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Susceptibility of wild and domestic songbirds to Usutu virus. [PDF]
Usutu virus (USUV) is an emerging mosquito-borne orthoflavivirus that can cause neuroinvasive disease in humans and wild birds. USUV clusters phylogenetically within the Japanese encephalitis virus serocomplex, sharing antigenic and ecological similarity
Rachel D Persinger +9 more
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High-throughput assessment of vocal modulation following chemogenetic inhibition in songbirds [PDF]
Summary: Chemogenetic tools that enable reversible manipulation of neuronal activity are essential for studying the neural bases of behavior, yet their application in songbirds remains limited.
Chenyi Song +2 more
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Darwin's finches are a classic example of adaptive radiation, a process by which multiple ecologically distinct species rapidly evolve from a single ancestor.
Yanis Bouchenak-Khelladi +1 more
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Darwin's small and medium ground finches might have taste preferences, but not for human foods
Urbanization is rapidly changing ecological niches. On the inhabited Galapagos Islands, Darwin's finches consume human-introduced foods preferentially; however, it remains unclear why.
D. Lever +3 more
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Where did the finch go? Insights from radio telemetry of the medium ground finch (Geospiza fortis)
Movement patterns and habitat selection of animals have important implications for ecology and evolution. Darwin's finches are a classic model system for ecological and evolutionary studies, yet their spatial ecology remains poorly studied. We tagged and
Marc‐Olivier Beausoleil +7 more
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Funding research is a challenge faced by most scientists around the world. Genome Biology has invited four scientists based in three different countries to share their own experience and opinions regarding funding, the difficulties young scientists must overcome, and how the process of securing funding can be improved.
Jantsch, Verena, Jantsch, Michael
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Urban living influences the nesting success of Darwin’s finches in the Galápagos Islands
Urbanization is expanding worldwide with major consequences for organisms. Anthropogenic factors can reduce the fitness of animals but may have benefits, such as consistent human food availability.
Johanna A. Harvey +5 more
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Antibiotic perturbation of gut bacteria does not significantly alter host responses to ocular disease in a songbird species [PDF]
Bacterial communities in and on wild hosts are increasingly appreciated for their importance in host health. Through both direct and indirect interactions, bacteria lining vertebrate gut mucosa provide hosts protection against infectious pathogens ...
Chava L. Weitzman +5 more
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Why are they Darwin’s? Darwin was the first scientist to study them, and he made them famous. On his epoch-making visit to the Galapagos archipelago in 1835 he collected some specimens for museums, as did Robert FitzRoy, captain of the Beagle, and a couple of their shipmates.
Grant, Peter R., Grant, B. Rosemary
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Sex identification in embryos and adults of Darwin's finches.
Darwin's finches are an iconic example of adaptive radiation and evolution under natural selection. Comparative genetic studies using embryos of Darwin's finches have shed light on the possible evolutionary processes underlying the speciation of this ...
Mariya P Dobreva +5 more
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