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Over the past couple of decades, measuring immunological parameters has become widespread in studies of ecology and evolution. A combination of different immunological indices is useful for quantifying differe...
Frontiers in Zoology 2017 14:43
Published on: 1 September 2017
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Fluorochrome staining is among the most widely used techniques to study growth dynamics of echinoderms. However, it fails to detect fine-scale increments because produced marks are commonly diffusely distribut...
Frontiers in Zoology 2017 14:42
Published on: 25 August 2017
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Diversity of hair in marine mammals was suggested as an evolutionary innovation to adapt aquatic environment, yet its genetic basis remained poorly explored. We scanned α-keratin genes, one major structural co...
Frontiers in Zoology 2017 14:41
Published on: 2 August 2017
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In many regions, freshwater wetlands are increasing in salinity at rates exceeding historic levels. Some freshwater organisms, like amphibians, may be able to adapt and persist in salt-contaminated wetlands by...
Frontiers in Zoology 2017 14:40
Published on: 1 August 2017
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Aedes albopictus (Diptera; Culicidae) is a highly invasive mosquito species and a competent vector of several arboviral diseases that have spread rapidly throughout the world. Prevalen...
Frontiers in Zoology 2017 14:39
Published on: 27 July 2017
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Birds have highly mobile necks, but neither the details of how they realize complex poses nor the evolution of this complex musculoskeletal system is well-understood. Most previous work on avian neck function ...
Frontiers in Zoology 2017 14:37
Published on: 24 July 2017
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In many animal species, interactions between individuals of different sex often occur in the context of courtship and mating. During these interactions, a specific mating partner can be chosen. By discriminati...
Frontiers in Zoology 2017 14:38
Published on: 24 July 2017
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Trophic interactions are a fundamental aspect of ecosystem functioning, but often difficult to observe directly. Several indirect techniques, such as fatty acid analysis, were developed to assess these interac...
Frontiers in Zoology 2017 14:36
Published on: 13 July 2017
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Animal colours and patterns commonly play a role in reducing detection by predators, social signalling or increasing survival in response to some other environmental pressure. Different colour morphs can evolv...
Frontiers in Zoology 2017 14:35
Published on: 10 July 2017
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Acclimation to abiotic challenges, including decreases in O2 availability, requires physiological and anatomical phenotyping to accommodate the organism to the environmental conditions. The retention of a nucleus...
Frontiers in Zoology 2017 14:34
Published on: 6 July 2017
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Foraging efficiency determines whether animals will be able to raise healthy broods, maintain their own condition, avoid predators and ultimately increase their fitness. Using accelerometers and GPS loggers, f...
Frontiers in Zoology 2017 14:33
Published on: 5 July 2017
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Numerous historical descriptions of the Lesser Egyptian jerboa, Jaculus jaculus, a small bipedal mammal with elongate hindlimbs, make special note of their extraordinary leaping ability. We observed jerboa locomo...
Frontiers in Zoology 2017 14:32
Published on: 3 July 2017
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The origin of jawed vertebrates was marked by profound reconfigurations of the skeleton and muscles of the head and by the acquisition of two sets of paired appendages. Extant cartilaginous fish retained numer...
Frontiers in Zoology 2017 14:31
Published on: 21 June 2017
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A substantial period of life after reproduction ends, known as postreproductive lifespan (PRLS), is at odds with classical life history theory and its causes and mechanisms have puzzled evolutionary biologists...
Frontiers in Zoology 2017 14:30
Published on: 21 June 2017
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Fat deposits enable a female mammal to bear the energy costs of offspring production and thus greatly influence her reproductive success. However, increasing locomotor costs and reduced agility counterbalance ...
Frontiers in Zoology 2017 14:29
Published on: 12 June 2017
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Variation in growth and immune function within and among populations is often associated with specific environmental conditions. We compared growth and immune function in nestlings of year-round breeding equat...
Frontiers in Zoology 2017 14:28
Published on: 26 May 2017
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The structure and development of the nervous system in Lophotrochozoa has long been recognized as one of the most important subjects for phylogenetic and evolutionary discussion. Many recent papers have presen...
Frontiers in Zoology 2017 14:27
Published on: 25 May 2017
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Stem cells are undifferentiated cells with a potential for self-renewal, which are essential to support normal development and homeostasis. To gain insight into the molecular mechanisms underlying adult stem c...
Frontiers in Zoology 2017 14:26
Published on: 19 May 2017
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The understanding of concerted movements and its underlying biomechanics is often complex and elusive. Functional principles and hypothetical functions of these complex movements can provide a solid basis for ...
Frontiers in Zoology 2017 14:25
Published on: 8 May 2017
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Reproductive division of labor is one of the key features of social insects. Queens are adapted for reproduction while workers are adapted for foraging and colony maintenance. In many species, however, workers...
Frontiers in Zoology 2017 14:24
Published on: 8 May 2017
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Numerous species, especially among rodents, are strongly affected by the availability of pulsed resources. The intermittent production of large seed crops in northern hemisphere tree species (e.g., beech Fagus sp...
Frontiers in Zoology 2017 14:23
Published on: 20 April 2017
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The hypopharyngeal gland of worker bees contributes to the production of the royal jelly fed to queens and larvae. The gland consists of thousands of two-cell units that are composed of a secretory cell and a ...
Frontiers in Zoology 2017 14:22
Published on: 20 April 2017
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Ocean acidification and warming are happening fast in the Arctic but little is known about the effects of ocean acidification and warming on the physiological performance and survival of Arctic fish.
Frontiers in Zoology 2017 14:21
Published on: 14 April 2017
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The Asian house rat (Rattus tanezumi) and the brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) are closely related species and are partially sympatric in southern China. Over the past 20 years, R. tanezumi has significantly expande...
Frontiers in Zoology 2017 14:20
Published on: 12 April 2017
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Animals show consistent individual behavioural differences in many species. Further, behavioural traits (personality traits) form behavioural syndromes, characterised by correlations between different behaviou...
Frontiers in Zoology 2017 14:19
Published on: 24 March 2017
