Kamil Candan

TL;DR: A new speciation continuum is characterized in a group of widespread Eurasian amphibians, the Pelobates spadefoot toads, by conducting multilocus phylogenetic, phylogeographic and hybrid zone analyses and estimates a gradual build up of reproductive barriers through time up until a threshold that is estimated at ~3 My.

TL;DR: New host records for all of helminth species reported here are documented, including Nematoda, which is recorded for the first time from Turkey.

TL;DR: The examination of mtDNA lineages in the Turkish lizards of the genus Trachylepis may contribute substantially to the refining of their taxonomic status, since the three species of Turkey, although monophyletic, represent a distinct radiation that would could probably recognized as a different genus in Mabuya sensu lato.

TL;DR: The results suggest that parthenogens are losing heterozygosity as a result of allelic conversion, hence their fitness is expected to decline over time as genetic diversity declines, and backcrosses with the parental species could be a rescue mechanism which might prevent this decline, and therefore increase the persistance of unisexual forms.

TL;DR: In this article, a population of Iranolacerta brandtii lizard including 56 (21♀, 34♂, 1 juvenile) samples were examined for helminths.