Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Animals can adjust their physiology, helping them survive and reproduce under a wide range of environmental conditions. One of the strategies to endure unfavorable environmental conditions such as low temperature and limited food supplies is dormancy. In
Yoshitomo Kurogi +3 more
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Jasmonic acid levels decline in advance of the transition to the adult phase in maize
Plant Direct, 2019 Leaf‐derived signals drive the development of the shoot, eventually leading to flowering. In maize, transcripts of genes that facilitate jasmonic acid (JA) signaling are more abundant in juvenile compared to adult leaf primordia; exogenous application of
Krista Osadchuk +2 more
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Seasonal changes in plasma levels of sex hormones in the greater Rhea (Rhea americana), a South American Ratite with a complex mating system. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Seasonal rhythm in sex hormones has been extensively studied in birds, as well as its relationship with the type of mating system. The Greater Rhea (Rhea americana), a South American ratite species, reproduces seasonally and has a complex mating system ...
Diego J Valdez +6 more
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Using blubber explants to investigate adipose function in grey seals:glycolytic, lipolytic and gene expression responses to glucose and hydrocortisone [PDF]
, 2017 Adipose tissue is fundamental to energy balance, which underpins fitness and survival. Knowledge of adipose regulation in animals that undergo rapid fat deposition and mobilisation aids understanding of their energetic responses to rapid environmental ...
Bennett, Kimberley A. +4 more
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Agronomy, 2023 Juvenile hormones (JHs) play a crucial role in the development of the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, with varying types and concentrations observed at different stages.
Xuesheng Li +5 more
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Coping styles in farmed fish: consequences for aquaculture [PDF]
, 2017 Individual differences in physiological and behavioural responses to stressors are increasingly recognised as adaptive variation and thus raw material for evolution and fish farming improvements including selective breeding. Such individual variation has
Begout, Marie-Laure +9 more
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Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2011 During development multicellular organisms must become sexually mature to reproduce. But what underlying developmental clock times this transition? Recent data shows that in fly larvae, nuclear-cytoplasmic trafficking of DHR4, a nuclear receptor, in ...
Kim F Rewitz, Michael B. O'Connor
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The Value of Comparative Animal Research : Krogh’s Principle Facilitates Scientific Discoveries [PDF]
, 2017 There are no conflicts of interest to declare. This paper developed from the 2016 Early Career Impact Award from the Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences to TJS. TJS has received funding from The Leverhulme Trust.
Alward, Beau A. +5 more
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Bioanalogues oj juvenile hormones and intestines mycoflora of some insects
Acta Mycologica, 2014 The subject of this paper is the influence of JH bioanalogues on the mycoflora of intestines of three species of inscets: Dysdereus cinaulams, Pyrrhocoris apterus and Tenebrio molitor. The results are presented in tables.
Andrzej Nespiak +2 more
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Neurobehavioral function and low-level exposure to brominated flame retardants in adolescents : a cross-sectional study [PDF]
, 2012 Background: Animal and in vitro studies demonstrated a neurotoxic potential of brominated flame retardants, a group of chemicals used in many household and commercial products to prevent fire.
Baeyens, Willy +12 more
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