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Whole genome sequencing of mouse lines divergently selected for fatness (FLI) and leanness (FHI) revealed several genetic variants as candidates for novel obesity genes
BackgroundAnalysing genomes of animal model organisms is widely used for understanding the genetic basis of complex traits and diseases, such as...
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Overexpression of the limk1 Gene in Drosophila melanogaster Can Lead to Suppression of Courtship Memory in Males
AbstractCourtship suppression is a behavioral adaptation of the fruit fly. When majority of the females in a fly population are fertilized and...
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Hindbrain circuits in the control of eating behaviour and energy balance
Body weight and adiposity represent biologically controlled parameters that are influenced by a combination of genetic, developmental and...
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Effectiveness of attractants and bait for Iberian wolf detection: captivity-based and free-ranging trials
Monitoring large carnivores requires substantial effort, which is why indirect methodologies such as camera trap** with attractants or baits are...
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Architecture of the subthalamic nucleus
The subthalamic nucleus (STN) is a major neuromodulation target for the alleviation of neurological and neuropsychiatric symptoms using deep brain...
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Lithium Chloride Promotes Milk Protein and Fat Synthesis in Bovine Mammary Epithelial Cells via HIF-1α and β-Catenin Signaling Pathways
Lithium is one of the trace elements with many physiological properties, such as being anti-cancer, anti-viral, and anti-inflammatory. However,...
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Feeding Behaviour of a Pyrethroid-Resistant Strain of the German Cockroach Blattella germanica (Linnaeus, 1767)
Many authors report biological differences among insecticide-resistant pest species, mainly associated with parameters of life history, but only a...
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No outbreeding depression in a trial of targeted gene flow in an endangered Australian marsupial
Targeted gene flow is a novel conservation strategy that involves translocating individuals with favourable genes to areas where they will have a...
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Sex pheromones of clitoral gland: Their chemical identification and role in social and reproductive behaviour of house rat, Rattus rattus
Present study was carried out on the rodent pest, Rattus rattus to determine the chemistry of the clitoral gland (CG) of mature female house rats and...
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Behavioural responses and characterization of preputial gland extract of black rat, Rattus rattus
The present study was carried out to determine the chemistry of the preputial gland (PG) of mature male black rats and its role in sexual and social...
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Using a natural population collapse of an invasive species to assess the benefits of invader control for native species
Efforts to control invasive species often assume that suppressing invader abundance will benefit impacted native species, but that assumption may...
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The stop-feed effect of cholecalciferol (vitamin D3) and the efficacy of brodifacoum combined with cholecalciferol in Y139C-resistant Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus)
Second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides potentially build persistent residues in animals and accordingly pose a risk of secondary poisoning. We...
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The role of variety attributes in the uptake of new hybrid bananas among smallholder rural farmers in central Uganda
BackgroundWhile advances in agricultural research and development have led to generation of improved new cooking hybrid banana varieties (HBVs) with...
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Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of the Anti-oxidative Activity of Seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.)
Oxidative stress is caused by an imbalance between the overproduction of free radicals and the radical-scavenging anti-oxidative defense system,...
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Odour and feeding preference of noctuid moth larvae conditioned to vanillin diet and non-vanillin diet
It is largely accepted that larval experience influence host-plant preference of larvae. In general, larval experience with a host plant induces both...
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Less bins, less baboons: reducing access to anthropogenic food effectively decreases the urban foraging behavior of a troop of chacma baboons (Papio hamadryas ursinus) in a peri-urban area
In South Africa, chacma baboons ( Papio hamadryas ursinus ) living near peri-urban areas may forage on anthropogenic food. Baboons have been recorded...
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Confessions of a baboon watcher: from inside to outside the paradigm
In this “tale” I summarize the major landmarks of my 50-year career watching wild olive baboons ( Papio anubis ). I review some major discoveries, like...
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Awareness in Fish
Whether fish have awareness, and if so, of what they are aware, has been a long-standing question. Discussions on the welfare of animals, which...
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At Death’s Door
One of the more interesting jobs within the annals of history, at least from a sensory perspective, has to be the taste tester. This is the person...
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Inter-individual variability amplified through breeding reveals control of reward-related action strategies by Melanocortin-4 Receptor in the dorsomedial striatum
In day-to-day life, we often must choose between pursuing familiar behaviors or adjusting behaviors when new strategies might be more fruitful. The...
