Browsing Zoology (Scholarly Publications) by Title
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Localization of YAP activity in developing skeletal rudiments is responsive to mechanical stimulation
(University of Edinburgh (datashare), 2020)Background: Normal skeletal development, in particular ossification, joint formation and shape features of condyles, depends on appropriate mechanical input from embryonic movement but it is unknown how such physical stimuli ... -
Macroecology and extinction risk correlates of frogs
(Blackwell Publishing, 2008)Aim Our aim was to test whether extinction risk in frogs could be predicted from their body size, fecundity or geographic range size. Because small geographic range size is a correlate of extinction risk in many taxa, we ... -
Mechanical Regulation of Skeletal Development
(University of Edinburgh (datashare), 2013)Development of the various components of a normal skeleton requires highly regulated signalling systems that co-ordinate spatial and temporal patterns of cell division, cell differentiation and morphogenesis. Much work in ... -
Mechanical Stimulation via Muscle Activity is Necessary for the Maturation of Tendon Multiscale Mechanics during Embryonic Development
(2021)During embryonic development, tendons transform into a hypocellular tissue with robust tensile load-bearing capabilities. Previous work suggests that this mechanical transformation is due to increases in collagen fibril ... -
Metabolic rate and body size are linked with perception of temporal information.
(2013)Body size and metabolic rate both fundamentally constrain how species interact with their environment, and hence ultimately affect their niche. While many mechanisms leading to these constraints have been explored, their ... -
The migration of Ascaris suum larvae, and the associated pulmonary inflammatory response in susceptible C57BL/6j and resistant CBA/Ca mice
(2007)Ascariasis is an important infection in humans (Ascaris lumbricoides) and pigs (Ascaris suum) and individuals appear to be predisposed to either heavy or light worm burdens. These extremes of susceptibility and resistance ... -
Molecular and Phenotypic Data Support the Recognition of the Wakatobi Flowerpecker (Dicaeum kuehni) from the Unique and Understudied Sulawesi Region
(2014)Accurate estimates of species richness are essential to macroecological and macroevolutionary research, as well as to the effective management and conservation of biodiversity. The resolution of taxonomic relationships is ... -
Mortality rates and division of labour in the leaf-cutting ant, Atta colombica
(2006)Division of labor in social groups is affected by the relative costs and benefits of conducting different tasks. However, most studies have examined the dynamics of division of labor, rather than the costs and benefits that ... -
A murine model for cerebral toxocariasis: characterisation of host susceptibility and behaviour.
(2006)Toxocara canis, the parasitic roundworm of dogs, can infect a number of paratenic hosts, such as mice and humans, due to the widespread dissemination of its ova in the environment. In these paratenic hosts, larvae have ... -
Natural immunity to Ascaris lumbricoides associated with IgE antibody to ABA-1 allergen and inflammatory indicators in children
(American Society for Microbiology, 1999)Children putatively immune to the large roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides were identified in an area of Nigeria where infection is hyperendemic. Immunity was associated with higher levels of serum ferritin, C-reactive protein, ... -
Ocular toxocariasis in school children
(2004)Ocular toxocariasis in humans is typically a unilateral disease caused by second?stage larvae of the Toxocara species. Serological evidence of widespread infection in humans provides little information on clinical disease. ... -
On the evolution of claustral colony-founding in ants
(Evolutionary Ecology Ltd, 2003)The dispersal and survival of offspring is a key step in an organism?s life history. In ants, the main strategy used to complete this step is known as independent colony-founding. Here, individual young queens leave their ... -
Patterns of soil-transmitted helminth infection and impact of four-monthly albendazole treatments in preschool children from semi-urban communities in Nigeria: a double-blind placebo-controlled randomised trial.
(2009)BACKGROUND: Children aged between one and five years are particularly vulnerable to disease caused by soil-transmitted helminths (STH). Periodic deworming has been shown to improve growth, micronutrient status (iron and ... -
Phylogenetic comparative approaches for studying niche conservatism
(2010)Analyses of phylogenetic niche conservatism (PNC) are becoming increasingly common. However, each analysis makes subtly different assumptions about the evolutionary mechanism that generates patterns of niche conservatism. ... -
Phylogenetic conservatism of environmental niches in mammals
(2011)Phylogenetic niche conservatism is the pattern where close relatives occupy similar niches, whereas distant relatives are more dissimilar. We suggest that niche conservatism will vary across clades in relation to their ... -
Phylogenetic host specificity and understanding parasite sharing in primates.
(2012)Understanding how parasites are transmitted to new species is of great importance for human health, agriculture and conservation. However, it is still unclear why some parasites are shared by many species, while others ... -
Plasma cytokines, chemokines and cellular immune responses in preschool Nigerian children infected with Plasmodium falciparum
(2013)BACKGROUND: Malaria is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide with over one million deaths annually, particularly in children under five years. This study was the first to examine plasma cytokines, chemokines ... -
Predicting the ecosystem-wide impacts of eradication with limited information using a qualitative modelling approach
(2020)Conservation-motivated eradications may cause unexpected perverse effects, and these undesirable consequences can be difficult to predict due to the paucity of information on species interactions. A probabilistic qualitative ... -
Predisposition to ascariasis: patterns, mechanisms and implications
(2009)Ascaris lumbricoides, the human roundworm, is a remarkably infectious and persistent parasite. It is a member of the soil-transmitted helminths or geohelminths and infects in the order of 1472 million people worldwide. ... -
Procollagen Type I amino-terminal propeptide : pediatric reference data and relationship with procollagen type I carboxyl-terminal propeptide
(American Association for Clinical Chemistry, 2004)Type I collagen is the predominant collagen in bone and soft tissue. The rate of synthesis of type I collagen can be assessed by measuring plasma concentrations of the C-terminal (PICP) and N-terminal (PINP) propeptides ...