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Evolution of both host resistance and tolerance to an emerging bacterial pathogen
Evolution Letters, 2019 Understanding how hosts minimize the cost of emerging infections has fundamental implications for epidemiological dynamics and the evolution of pathogen virulence.
Camille Bonneaud +5 more
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Global Ecology and Conservation, 2016 The rate of evolution depends on the strength of selection, which may be particularly strong for introduced parasites and their naive hosts. Because natural selection acts on phenotypes and because parasites can alter host phenotype, one fruitful ...
Sonia Kleindorfer, Frank J. Sulloway
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Influenza A(H7N9) Virus Transmission between Finches and Poultry
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2015 Low pathogenicity avian influenza A(H7N9) virus has been detected in poultry since 2013, and the virus has caused >450 infections in humans. The mode of subtype H7N9 virus transmission between avian species remains largely unknown, but various wild birds
Jeremy C. Jones +3 more
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Relative Water Economy Is a Useful Index of Aridity Tolerance for Australian Poephiline Finches
Birds, 2022 We evaluate if the iconic Australian Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata) has a unique physiology or if its metabolic, thermal and hygric physiology are similar to other Australian poephiline finches, by comparing it with three other species, the arid ...
Philip C. Withers +2 more
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On the Origin of Darwin's Finches [PDF]
Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2001 Darwin's finches comprise a group of 15 species endemic to the Galápagos (14 species) and Cocos (1 species) Islands in the Pacific Ocean. The group is monophyletic and originated from an ancestral species that reached the Galápagos Archipelago from Central or South America. Descendants of this ancestor on the Archipelago then colonized Cocos Island. In
Sato, Akie +5 more
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Olfactory sex preferences in six Estrildid Finch species
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Avian courtship behaviour is essential to attract potential mating partners. Courtship behaviours can involve displays of different sensory modes. Sex discrimination is a crucial step and in many bird species, sexes differ in acoustic and visual traits ...
E. Tobias Krause +4 more
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Avian Conservation and EcologyThe Black Rosy-Finch Leucosticte atrata is a species of conservation concern because their alpine breeding habitat is threatened by climate change and their population size is relatively small.
Caitlin J. Campbell +5 more
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Ontogeny of adaptive antibody response to a model antigen in captive altricial zebra finches. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Based on studies from the poultry literature, all birds are hypothesized to require at least 4 weeks to develop circulating mature B-cell lineages that express functionally different immunoglobulin specificities. However, many altricial passerines fledge
Tess L Killpack, William H Karasov
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.Iridium single atoms and Cr doping synergistically activate and stabilise the lattice oxygen oxidation mechanism in CoFe layered double hydroxides. Electronic modulation enhances metal–oxygen covalency, suppresses over‐oxidation, and enables durable oxygen evolution, delivering high‐performance anion exchange membrane water electrolysis with ...
Parisa Eskandari +13 more
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PLoS ONE, 2014 Birds exhibit a remarkable diversity of different reproductive strategies both between and within species. Species such as the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) may evolve the flexible use of alternative reproductive strategies, as well as benefit from ...
Nicole M Baran, Elizabeth Adkins-Regan
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