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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Seasonal pelage color change of two sympatric arboreal squirrel species in the subarctic region
The European Zoological Journal, 2019 Some mammal species exhibit pelage color change with seasonal molt. Seasonal molt and pelage color change are beneficial to thermoregulation and concealment, associated with seasonal environmental change.
W. Mitsuzuka, M. Kato, T. Oshida
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Our “Baby” on YouTube: The Gendered Life Stories of the Unborn
European Journal of Life Writing, 2019 This study concerns the usage of foetal ultrasounds, more specifically those produced during the 5th month of pregnancy within the routine checks of any pregnancy in France. Interestingly, more and more parents are posting short films on YouTube of their
Agnès Pélage
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The role of the Korean wood mouse (Apodemus peninsulae Thomas, 1907) in mercury transport in ecosystems in the south-east of Sikhote-Alin [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2023 The role of the Korean wood mouse in mercury transport was studied by total mercury in 2018 and 2022. In 2018, the total mercury content of the Korean wood mouse was generally lower than in 2022.
Poddubnaya Nadezhda, Timoshkin Alexandr
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Summer pelaged weasels in winter: Indication of winter reproduction
Fauna Norvegica, 1993 Two weasels Mustela nivalis (L.) were observed on April 4 and 18, 1992, respectively, in the western parts of Hardangervidda, southern Norway. The weasels were both in summer pelage (walnut brown above and white below), in a season when the weasel ...
Jon Hjortdal +2 more
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The Munduruku marmoset: a new monkey species from southern Amazonia [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 Although the Atlantic Forest marmosets (Callithrix spp.) are among the best studied Neotropical primates, the Amazonian marmosets (Callibella humilis, Cebuella spp. and Mico spp.) are much less well-known. Even species diversity and distributions are yet
Rodrigo Costa-Araújo +11 more
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PLoS ONE, 2013 BackgroundConcealing coloration in rodents is well established. However, only a few studies examined how soil color, pelage color, hair-melanin content, and genetics (i.e., the causal chain) synergize to configure it.
Natarajan Singaravelan +8 more
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«Pepper's patches» on Rangifer pelage
Rangifer, 1986 We describe and give frequencies of occurrence of a rarely-mentioned pattern of spots in Rangifer pelage. We also show that the pattern was well-known to Palaeolithic humans who recorded it in their cave art.
William O. Pruitt, Jr., Hubert Pepper
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