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Migration routes and timing of European Nightjars (Caprimulgus europaeus) breeding in eastern Mongolia
The phenology and routes of long-distance migrations of European Nightjars are well described for Western European individuals migrating within the East Atlantic and Mediterranean flyways, while little is know...
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The cichlid–Cichlidogyrus network: a blueprint for a model system of parasite evolution
Species interactions are a key aspect of evolutionary biology. Parasites, specifically, are drivers of the evolution of species communities and impact biosecurity and public health. However, when using interac...
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The curious and neglected soft-bodied meiofauna: Rouphozoa (Gastrotricha and Platyhelminthes)
Gastrotricha and Platyhelminthes form a clade called Rouphozoa. Representatives of both taxa are main components of meiofaunal communities, but their role in the trophic ecology of marine and freshwater commun...
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Repeated migration of a juvenile European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
Most of our current knowledge on migration strategies in juvenile light-weight birds originates from laboratory studies, displacement experiments and partial migration tracks. Here we report on the first recor...
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Embryonic origins of hull cells in the flatworm Macrostomum lignano through cell lineage analysis: developmental and phylogenetic implications
The development of macrostomid flatworms is of interest for evolutionary developmental biology research because these taxa combine characteristics of the canonical spiral cleavage pattern with significant devi...
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Use of freeze-cracking in ontogenetic research in Macrostomum lignano (Macrostomida, Rhabditophora)
A method for studying whole mount flatworm embryos based on freeze-cracking of the eggs is described. This method allows successful immunohistological and immunocytological studies of whole mount embryos. It d...
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Global diversity of free living flatworms (Platyhelminthes, “Turbellaria”) in freshwater
This contribution reviews diversity of turbellarian species by biogeographical regions, with comments on species biology. The review draws on the database available at http://www.devbio.umesci....
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Consumptive and non-consumptive effects of turbellarian (Mesostoma sp.) predation on anostracans
We assessed the predatory impact of Mesostoma sp. (Rhabditophora) on hatching and survival of Branchipodopsis wolfi (Anostraca) under laboratory conditions. The hatching percentages of resting eggs of B. wolfi we...
