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Plant Physiol
February 2025
Principal's Research Group, Scotland's Rural College (SRUC), Peter Wilson Building, King's Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JG, UK.
The appropriate use of molecular genetic approaches to reach impact in plant breeding is not straightforward. Here, we consider theory and realised application, and explore key issues that early-career plant molecular genetic researchers especially should consider as they establish their careers, particularly in relation to opportunities in plant breeding that span academia and the private sector. Useful entry points for these researchers are an understanding of the plant breeding cycle and the breeder's equation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNest site selection during the second breeding attempt in Japanese tits (Parus minor): effects of nest site characteristics.
Sci Rep
February 2025
Jilin Engineering Laboratory for Avian Ecology and Conservation Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China.
Numerous investigations focusing on nest site selection among multiple-brooded bird species have revealed a common trend: breeders frequently return to their first nest sites for another brood during the same breeding season. This behavior suggests a strong preference for familiar locations, which may offer advantages such as increased safety, resource availability, and the efficiency of parental care. However, there were also instances where breeders moved to a new nest site.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEcological and demographic drivers of kin-directed cooperation in a social bird: Insights from a long-term study.
J Anim Ecol
January 2025
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
The evolution of sociality is one of the major evolutionary transitions in the history of life and a key step in this transition is the occurrence of kin associations. Yet, the question of what demographic processes and environmental factors generate kin-structured populations and drive kin-directed cooperation remains open. In this review, we synthesise 30 years of studies of the long-tailed tit Aegithalos caudatus, which has a kin-selected cooperative breeding system with redirected help: failed breeders may help to raise offspring of conspecifics, typically relatives, breeding nearby.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDomesticated chickens interact more with humans and are more explorative than Red Junglefowl.
Front Vet Sci
January 2025
AVIAN Behavioural Genomics and Physiology Group, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
Domesticated species are adapted to thrive in an environment with regular human interaction, and these interactions influence the development of a human-animal relationship. Chickens are the most abundant domesticated species, but their relationship with humans is poorly understood. A more comprehensive analysis of this relationship would provide valuable insight into their welfare needs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDog-Owner Relationship and Its Association with Social Cognition in French Bulldogs.
Animals (Basel)
December 2024
Department of Animal Science, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Groblje 3, 1230 Domžale, Slovenia.
Our understanding of social cognition in brachycephalic dog breeds is limited. This study focused specifically on French Bulldogs and hypothesized that a closer relationship between dog and owner would improve the dogs' understanding of nonverbal cues, particularly pointing gestures. To investigate this, we tested twenty-six dogs and their owners in a two-way object choice test in which the familiar person pointed to the bowl.
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