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Bird genetics

Genotypic and phenotypic characterisation of three local chicken ecotypes of Ghana based on principal component analysis and body measurements

Princess K. Botchway, Esinam N. Amuzu-Aweh, Augustine Naazie, George K. Aning, Hope R. Otsyina, Perot Saelao, Ying Wang, Huaijun Zhou, Jack C. M. Dekkers, Sue J. Lamont, Rodrigo A. Gallardo, Terra R. Kelly, David Bunn, Boniface B. Kayang

published 07 Aug 2024

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Winter GPS tagging reveals home ranges during the breeding season for a boreal-nesting migrant songbird, the Golden-crowned Sparrow

Autumn R. Iverson, Diana L. Humple, Renée L. Cormier, Thomas P. Hahn, Theadora A. Block, Daizaburo Shizuka, Bruce E. Lyon, Alexis S. Chaine, Emily J. Hudson, Elisha M. Hull

published 12 Jun 2024

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Diversity of major histocompatibility complex of II B gene and mate choice in a monogamous and long-lived seabird, the Little Auk (Alle alle)

Katarzyna Wojczulanis-Jakubas, Brian Hoover, Dariusz Jakubas, Jérôme Fort, David Grémillet, Maria Gavrilo, Sylwia Zielińska, Magdalena Zagalska-Neubauer

published 12 Jun 2024

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Evidence of reassortment of avian influenza A (H2) viruses in Brazilian shorebirds

Luciano M. Thomazelli, João Renato Rebello Pinho, Erick G. Dorlass, Tatiana Ometto, Carla Meneguin, Danielle Paludo, Rodolfo Teixeira Frias, Patricia Luciano Mancini, Cairo Monteiro, Sophie Marie Aicher, David Walker, Guilherme P. Scagion, Scott Krauss, Thomas Fabrizio, Maria Virgínia Petry, Angelo L. Scherer, Janete Scherer, Patricia P. Serafini, Isaac S. Neto, Deyvid Emanuel Amgarten, Fernanda de Mello Malta, Ana Laura Boechat Borges, Robert G. Webster, Richard J. Webby, Edison L. Durigon, Jansen de Araujo

published 13 May 2024

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Phenotypic characterization and analysis of genetic diversity between commercial crossbred and indigenous chickens from three different agro-ecological zones using DArT-Seq technology

Kwaku Adomako, Selorm Sovi, Bismark Kyei, Jacob Alhassan Hamidu, Oscar Simon Olympio, Samuel E. Aggrey

published 02 May 2024

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Immunization of turkeys with Clostridium septicum alpha toxin-based recombinant subunit proteins can confer protection against experimental Clostridial dermatitis

Feba Ann John, Valeria Criollo, Carissa Gaghan, Abigail Armwood, Jennifer Holmes, Anil J. Thachil, Rocio Crespo, Raveendra R. Kulkarni

published 29 Apr 2024

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Night-time neuronal activation of Cluster N in a North American songbird

Jennifer Rudolf, Natalie Philipello, Tamara Fleihan, J. David Dickman, Kira E. Delmore

published 21 Mar 2024

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Falcon gut microbiota is shaped by diet and enriched in Salmonella

Anique R. Ahmad, Samuel Ridgeway, Ahmed A. Shibl, Youssef Idaghdour, Aashish R. Jha

published 30 Jan 2024

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The incredible shrinking puffin: Decreasing size and increasing proportional bill size of Atlantic puffins nesting at Machias Seal Island

Heather L. Major, Joy E. Rivers, Quinn B. Carvey, Antony W. Diamond

published 17 Jan 2024

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Lack of local genetic representation in one of the regions with the highest bird species richness, the Peruvian Amazonia

Alejandra Arana, César Arana, Mrinalini Watsa, Mathias W. Tobler, Víctor Pacheco, Juan Esteves, José Luis Mena, Letty Salinas, Jorge L. Ramirez

published 02 Jan 2024

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Genetic distinctiveness of an endangered falcon: Implications for conservation in Europe

Lorenzo Attili, Luisa Garofalo, Giuseppe Puddu, Giampiero Tirone, Antonella Pizzarelli, Nicholas Barbara, Elisabeth Haring, Rita Lorenzini

published 20 Dec 2023

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Songbird mesostriatal dopamine pathways are spatially segregated before the onset of vocal learning

Malavika Ramarao, Caleb Jones, Jesse H. Goldberg, Andrea Roeser

published 16 Nov 2023

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Methionine sources at different dietary levels alters the growth and expression of genes related to homocysteine remethylation in the jejunum of broilers

Tamires M. S. Felix, Claudiana S. Souza, Silvana C. L. Santos, Danila B. Campos, Samuel E. Aggrey, Ricardo R. Guerra, José H. V. Silva

published 13 Nov 2023

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