Sugar Starvation Disrupts Lipid Breakdown by Inducing Autophagy in Embryonic Axes of Lupin (<i>Lupinus</i> spp.) Germinating Seeds by Sławomir Borek, Szymon Stefaniak, Katarzyna Nuc, Łukasz Wojtyla, Ewelina Ratajczak, Ewa Sitkiewicz, Agata Malinowska, Bianka Świderska, Karolina Wleklik, Małgorzata Pietrowska-Borek

“…Nevertheless, we found that, under sugar starvation conditions in isolated embryonic axes of white lupin (<i>Lupinus albus</i> L.) and Andean lupin (<i>Lupinus mutabilis</i> Sweet) cultured in vitro for 96 h, the disruption of lipid breakdown occurs, as was reflected in the higher lipid content in the sugar-starved (-S) than in the sucrose-fed (+S) axes. …”
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Factores de riesgo y prevención en cáncer de vesícula by Jorge Gallardo E., Rocío Solervicens

“…At the same time, it is very common throughout the Andean region of South America, especially in Chile which once had the highest incidence and mortality rates in the world. …”
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Incorporating Topological and Age Uncertainty into Event-Based Biogeography of Sand Spiders Supports Paleo-Islands in Galapagos and Ancient Connections among Neotropical Dry Forest... by Ivan L. F. Magalhaes, Adalberto J. Santos, Martín J. Ramírez

“…We also investigated past connections among currently disjunct Neotropical dry forests; failing to account for topological uncertainty underestimates possible connections among the Caatinga and Andean dry forests in favor of connections among Caatinga and Caribbean + Mesoamerican dry forests. …”
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Modification of the Nutritional Quality and Oxidative Stability of Lupin (<i>Lupinus mutabilis</i> Sweet) and Sacha Inchi (<i>Plukenetia volubilis</i> L.) Oil Blends by Gilbert Rodríguez, Elza Aguirre, Any Córdova-Chang, Jenny C. Muñoz-Saenz, Mery Baquerizo, Andrea Brandolini, Eudes Villanueva, Alyssa Hidalgo

“…Andean lupin (<i>Lupinus mutabilis</i>) oil is rich in monounsaturated (54.2%) and polyunsaturated (28.5%) fatty acids but has a ω-3:ω-6 ratio (1:9.2) above the recommended values for human health. …”
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Isolation and Identification of Endophytic Bacteria from Mycorrhizal Tissues of Terrestrial Orchids from Southern Chile by Héctor Herrera, Tedy Sanhueza, Alžběta Novotná, Trevor C. Charles, Cesar Arriagada

“…However, the diversity of bacteria associated with the roots of terrestrial orchids colonizing Andean ecosystems is limited. This study identifies and examines the capabilities of endophytic bacteria associated with peloton-containing roots of six terrestrial orchid species from southern Chile. …”
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Mountain wetland soil carbon stocks of Huascarán National Park, Peru by Rodney A. Chimner, Sigrid C. Resh, John A. Hribljan, Michael Battaglia, Laura Bourgeau-Chavez, Gillian Bowser, Erik A. Lilleskov

“…Therefore, our goal was to quantify how soil carbon stocks vary between wet meadows and peatlands for a previously mapped Andean region, Huascarán National Park, Peru. Our secondary goal was to test a rapid peat sampling protocol to facilitate field sampling in remote areas. …”
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Nutritional Composition and Bioactive Properties of Wild Edible Mushrooms from Native <i>Nothofagus</i> Patagonian Forests by Maximiliano Rugolo, Rafael Mascoloti Spréa, Maria Inês Dias, Tânia C. S. P. Pires, Mikel Añibarro-Ortega, Carolina Barroetaveña, Cristina Caleja, Lillian Barros

“…<i>Nothofagus</i> forests of the Andean Patagonian region are home to numerous wild edible mushroom (WEM) species with interesting organoleptic characteristics, although many of them have unknown nutritional and nutraceutical profiles. …”
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An analysis of fire dynamics in and around indigenous territories and protected areas in a Brazilian agricultural frontier by Kaitlin Walker, Africa Flores-Anderson, Lucio Villa, Robert Griffin, Matthew Finer, Kelsey Herndon

“…Because of the rapid rate of land cover change and lack of widespread ground validation data in the region, we used a combination of ESA’s Sentinel-5 Precursor Aerosol Index, NASA’s Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite, and high resolution Planet satellite imagery for the Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project to analyze spatial and temporal patterns by fire type. …”
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The parautochthonous Gondwanan origin of the Cuyania (greater Precordillera) terrane of Argentina: A re-evaluation of evidence used to support an allachthonous Laurentian origin by S. Finney

“…A substantial, diverse body of evidence has been interpreted as suggesting that the Cuyania terrane of northwestern Argentina, which includes the Argentine Precordillera, rifted from the Ouachita embayment of Laurentia in the Early Cambrian, drifted across the Iapetus ocean as a microcontinent, and docked with the proto-Andean margin of Gondwana in the Mid to Late Ordovician. …”
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Milk Quality Parameters of Raw Milk in Ecuador between 2010 and 2020: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis by Byron Puga-Torres, Eduardo Aragón Vásquez, Lenin Ron, Vanessa Álvarez, Salomé Bonilla, Aldair Guzmán, Diego Lara, David De la Torre

