Comparative histomorphometric and transcriptomic analysis reveals potential genetic determinants of pelage variation between hairy and coarse-woolly sheep [PDF]
BMC GenomicsBackground The unique pelage composition and developmental pattern endow hairy sheep with superior heat tolerance and minimized wool-shearing needs, compared with coarse-woolly sheep.
Qing Liang +11 more
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Sexual dichromatism in the fur of a bat: An exploration of color differences and potential signaling functions [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionSex differences in body color (i.e., sexual dichromatism) are rare in bats and, more broadly, in mammals. The eastern red bat (Lasiurus borealis) is a common tree‐roosting bat that occupies much of North America and has long been described as sexually ...
Elizabeth A. Beilke +3 more
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Pelage variation and morphometrics of closely related Callithrix marmoset species and their hybrids [PDF]
BMC Ecology and EvolutionBackground Hybrids are expected to show greater phenotypic variation than their parental species, yet how hybrid phenotype expression varies with genetic distances in closely-related parental species remains surprisingly understudied.
Joanna Malukiewicz +27 more
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Photoperiodic influences on ultradian rhythms of male Siberian hamsters. [PDF]
, 2012 Seasonal changes in mammalian physiology and behavior are proximately controlled by the annual variation in day length. Long summer and short winter day lengths markedly alter the amplitude of endogenous circadian rhythms and may affect ultradian ...
Prendergast, Brian, ZUCKER, Irving
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Total mercury in small mammals from forest ecosystems (nearby Cherepovets, Vologda region) [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2023 The aim of the research is to determine the total mercury (THg) in small mammals in forest ecosystems at a distance of 3 – 8 km from the boundaries of the industrial site of PJSC Severstal near Cherepovets, Vologda region. THg in the pelage and organs of
Ageeva Elena +2 more
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Roosting ecology and the evolution of pelage markings in bats. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 Multiple lineages of bats have evolved striking facial and body pelage makings, including spots, stripes and countershading. Although researchers have hypothesized that these markings mainly evolved for crypsis, this idea has never been tested in a ...
Sharlene E Santana +3 more
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Ecological Drivers of Eastern Fox Squirrel Pelage Polymorphism
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2020 The color patterns of an animal’s pelage, feather, or skin serve a variety of adaptive functions; importantly, one function is concealment through background matching.
Alex D. Potash +5 more
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ILCEA, 2021 The history of Dominican literature is deeply marked by the geographical movements of its writers. Diaspora authors express, in different ways, a floating relationship with spaces (geographical and textual), and an acute awareness of the complexity of ...
Catherine Pélage
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Ghost rodents: Albinism in Australian rodent species
Ecology and Evolution, 2023 While almost half of all mammal species are rodents, records of albinism in free‐ranging rodents are very rare. Australia has a large and diverse assemblage of native rodent species, but there are no records of free‐ranging albino rodents in the ...
Darcy Watchorn +5 more
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Taxonomic status of Tamarinus imperator subgrisescens (Lönnberg, 1940) (Cebidae, Callitrichinae) [PDF]
Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2023 The emperor tamarin, Tamarinus imperator, is composed of two subspecies, the nominal type, T. i. imperator, distributed between the Acre and Purus Rivers, whose range is limited between the Brazilian state of Acre and Peru are unbounded, and T.
Renato Gregorin +3 more
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