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Images of natural comb 

Smith, Michael L; Hartman, Patricia; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3454-962X (2021-04-10)

An in vivo test of the biologically relevant roles of carotenoids as antioxidants in animals 

Weaver, Ryan, J.; Wang, Phillip; Hill, Geoffrey, E.; Cobine, Paul A.; 0000-0002-6160-4735; 0000-0001-6012-0985 (2022-03-13)
Carotenoids are well known for their contribution to the vibrant coloration of many animals and have been hypothesized to be important antioxidants. Surprisingly few examples of carotenoids acting as biologically relevant ...

Increased cellular free cholesterol in macrophage-specific Abca1 knock-out mice enhances pro-inflammatory response of macrophages 

Zhu, Xuewei; Lee, Ji-Young; Timmins, Jenelle M.; Brown, J. Mark; Boudyguina, Elena; Mulya, Anny; Gebre, Abraham K.; Willingham, Mark C.; Hiltbold, Elizabeth M.; Mishra, Nilamadhab (2021-03-23)
Macrophage-specific Abca1 knock-out (Abca1(-M/-M)) mice were generated to determine the role of macrophage ABCA1 expression in plasma lipoprotein concentrations and the innate immune response of macrophages. Plasma lipid ...

Indirect Impacts of Recreational Scuba Diving: Patterns of Growth and Predation in Branching Stony Corals 

Guzner, Barak; Novplansky, Ariel; Shalit, Or; Chadwick, Nanette E. (2021-01-27)
The highest recorded rates of recreational SCUBA diving occur on coral reefs at Eilat in the northern Red Sea, where many scleractinian corals are damaged by physical contact with divers. We compared coral skeletal growth ...

The influence of maternal nesting behaviour on offspring survival: evidence from correlational and cross-fostering studies 

Addis, Elizabeth; Warner, Daniel; Pruett, Jenna (2019-04-22)
The maternal effect of nesting behaviour is important in oviparous species because choice of microhabitat (e.g. shade cover, temperature) can determine the environment in which embryos develop. In turn, this maternal choice ...

Interspecific combat observed among viperid snakes 

Steen, David A.; Kelly, Dawn; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3031-7557 (2019-10-22)

Is Pairing with a Relative Heritable? Estimating Female and Male Genetic Contributions to the Degree of Biparental Inbreeding in Song Sparrows (Melospiza melodia) 

Wolak, Mathew E.; Reid, Jane M.; 0000-0002-7962-0071 (2021-07-29)
The degree of inbreeding expressed within populations can profoundly shape evolutionary dynamics. The degree to which individuals inbreed is frequently assumed to evolve in response to selection, for example, resulting ...

Landscape-level influences of terrestrial snake occupancy within the southeastern United States 

Steen, David A.; McClure, Christopher J. W.; Brock, Jean C.; Rudolph, D. Craig; Pierce, Josh B.; Lee, James R.; Humphries, W. Jeffrey; Gregory, Beau B.; Sutton, William B.; Smith, Lora L.; Baxley, Danna L.; Stevenson, Dirk J.; Guyer, Craig; 0000-0002-3031-7557; 0000-0003-4909-2690 (2020-04-02)
Habitat loss and degradation are thought to be the primary drivers of species extirpations, but for many species we have little information regarding specific habitats that influence occupancy. Snakes are of conservation ...

Life History Aspects of Exyra semicrocea (Pitcher Plant Moth) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) 

Stephens, Jessica D.; Folkerts, Debbie R. (2022-03-03)
With as little as 3% of southeastern Coastal Plain pitcher plant bogs remaining, it is important to understand the life-history aspects of the endemic organisms that comprise this community. In this study, we elucidate ...

Lizard embryos prioritize post-hatching energy reserves over increased hatchling body size during development 

Murphy, Kaitlyn M; Radder, Rajkumar S; Shine, Rick; Warner, Daniel A; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7516-6783 (2019-09-09)
Embryonic development in oviparous organisms is fueled by maternally-allocated yolk, with many organisms hatching before that energy store is completely used up; the resultant leftover (residual) yolk is internalized and ...

Long-Term Decrease in Coloration: A Consequence of Climate Change? 

López-Idiáquez, David; Teplitsky, Céline; Grégoire, Arnaud; Fargevieille, Amélie; del Rey, María; de Franceschi, Christophe; Charmantier, Anne; Doutrelant, Claire; 0000-0003-0934-3563 (2022-09-15)
Climate change has been shown to affect fitness-related traits in a wide range of taxa; for instance, warming leads to phenological advancements in many plant and animal species. The influence of climate change on social ...

Longitudinal Analysis of a Diversity Support Program in Biology: A National Call for Further Assessment 

Ballen, Cissy J.; Mason, Nicholas A.; 0000-0002-4693-6117 (2020-05-26)
National calls to improve the performance and persistence of students from historically underrepresented backgrounds in science have led to a surge of research on inclusive, evidence-based teaching methods. Less work has ...

Macrophage ABCA1 reduces MyD88-dependent Toll-like receptor trafficking to lipid rafts by reduction of lipid raft cholesterol 

Zhu, Xuewei; Owen, John S.; Wilson, Martha D.; Li, Haitao; Griffiths, Gary L.; Thomas, Michael J.; Hiltbold, Elizabeth M.; Fessler, Michael B.; Parks, John S. (2022-03-11)
We previously showed that macrophages from macrophage-specifi c ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) knockout (Abca1(-M/-M)) mice had an enhanced proinflammatory response to the Toll-like receptor (TLR) 4 agonist, ...

Magnitude and Predictability of pH Fluctuations Shape Plastic Responses to Ocean Acidification 

Bitter, Mark; Kapsenberg, Lydia; Silliman, Katherine; Gattuso, Jean-Pierre; Pfister, Catherine; 0000-0002-4533-4114 (2023-06-17)
Phenotypic plasticity is expected to facilitate the persistence of natural populations as global change progresses. The attributes of fluctuating environments that favor the evolution of plasticity have received extensive ...

MATERNAL TRAITS AND REPRODUCTION IN RICHARDSONS GROUND-SQUIRRELS 

Dobson, F. Stephen; Michener, Gail R.; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5562-6316 (2022-12-06)
Differences among conspecifics in body mass result from underlying differences in structural size and physiological condition. To determine whether the structural or physiological component of body mass has a stronger ...

Micro- and Macroevolutionary Trade-Offs in Plant-Feeding Insects 

Peterson, Daniel; Hardy, Nate; Normark, Benjamin; 0000-0002-6267-9552; 0000-0002-3024-3068 (2023-05-17)
A long-standing hypothesis asserts that plant-feeding insects specialize on particular host plants because of negative interactions (trade-offs) between adaptations to alternative hosts, yet empirical evidence for such ...

Molecular genetic evidence that dinoflagellates belonging to the genus Symbiodinium freudenthal are haploid 

Santos, Scott R; Coffroth, Mary Alice (2019-08-02)
Microscopic and cytological evidence suggest that many dinoflagellates possess a haploid nuclear phase. However, the ploidy of a number of dinoflagellates remains unknown, and molecular genetic support for haploidy in this ...