Search Results - "Liebl, Andrea L."
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Comparative analysis of gender disparity in academic positions based on U.S. region and STEM discipline
Published in PloS one (20-03-2024)“…Despite a move toward gender parity in the United States (U.S.) workforce, a large gender gap persists in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and…”
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Methylation patterns at fledging predict delayed dispersal in a cooperatively breeding bird
Published in PloS one (04-06-2021)“…Individuals may delay dispersing from their natal habitat, even after maturation to adulthood. Such delays can have broad consequences from determining…”
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Epigenetic Potential and DNA Methylation in an Ongoing House Sparrow ( Passer domesticus ) Range Expansion
Published in The American naturalist (01-11-2022)“…AbstractDuring range expansions, organisms can use epigenetic mechanisms to adjust to conditions in novel areas by altering gene expression and enabling…”
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Simple Quantification of Blood and Plasma Antimicrobial Capacity Using Spectrophotometry
Published in Functional ecology (01-12-2009)“…1. Ecologists are becoming increasingly interested in characterizing immunological variation among and within species. However, many of the techniques…”
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Advancing breeding phenology does not affect incubation schedules in chestnut‐crowned babblers: Opposing effects of temperature and wind
Published in Ecology and evolution (01-01-2018)“…Projecting population responses to climate change requires an understanding of climatic impacts on key components of reproduction. Here, we investigate the…”
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Motherhood and Academia: Tradeoffs
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Exploratory behaviour and stressor hyper-responsiveness facilitate range expansion of an introduced songbird
Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences (07-11-2012)“…Global anthropogenic changes are occurring at an unprecedented rate; one change, human-facilitated introduction of species outside their native range, has had…”
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Helpers are associated with increased nest attentiveness and more constant egg temperatures in chestnut-crowned babblers
Published in Behavioral ecology and sociobiology (01-07-2023)“…The impacts that helpers have on offspring in cooperative breeding systems depend on parental responses to help. However, the vast majority of investigations…”
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The functional basis for variable antipredatory behavioral strategies in the chameleon Chamaeleo calyptratus
Published in Journal of experimental biology (15-05-2022)“…To counterbalance demands of different selective pressures, many species possess morphological, physiological and behavioral specializations that increase…”
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Clutch Size, but Not Egg Volume, Increases with Rainfall in an Arid-dwelling Bird
Published in Integrative and comparative biology (04-06-2024)“…Understanding how animals maximize reproductive success in variable environments is important in determining how populations will respond to increasingly…”
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Patterns of DNA Methylation Throughout a Range Expansion of an Introduced Songbird
Published in Integrative and comparative biology (01-08-2013)“…The spread of invasive species presents a genetic paradox: how do individuals overcome the genetic barriers associated with introductions (e.g., bottlenecks…”
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Temperature‐mediated plasticity in incubation schedules is unlikely to evolve to buffer embryos from climatic challenges in a seasonal songbird
Published in Journal of evolutionary biology (01-03-2021)“…Phenotypic plasticity is hypothesized to facilitate adaptive responses to challenging conditions, such as those resulting from climate change. However, tests…”
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Stress hormone receptors change as range expansion progresses in house sparrows
Published in Biology letters (2005) (23-06-2013)“…As ranges expand, individuals encounter different environments at the periphery than at the centre of the range. Previously, we have shown that glucocorticoids…”
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Experimental evidence for physiological costs underlying the trade‐off between reproduction and survival
Published in Functional ecology (01-12-2010)“…1. A central tenet of life‐history theory is that investment in reproduction compromises survival. However, the underlying physiological mechanisms that link…”
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The Mutagenic Consequences of DNA Methylation within and across Generations
Published in Epigenomes (04-10-2022)“…DNA methylation is an epigenetic modification with wide-ranging consequences across the life of an organism. This modification can be stable, persisting…”
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Physiological flexibility in an avian range expansion
Published in General and comparative endocrinology (15-09-2014)“…Highlights • House sparrows arrived to Kenya in the 1950’s and have since colonized the country. • Previously, we found that corticosterone stress responses…”
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Early colonization of the gut microbiome and its relationship with obesity
Published in Human microbiome journal (01-12-2018)“…Abstract Adult and childhood obesity rates are increasing. Childhood obesity, in particular, is a complicated, multifactorial condition that is not always…”
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Ecological Epigenetics: Beyond MS-AFLP
Published in Integrative and comparative biology (01-08-2013)“…Ecological Epigenetics studies the relationship between epigenetic variation and ecologically relevant phenotypic variation. As molecular epigenetic mechanisms…”
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Relationship between gene expression networks and muscle contractile physiology differences in Anolis lizards
Published in Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology (01-07-2022)“…Muscles facilitate most animal behavior, from eating to fleeing. However, to generate the variation in behavior necessary for survival, different muscles must…”
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Balancing Act: an Interdisciplinary Exploration of Trade-offs in Reproducing Females
Published in Integrative and comparative biology (09-07-2024)“…Trade-offs resulting from the high demand of offspring production are a central focus of many subdisciplines within the field of biology. Yet, despite the…”
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