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Adaptive Function and Brain Evolution

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 2012
The brain of each animal shows specific traits that reflect its phylogenetic history and its particular lifestyle. Therefore, comparing brains is not just a mere intellectual exercise, but it helps understanding how the brain allows adaptive behavioural strategies to face an ever-changing world and how this complex organ has evolved during phylogeny ...
Martinez-Garcia, Fernando, Puelles, Luis, Ten Donkelaar, Hans J., González, Agustín   +3 more
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Intermittent fasting driven different adaptive strategies in Eothenomys miletus (Red-backed vole) at different altitudes: based on the patterns of variations in intestinal microbiota

BMC Microbiology
In the face of global warming, the Eothenomys miletus (Red - backed vole), a species dwelling in highland mountainous regions, is likely to encounter difficulties. Given its restricted mobility, it may struggle with the uncertainty of food resources.
Ting Jia, Wei Zhang, Wanlong Zhu, Lixian Fan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Guidelines for Pediatric Radiotherapy Simulation: A Report From the Children's Oncology Group Radiation Oncology Discipline

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric radiation therapy presents unique challenges compared to adult treatments, including those of immobilization, potential need for sedation, and the critical importance of accurate, reproducible positioning. Additionally, heightened attention to imaging doses is necessary to minimize long‐term toxicity in survivors.
Parham Alaei, Stephen Mihalcik, Sujith Baliga, Young Kwok, Dana Casey, Eric Ehler, Christiane Burton, John C. Breneman, Daphne A. Haas‐Kogan, Suzanne L. Wolden, Arnold C. Paulino, Nadia N. Laack, Natia Esiashvili, Sarah Milgrom, Christine Hill‐Kayser, Thomas J. Fitzgerald, John A. Kalapurakal, Chia‐Ho Hua   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Signatures of echolocation and dietary ecology in the adaptive evolution of skull shape in bats

Nature Communications, 2019
Morphological diversity may arise rapidly as a result of adaptation to novel ecological opportunities, but early bursts of trait evolution are rarely observed.
J. Arbour, A. Curtis, S. Santana
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Exploration of migration directions in different populations of Eothenomys miletus in the Hengduan Mountains of Yunnan Province: a genome-based analysis

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Eothenomys miletus is an endemic species that inhabits the Hengduan Mountain regions (HDR) and serves as one of the primary hosts for plague and hantaviruses. While the physiological characteristics of E.
Yanfei Cai, Ting Jia, Wanlong Zhu, Wanlong Zhu, Wanlong Zhu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Influences of environmental and chemical parameters on the spatial growth patterns of four riverine cyprinid fishes

Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, 2015
Understanding intraspecific variability in fish somatic growth rates is important as growth is a key life history trait that plays a fundamental role in many biological and ecological processes.
Liu C., Chen Y., Britton J.R.
doaj   +1 more source

Genomic Analyses Reveal Genetic Adaptations to Tropical Climates in Chickens

iScience, 2020
Summary: The genetic footprints of adaptations to naturally occurring tropical stress along with domestication are poorly reported in chickens. Here, by conducting population genomic analyses of 67 chickens inhabiting distinct climates, we found signals ...
Shilin Tian, Xuming Zhou, Tashi Phuntsok, Ning Zhao, Dejing Zhang, Chunyou Ning, Diyan Li, Huabin Zhao   +7 more
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Psychosocial Functioning After Pediatric Bone Sarcoma: Generic and Survivor‐Specific Outcomes in Adolescent and Young Adult Patients

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Pediatric bone sarcoma patients and survivors may experience psychosocial challenges related to childhood cancer after their intensive, body‐altering treatment. This cross‐sectional study aimed to evaluate generic and survivor‐specific psychosocial outcomes in a national cohort of pediatric bone sarcoma patients and survivors, and ...
Hinke van der Hoek, Heleen Maurice‐Stam, Laura R. Beek, Jennifer van Dijk, Marjolein E. M. Langemeijer, Relinde W. Slooff‐Lentink, Alied M. van der Aa‐van Delden, Anne Westerweel, Marloes van Gorp, Hendrik W. B. Schreuder, Lianne M. Haveman, W. Peter Bekkering, Leonie G. Tigelaar, Johannes H. M. Merks, Martha A. Grootenhuis   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Protein Architecture on Adaptive Evolution

bioRxiv, 2019
Adaptive mutations play an important role in molecular evolution. However, the frequency and nature of these mutations at the intra-molecular level is poorly understood.
A. Moutinho, Fernanda Fontes Trancoso, J. Dutheil   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Insights from the high-altitude animal gut adaptation model: mechanisms of obesity regulation via microbiota-derived metabolite homeostasis and the gut-X axis

Frontiers in Microbiology
The unique environmental conditions at high altitudes drive the gut microbiota of resident animals to develop distinct structural and functional traits, thereby offering an ideal natural model for investigating the synergistic adaptation of hosts and ...
Lijuan Cao, Wanlong Zhu, Wanlong Zhu
doaj   +1 more source