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Attentional, emotional, and behavioral response toward spiders, scorpions, crabs, and snakes provides no evidence for generalized fear between spiders and scorpions by Landová, E., Štolhoferová, I., Vobrubová, B., Polák, J., Sedláčková, K., Janovcová, M., Rádlová, S., Frynta, D.

“…Spiders are among the animals evoking the highest fear and disgust and such a complex response might have been formed throughout human evolution. Ironically,…”
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Snakes Represent Emotionally Salient Stimuli That May Evoke Both Fear and Disgust by Rádlová, S, Janovcová, M, Sedláčková, K, Polák, J, Nácar, D, Peléšková, Š, Frynta, D, Landová, E

“…Humans perceive snakes as threatening stimuli, resulting in fast emotional and behavioral responses. However, snake species differ in their true level of…”
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Multiple radiations of spiny mice (Rodentia: Acomys) in dry open habitats of Afro-Arabia: evidence from a multi-locus phylogeny by Aghová, T, Palupčíková, K, Šumbera, R, Frynta, D, Lavrenchenko, L A, Meheretu, Y, Sádlová, J, Votýpka, J, Mbau, J S, Modrý, D, Bryja, J

“…Spiny mice of the genus Acomys are distributed mainly in dry open habitats in Africa and the Middle East, and they are widely used as model taxa for various…”
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The role of dopamine in Toxoplasma-induced behavioural alterations in mice: an ethological and ethopharmacological study by Skallová, A, Kodym, P, Frynta, D, Flegr, J

“…Toxoplasma gondii, a cosmopolitan protozoan parasite, is known to induce behavioural alterations in rodents and may exert an effect on human personality and…”
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Mediterranean populations of the lesser white-toothed shrew (Crocidura suaveolens group): an unexpected puzzle of Pleistocene survivors and prehistoric introductions by DUBEY, S, COSSON, J-F, MAGNANOU, E, VOHRALÍK, V, BENDA, P, FRYNTA, D, HUTTERER, R, VOGEL, V, VOGEL, P

“…An earlier study revealed the strong phylogeographical structure of the lesser white-toothed shrew (Crocidura suaveolens group) within the northern…”
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The effects of sex, age and commensal way of life on levels of fecal glucocorticoid metabolites in spiny mice ( Acomys cahirinus ) by Nováková, M, Palme, R, Kutalová, H, Janský, L, Frynta, D

“…Abstract We studied levels of fecal glucocorticoid metabolites (GCM) in a social rodent — Egyptian spiny mouse. As breeding adults are socially dominant over…”
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Offspring sex ratio in domestic goats: Trivers-Willard out of natural selection by Polák, J., Mareš, V., Konrád, R., Frynta, D.

“…The Trivers-Willard hypothesis (TWH) predicts the ability of mothers to adaptively adjust offspring sex ratio through differential maternal investment based on…”
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Influence of latent toxoplasmosis on the secondary sex ratio in mice by Kanková, S, Kodym, P, Frynta, D, Vavrinová, R, Kubena, A, Flegr, J

“…The sex ratio may be influenced by many factors, such as stress and immunosuppression, age of parents, parity and sex of preceding siblings. In animal systems,…”
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Induction of changes in human behaviour by the parasitic protozoan Toxoplasma gondii by Flegr, J, Zitková, S, Kodym, P, Frynta, D

“…Toxoplasma gondii, the coccidian parasite, is known to induce changes in the behaviour of its intermediate hosts. The high prevalence of this parasite in the…”
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Arrival timing in subadult and adult Black Redstart males: competition-dependent behaviour? by Schwarzová, L., Štros, P., Frynta, D., Fuchs, R.

“…The different arrival times of 1-year-old and older males is a widely recognised phenomenon in most migrating passerines. The converse pattern, i.e. the…”
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ALLOZYME VARIATION AND SYSTEMATICS OF THE GENUS APODEMUS (RODENTIA: MURIDAE) IN ASIA MINOR AND IRAN by Macholán, Miloš, Filippucci, Maria Grazia, Benda, Petr, Frynta, Daniel, Sádlová, Jovana

“…Starch gel electrophoresis at 36 presumptive loci was used to study genetic variation and systematic status of 110 wood mice (genus Apodemus) from 19 sites…”
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Women infected with parasite Toxoplasma have more sons by Kaňková, Š, Šulc, J, Nouzová, K, Fajfrlík, K, Frynta, D, Flegr, J

“…The boy-to-girl ratio at birth (secondary sex ratio) is around 0.51 in most populations. The sex ratio varies between societies and may be influenced by many…”
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Comparative cytogenetics of hamsters of the genus Calomyscus by Graphodatsky, A S, Sablina, O V, Meyer, M N, Malikov, V G, Isakova, E A, Trifonov, V A, Polyakov, A V, Lushnikova, T P, Vorobieva, N V, Serdyukova, N A, Perelman, P L, Borodin, P M, Benda, P, Frynta, D, Leikepová, L, Munclinger, P, Piálek, J, Sádlová, J, Zima, J

“…Karyotypes of Calomyscus from different regions of Turkmenistan, Iran, and Azerbaijan were studied using chromosome banding (G- and C-banding) and analyses of…”
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Body size, male combat and the evolution of sexual dimorphism in eublepharid geckos (Squamata: Eublepharidae) by KRATOCHVÍL, LUKÁS', FRYNTA, DANIEL

“…Lizards of the family Eublepharidae exhibit interspecific diversity in body size, sexual size dimorphism (SSD), head size dimorphism (HSD), occurrence of male…”
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Body size, male combat and the evolution of sexual dimorphism in eublepharid geckos (Squamata: Eublepharidae) by KRATOCHVIL, Lukas, FRYNTA, Daniel

“…Lizards of the family Eublepharidae exhibit interspecific diversity in body size, sexual size dimorphism (SSD), head size dimorphism (HSD), occurrence of male…”
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High Diversity of mtDNA Haplotypes Confirms Syntopic Occurrence of Two Field Mouse Species Apodemus uralensis and A. witherbyi (Muridae: Apodemus) in Armenia by Balasanyan, V., Yavruyan, E., Somerová, B., Abramjan, A., Landová, E., Munclinger, P., Frynta, D.

“…Wood mice of the genus Apodemus belong to the most frequent and epidemiologically important rodents of Europe and adjacent regions. Previous studies showed…”
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Cladistic analysis of languages: Indo-European classification based on lexicostatistical data by Rexová, Kateřina, Frynta, Daniel, Zrzavý, Jan

“…The phylogeny of the Indo-European (IE) language family is reconstructed by application of the cladistic methodology to the lexicostatistical dataset collected…”
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A new member or an intruder: how do Sinai spiny mouse (Acomys dimidiatus) families respond to a male newcomer? by Cížková, Barbora, Šumbera, Radim, Frynta, Daniel

“…Abstract Recruitment of unrelated individuals into a group plays an important role in the social life of the group living animals. The main goal of our study…”
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Dwarf and Giant Geckos from the Cellular Perspective: The Bigger the Animal, the Bigger Its Erythrocytes? by Starostová, Zuzana, Kratochvíl, Lukáš, Frynta, Daniel

“…1. Although evolutionary and ecological consequences of body size changes are relatively well understood, the proximate mechanisms of body size alteration at a…”
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Aggression and commensalism in house mouse: a comparative study across Europe and the near east by Frynta, Daniel, Slábová, Markéta, Váchová, Hana, Volfová, Radka, Munclinger, Pavel

“…Species specific differences of house mouse social behavior compared to its closest relatives (aboriginal species Mus macedonicus, Mus spicilegus, and Mus…”
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