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The ladybird beetle (Coccinella septempunctata) is known for swift deployment of its elytra, an action that requires considerable power. However, actu......
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For small birds to survive during seasonal acclimatization in temperate zones, regulation of body mass and thermogenesis is crucial. To determine the ......
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Captivity presumably challenges the physiological equilibrium of birds and thus influences flight ability. However, the extent to which captive birds ......
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Skeletal muscle mass and function tend to decline with increasing age. Insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) plays a key role in promoting skeletal mus......
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Geckos are excellent climbers using compliant, hierarchically arranged adhesive toes to negotiate diverse terrains varying in roughness at multiple si......
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The periwinkle snail Echinolittorina malaccana, for which the upper lethal temperature is near 55 degrees C, is one of the most heat-tolerant eukaryot......
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Animals are known to exhibit different walking behaviors in hilly habitats. For instance, cats, rats, squirrels, tree frogs, desert iguana, stick inse......
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Hauser's engraver beetle, Ips hauseri, is a serious pest in spruce forest ecosystems in Central Asia. Its monoterpenoid signal production, transcripto......
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We previously showed that different skeletal muscles in Daurian ground squirrels (Spermophilus dauricus) possess different antioxidant strategies duri......
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The terrestrial radiation of vertebrates required changes in skin that resolved the dual demands of maintaining a mechanical and physiological barrier......
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Many captive Asian elephant populations are not self-sustaining, possibly due in part to obesity-related health and reproductive issues. This study in......
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Animals rely on their chemosensory system to discriminate among a very large number of attractive or repulsive chemical cues in the environment, which......
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Many functions have been postulated for the aerodynamic role of the avian tail during steady-state flight. By analogy with conventional aircraft, the ......
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In heterogeneous environments, mobile species should occupy habitats in which their fitness is maximized. Mangrove rivulus fish inhabit mangrove ecosy......
期刊: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY, 2020; 223 (5)
Assessment of the compressibility of marinemammal airways at depth is crucial to understanding vital physiological processes such as gas exchange duri......