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The evolution of parental care in insects: A test of current hypotheses by Gilbert, James D. J., Manica, Andrea

“…Which sex should care for offspring is a fundamental question in evolution. Invertebrates, and insects in particular, show some of the most diverse kinds of…”
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Parental Care Trade‐Offs and Life‐History Relationships in Insects by Gilbert, James D. J., Manica, Andrea

“…Insect parental care is extensive and varied, but its life‐history implications have never been comparatively tested. Using original and literature data, we…”
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Sex-biased parental care and sexual size dimorphism in a provisioning arthropod by Field, Jeremy, Shreeves, Gavin, Kennedy, Martyn, Brace, Selina, Gilbert, James D. J

“…The diverse selection pressures driving the evolution of sexual size dimorphism (SSD) have long been debated. Whilst the balance between fecundity selection…”
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FUNCTIONAL EQUIVALENCE OF GRASPING CERCI AND NUPTIAL FOOD GIFTS IN PROMOTING EJACULATE TRANSFER IN KATYDIDS by Vahed, Karim, Gilbert, James D. J., Weissman, David B., Barrientos-Lozano, Ludivina

“…The function of nuptial gifts has generated longstanding debate. Nuptial gifts consumed during ejaculate transfer may allow males to transfer more ejaculate…”
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Secondary production of Arctodiaptomus salinus in a shallow saline pond: comparison of methods by Jiménez-Melero, R., Gilbert, J. D., Guerrero, F.

“…Research on secondary production is important because it allows the formation of general theories of biological productivity, to elucidate material and energy…”
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Cytochrome b divergence between avian sister species is linked to generation length and body mass by Thomson, Caroline E, Gilbert, James D J, Brooke, M de L

“…It is increasingly realised that the molecular clock does not tick at a constant rate. Rather, mitochondrial mutation rates are influenced by factors such as…”
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Increased copulation duration before ejaculate transfer is associated with larger spermatophores, and male genital titillators, across bushcricket taxa by VAHED, K., LEHMANN, A. W., GILBERT, J. D. J., LEHMANN, G. U. C.

“…Copulation duration varies considerably across species, but few comparative studies have examined factors that might underlie such variation. We examined the…”
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Macroecology of parental care in arthropods: higher mortality risk leads to higher benefits of offspring protection in tropical climates by Santos, Eduardo S. A., Bueno, Pedro P., Gilbert, James D. J., Machado, Glauco

“…ABSTRACT The intensity of biotic interactions varies around the world, in such a way that mortality risk imposed by natural enemies is usually higher in the…”
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Murine homolog of SALL1 is essential for ureteric bud invasion in kidney development by Nishinakamura, R, Matsumoto, Y, Nakao, K, Nakamura, K, Sato, A, Copeland, N G, Gilbert, D J, Jenkins, N A, Scully, S, Lacey, D L, Katsuki, M, Asashima, M, Yokota, T

“…SALL1 is a mammalian homolog of the Drosophila region-specific homeotic gene spalt ( sal ); heterozygous mutations in SALL1 in humans lead to Townes-Brocks…”
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TLR6: A novel member of an expanding Toll-like receptor family by Takeuchi, O., Kawai, T., Sanjo, H., Copeland, N.G., Gilbert, D.J., Jenkins, N.A., Takeda, K., Akira, S.

“…Drosophila Toll protein is shown to activate the innate immune system in adult and regulate the dorsoventral patterning in the developing embryo. Recently,…”
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Insect Dry Weight: Shortcut to a Difficult Quantity using Museum Specimens by Gilbert, James D. J

“…Body mass is an important, necessary parameter in life history studies. For insects, body mass is hard to obtain for large samples of species that may be…”
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Narp, a novel member of the pentraxin family, promotes neurite outgrowth and is dynamically regulated by neuronal activity by Tsui, CC, Copeland, NG, Gilbert, DJ, Jenkins, NA, Barnes, C, Worley, PF

“…Stimulus-linked RNA and protein synthesis is required for establishment of long-term neuroplasticity. To identify molecular mechanisms underlying long-term…”
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Nuclear membrane protein LAP2β mediates transcriptional repression alone and together with its binding partner GCL (germ-cell-less) by Nili, Einav, Cojocaru, Gady S., Kalma, Yael, Ginsberg, Doron, Copeland, Neal G., Gilbert, Debra J., Jenkins, Nancy A., Berger, Raanan, Shaklai, Sigal, Amariglio, Ninette, Brok-Simoni, Frida, Simon, Amos J., Rechavi, Gideon

“…LAP2β is an integral membrane protein of the nuclear envelope involved in chromatin and nuclear architecture. Using the yeast two-hybrid system, we have cloned…”
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Mouse oncostatin M: an immediate early gene induced by multiple cytokines through the JAK‐STAT5 pathway by Yoshimura, A., Ichihara, M., Kinjyo, I., Moriyama, M., Copeland, N. G., Gilbert, D. J., Jenkins, N. A., Hara, T., Miyajima, A.

“…Oncostatin M (OSM) is a member of the interleukin‐6 (IL6)‐related cytokine subfamily that includes IL6, IL11, leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF), ciliary…”
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In vivo antitumor activity of ONYX-015 is influenced by p53 status and is augmented by radiotherapy by ROGULSKI, K. R, FREYTAG, S. O, KANG ZHANG, GILBERT, J. D, PAIELLI, D. L, JAE HO KIM, HEISE, C. C, KIRN, D. H

“…The E1B-deleted, replication-competent ONYX-015 (dl1520) adenovirus was originally described as being able to selectively kill p53-deficient cells due to a…”
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Ectopic expression of the CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein alpha promotes the adipogenic program in a variety of mouse fibroblastic cells by Freytag, S O, Paielli, D L, Gilbert, J D

“…The CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein alpha (C/EBP alpha) has been implicated in the regulation of adipoblast differentiation. In this study we investigate the…”
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Fibroblast Growth Factor (FGF) Homologous Factors: New Members of the FGF Family Implicated in Nervous System Development by Smallwood, Philip M., Munoz-Sanjuan, Ignacio, Tong, Patrick, Macke, Jennifer P., Stewart H. C. Hendry, Gilbert, Debra J., Copeland, Neal G., Jenkins, Nancy A., Nathans, Jeremy

“…Four new members of the fibroblast growth factor (FGF) family, referred to as fibroblast growth factor homologous factors (FHFs), have been identified by a…”
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Contrasting mechanisms of proteomic nitrogen thrift in Prochlorococcus by GILBERT, JAMES D. J., FAGAN, WILLIAM F.

“…Organisms limited by carbon, nitrogen or sulphur can reduce protein production costs by transitions to less costly amino acids, or by reducing protein…”
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Double suicide gene therapy augments the antitumor activity of a replication-competent lytic adenovirus through enhanced cytotoxicity and radiosensitization by Rogulski, K R, Wing, M S, Paielli, D L, Gilbert, J D, Kim, J H, Freytag, S O

“…Replication-competent adenoviruses may provide a highly efficient means of delivering therapeutic genes to tumors. Previously, we evaluated in vitro a…”
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Investigating the role of non‐helpers in group living thrips by Gilbert, James D. J.

“…Behavioural variation among individuals is a hallmark of cooperative societies, which commonly contain breeders and non‐breeders, helpers and non‐helpers. In…”
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