae) by Esquerré, Damien, Brennan, Ian G., Catullo, Renee A., Torres-Pérez, Fernando, Keogh, J. Scott

“…Testing hypotheses on drivers of clade evolution and trait diversification provides insight into many aspects of evolutionary biology. Often, studies…”
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Spatial but not temporal co-divergence of a virus and its mammalian host by TORRES-PÉREZ, FERNANDO, PALMA, R. EDUARDO, HJELLE, BRIAN, HOLMES, EDWARD C., COOK, JOSEPH A.

“…Co‐divergence between host and parasites suggests that evolutionary processes act across similar spatial and temporal scales. Although there has been…”
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Sin Nombre virus infection in field workers, Colorado, USA by Torres-Perez, Fernando, Wilson, Linda, Collinge, Sharon K, Harmon, Heath, Ray, Chris, Medina, Rafael A, Hjelle, Brian

“…We report 2 cases of Sin Nombre virus (SNV) infection in field workers, possibly contracted through rodent bites. Screening for antibodies to SNV in rodents…”
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Geometric Morphometric Analysis of the Head of Microlophus Atacamensis (Tropiduridae) in a Latitudinal Gradient by Ibáñez, Soledad, Vidal, Marcela A, Ortiz, Juan Carlos, Torres-Pérez, Fernando

“…Background Clinal variation is defined as gradual variation in a character associated with geographic distance among sites. Microlophus atacamensis is a medium…”
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Rapid enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of hantavirus-specific antibodies in divergent small mammals by Cautivo, Karla, Schountz, Tony, Acuña-Retamar, Mariana, Ferrés, Marcela, Torres-Pérez, Fernando

“…We assessed the utility of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection of hantavirus-specific antibodies from sera of Oligoryzomys…”
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Biogeographic origin and phylogenetic relationships of Mepraia (Hemiptera, Reduviidae) on islands of northern Chile by Campos-Soto, Ricardo, Díaz-Campusano, Gabriel, Rives-Blanchard, Ninette, Cianferoni, Franco, Torres-Pérez, Fernando

“…Chagas disease is one of the main zoonoses mediated by vectors in America. The etiological agent is the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, transmitted mainly by…”
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Hybridization and polyploidy in the weeping lizard Liolaemus chiliensis (Squamata: Liolaemidae) by Araya-Donoso, Raúl, Torres-Pérez, Fernando, Véliz, David, Lamborot, Madeleine

“…Abstract In reptiles, polyploidy is an unusual phenomenon that can originate from interspecific hybridization. In Chile, the lizard Liolaemus chiliensis…”
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Trypanosoma cruzi over the ocean: Insular zones of Chile with presence of infected vector Mepraia species by Rives-Blanchard, Ninette, Torres-Pérez, Fernando, Ortiz, Silvia, Solari, Aldo, Campos-Soto, Ricardo

“…[Display omitted] •T. cruzi has not been reported in Mepraia species from insular zones of Chile.•T. cruzi infection in Mepraia specimens from islands of Chile…”
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Synthesis and characterization of a new semiconducting indacenodithiophene-carbazole derivative with interesting optical and electronic properties by Álvarez-Venicio, Violeta, Torres-Pérez, Fernando, Guerra-Pulido, Jaime Octavio, Cuellar-Pérez, Shaina N., Bernal, Wilson, Martínez-Flores, César, Basiuk, Vladimir A., Maldonado, José-Luis, Carreón-Castro, María del Pilar

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Peridomestic small mammals associated with confirmed cases of human hantavirus disease in southcentral Chile by Torres-Pérez, Fernando, Navarrete-Droguett, Jorge, Aldunate, Rebeca, Yates, Terry L, Mertz, Gregory J, Vial, Pablo A, Ferrés, Marcela, Marquet, Pablo A, Palma, R Eduardo

“…Cases of human hantavirus disease have been reported in Chile since 1995, most of them in people living in rural and periurban areas. We conducted a…”
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Assessing Ecogeographic Rules in Two Sigmodontine Rodents along an Elevational Gradient in Central Chile by Valladares-Gómez, Alejandro, Torres-Pérez, Fernando, Palma, R Eduardo

