... specialized nanostructures that increase antennae conspicuousness. Interspecific signalling Isoxanthopterin Mutualism Visual ecology Duke-Exeter Collaboration Fund Duke University http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100006510 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate...

... beetle Oryzaephilus surinamensis enhance host cuticle formation, conferring protection against predation and fungal infection. Bacteroidetes Candidatus Shikimatogenerans silvanidophilus Cuticle Mutualism Oryzaephilus surinamensis Sawtoothed grain beetle Symbiosis Structural defence...

...://www.biologists.com/user-licence-1-1/ Editor's Choice: The results of this experimental study show, for the first time, a positive contribution of the coral-dwelling damselfish Dascyllus marginatus on the photosynthesis of their host, the coral Stylophora pistillata . Dascyllus Mutualism...

... affects the fitness of the other. Here, mutualism is defined as positive epistasis between replicator fitness; an increase in the fitness of one replicator increases the fitness of the other. In contrast, conflict is defined as negative epistasis between replicator fitness; an increase in the fitness...

... a mutual benefit in the host–parasite relationship or that virus populations could be reduced in the next generation. The parameters evaluated herein were female survival, and the number of eggs and adults according to treatment. Furthermore, as it is the females that feed from blood and transmit...

... is generally a more diffuse interaction than pollination, it is more difficult for plants to develop mechanisms that restrict access to fruits ( Mello et al., 2011 ). The results of this study on the feeding behaviour of C. villosum emphasize that the degree of mutual benefits may vary widely among...

..., and anemonefish behavior at night appears to oxygenate sea anemone hosts and to augment the metabolism of both partners. * Author for correspondence ( [email protected] ) 3 6 2012 13 11 2012 © 2013. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2013 mutualism ecophysiology...

... © 2012. 2012 Aiptasi coral biology GC-MS mutualism photosynthate transfer sea anemone Coral reefs provide enormous environmental and economic benefits: they protect coasts, harbor vast biodiversity, sequester carbon, support fisheries and create tourist destinations...

... specialization mutualism adaptive radiation color vision model In Caribbean Elacatinus ( Jordan, 1904 ) (previously Gobiosoma ) gobies, evolutionary shifts from non-mutualists to obligate generalist mutualists coincide with shifts in color patterns associated with advertising this derived status...