Tipo News: Focus

Approfondimenti sul profilo biologico, sullo stato di conservazione e sulle cause di morte della Marmotta del Lyskamm

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Il 25 gennaio 2023, la mummia naturale di marmotta rinvenuta sulle Alpi valdostane nel Comune di Gressoney-La-Trinité è stata oggetto di un esame tomografico computerizzato (CT-scan) presso la Struttura Complessa Radiologia Diagnostica ed Interventistica dell’Ospedale regionale Umberto Parini di Aosta dell’AUSL Valle d’Aosta 1 Gli scopi dell’indagine diagnostica hanno riguardato, in primo luogo, l’analisi dello … read more

A new home for the Lyskamm Marmot

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Owing to an air of mystery that surrounds it, the world of mummies has always drawn interest and fascination. Whether they were human or animal mummies, countless myths and stories have been written about the subject, and scientists’ curiosity has driven researchers to investigate them since ancient times. These investigations have taught us the importance … read more

The Alpine marmot: a rather static genome

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Due to both direct and indirect effects of human activity, such as habitat destruction and fragmentation, overexploitation, and environmental pollution, which all contribute to climate change, the biological diversity of living things is fast declining. As a valuable bio-indicator of an environment that is especially vulnerable to the effects of environmental and climatic changes, the … read more