Search Results - "Mokady, O"

Local scale genetic structure in coral populations: A signature of selection by Zvuloni, A., Mokady, O., Al-Zibdah, M., Bernardi, G., Gaines, S.D., Abelson, A.

“…Coastal marine reserves in general, and coral reef reserves in particular, are typically composed of scattered patches separated by uninhabited areas. Due to…”
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Host-associated speciation in a coral-inhabiting barnacle by Mokady, O, Brickner, I

“…Host specificity of symbionts is considered an important factor associated with sympatric speciation. Here, we examine host specificity and the degree of…”
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Speciation and the establishment of zonation in an intertidal barnacle: specific settlement vs. selection by Appelbaum, L., Achituv, Y., Mokady, O.

“…The tropical barnacle Tetraclita forms a belt on hard substrates in the intertidal zone of the Red Sea. Based on morphological data, three distinct species…”
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Patch size and patch quality of gall-inducing aphids in a mosaic landscape in Israel by MARTINEZ, J.-J. I, MOKADY, O, WOOL, D

“…For weak flying insects feeding on two different host plants during their life cycle, such as gall-inducing aphids, patch and matrix characteristics may play a…”
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Wolbachia in wasps parasitic on filth flies with emphasis on Spalangia cameroni by Kyei-Poku, G.K, Giladi, M, Coghlin, P, Mokady, O, Zchori-Fein, E, Floate, K.D

“…The house fly, Musca domestica L., and the stable fly, Stomoxys calcitrans (L.) (Diptera: Muscidae), are cosmopolitan pests parasitized by a guild of more than…”
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Speciation versus phenotypic plasticity in coral inhabiting barnacles: Darwin's observations in an ecological context by Mokady, O, Loya, Y, Achituv, Y, Geffen, E, Graur, D, Rozenblatt, S, Brickner, I

“…Speciation and phenotypic plasticity are two extreme strategic modes enabling a given taxon to populate a broad ecological niche. One of the organismal models…”
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Transmission Genetics of Allorecognition in Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) by Mokady, O, Buss, L. W

“…Allorecognition is ubiquitous, or nearly so, amongst colonial invertebrates. Despite the prominent role that such phenomena have played both in evolutionary…”
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Ammonium contribution from boring bivalves to their coral host—a mutualistic symbiosis? by Mokady, Ofer, Loya, Yossi, Lazar, Boaz

“…The mytilid bivalve Lithophaga simplex is found to inhabit the scleractinian coral Astreopora myriophthalma in high densities. This boring bivalve, living…”
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The two sides of man-induced changes in littoral marine communities: Eastern Mediterranean and the Red Sea as an example by Fishelson, L., Bresler, V., Abelson, A., Stone, L., Gefen, E., Rosenfeld, M., Mokady, O.

“…Over the last two centuries, the marine life of the Eastern Mediterranean has been influenced by two major factors: one is beneficial, and concerns species…”
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The different morphs of Chthamalus anisopoma: a phenotypic response? Direct molecular evidence by Mokady, O, Mizrahi, L, Perl-Treves, R, Achituv, Y

“…Chthamalus anisopoma is a rock-inhabiting barnacle which appears in two radically different morphs: the shell may be either conical or bent at a right angle…”
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Echinoid Bioerosion as a Major Structuring Force of Red Sea Coral Reefs by Mokady, Ofer, Lazar, Boaz, Loya, Yossi

“…Echinoid bioerosion is ecologically important as a limiting factor for reef growth. Diadema setosum and Echinometra mathaei are the most abundant sea urchins…”
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Biomonitoring marine environmental quality at the level of gene-expression : testing the feasibility of a new approach by SULTAN, A, ABELSON, A, BRESLER, V, FISHELSON, L, MOKADY, O

“…Differential-display PCR (DD-PCR), a comparative method for detecting alterations in the expression pattern of unknown genes, was applied to identify markers…”
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Social status and cortisol levels in singing rock hyraxes by Koren, Lee, Mokady, Ofer, Geffen, Eli

“…Many mammals use acoustic signals to communicate with conspecifics. Rock hyraxes ( Procavia capensis) are social mammals whose vocal communication is usually…”
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Genetics of allorecognition in Hydractinia by Mokady, O, Buss, L W

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Bioerosion in ancient and contemporary corals of the genus Porites: patterns and palaeoenvironmental implications by Klein, R., Mokady, O., Loya, Y.

“…Fossil and modern colonies of Porites corals were collected from recent and ancient reefs in different localities along the Gulf of Eilat, Red Sea. Coral slabs…”
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Elevated testosterone levels and social ranks in female rock hyrax by Koren, Lee, Mokady, Ofer, Geffen, Eli

“…In mammals, males maintain significantly higher testosterone (T, ‘the male hormone’) levels than females throughout the year and are typically dominant over…”
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A novel method using hair for determining hormonal levels in wildlife by Koren, Lee, Mokady, Ofer, Karaskov, Tatyana, Klein, Julia, Koren, Gideon, Geffen, Eli

“…Hormones influence behavior, and are also influenced by behavior. Koren describes a new method of using hair in the determination of hormonal levels in…”
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Red to Mediterranean Sea bioinvasion: natural drift through the Suez Canal, or anthropogenic transport? by SHEFER, SIGAL, ABELSON, AVIGDOR, MOKADY, OFER, GEFFEN, ELI

“…The biota of the eastern basin of the Mediterranean Sea has experienced dramatic changes in the last decades, in part as a result of the massive invasion of…”
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Occam's Razor, invertebrate allorecognition and Ig superfamily evolution by Mokady, O.

“…Study of evolution of the immune system in the vertebrates has been fruitful because similarities and differences in sequence and genome organization amongst…”
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Speciation in the coral-boring bivalve Lithophaga purpurea: evidence from ecological, biochemical and SEM analysis by Brickner, I., Kramarsky-Winter, E., Mokady, O., Loya, Y.

“…The boring mytilid Lithophaga purpurea densely inhabits the scleractinian corals Cyphastrea chalcidicum (Forskal, 1775) and Montipora erythraea Marenzeler,…”
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