financially supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF);funded by The Ministry of Education(NRF-2020R1I1A2063567)。
Many birds develop brood patches on their ventral apterium under hormonal regulation to effectively transmit body heat to eggs during incubation.The developed patch has several characteristics,including de-feathering,...
financially supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF)funded by The Ministry of Education(NRF2020R1I1A2063567)。
Sperm competition has been studied in numerous species as a representative example of postcopulatory sexual selection,where sampling sperm from male is the most basic and important step.Sperm collection can be tricky ...
The qualitative and quantitative composition of primordial germ cells(PGCs)and the genetic variability of embryos of the Coregonus nasus from the Ob river basin and domesticated population breeding outside the natural...
the National Research Development and Innovation Office(NKFIH)of Hungary through the grant K132490 to A.L.and FK137743 to G.S.and by the TKP2020-IKA-07 project financed under the 2020-4.1.1-TKP2020 Thematic Excellence Program.I.P.was supported by theÚNKP-20-4 New National Excellence Program of the Ministry of Innovation and Technology from the Source of the National Research,Development and Innovation Fund.E.V.was supported by the National Office of Research,Development and Innovation(PD-134985);the MSCA EF Seal of Excellence IF-2019 grant by Vinnova,the Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems(grant number:2021-01102).
Urban areas differ from natural habitats in several environmental features that influence the characteristics of animals living there.For example,birds often start breeding seasonally earlier and fledge fewer offsprin...
supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF2017R1D1A1B03030329,NRF-2019K2A9A2A06022677)。
Generalist avian brood parasites vary considerably in their degree of host specialization(e.g.,number of hosts);some parasitize the nests of just a few host species,whereas others exploit more than 100 species.Several...
the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grants no.31170217 and 31370268 to S.-X.Luo);the Chinese Academy of Sciences’"The Belt and Road"Master Fellowship Programme for providing P.Chheang a fully funded master’s scholarship。
Glochidion(Phyllanthaceae;leafflower trees)is a genus of trees which is widely reported to be pollinated by leafflower moths(Gracillariidae:Epicephala)in temperate and subtropical Asia,Australia,and the Pacific island...
supported by an Australian Research Council Discovery Grant(DP180100021,DP150101652);the Holsworth Grant,Australia&Pacific Science Foundation(APSF1406);Birdlife Australia(2015).
Coevolutionary interactions between avian brood parasites and their hosts often lead to the evolution of discrimination and rejection of parasite eggs or chicks by hosts based on visual cues,and the evolution of visua...
supported by Agriculture and Food Research Initiative competitive grants 2016-67015-24911 and 2018-68003-27464 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
Background:Microbiota development is a critical aspect of turkey poult maturation,and the succession of microbes in the turkey gut has been shown to correlate with poult performance.The purpose of this study was to de...
This study was funded by the National Science Centre,Poland,NCN 2016/23/B/NZ8/03082.
Nest predation and avian brood parasitism are the main sources of nest failure in many passerine birds.Large predators threaten both brood and parents,whereas brood parasites pose only a danger to eggs or nestlings.Th...
the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31730087,41688103 and 31872277);the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University(IRT-17R75);Support Project of High-level Teachers in Beijing Municipal Universities(No.IDHT20180518);the Beijing Natural Science Foundation(5182004).
Insect eusociality is characterized by cooperative brood care;reproductive division oflabour and multiple generations of adults within a colony.The morphological specializations of the different termite castes from Bu...