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Genome Mining and Structural Study of Cathelicidins Across Chiroptera Species. [PDF]
Biochem Res IntThe authors explored the genomic landscape of bat cathelicidins, critical proteins in the vertebrate innate immune system, across 41 bat species, which are notable for their high microbial tolerance. An array of bioinformatics tools, complemented by manual mining, were used to identify the curated cathelicidin sequences.
López MR +7 more
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Biological clocks as age estimation markers in animals: a systematic review and meta‐analysis
Biological Reviews, Volume 98, Issue 6, Page 1972-2011, December 2023., 2023 ABSTRACT Various biological attributes associated with individual fitness in animals change predictably over the lifespan of an organism. Therefore, the study of animal ecology and the work of conservationists frequently relies upon the ability to assign animals to functionally relevant age classes to model population fitness.
Louis‐Stéphane Le Clercq +3 more
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What noseleaves do for FM bats depends on their degree of sensorial specialization. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2010 BACKGROUND: Many bats vocalizing through their nose carry a prominent noseleaf that is involved in shaping the emission beam of these animals. To our knowledge, the exact role of these appendages has not been thoroughly investigated as for no single ...
Dieter Vanderelst +5 more
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The Vocal Repertoire of Pale Spear-Nosed Bats in a Social Roosting Context
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019 Commonly known for their ability to echolocate, bats also use a wide variety of social vocalizations to communicate with one another. However, the full vocal repertoires of relatively few bat species have been studied thus far. The present study examined
Ella Z. Lattenkamp +8 more
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Scientific Reports, 2021 During vocal communication, the spectro-temporal structure of vocalizations conveys important contextual information. Bats excel in the use of sounds for echolocation by meticulous encoding of signals in the temporal domain.
Stephen Gareth Hörpel +5 more
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Morcegos da região de Manaus e suas relações com fungos patogênicos
Semina: Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas, 2004 Cento e setenta e sete morcegos de 6 famílias, perfazendo um total de 13 espécies foram capturados em 8 lugares diferentes dos arredores de Manaus; 151 foram necropsiados.
Nélio Roberto dos Reis
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Antibiotics, 2022 Cathelicidins are potent antimicrobial peptides with broad spectrum antimicrobial activity in many vertebrates and an important component of the innate immune system.
Munjeong Choi +5 more
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The aerodynamic cost of head morphology in bats: maybe not as bad as it seems. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 At first sight, echolocating bats face a difficult trade-off. As flying animals, they would benefit from a streamlined geometric shape to reduce aerodynamic drag and increase flight efficiency.
Dieter Vanderelst +4 more
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Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, 2005 Entre os anos de 1999 e 2001, realizaram-se 18 capturas de morcegos em Belo Horizonte, sendo uma na estação seca e uma na estação chuvosa em cada regional administrativa.
L.V. De Knegt +3 more
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Sensorimotor Model of Obstacle Avoidance in Echolocating Bats. [PDF]
PLoS Computational Biology, 2015 Bat echolocation is an ability consisting of many subtasks such as navigation, prey detection and object recognition. Understanding the echolocation capabilities of bats comes down to isolating the minimal set of acoustic cues needed to complete each ...
Dieter Vanderelst +2 more
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