Tatjana N. Dujsebayeva

TL;DR: A cytogenetic dataset from Central Asia is put in a molecular framework and phylogenetic and demographic methods are applied to data from the entire Palearctic range to study the mitochondrial relationships of diploids to infer their phylogeography and the maternal ancestry of polyploids.

TL;DR: Since animals inhabiting the driest regions are smaller, but not younger, than animals from less dry areas, it is suggested that their small body size is due to the limiting effect of arid climate on growth rate.

TL;DR: It is shown that diploid toads show significantly larger body size and proportionally larger head and shorter limbs than both tetraploids and triploids, whereas no evident morphometrical differences were observed between triploid and tetaploids.

TL;DR: Phylogenetic evaluation indicates a soft substrate habitat of sand for the shared ancestor of modern Phrynocephalus, and molecular estimates of lineage splits are highly congruent with geologic dates from the literature.

TL;DR: The integument of juvenile, yearling and adult specimens of the Asian Rock Agama, Laudakia himalayana from the Western Pamir Mountains has been studied and different degree of callose scale development was recorded in all groups of specimens.