... or fungal antigens. Antioxidants Immunity Infection Oxidative stress Vertebrates Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research German Research Foundation http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001659 GO2091/2-1 Pathogens are a major selective force in animals, driving...

..., including neurophysiological approaches, we propose that certain mixtures are convergently perceived across various species of vertebrates/invertebrates, possibly as a result of a similar anatomical organization of their olfactory systems and the common necessity to simplify the environment's chemical...

... diverse. This Review examines the fundamentally different types of brains and neural mechanisms that give rise to numerical competence across the animal tree of life. Neural correlates of the number sense so far exist only for specific vertebrate species: the richest data concerning explicit and abstract...

... of oxidative stress in vertebrates . J. Comp. Physiol. B.   181 , 447 - 456 . 10.1007/s00360-011-0566-2 Costantini , D. , Monaghan , P. and Metcalfe , N. B. ( 2011b ). Biochemical integration of blood redox state in captive zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) . J. Exp. Biol.   214...

... that facilitated key evolutionary transitions in vertebrate evolution, such as the evolution of air breathing. The objective of this study was to investigate the presence or absence of preferential pH i regulation in phylogenetically separated fishes. Amongst the basal and derived bony euteleostomi fishes...

... Ltd 2014 Antioxidants Life history Oxidative damage Parental care Thiols Vertebrates Reproduction is a critical and demanding phase of an animal's life. From mate choice to offspring rearing, individuals are being continuously faced with multiple trade-offs in the allocation...

...David Costantini; Timothy J. Greives; Michaela Hau; Jesko Partecke Cities may expose wild animals to new types of selection pressures, potentially leading to differentiation among urban and rural populations. One cellular mechanism likely important in determining the viability of vertebrate...

... No competing interests declared. 20 11 2012 28 2 2013 © 2013. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2013 antioxidants birds flight effort oxidative damage vertebrates Understanding the physiological processes underlying variation in lifespan is of central importance...

.... performed the measurements. S.S. analyzed the data. S.S. wrote the paper. N.F.T., C.W.H. and S.M.G. commented on the paper. COMPETING INTERESTS No competing interests declared. 27 8 2012 14 1 2013 © 2013. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2013 vertebrates sensory...

... © 2012. 2012 antioxidants body mass heat stress hormesis oxidative damage vertebrates Pre- and post-natal exposure to stressful conditions prior to sexual maturity can have negative fitness consequences ( Monaghan, 2008 ; Harris and Seckl, 2011 ; Henriksen et al., 2011...

... 12 2010 © 2011. 2011 oxidative stress vertebrates oxidative damage antioxidants modularity network All biological systems exhibit an integration of morphological, metabolic, biochemical and/or genetic components, such that these are correlated through functional, structural...

...I. A. Johnston ABSTRACT The kinds of muscle fibre that are recruited for sustained force production by different vertebrates are described. Although aerobic metabolism always accounts for a significant proportion of their ATP turnover, no single characteristic such as colour, number and form...