Sökning: "great reed warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 9 avhandlingar innehållade orden great reed warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus.

1. 1. Genomic studies of sex differences : On mutations, recombination, and sexual antagonism in songbirds

   Författare :Hongkai Zhang; MEMEG; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; sex differences; mutation; recombination; sexual conflict; sexual antagonism; sexually antagonistic selection; Great reed warbler; Acrocephalus arundinaceus;

   Sammanfattning : Many organisms have separate sexes, i.e., males and females. The presence of separate sexes causes sex-specific selection regimes and sexual antagonism, which can lead to sex differences in morphology, physiology, and behaviours. LÄS MER

3. 2. Telomeres in ecology and evolution: Hypotheses and connections between telomere length, infections and life history trade-offs

   Författare :David Gomez Blanco; MEMEG; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; telomeres; life history; telomere elongation; telomere shortening; early-life telomere length; critical threshold; malaria infection; great reed warbler; Acrocephalus arundinaceus;

   Sammanfattning : Studying life history strategies is crucial for understanding the diversity among organisms. The trade-offs in traits related to survival, self-maintenance and reproduction play an important role in the variation of life histories and can be adjusted in response to environmental and physiological factors. LÄS MER

4. 3. Quantitative Genetics and Genome Structure in a Wild Population: the Use of a Great Reed Warbler Pedigree

   Författare :Mikael Åkesson; Biologiska institutionen; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; genome mapping ; AFLP; microsatellite; synteny; heterochiasmy; recombination; chicken; great reed warbler ; bird; Genetics; cytogenetics; Genetik; cytogenetik; Animal ecology; trait correlation ; Djurekologi; animal model ; selection; Djurs anatomi och morfologi; animal morphology; Animal anatomy; heritability;

   Sammanfattning : Long-term studies of birds play an important role in the understanding of quantitative traits in natural populations. The relative ease by which individual birds can be monitored and caught in the wild enable us collect detailed information from individuals throughout their life time, sometimes from several generations in a population. LÄS MER

5. 4. LIVING WITH PARASITES: AVIAN MALARIA, TELOMERE LENGTH AND LIFE HISTORY TRADE-OFFS

   Författare :Asghar Muhammad; MEMEG; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Avian malaria; Plasmodium; qPCR; parasitemia; life history; reproduction; survival; feather growth; MHC; telomere length; heritability; telomere loss; fitness; wild population; Acrocephalus arundinaceus; Delichon urbica;

   Sammanfattning : Haemosporidia is a well-studied group of parasites, which infect mammals, reptiles and birds and use blood sucking vectors for their transmission. By conducting natural population studies and experimental infections, We have been able to detect and quantify Haemosporidia from avian blood to investigate how these pathogens affect their avian hosts. LÄS MER

7. 5. Avian MHC: variation and selection in the wild

   Författare :Helena Westerdahl; MEMEG; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; polymorphism; balancing selection; cDNA; avian malaria; great reed warbler; Djurekologi; bird; Animal ecology; immune defence; MHC class II; Major Histocompatibility Complex; MHC class I;

   Sammanfattning : In vertebrates the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) plays a central role in the specific immune defence against various pathogens. Compared with other coding genes the MHC genes exhibit an extremely high level of polymorphism that is maintained by balancing selection. LÄS MER