“…Bergmann's and Allen's rules are two classic ecogeographic rules concerning the physiological mechanisms employed by endotherm vertebrates for heat…”
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High phylogeographic structure in sylvatic vectors of Chagas disease of the genus Mepraia (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) by Campos, Ricardo, Torres-Pérez, Fernando, Botto-Mahan, Carezza, Coronado, Ximena, Solari, Aldo

“…•Phylogeographic analyses identified three lineages supported, congruent with the current taxonomy in Mepraia genus.•Mepraia populations were highly…”
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Hantaviruses in the americas and their role as emerging pathogens by Hjelle, Brian, Torres-Pérez, Fernando

“…The continued emergence and re-emergence of pathogens represent an ongoing, sometimes major, threat to populations. Hantaviruses (family Bunyaviridae) and…”
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Phylogenetic Analyses of Lizards from the Chilean Humboldt Archipelago Reveal a New Species for the Chañaral Island (Squamata: Liolaemidae) by Campos-Soto, Ricardo, Rodríguez-Valenzuela, Evelyn, Bruna, Yareta, Díaz-Campusano, Gabriel, Cianferoni, Franco, Boric-Bargetto, Dusan, Torres-Pérez, Fernando

“…The Humboldt Archipelago, situated on Chile’s north-central coast, is renowned for its exceptional biodiversity. However, lizards of the Liolaemus genus are a…”
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Avian Influenza Virus H5 Strain with North American and Eurasian Lineage Genes in an Antarctic Penguin by Barriga, Gonzalo P, Boric-Bargetto, Dusan, San Martin, Marcelo Cortez, Neira, Víctor, van Bakel, Harm, Thompsom, Michele, Tapia, Rodrigo, Toro-Ascuy, Daniela, Moreno, Lucila, Vasquez, Yesseny, Sallaberry, Michel, Torres-Pérez, Fernando, González-Acuña, Daniel, Medina, Rafael A

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Mountaintops phylogeography: A case study using small mammals from the Andes and the coast of central Chile by Palma, R Eduardo, Gutiérrez-Tapia, Pablo, González, Juan F, Boric-Bargetto, Dusan, Torres-Pérez, Fernando

“…We evaluated if two sigmodontine rodent taxa (Abrothrix olivacea and Phyllotis darwini) from the Andes and Coastal mountaintops of central Chile, experienced…”
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Testing Phylogeographic Hypotheses in Mepraia (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) Suggests a Complex Spatio-Temporal Colonization in the Coastal Atacama Desert by Campos-Soto, Ricardo, Rodríguez-Valenzuela, Evelyn, Díaz-Campusano, Gabriel, Boric-Bargetto, Dusan, Zúñiga-Reinoso, Álvaro, Cianferoni, Franco, Torres-Pérez, Fernando

“…is a genus (Triatominae) endemic to Chile and a vector of . Alternative phylogeographic hypotheses have been suggested for . We tested different colonization…”
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Trypanosoma cruzi -infected triatomines and rodents co-occur in a coastal island of northern Chile by Campos-Soto, Ricardo, Díaz-Campusano, Gabriel, Quiroga, Nicol, Muñoz-San Martín, Catalina, Rives-Blanchard, Ninette, Torres-Pérez, Fernando

“…Trypanosoma cruzi , the cause agent of Chagas disease, is transmitted mainly by blood-feeding insects of the subfamily Triatominae. The T. cruzi life cycle…”
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Glaciation effects on the phylogeographic structure of Oligoryzomys longicaudatus (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) in the southern Andes by Palma, R Eduardo, Boric-Bargetto, Dusan, Torres-Pérez, Fernando, Hernández, Cristián E, Yates, Terry L

“…The long-tailed pygmy rice rat Oligoryzomys longicaudatus (Sigmodontinae), the major reservoir of Hantavirus in Chile and Patagonian Argentina, is widely…”
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A 19 Year Analysis of Small Mammals Associated with Human Hantavirus Cases in Chile by Torres-Pérez, Fernando, Palma, R. Eduardo, Boric-Bargetto, Dusan, Vial, Cecilia, Ferrés, Marcela, Vial, Pablo A., Martínez-Valdebenito, Constanza, Pavletic, Carlos, Parra, Alonso, Marquet, Pablo A., Mertz, Gregory J.

“…Small mammals present in areas where hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS) cases had occurred in central and southern Chile were captured and analyzed to…”
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