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Melanism as a potential thermal benefit in eastern fox squirrels (Sciurus niger) [PDF]
, 2019 Melanistic fox squirrels (Sciurus niger) have expanded westward and increased in frequency in the Omaha, Nebraska, and Council Bluffs, Iowa, metropolitan areas.
Ciurej, Amanda K. +3 more
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Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.Social rank in greater long‐tailed hamsters (Tscherskia triton) shapes gut microbiota composition and metabolite profiles. Dominant males exhibit a “high‐vigilance, metabolically activated” phenotype, with elevated aggression and specific gut microbiota enriched in energy‐harvesting taxa and fecal queuine.
Da Zhang, Xiaoming Xu, Zhibin Zhang
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British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.Background and Purpose 3,4‐Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), commonly known as ecstasy, is a psychostimulant with entactogenic properties and known to induce arousal and euphoria. As an amphetamine derivate, MDMA acts on the monoamine systems in the brain and stimulates release of dopamine (DA), noradrenaline (NA) and serotonin (5‐HT), yet their ...
Tianhua Wang +2 more
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Arcuate nucleus homeostatic systems reflect blood leptin concentration but not feeding behaviour during scheduled feeding on a high-fat diet in mice [PDF]
, 2017 Acknowledgements T.B. was funded by a CASE studentship from the BBSRC and AstraZeneca. J.B. was a summer student from Bordeaux Sciences Agro and funded by student laboratory experience grant from the British Society of Neuroendocrinology. The authors are
Bake, T. +4 more
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, 1982 Agouti paca (Linnaeus, 1766). Syst. Nat., 12th ed., 1:81. REVIEWED BY: J. Ramirez-Pulido (JRP). TYPE LOCALITY: French Guiana, Cayenne. DISTRIBUTION: S.E. San Luis Potosi (Mexico) to Paraguay, Guianas, and S. Brazil. Introduced into Cuba (CAW). ISIS NUMBER: 5301410022001001001 as Cuniculus paca.
Honacki, James H. +2 more
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Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Measuring area‐based conservation outcomes in tropical forests is challenging due to cryptic human disturbances (e.g., hunting). As a result, comparative studies of management strategies providing quantitative outcomes remain scarce, especially in the Neotropics.
Lucy Perera‐Romero +5 more
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Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2013 The agouti is one of the most intensely hunted species throughout the Amazon and the semiarid regions of north-eastern Brazil. Considering the current tendency of wild animal management in captivity, the objective of this study was to determine heart ...
Anaemilia das N. Diniz +7 more
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Obesity Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Obesity is one of the most prevalent health problems worldwide, and global obesity rates continue to rise. Consequently, rates of obesity in expecting mothers and fathers have also increased. The Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) hypothesis postulates that early‐life exposure to adverse environmental conditions contributes to
Hannah Chadwick +3 more
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Italian Journal of Animal Science, 2015 Rex rabbits have a unique fur structure with a variety of different coat colours. In this study, we analysed variability in the agouti signalling protein (ASIP) gene in Rex rabbits with different coat colours (castor, red, blue, chinchilla, otter and ...
Cuijun Yang +5 more
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The Emerging Role of Ten-Eleven Translocation 1 in Epigenetic Responses to Environmental Exposures. [PDF]
, 2020 Mounting evidence from epidemiological studies and animal models has linked exposures to environmental factors to changes in epigenetic markers, especially in DNA methylation.
Brown, Anthony P, Ji, Hong, Zhu, Tao
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