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- Comparing Functional Immune Responses in Three Aquatic Turtle Species.
Davis IV, Terry J, Neuman-Lee LA · Integrative and comparative biology · 2025-12
- Characterizing Primary Immune Responses Against Three Antigens in a Reptile.
Terry J, Davis IV, Rolland V et al. · Integrative and comparative biology · 2025-12
- An Exploratory Look at Functional Responses to a Second Antigen Injection in a Freshwater Turtle.
Terry J, Davis IV, Rolland V et al. · Integrative and comparative biology · 2025-12
- Video-assisted ovarian sterilization by occluding the vascular supply with a modified Miller's knot and performing bilateral partial excision of the ovaries in the red-eared slider turtle (Trachemys scripta elegans).
Baselly-Cueva L, Ospina-Argüelles DA, Sitó-Silva L et al. · Veterinary journal (London, England : 1997) · 2025-11
- RNA binding protein RBM20 regulates turtle temperature-dependent sex determination by repressing the splicing of Wt1 KTS.
Sun W, Yang H, Hui H et al. · Science advances · 2025-11 · open access
- Red-eared slider turtle -Mycobacterium marinum infection model.
Wang L, Jiang J, Hou M et al. · Infection and immunity · 2025-10 · open access
Mycobacterium marinum serves as an ideal model organism for studying tuberculosis due to its genetic similarity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis . However, there is a need for more suitable animal models to study M. marinum infections. In this study, we established a novel infection model using…
- Effectiveness of legislative tools to stop biological invasions: freshwater turtles’ invasion in Europe as a study case
João Rato, Pedro Brandão, Mafalda Gama et al. · NeoBiota · 2025-10 · open access
Invasive species pose significant threats to biodiversity, human health, and economic systems. Freshwater turtles are popular as pets, but when released or allowed to escape into the wild, they can become invasive. A prominent example is the red-eared slider Trachemys scripta , which is recognized…
- Health assessment of non-native red-eared sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans) and their impact potential on native species.
Winter JM, Moorhead K, Grochowski-Grum K et al. · PloS one · 2025-10 · open access
Red-eared sliders (RES; Trachemys scripta elegans) are a globally invasive species that can impact native chelonian populations through resource competition and disease introduction. In Cook County, Illinois, invasive RES co-occur with, and greatly outnumber, a species of conservation priority in…
- Bite force variation in the European pond turtle: Role of morphology, strength, body condition and population of origin.
Maričić M, Bjelica V, Golubović A · Zoology (Jena, Germany) · 2025-09
- Turtles for Sale: Species Prevalence in the Pet Trade in Poland and Potential Introduction Risks.
Badziukiewicz J, Bors M, Maciaszek R et al. · Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025-09 · open access
The popularity of exotic animals, including turtles, kept as pets, has grown steadily in recent decades. Limited awareness of the biological and ecological requirements of these species, combined with insufficient regulation in the pet trade, has contributed to frequent cases of release into the…
- Herbicide clomazone induced hematotoxicity and hepatic compensatory responses in the invasive turtle, Trachemys scripta elegans
Tang HB, Li HD, Si YX et al. · Aquatic Toxicology · 2025-09
- Sex-specific immune component contribution to Escherichia coli killing ability in Trachemys scripta elegans.
Terry J, Rolland V, Neuman-Lee LA · The Journal of experimental biology · 2025-08
- Liver metabolomic alterations in hatchlings of invasive turtle, Trachemys scripta elegans, following egg exposure to glyphosate-isopropylammonium or aminomethylphosphonic acid.
Si YX, Tang HB, Zhang Y et al. · Ecotoxicology (London, England) · 2025-08
- Leech Infestation Patterns between Native and Invasive Freshwater Turtles: Implications for Invasion Success.
Rocha SB, Rouco C, Louback-Franco N et al. · Zoological studies · 2025-08
- Spatio-temporal distribution of environmental DNA from amphibian and turtle species in a pond ecosystem
Xiao Z, Dong S, Zhang Z et al. · Environmental Research · 2025-08
- Laparoscopic Anatomy of the Coelomic Cavity Organs in Female Red-Eared Slider ( Trachemys scripta Elegans ).
Pedram S, Zehtabvar O, Rostami A et al. · Veterinary medicine international · 2025-07 · open access
Background: Turtles are one of the oldest reptiles and have evolved about 200 million years ago. One of them is the red-eared slider ( Trachemys scripta ). These freshwater turtles are native to the southern United States and northern Mexico. However, they have become popular pets in Iran and many…
- Estrogen receptor and temperature independently influence sex determination in the red-eared slider turtle.
Wang X, Ding Z, Wu P et al. · Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025-07 · open access
In reptiles with temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD), including the red-eared slider turtle Trachemys scripta elegans , female sex determination is sensitive to estrogen. However, the underlying molecular mechanism by which estrogen facilitates ovarian development remains unclear in TSD.…
- Comparative Analysis of Heat Exposure-Induced Molecular Changes in Two Turtle Species with Contrasting Thermal Adaptations.
Hong J, Gao Y, Li J et al. · Integrative zoology · 2025-07 · open access
Global climate change has heightened heat stress, threatening amphibian and reptile survival, including turtles. Although turtle species vary in heat tolerance, the molecular mechanisms behind these differences are not well understood. This study aimed to identify differentially expressed genes…
- Transcriptional control of male-specific pathway in temperature-dependent sex determination.
Ye YZ, Li J, Li W et al. · Science bulletin · 2025-07 · open access
How temperature affects the direction of sexual differentiation pathways in temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD) remains a mystery despite decades of scientific investigation. In the accompanying study, we demonstrated the thermal switch mechanism within thermosensitive steroidogenic cells…
- Cutaneous Innervation in the Red-Eared Slider Turtle: Novel Identification and Analysis of Scale Sensilla and Sensory Corpuscles With Immunofluorescence Insights and Ecological Implications.
Rashwan AM, El-Gendy SAA, Ez Elarab SM et al. · Journal of experimental zoology. Part A, Ecological and integrative physiology · 2025-07
- Prevalence of Salmonella, Cryptosporidium and Leptospira in Invasive Pond Slider (Trachemys scripta) in North-Western Italy.
Moroni B, Meletiadis A, Di Nicola MR et al. · Veterinary medicine and science · 2025-07 · open access
- Herbicide clomazone induced hematotoxicity and hepatic compensatory responses in the invasive turtle, Trachemys scripta elegans.
Tang HB, Li HD, Si YX et al. · Aquatic toxicology (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2025-06
- KDM6B is a conserved activator at the top of the male sex determination pathway.
Dupont SM, Garcia-Moreno A, O'Neil EV et al. · Development (Cambridge, England) · 2025-06
- Role of Trachemys scripta elegans in polystome (Platyhelminthes, Monogenea, Polystomatidae) spillover and spillback following the trade of freshwater turtles in southern Europe and North America.
Verneau O, Quinn D, Smith KG et al. · Parasite (Paris, France) · 2025-05 · open access
The red-eared slider, Trachemys scripta elegans (Wied, 1938), has been introduced worldwide, partly because of the exotic pet trade in the 1980s and 1990s. When T. s. elegans is released or escapes into natural environments, it often establishes new feral populations due to its tolerance for a…
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- Spatio-temporal distribution of environmental DNA from amphibian and turtle species in a pond ecosystem.
Xiao Z, Dong S, Zhang Z et al. · Environmental research · 2025-05
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