Avian Research, 2023 Recognition and rejection of foreign eggs are effective defense of hosts against brood parasitism. However, brood parasitism can impose various selection pressures on different geographic populations of the same host species.
Jianping Liu, Longwu Wang, Wei Liang
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Polyandrous females avoid costs of inbreeding [PDF]
, 2002 Why do females typically mate with more than one male? Female mating patterns have broad implications for sexual selection, speciation and conflicts of interest between the sexes, and yet they are poorly understood. Matings inevitably have costs, and for
A Keil +31 more
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Signalling of Arabidopsis thaliana response to Pieris brassicae eggs shares similarities with PAMP-triggered immunity [PDF]
, 2017 Insect egg deposition activates plant defence, but very little is known about signalling events that control this response. In Arabidopsis thaliana, oviposition by Pieris brassicae triggers salicylic acid (SA) accumulation and induces the expression of ...
Bonnet, Christelle +4 more
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Mi-1-mediated resistance to Meloidogyne incognita in tomato may not rely on ethylene but hormone perception through ETR3 participates in limiting nematode infection in a susceptible host. [PDF]
, 2013 Root-knot nematodes, Meloidogyne spp., are important pests of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) and resistance to the three most prevalent species of this genus, including Meloidogyne incognita, is mediated by the Mi-1 gene. Mi-1 encodes a nucleotide binding
Bhattarai, Kishor K +3 more
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Threat-sensitive anti-predator defence in precocial wader, the northern lapwing Vanellus vanellus [PDF]
, 2016 Birds exhibit various forms of anti-predator behaviours to avoid reproductive failure, with mobbing—observation, approach and usually harassment of a predator—being one of the most commonly observed. Here, we investigate patterns of temporal variation in
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Trespassing the Boundaries: Labeling Temporal Bounds for Object Interactions in Egocentric Video [PDF]
, 2017 Manual annotations of temporal bounds for object interactions (i.e. start and end times) are typical training input to recognition, localization and detection algorithms.
Damen, Dima +3 more
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Intraclutch eggshell colour variation in birds: are females able to identify their eggs individually? [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 Background One possibility suggested regarding female post-mating strategies is differential allocation into offspring investment. Female birds produce not only the largest, but also most colourful eggs of all oviparous taxa.
Miroslav Poláček +2 more
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A game-theoretic model of interspecific brood parasitism with sequential decisions [PDF]
, 2008 The interaction between hosts and parasites in bird populations has been studied extensively. This paper uses game-theoretic methods to model this interaction.
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Sustainable control of Anopheles mosquito population [PDF]
, 2014 Despite the widespread use of insecticides, community engagement programmes and preventive measures mosquito borne diseases are growing and new tools to prevent the spread of disease are urgently needed. An alternative control measure for the eradication
Birch, Philip +5 more
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The host immune response to gastrointestinal nematode infection in sheep [PDF]
, 2015 non peer reviewedGastrointestinal nematode infection represents a major threat to the health, welfare and productivity of sheep populations worldwide. Infected lambs have a reduced ability to absorb nutrients from the gastrointestinal tract, resulting in
Abraham +113 more
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