The impact of elevated temperature and CO2 on growth, physiological and immune responses of Polypedates cruciger (common hourglass tree frog)
Amphibians are one of the most susceptible groups to climate change as their development occurs in aquatic environments or in microhabitats with high humidity. Accordingly, our primary objective was to investi... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - January 13, 2020 Category: Zoology Authors: W. A. Manasee T. Weerathunga and Gayani Rajapaksa Tags: Research Source Type: research
Maternal effects on offspring growth indicate post-weaning juvenile dependence in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus)
In animals with altricial offspring, most growth occurs after birth and may be optimized by post-natal maternal care. Maternal effects on growth may be influenced by individual characteristics of the mothers, ... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - January 7, 2020 Category: Zoology Authors: Liran Samuni, Patrick Tkaczynski, Tobias Deschner, Therese L öhrrich, Roman M. Wittig and Catherine Crockford Tags: Research Source Type: research
Does the frontal sensory organ in adults of the hoplonemertean Quasitetrastemma stimpsoni originate from the larval apical organ?
The apical organ is the most prominent neural structure in spiralian larvae. Although it has been thoroughly investigated in larvae of the class Pilidiophora in phylum Nemertea, studies on its structure in oth... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - January 6, 2020 Category: Zoology Authors: Timur Yu Magarlamov, Vyacheslav Dyachuk and Alexey V. Chernyshev Tags: Research Source Type: research
Eumelanin and pheomelanin pigmentation in mollusc shells may be less common than expected: insights from mass spectrometry
The geometric patterns that adorn the shells of many phylogenetically disparate molluscan species are comprised of pigments that span the visible spectrum. Although early chemical studies implicated melanin as... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - December 23, 2019 Category: Zoology Authors: Susanne Affenzeller, Klaus Wolkenstein, Holm Frauendorf and Daniel J. Jackson Tags: Research Source Type: research
Non-invasive quantification of cardiac stroke volume in the edible crab Cancer pagurus
Brachyuran crabs can effectively modulate cardiac stroke volume independently of heart rate in response to abiotic drivers. Non-invasive techniques can help to improve the understanding of cardiac performance ... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - December 12, 2019 Category: Zoology Authors: Bastian Maus, Sebastian Gutsfeld, Hans-Otto P örtner and Christian Bock Tags: Methodology Source Type: research
Characteristics of tiger moth (Erebidae: Arctiinae) anti-bat sounds can be predicted from tymbal morphology
Acoustic signals are used by many animals to transmit information. Variation in the acoustic characteristics of these signals often covaries with morphology and can relay information about an individual ’s fitn... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - December 10, 2019 Category: Zoology Authors: Nicolas J. Dowdy and William E. Conner Tags: Research Source Type: research
The evolution of a bat population with white-nose syndrome (WNS) reveals a shift from an epizootic to an enzootic phase
White-nose Syndrome (WNS) is a mycosis caused by a cutaneous infection with the fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd). It produces hibernation mortality rates of 75 –98% in 4 bats: Myotis lucifugus, M. septentr... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - December 3, 2019 Category: Zoology Authors: Craig L. Frank, April D. Davis and Carl Herzog Tags: Research Source Type: research
Assesment and interpretation of negative forelimb allometry in the evolution of non-avian Theropoda
The origin of birds is marked by a significant decrease in body size along with an increase in relative forelimb size. However, before the evolution of flight, both traits may have already been related: It has... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - December 2, 2019 Category: Zoology Authors: Jos é A. Palma Liberona, Sergio Soto-Acuña, Marco A. Mendez and Alexander O. Vargas Tags: Research Source Type: research
Social isolation improves the performance of rodents in a novel cognitive flexibility task
Social isolation, i.e., the deprivation of social contact, is a highly stressful circumstance that affects behavioral and functional brain development in social animals. Cognitive flexibility, one of the essen... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - November 15, 2019 Category: Zoology Authors: Xin-Yuan Fei, Sha Liu, Yan-Hong Sun and Liang Cheng Tags: Research Source Type: research
Characterizing the composition, metabolism and physiological functions of the fatty liver in Rana omeimontis tadpoles
Fat storage is required for the life cycle of many organisms. The primary fat depot for most vertebrates is white adipose tissue. However, in primitive vertebrates (e.g., agnathan group and elasmobranchs), the... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - November 14, 2019 Category: Zoology Authors: Wei Zhu, Meihua Zhang, Liming Chang, Wenbo Zhu, Cheng Li, Feng Xie, Huan Zhang, Tian Zhao and Jianping Jiang Tags: Research Source Type: research
Individual variation of the masticatory system dominates 3D skull shape in the herbivory-adapted marsupial wombats
Within-species skull shape variation of marsupial mammals is widely considered low and strongly size-dependent (allometric), possibly due to developmental constraints arising from the altricial birth of marsup... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - November 1, 2019 Category: Zoology Authors: Vera Weisbecker, Thomas Guillerme, Cruise Speck, Emma Sherratt, Hyab Mehari Abraha, Alana C. Sharp, Claire E. Terhune, Simon Collins, Stephen Johnston and Olga Panagiotopoulou Tags: Research Source Type: research
The innervation of the male copulatory organ of spiders (Araneae) – a comparative analysis
Nervous tissue is an inherent component of the many specialized genital structures for transferring sperm directly into the female ’s body. However, the male copulatory organ of spiders was considered a puzzlin... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - October 24, 2019 Category: Zoology Authors: Tim M. Dederichs, Carsten H. G. M üller, Lenka Sentenská, Elisabeth Lipke, Gabriele Uhl and Peter Michalik Tags: Research Source Type: research
Persistence of multiple patterns and intraspecific polymorphism in multi-species M üllerian communities of net-winged beetles
In contrast to traditional models of purifying selection and a single aposematic signal in M üllerian complexes, some communities of unprofitable prey contain members with multiple aposematic patterns. Processe... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - October 17, 2019 Category: Zoology Authors: Matej Bocek, Dominik Kusy, Michal Motyka and Ladislav Bocak Tags: Research Source Type: research
Gene expression vs. sequence divergence: comparative transcriptome sequencing among natural Rhinolophus ferrumequinum populations with different acoustic phenotypes
Although the sensory drive hypothesis can explain the geographic variation in echolocation frequencies of some bat species, the molecular mechanisms underlying this phenomenon are still unclear. The three line... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - September 13, 2019 Category: Zoology Authors: Hanbo Zhao, Hui Wang, Tong Liu, Sen Liu, Longru Jin, Xiaobin Huang, Wentao Dai, Keping Sun and Jiang Feng Tags: Research Source Type: research
Combining morphological and genomic evidence to resolve species diversity and study speciation processes of the Pallenopsis patagonica (Pycnogonida) species complex
Pallenopsis patagonica (Hoek, 1881) is a morphologically and genetically variable sea spider species whose taxonomic classification is challenging. Currently, it is considered as a species complex including sever... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - September 6, 2019 Category: Zoology Authors: Jana S. D ömel, Till-Hendrik Macher, Lars Dietz, Sabrina Duncan, Christoph Mayer, Andrey Rozenberg, Katherine Wolcott, Florian Leese and Roland R. Melzer Tags: Research Source Type: research
