In the past few decades, a substantial portion of neuroscience research has moved from
studies conducted across a spectrum of animals to reliance on a few species. While this …

Background The large intestine is a colonization site of beneficial microbes complementing
the nutrition of cattle but also of zoonotic and animal pathogens. Here, we present the first …

… PCR incubation conditions were an initial activation of the hotstart polymerase at 94 C for
2 min, followed by 30–35 cycles of 94 C for 20 s, 56 C for 20 s and 68 C for 30 s and a final …

… of the two MLGs among the three groups in either colony (Fisher’s exact tests p = 1.0 and p
= 0.81). … biroi restrict the colony’s reproductive investment to coordinated cohorts of brood by …

… distance lasted at least five time frames (0.5 s), independent of the fly's orientation. These …
fly speed was calculated using the distance moved by a fly over four time frames (0.4 s). …

… While it has recently been shown that an individual’s genotype, and even interactions
between the maternal and the paternal halves of the genome, can have strong effects on its …

Both recognition and conventional signals are widespread in the animal kingdom. Chemical
communication plays a major role in invertebrates, and especially in social insects. In the …

… In addition, these two compounds also provide protection in a Drosophila model of Huntington’s
disease (HD), suggesting that, besides their anti-aging properties in normal individuals, …

… Some specimens were collected at various sites on Fraser’s Hill (locality E–F), others at
various localities around Kuala Lumpur: Ulu Langat (locality G), Ulu Gombak (locality B), …

… We recorded videos at 10 frames s −1 for 25 s and with a resolution of 4096 × 2160 pixels,
in three different conditions: (i) foraging area exposed to infrared light; (ii) foraging area …