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The causes and consequences of inbreeding avoidance and tolerance in cooperatively breeding vertebrates [PDF]

, 2017
Cooperative breeders provide a particularly interesting scenario for studying inbreeding. Such populations are viscous due to delayed dispersal and short dispersal distances, resulting in the build-up of relatives in the local population. This leads to a
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Relationships Between Habitat and Snag Characteristics and the Reproductive Success of the Brown-headed Nuthatch (Sitta pusilla) in Eastern Texas. [PDF]

, 2004
Habitat use and reproductive success of the Brown-headed Nuthatch (Sitta pusilla Latham) were studied in East Texas during the 2001-2002 breeding seasons. We compared nest cavity selection at used and randomly selected non-used areas.
Burt, Brent, Coble, Dean W., Conner, Richard N., Dornak, L. Lynnette   +3 more
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Helpers compensate for age‐related declines in parental care and offspring survival in a cooperatively breeding bird

Evolution Letters, 2021
Offspring from elderly parents often have lower survival due to parental senescence. In cooperatively breeding species, where offspring care is shared between breeders and helpers, the alloparental care provided by helpers is predicted to mitigate the ...
Martijn Hammers, Sjouke A. Kingma, Lotte A. vanBoheemen, Alexandra M. Sparks, Terry Burke, Hannah L. Dugdale, David S. Richardson, Jan Komdeur   +7 more
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Commodity-specific punishment for experimentally induced defection in cooperatively breeding fish [PDF]

Royal Society Open Science, 2020
Coercion is an important but underrated component in the evolution of cooperative behaviour. According to the pay-to-stay hypothesis of cooperative breeding, subordinates trade alloparental care for the concession to stay in the group. Punishment of idle
Jan Naef, Michael Taborsky
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Analysis of Seed Potato Systems in Ethiopia [PDF]

, 2010
This study aimed to analyze the seed potato systems in Ethiopia, identify constraints and prioritize improvement options, combining desk research, rapid appraisal and formal surveys, expert elicitation, field observations and local knowledge. In Ethiopia,
Hirpa, A., Lommen, W.J.M., Meuwissen, M.P.M., Oude Lansink, A.G.J.M., Struik, P.C., Tesfaye, A., Tsegaye, A.   +6 more
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Of apples and oranges? The evolution of “monogamy” in non-human primates [PDF]

, 2020
Behavioral ecologists, evolutionary biologists, and anthropologists have been long fascinated by the existence of “monogamy” in the animal kingdom.
Di Fore, Anthony, Fernandez-Duque, Eduardo, Huck, Maren   +2 more
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The sentinel behaviour of Arabian babbler floaters [PDF]

Royal Society Open Science, 2017
The sentinel behaviour of 38 Arabian babbler adult floaters, who lived alone within a territory belonging to a foreign group, was studied and compared with their own sentinel behaviour in the past, when they were group members.
Roni Ostreiher, Aviad Heifetz
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Production of homeobox A10 gene transgenic pigs by somatic cell nuclear transfer

Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2019
Homeobox A10 (Hoxa10) gene is one of the most important candidate genes associated with the reproductive performance of humans and mice. Overexpression of Hoxa10 in mouse endometrium can increase litter size.
Qian XIAO, Chang-zhi ZHAO, Rui-yi LIN, Guang-lei LI, Chang-chun LI, Hai-yan WANG, Jing XU, Sheng-song XIE, Mei YU, Shu-hong ZHAO   +9 more
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Expression analysis of the porcine Homeobox A11 gene and its association with litter size in Large White pigs

Czech Journal of Animal Science, 2016
The homeobox A11 (HOXA11) gene, a well-known transcriptional regulator, plays a critical role in normal development of the uterus. In this study, the porcine HOXA11 gene, including its promoter region, was cloned and sequenced (GenBank Accession No ...
R. Lin, H. Jia, S. Chen, S. Zhao
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Temporal variability and cooperative breeding: testing the bet-hedging hypothesis in the acorn woodpecker. [PDF]

Proc Biol Sci, 2015
Koenig WD, Walters EL.
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