Search Results - "Larison, Brenda"

DNA methylation aging and transcriptomic studies in horses by Horvath, Steve, Haghani, Amin, Peng, Sichong, Hales, Erin N., Zoller, Joseph A., Raj, Ken, Larison, Brenda, Robeck, Todd R., Petersen, Jessica L., Bellone, Rebecca R., Finno, Carrie J.

“…Cytosine methylation patterns have not yet been thoroughly studied in horses. Here, we profile n  = 333 samples from 42 horse tissue types at loci that are…”
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Author Correction: Zebras of all stripes repel biting flies at close range by Tombak, Kaia J., Gersick, Andrew S., Reisinger, Lily V., Larison, Brenda, Rubenstein, Daniel I.

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Zebras of all stripes repel biting flies at close range by Tombak, Kaia J., Gersick, Andrew S., Reisinger, Lily V., Larison, Brenda, Rubenstein, Daniel I.

“…The best-supported hypothesis for why zebras have stripes is that stripes repel biting flies. While this effect is well-established, the mechanism behind it…”
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Impacts of environmental heterogeneity on alternative mating tactics in the threadtail damselfly by Larison, Brenda

“…Environmental heterogeneity, including variation in the physical environment, may be key to understanding the evolution and maintenance of alternative mating…”
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Genomic vulnerability and socio‐economic threats under climate change in an African rainforest bird by Smith, Thomas B., Fuller, Trevon L., Zhen, Ying, Zaunbrecher, Virginia, Thomassen, Henri A., Njabo, Kevin, Anthony, Nicola M., Gonder, Mary K., Buermann, Wolfgang, Larison, Brenda, Ruegg, Kristen, Harrigan, Ryan J.

“…Preserving biodiversity under rapidly changing climate conditions is challenging. One approach for estimating impacts and their magnitude is to model current…”
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Epigenetic models developed for plains zebras predict age in domestic horses and endangered equids by Larison, Brenda, Pinho, Gabriela M., Haghani, Amin, Zoller, Joseph A., Li, Caesar Z., Finno, Carrie J., Farrell, Colin, Kaelin, Christopher B., Barsh, Gregory S., Wooding, Bernard, Robeck, Todd R., Maddox, Dewey, Pellegrini, Matteo, Horvath, Steve

“…Effective conservation and management of threatened wildlife populations require an accurate assessment of age structure to estimate demographic trends and…”
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Leveraging genomics to understand threats to migratory birds by Larison, Brenda, Lindsay, Alec R., Bossu, Christen, Sorenson, Michael D., Kaplan, Joseph D., Evers, David C., Paruk, James, DaCosta, Jeffrey M., Smith, Thomas B., Ruegg, Kristen

“…Understanding how risk factors affect populations across their annual cycle is a major challenge for conserving migratory birds. For example, disease outbreaks…”
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How the zebra got its stripes: a problem with too many solutions by Larison, Brenda, Harrigan, Ryan J., Thomassen, Henri A., Rubenstein, Daniel I., Chan-Golston, Alec M., Li, Elizabeth, Smith, Thomas B.

“…The adaptive significance of zebra stripes has thus far eluded understanding. Many explanations have been suggested, including social cohesion,…”
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A Test of Alternative Models of Diversification in Tropical Rainforests: Ecological Gradients vs. Rainforest Refugia by Schneider, Christopher J., Smith, Thomas B., Larison, Brenda, Moritz, Craig

“…Comparison of mitochondrial and morphological divergence in eight populations of a widespread leaf-litter skink is used to determine the relative importance of…”
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Concordance on zebra stripes is not black and white: response to comment by Caro & Stankowich (2015) by Larison, Brenda, Harrigan, Ryan J., Rubenstein, Daniel I., Smith, Thomas B.

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Population structure, inbreeding and stripe pattern abnormalities in plains zebras by Larison, Brenda, Kaelin, Christopher B., Harrigan, Ryan, Henegar, Corneliu, Rubenstein, Daniel I., Kamath, Pauline, Aschenborn, Ortwin, Smith, Thomas B., Barsh, Gregory S.

“…One of the most iconic wild equids, the plains zebra occupies a broad region of sub‐Saharan Africa and exhibits a wide range of phenotypic diversity in stripe…”
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Environmental heterogeneity and alternative mating tactics in the damselfly Protoneura amatoria by Larison, Brenda

“…Conditional male mating strategies have been studied extensively in relation to male attributes, such as size and resource-holding potential, but few studies…”
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Persistence of antipredator behavior in an island population of California quail by Rasheed, Ayesha A., Hambley, Kristina, Chan, Gabriel, Rosa, Carlos A., Larison, Brenda, Blumstein, Daniel T., Koenig, W.

“…Island populations may provide unique insights into the evolution and persistence of antipredator behavior. If antipredator behavior is costly and islands have…”
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Putative human and avian risk factors for avian influenza virus infections in backyard poultry in Egypt by Sheta, Basma M., Fuller, Trevon L., Larison, Brenda, Njabo, Kevin Y., Ahmed, Ahmed Samy, Harrigan, Ryan, Chasar, Anthony, Aziz, Soad Abdel, Khidr, Abdel-Aziz A., Elbokl, Mohamed M., Habbak, Lotfy Z., Smith, Thomas B.

“…Highly pathogenic influenza A virus subtype H5N1 causes significant poultry mortality in the six countries where it is endemic and can also infect humans…”
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Spillover of pH1N1 to swine in Cameroon: an investigation of risk factors by Larison, Brenda, Njabo, Kevin Y, Chasar, Anthony, Fuller, Trevon, Harrigan, Ryan J, Smith, Thomas B

“…The 2009 pH1N1 influenza pandemic resulted in at least 18,500 deaths worldwide. While pH1N1 is now considered to be in a post-pandemic stage in humans it has…”
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Environmental heterogeneity and the evolution of alternative mating tactics in the damselfly, Protoneura amatoria by Larison, Brenda Jean

“…The evolution and maintenance of conditional male mating strategies have been studied extensively in relation to male attributes, such as size and resource…”
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Avian Responses to Restoration: Nest-Site Selection and Reproductive Success in Song Sparrows by Larison, Brenda, Laymon, Stephen A., Williams, Pamela L., Smith, Thomas B.

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Environmental heterogeneity and the evolution of alternative mating tactics in the damselfly, Protoneura amatoria by Larison, Brenda Jean

“…The evolution and maintenance of conditional male mating strategies have been studied extensively in relation to male attributes, such as size and resource…”
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AVIAN RESPONSES TO RESTORATION: NEST-SITE SELECTION AND REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS IN SONG SPARROWS by Larison, Brenda, Laymon, Stephen A, Williams, Pamela L, Smith, Thomas B

“…Riparian habitats typically support high diversity and density of both plants and animals. With the dramatic loss of riparian habitats, restoring them has…”
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Avian Responses to Restoration: Nest-Site Selection and Reproductive Success in Song Sparrows by Larison, Brenda, Laymon, Stephen A., Williams, Pamela L., Smith, Thomas B.

“…Abstract Riparian habitats typically support high diversity and density of both plants and animals. With the dramatic loss of riparian habitats, restoring them…”
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