“…For all the variables, it was observed that there was great heterogeneity (I² > 90%) among the studies; additionally, it was found that climatic region had an influence only among the variables arsenic, mercury, pH and total solids, and it was greater in the coastal region than the Inter-Andean region. The mean values of the physicochemical characteristics of the milk (titratable acidity, ash, cryoscopy, fat, lactose, pH, protein, non-fat solids and total solids) in the great majority of these studies were within the range allowed by Ecuadorian regulations. …”
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Demographic history and population structure of Anopheles pseudopunctipennis in Argentina based on the mitochondrial COI gene by María J Dantur Juri, Marta Moreno, Mónica J Prado Izaguirre, Juan C Navarro, Mario O Zaidenberg, Walter R Almirón, Guillermo L Claps, Jan E Conn

“…Abstract Background Anopheles pseudopunctipennis is an important malaria vector in the Neotropical region and the only species involved in Plasmodium transmission in the Andean foothills. Its wide geographical distribution in America, high preference for biting humans and capacity to rest inside dwellings after feeding, are attributes contributing to its vector status. …”
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Mapping yield and yield-related traits using diverse common bean germplasm by Yarmilla Reinprecht, Lyndsay Schram, Gregory E. Perry, Emily Morneau, Thomas H. Smith, K. Peter Pauls

“…Over 90% of the single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were polymorphic and separated the panel into two main groups of small-seeded and large-seeded beans, reflecting their Mesoamerican and Andean origins. Thirty-nine significant marker-trait associations (MTAs) were identified between 31 SNPs and 15 analyzed traits on all 11 bean chromosomes. …”
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Efecto del cambio del paisaje en la estructura de la comunidad de abejas sin aguijón (Hymenoptera: Apidae) en Meta, Colombia by Guiomar Nates-Parra, Eliana Palacios, Alejandro Parra-H

“…We analyzed the structure composition of the stingless bees’ community in three environments in the Colombian llanos piedmont, an important region that represents the transition between Andean ecosystems and a savannah that is seriously threatened by cattle practices. …”
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Parasitosis by <i>Fasciola hepatica</i> and Variations in Gut Microbiota in School-Aged Children from Peru by Wilmer Silva-Caso, Hugo Carrillo-Ng, Miguel Angel Aguilar-Luis, Yordi Tarazona-Castro, Luis J. Del Valle, Carmen Tinco-Valdez, Carlos Palomares-Reyes, Numan Urteaga, Jorge Bazán-Mayra, Juana del Valle-Mendoza

“…(1) Background: Human fascioliasis is considered an endemic and hyper-endemic disease in the Peruvian Andean valleys. Our objective was to determine variations in the composition of the gut microbiota among children with <i>Fasciola hepatica</i> and children who do not have this parasitosis. (2) Method: A secondary analysis was performed using fecal samples stored in our biobank. …”
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Congruence between morphology-based species and Barcode Index Numbers (BINs) in Neotropical Eumaeini (Lycaenidae) by Carlos Prieto, Christophe Faynel, Robert Robbins, Axel Hausmann

“…The divergence values to the nearest neighbors were significantly lower in high Andean species while the intra-specific divergence values were significantly lower in the lowland species. …”
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Evidence of extensional metamorphism associated to Cretaceous rifting of the North-Maghrebian passive margin: The Tanger-Ketama Unit (External Rif, northern Morocco) by M. VÁZQUEZ, L. ASEBRIY, A. AZIMOUSA, A. JABALOY, G. BOOTH-REA, L. BARBERO, M. MELLINI, F. GONZÁLEZ-LODEIRO

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A Genetic Tool to Identify Predators Responsible for Livestock Attacks in South America and Recommendations for Human–Wildlife Conflict Mitigation by Eduardo A. Díaz, María José Pozo, Pablo Alarcón, Gabriela Pozo, Rebecca Zug, Carolina Sáenz, Maria de Lourdes Torres

“…In Ecuador, where livestock sustains rural households, retaliatory poaching threatens Andean bear (<i>Tremarctos ornatus</i>), jaguar (<i>Panthera onca</i>), and puma (<i>Puma concolor</i>) populations. …”
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Inherited Depositional Topography Control on Shelf-Margin Oversteepening, Readjustment, and Coarse-Grained Sediment Delivery to Deep Water, Magallanes Basin, Chile by Dustin B. Bauer, Dustin B. Bauer, Stephen M. Hubbard, Jacob A. Covault, Brian W. Romans

“…The Late Cretaceous Magallanes retroarc foreland basin was an elongate trough oriented parallel to the southern Andean arc and fold-and-thrust belt. The Tres Pasos and Dorotea formations record southward (basin axial) progradation of a high-relief shelf and slope system (&gt;1000 m paleo-water depth) represented by a stratigraphic succession up to 3 km thick that is exposed for tens of kilometers along depositional dip. …”
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Grain Size Analysis and Clay Mineral Associations in Bottom Sediments From Paraná River Basin by Marcelo Manassero, Cecilia Camilión, Daniel Poiré, Mario Da Silva, Alicia Ronco

“…A dominant Kaolinite association, with sources areas in the Upper Amazon, north-east of the study area and within the Brazilian Shield (also with subordinated crystalline Illite); an Illitic- Smectitic and Interlayer I/S association, from the Andean Cordillera and the Chaco Plains in the north-west and mainly represented by the Bermejo and Pilcomayo Rivers; a southern Illitic-Chlorite dominant, but with lower crystallinity index than in the northern area, whose source is in the Pampean Plains to the west of Argentina. …”
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Una nueva especie colombiana del género Centrolene Jiménez de la Espada 1872 (Amphibia: Anura) y redefinición del género Una nueva especie colombiana del género Centrolene Jiménez... by Ruiz Carranza Pedro M., Hernández Camacho Jorge, Ardila Robayo María Cristina

“…Centrolene paezorum, new species, is described as the second species for this genus from the subhygrophytic cloud Andean forest, above Inzá, in the eastern slope of the Central Cordillera, Cauca, Colombia. …”
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