The loss of flight in ant workers enabled an evolutionary redesign of the thorax for ground labour
Explanations for the ecological dominance of ants generally focus on the benefits of division of labour and cooperation during foraging. However, the principal innovation of ants relative to their wasp ancesto... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - October 19, 2020 Category: Zoology Authors: Christian Peeters, Roberto A. Keller, Adam Khalife, Georg Fischer, Julian Katzke, Alexander Blanke and Evan P. Economo Tags: Research Source Type: research
Geckos cling best to, and prefer to use, rough surfaces
Fitness is strongly related to locomotor performance, which can determine success in foraging, mating, and other critical activities. Locomotor performance on different substrates is likely to require differen... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - October 16, 2020 Category: Zoology Authors: Rishab Pillai, Eric Nordberg, Jendrian Riedel and Lin Schwarzkopf Tags: Research Source Type: research
Whole-genome sequencing of Tarim red deer (Cervus elaphus yarkandensis) reveals demographic history and adaptations to an arid-desert environment
The initiation of desert conditions in the Tarim Basin in China since the late Miocene has led to the significant genetic structuring of local organisms. Tarim Red Deer (Cervus elaphus yarkandensis, TRD) have ada... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - October 16, 2020 Category: Zoology Authors: Buweihailiqiemu Ababaikeri, Shamshidin Abduriyim, Yilamujiang Tohetahong, Tayerjan Mamat, Adil Ahmat and Mahmut Halik Tags: Research Source Type: research
Remarkable metabolic reorganization and altered metabolic requirements in frog metamorphic climax
Metamorphic climax is the crucial stage of amphibian metamorphosis responsible for the morphological and functional changes necessary for transition to a terrestrial habitat. This developmental period is sensi... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - October 8, 2020 Category: Zoology Authors: Wei Zhu, Liming Chang, Tian Zhao, Bin Wang and Jianping Jiang Tags: Research Source Type: research
Adaptation and constraint shape the evolution of growth patterns in passerine birds across the globe
Growth trajectories should be adapted to selective factors of each species ’ environment. However, major shaping forces of growth and development are unclear, especially when studying several traits at once. Bi... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - September 30, 2020 Category: Zoology Authors: Vladim ír Remeš, Beata Matysioková and Jakub Vrána Tags: Research Source Type: research
Development of the squamate naso-palatal complex: detailed 3D analysis of the vomeronasal organ and nasal cavity in the brown anole Anolis sagrei (Squamata: Iguania)
Despite the diverse morphology of the adult squamate naso-palatal complex – consisting of the nasal cavity, vomeronasal organ (VNO), choanal groove, lacrimal duct and superficial palate – little is known about... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - September 22, 2020 Category: Zoology Authors: Pawe ł Kaczmarek, Katarzyna Janiszewska, Brian Metscher and Weronika Rupik Tags: Research Source Type: research
Bigger doesn ’t mean bolder: behavioral variation of four wild rodent species to novelty and predation risk following a fast-slow continuum
Understanding how wild species respond to novel situations with associated risk can provide valuable insights for inter-specific behavioral variation and associations with pace-of-life (POL). Rodents, a global... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - September 21, 2020 Category: Zoology Authors: Ian Nicholas Best, Pei-Jen Lee Shaner, Hsuan-Yi Lo, Kurtis Jai-Chyi Pei and Chi-Chien Kuo Tags: Research Source Type: research
Bat population recoveries give insight into clustering strategies during hibernation
Behaviour during hibernation contributes to energy conservation in winter. Hibernating bats select roosts with respect to physiological and environmental stressors, available local microclimate and species-spe... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - September 1, 2020 Category: Zoology Authors: Nat ália Martínková, Stuart J. E. Baird, Vlastislav Káňa and Jan Zima Tags: Research Source Type: research
Temperature and predator-mediated regulation of plasma cortisol and brain gene expression in juvenile brown trout (Salmo trutta)
Temperature affects many aspects of performance in poikilotherms, including how prey respond when encountering predators. Studies of anti-predator responses in fish mainly have focused on behaviour, whereas ph... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - August 28, 2020 Category: Zoology Authors: Karl Filipsson, Eva Bergman, Larry Greenberg, Martin Österling, Johan Watz and Ann Erlandsson Tags: Research Source Type: research
Pattern of sucker development in cuttlefishes
Morphological novelties have been acquired through evolutionary processes and related to the adaptation of new life-history strategies with new functions of the bodyparts. Cephalopod molluscs such as octopuses... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - August 24, 2020 Category: Zoology Authors: Ryosuke Kimbara, Mayuko Nakamura, Kohei Oguchi, Hisanori Kohtsuka and Toru Miura Tags: Research Source Type: research
Home-field advantage: native gecko exhibits improved exertion capacity and locomotor ability in structurally complex environments relative to its invasive counterpart
Invasive species are of substantial concern because they may threaten ecosystem stability and biodiversity worldwide. Not surprisingly, studies examining the drivers of biological invasion have increased in nu... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - August 17, 2020 Category: Zoology Authors: Austin M. Garner, Alexandra M. Pamfilie, E. J. Hamad, Rachael Kindig, Joshua T. Taylor, Colleen K. Unsworth and Peter H. Niewiarowski Tags: Research Source Type: research
Female northern grass lizards judge mates by body shape to reinforce local adaptation
Identifying the factors that contribute to divergence among populations in mate preferences is important for understanding of the manner in which premating reproductive isolation might arise and how this isola... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - August 4, 2020 Category: Zoology Authors: Kun Guo, Chen Chen, Xiao-Fang Liang, Yan-Fu Qu and Xiang Ji Tags: Research Source Type: research
Gut transcriptomic changes during hibernation in the greater horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum)
The gut is the major organ for nutrient absorption and immune response in the body of animals. Although effects of fasting on the gut functions have been extensively studied in model animals (e.g. mice), littl... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - July 17, 2020 Category: Zoology Authors: Haijian Sun, Jiaying Wang, Yutong Xing, Yi-Hsuan Pan and Xiuguang Mao Tags: Research Source Type: research
Within-family plasticity of nervous system architecture in Syllidae (Annelida, Errantia)
The ground pattern underlying the nervous system of the last common ancestor in annelids was long thought to be settled, consisting of a dorsal brain, circumoesophageal connectives and a subepithelial, ladder-... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - June 23, 2020 Category: Zoology Authors: Hannah Schmidbaur, Thomas Schwaha, Rico Franzkoch, G ünter Purschke and Gerhard Steiner Tags: Research Source Type: research
Spawning induction, development and culturing of the solitary ascidian Polycarpa mytiligera, an emerging model for regeneration studies
Ascidians (phylum Chordata, class Ascidiacea) represent the closest living invertebrate relatives of the vertebrates and constitute an important model for studying the evolution of chordate development. The so... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - June 11, 2020 Category: Zoology Authors: Tal Gordon, Lachan Roth, Federico Caicci, Lucia Manni and Noa Shenkar Tags: Research Source Type: research
