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From:Prairie Schooner (Vol. 87, Issue 4)Pliney told that migrating quails rested in such numbers on the sails of ships at night that the vessels were in danger of sinking. --from 100 Birds and How They Got Their Names All night our ship creaks and groans...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 12, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedDuring amniote evolution, the construction of the forebrain has diverged across different lineages, and accompanying the structural changes, functional diversification of the homologous brain regions has occurred. This...
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From:The Wilson Journal of Ornithology (Vol. 126, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedWe conducted a phylogeographic study of the Gambel's Quail (Callipepla gambelii) using sequences of the mitochondrial control region and NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 (ND2) obtained from 167 specimens including...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 2, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedBiological functions are governed by thermodynamics, and animals regulate their body temperature to optimise cellular performance and to avoid harmful extremes. The capacity to sense environmental and internal...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 7) Peer-ReviewedHunting is a prominent feature of many human societies. Advancements in hunting technologies can challenge the ethics and sustainability of hunting globally. We investigated the efficacy of an electronic acoustic lure...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 9, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedIn the silkworm Bombyx mori, pigment mutants with diverse body colors have been maintained throughout domestication for about 5000 years. The silkworm larval body color is formed through the mutual interaction of...
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From:PeerJ (Vol. 4) Peer-ReviewedOrganophosphate insecticides have been directly or indirectly implicated in avian populations declining worldwide. Birds in agricultural environments are commonly exposed to these insecticides, mainly through ingestion...
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From:NeuroQuantology: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Neuroscience and Quantum Physics (Vol. 20, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedThe purpose of this study is to characterize the histological and immunohistochemical features of endocrine pancreas of common quail (Coturnixcoturnix).Small pieces of tissue from ten apparently healthy adult quail males...
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From:Science (Vol. 231) Peer-ReviewedCell Line Segregation During Peripheral Nervous System Ontogeny A CENTRAL PROBLEM IN DECIPHERING THE MECHANISMS that control the development of the fertilized egg to the embryo and the functional adult organism is how...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Florent Pittet * , Maud Coignard, Cécilia Houdelier, Marie-Annick Richard-Yris, Sophie Lumineau Introduction The influence of maternal behaviour on offspring behavioural and physiological development is...
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From:Biochemistry Research InternationalPeer-ReviewedCold and immobilization stressors can generate oxidative stress as well as skeletal muscle fatigue. Free radicals cause oxidative degradation of lipids, proteins, nucleic acids, and carbohydrates molecules, thereby...
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From:Veterinary World (Vol. 13, Issue 3)Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of the addition of binahong leaf powder to quail rations on the production and quality of eggs. Materials and Methods: The study involved the use of two hundred...
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From:Nature (Vol. 500, Issue 7460) Peer-ReviewedIn baby birds, ambient temperature can set beak size. Gary Burness of Trent University in Peterborough, Canada, and his colleagues raised 40 Japanese quail hatchlings (Coturnix japonica; pictured) at high (30...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 10, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedThe habitat selection choices that individuals make in response to thermal environments influence both survival and reproduction. Importantly, the way that organisms behaviorally respond to thermal environments depends...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 15, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedIt has been demonstrated in numerous studies that bee pollen supplementation shows numerous positive effects on health. However, its impact on bones is largely unknown. The purpose of this study was to investigate the...
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From:The Texas Journal of Science (Vol. 72, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedMontezuma quail (Cyrtonyx montezumae) occur throughout the desert mountain ranges in the Trans-Pecos of Texas as well as Arizona, New Mexico, and Mexico. Limited information on life history and ecology of the species is...
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From:The Wilson Journal of Ornithology (Vol. 133, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedLiterature describing the ecology of Montezuma Quail (Cyrtonyx montezumae) is severely lacking. Their unique foraging strategy allows observers to study their foraging habitat selection without capturing them. We located...
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From:Southwestern Naturalist (Vol. 57, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedWe report packed-cell volume and values of aspartate aminotransferase, calcium, creatine kinase, lactate dehydrogenase, total protein, triglycerides, and uric acid in plasma of 154 scaled quail (Callipepla squamata)...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 6, Issue 12) Peer-ReviewedBackground Cytochrome P450 1 (CYP1) genes are biomarkers for aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) agonists and may be involved in some of their toxic effects. CYP1s other than the CYP1As are poorly studied in birds. Here...
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From:Journal of Chemistry (Vol. 2015) Peer-ReviewedThe objective of the present study was to compare the proximate analysis, fatty acids composition, omega fatty acids, trans fatty acids (TFAs), and ratio of the total poly unsaturated fatty acid ([SIGMA]PUFA) and total...