First record of pigmentation disorder in the Fringe-lipped Bat Trachops cirrhosus (Spix, 1823) (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from southeast Brazil

Abstract. Piebaldism is a genetic pigmentation disorder, which is caused by absence of melanocytes in parts of the skin and/or hair follicles, with eyes and claws normally pigmented. The occurrence of piebaldism in natural populations is rare and the effects on fitness are still unknown. This articl...

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Autores principales: Borloti, Ianna Sonegheti, Pimenta, Vinícius Teixeira, Ditchfield, Albert David
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2019
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Short Communications
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6726669/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31534412
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.7.e38304
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author Borloti, Ianna Sonegheti
Pimenta, Vinícius Teixeira
Ditchfield, Albert David
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description Abstract. Piebaldism is a genetic pigmentation disorder, which is caused by absence of melanocytes in parts of the skin and/or hair follicles, with eyes and claws normally pigmented. The occurrence of piebaldism in natural populations is rare and the effects on fitness are still unknown. This article reports the first case of pigmentation disorders in the Fringe-lipped Bat Trachops cirrhosus (Spix, 1823) (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) caught in Barra do Triunfo, city of João Neiva, northeastern state of Espírito Santo, southeast Brazil.
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spelling pubmed-67266692019-09-18 First record of pigmentation disorder in the Fringe-lipped Bat Trachops cirrhosus (Spix, 1823) (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from southeast Brazil Borloti, Ianna Sonegheti Pimenta, Vinícius Teixeira Ditchfield, Albert David Biodivers Data J Short Communications Abstract. Piebaldism is a genetic pigmentation disorder, which is caused by absence of melanocytes in parts of the skin and/or hair follicles, with eyes and claws normally pigmented. The occurrence of piebaldism in natural populations is rare and the effects on fitness are still unknown. This article reports the first case of pigmentation disorders in the Fringe-lipped Bat Trachops cirrhosus (Spix, 1823) (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) caught in Barra do Triunfo, city of João Neiva, northeastern state of Espírito Santo, southeast Brazil. Pensoft Publishers 2019-08-28 /pmc/articles/PMC6726669/ /pubmed/31534412 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.7.e38304 Text en Ianna Sonegheti Borloti, Vinícius Teixeira Pimenta, Albert David Ditchfield http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Borloti, Ianna Sonegheti
Pimenta, Vinícius Teixeira
Ditchfield, Albert David
First record of pigmentation disorder in the Fringe-lipped Bat Trachops cirrhosus (Spix, 1823) (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from southeast Brazil
title First record of pigmentation disorder in the Fringe-lipped Bat Trachops cirrhosus (Spix, 1823) (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from southeast Brazil
title_full First record of pigmentation disorder in the Fringe-lipped Bat Trachops cirrhosus (Spix, 1823) (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from southeast Brazil
title_fullStr First record of pigmentation disorder in the Fringe-lipped Bat Trachops cirrhosus (Spix, 1823) (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from southeast Brazil
title_full_unstemmed First record of pigmentation disorder in the Fringe-lipped Bat Trachops cirrhosus (Spix, 1823) (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from southeast Brazil
title_short First record of pigmentation disorder in the Fringe-lipped Bat Trachops cirrhosus (Spix, 1823) (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from southeast Brazil
title_sort first record of pigmentation disorder in the fringe-lipped bat trachops cirrhosus (spix, 1823) (chiroptera: phyllostomidae) from southeast brazil
topic Short Communications
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6726669/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31534412
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.7.e38304
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