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Evolution of female choice and age-dependent male traits with paternal germ-line mutation

, 2013
Several studies question the adaptive value of female preferences for older males. Theory and evidence show that older males carry more deleterious mutations in their sperm than younger males carry.
Adamson, Joel James
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Sex-biased parental care and sexual size dimorphism in a provisioning arthropod [PDF]

, 2015
The diverse selection pressures driving the evolution of sexual size dimorphism (SSD) have long been debated. While the balance between fecundity selection and sexual selection has received much attention, explanations based on sex-specific ecology have ...
A Herrel, AJS Weaving, AJS Weaving, AJS Weaving, AK Chippendale, AV Hedrick, B Hurlbutt, CH Hicks, CR Pavey, DJ Fairbairn, DJ Fairbairn, DJ Fairbairn, E Paradis, E Petersson, E Ranta, EJ Temeles, FD Parker, FE Kurczewski, G Halffter, G Head, G Shreeves, Gavin Shreeves, GB Monteith, GP Baerends, H Dollfuss, H Weimerskirch, HE Evans, HE Evans, HE Evans, HE Hinton, J Field, J Field, J Field, J Field, J Field, J Field, J Hunt, J Tormos, JA Powell, JA Rosenheim, JA Rosenheim, James D. J. Gilbert, JC Costa, JDJ Gilbert, JDJ Gilbert, Jeremy Field, JF Berry, JH Marden, JJ Gilbert, JR Coelho, JR Lighton, K Ralls, KM O’Neill, KM O’Neill, M Andersson, M Blösch, M Goubault, Martyn Kennedy, ME Favila, MF O’Brien, MS Iglesias, O Krüger, O Lomholdt, P Lindenfors, P Myers, P Wheeler, PB Edwards, PR Stephens, R Lande, R Shine, R Tornberg, RC Castillo del, RC Stillwell, RF Preziosi, RM Bohart, RM Cox, S Nylin, SC Stearns, SD Gaimari, Selina Brace, ST Trumbo, TE Reimchen, TH Clutton-Brock, VL Kazenas, W Groot De, WU Blanckenhorn, WU Blanckenhorn, X Han   +87 more
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Cerebrospinal Fluid Liquid Biopsy Enables Targeted Therapy Without Tissue Diagnosis in Pediatric Low‐Grade Gliomas With BRAF V600E Mutation

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We present two pediatric cases of pediatric low‐grade gliomas (PLGG) with BRAF V600E mutations diagnosed and monitored using cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) liquid biopsy analyzed via digital droplet PCR (ddPCR), without tissue biopsy. Both patients were treated with dabrafenib and trametinib and monitored through clinical assessments, magnetic ...
Hannah Sultan, Damien Faury, Alexander G. Weil, Harrison J. Westwick, Nada Jabado, Sébastien Perreault   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gender differences in health-related quality of life following total laryngectomy [PDF]

, 2010
Background: The impact of a total laryngectomy on an individual's life has primarily been measured from a male viewpoint reflecting the demographics of a diagnosis of laryngeal cancer.
Gibson, S., Hilari, K., Lee, M. T.
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Changes in Body Composition in Children and Young People Undergoing Treatment for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ongoing evidence indicates increased risk of sarcopenic obesity among children and young people (CYP) with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), often beginning early in treatment, persisting into survivorship. This review evaluates current literature on body composition in CYP with ALL during and after treatment.
Lina A. Zahed, Raquel Revuelta Iniesta, Mary Fewtrell, Julie Lanigan, Breeana Gardiner, Graeme O'Connor   +5 more
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Visual Recognition of Females by Male \u3ci\u3eCalopteryx Maculata\u3c/i\u3e (Odonata: Calopterygidae) [PDF]

, 2017
In order to determine the function of the white wing stigma in Calopteryx mandata, males and females were marked or left unaltered, pinned onto a stick and presented to free ranging males.
Ballou, Janette
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Intake and performance of confined crossbred heifers fed different lipid sources

Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia, 2012
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of different lipid sources on nutrient intake, performance, development and carcass characteristics of heifers raised in confinement.
Giovani Fiorentini, Márcia Cristina Araújo Santana, Alexandre Amstalden Moraes Sampaio, Ricardo Andrade Reis, Andressa Ferreira Ribeiro, Telma Teresinha Berchielli   +5 more
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Modeling Stress-Recovery Status Through Heart Rate Changes Along a Cycling Grand Tour

Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2020
BackgroundHeart rate (HR) and HR variability (HRV) indices are established tools to detect abnormal recovery status in athletes. A low HR and vagally mediated HRV index change between supine and standing positions reflected a maladaptive training stress ...
Anna Barrero, Anna Barrero, Anne Le Cunuder, Guy Carrault, Guy Carrault, François Carré, Frédéric Schnell, Solène Le Douairon Lahaye   +7 more
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Parent‐to‐Child Information Disclosure in Pediatric Oncology

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Despite professional consensus regarding the importance of open communication with pediatric cancer patients about their disease, actual practice patterns of disclosure are understudied. Extant literature suggests a significant proportion of children are not told about their diagnosis/prognosis, which is purported to negatively ...
Rachel A. Kentor, Flora Hoodin, Michelle Byrd, Kristin A. Kullgren, Leah LaLonde, Lauren Benkoske, Patrick Smith, Dawn Carson, Karen MacDonald, Susumu Inoue, Brenda Kitchen, Kate Gowans, Gregory A. Yanik   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Morphological separation of the Central European Trochosa females (Araneae, Lycosidae) [PDF]

, 2009
Adult females of the five Central European wolf spiders Trochosa hispanica Simon, 1870, T. robusta (Simon, 1876), T. ruricola (De Geer, 1778), T. spinipalpis (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1895), and T. terricola Thorell, 1856 were morphologically analysed.
Hepner, Martin, Milasowszky, Norbert
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