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Experimental validation of in silico predicted RAD locus frequencies using genomic resources and short read data from a model marine mammal

BMC Genomics, 2019
Background Restriction site-associated DNA sequencing (RADseq) has revolutionized the study of wild organisms by allowing cost-effective genotyping of thousands of loci.
David L. J. Vendrami, Jaume Forcada, Joseph I. Hoffman   +2 more
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Criticality and the Onset of Ordering in the Standard Vicsek Model [PDF]

, 2012
Experimental observations of animal collective behavior have shown stunning evidence for the emergence of large-scale cooperative phenomena resembling phase transitions in physical systems.
Albano, Ezequiel V., Baglietto, Gabriel, Candia, Julián   +2 more
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Protein pyrophosphorylation by inositol pyrophosphates — detection, function, and regulation

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Protein pyrophosphorylation is an unusual signaling mechanism that was discovered two decades ago. It can be driven by inositol pyrophosphate messengers and influences various cellular processes. Herein, we summarize the research progress and challenges of this field, covering pathways found to be regulated by this posttranslational modification as ...
Sarah Lampe, Tanmay Kumar Mohanty, Rashna Bhandari, Dorothea Fiedler   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

callsync: An R package for alignment and analysis of multi‐microphone animal recordings

Ecology and Evolution
To better understand how vocalisations are used during interactions of multiple individuals, studies are increasingly deploying on‐board devices with a microphone on each animal.
Simeon Q. Smeele, Stephen A. Tyndel, Barbara C. Klump, Gustavo Alarcón‐Nieto, Lucy M. Aplin   +4 more
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Case Study of an Automatic Enrichment Device for Laying Hens on a Free-Range Laying Hen Farm

Agriculture, 2019
Access to adequate foraging material can reduce the occurrence of feather pecking and cannibalism in laying hens. Technical devices may help farmers provide enrichment material more effectively. However, research in this field is rare.
Melanie Schmidt, Jenny Stracke, Katja Kulke, Nicole Kemper, Birgit Spindler   +4 more
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Function‐driven design of a surrogate interleukin‐2 receptor ligand

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Interleukin (IL)‐2 signaling can be achieved and precisely fine‐tuned through the affinity, distance, and orientation of the heterodimeric receptors with their ligands. We designed a biased IL‐2 surrogate ligand that selectively promotes effector T and natural killer cell activation and differentiation. Interleukin (IL) receptors play a pivotal role in
Ziwei Tang, Zelin Cheng, Teng Li, Fulian Wang, Liangminghui Zhang, Xiuxiu He, Lili Liu, Wei Wang, Aibin Liang, Guang Yang   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Systems biology in animal sciences [PDF]

, 2011
Systems biology is a rapidly expanding field of research and is applied in a number of biological disciplines. In animal sciences, omics approaches are increasingly used, yielding vast amounts of data, but systems biology approaches to extract ...
Bannink, A., Pas, M.F.W., te, Smits, M.A., Veerkamp, R.F., Woelders, H.   +4 more
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Time after time – circadian clocks through the lens of oscillator theory

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Oscillator theory bridges physics and circadian biology. Damped oscillators require external drivers, while limit cycles emerge from delayed feedback and nonlinearities. Coupling enables tissue‐level coherence, and entrainment aligns internal clocks with environmental cues.
Marta del Olmo, Carolin Ector, Hanspeter Herzel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

animal2vec and MeerKAT: A self‐supervised transformer for rare‐event raw audio input and a large‐scale reference dataset for bioacoustics

Methods in Ecology and Evolution
Bioacoustic research, vital for promoting conservation and understanding animal behaviour and ecology, faces a monumental challenge: analysing vast datasets where animal vocalizations are rare.
Julian C. Schäfer‐Zimmermann, Vlad Demartsev, Baptiste Averly, Kiran L. Dhanjal‐Adams, Mathieu Duteil, Gabriella Gall, Marius Faiß, Lily Johnson‐Ulrich, Dan Stowell, Marta B. Manser, Marie A. Roch, Ariana Strandburg‐Peshkin   +11 more
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Abuse and Neglect of Animals and People, An Update [PDF]

, 2017
Veterinarians have noticed for quite some time that individuals who mistreat their animals may not stop there, carrying over their behavior to spouses, parents and others.
Ansello, Edward F.
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