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Comparative physiology and morphology

This section will consider submissions comparative studies at different levels as they exist between different species, populations, individuals, organs, tissues or cells within species. We particularly welcome manuscripts which focus on the special needs of specific organisms providing hints on their evolutionary relationship or convergent evolutionary background.

  1. The sedentary polychaete Sabellaria alveolata, the sandcastle or honeycomb worm, possesses four different kinds of appendages besides the parapodia: opercular papillae, tentacular filaments, palps, and branchiae....

    Authors: Christian Meyer, Thomas André and Günter Purschke

    Citation: BMC Zoology 2021 6:5

    Content type: Research article

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  2. Formosan Pangolin (Manis pentadactyla pentadactyla) is one of the three subspecies of Chinese pangolins, it is also an isolated sub-species naturally habitat in Taiwan. Despite earlier report on successful breedi...

    Authors: Yu-Chia Chang, Jane-Fang Yu, Tse-En Wang, Shih-Chien Chin, Yu-Syuan Wei, Ting-Yu Chen and Pei-Shiue Tsai

    Citation: BMC Zoology 2020 5:15

    Content type: Research article

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  3. Organisms show an incredibly diverse array of body and organ shapes that are both unique to their taxon and important for adapting to their environment. Achieving these specific shapes involves coordinating th...

    Authors: Ansa E. Cobham and Christen K. Mirth

    Citation: BMC Zoology 2020 5:14

    Content type: Review

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  4. Many animals in coral reefs exhibit lunar cycles in their reproduction, showing synchronous gametogenesis and spawning at a particular moon phase. How these lunar reproductive cycles are endogenously regulated...

    Authors: Kodai Fukunaga, Fumika Yamashina, Yuki Takeuchi, Chihiro Yamauchi and Akihiro Takemura

    Citation: BMC Zoology 2020 5:11

    Content type: Research article

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  6. The ability to imitate sounds depends on a process called vocal production learning, a rare evolutionary trait. In addition to the few mammalian groups that possess this ability, vocal production learning has ...

    Authors: Amanda Monte, Alexander F. Cerwenka, Bernhard Ruthensteiner, Manfred Gahr and Daniel N. Düring

    Citation: BMC Zoology 2020 5:7

    Content type: Research article

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  7. The mechanism by which sea anemones attach to surfaces underwater remains elusive, which is surprising given their ubiquitous distribution in the world’s oceans and tractability for experimental biology. Their...

    Authors: Jessica L. Clarke, Peter A. Davey and Nick Aldred

    Citation: BMC Zoology 2020 5:5

    Content type: Research article

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  8. Suction organs provide powerful yet dynamic attachments for many aquatic animals, including octopus, squid, remora, and clingfish. While the functional morphology of suction organs from some cephalopods and fi...

    Authors: Victor Kang, Richard Johnston, Thomas van de Kamp, Tomáš Faragó and Walter Federle

    Citation: BMC Zoology 2019 4:10

    Content type: Research article

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  9. The morphological structures of organisms form tightly integrated but mutually independent character complexes (modules) linked through common development and function. Even though their abundance, diversity, ...

    Authors: A. Laciny, H. L. Nemeschkal, H. Zettel, B. Metscher and I. S. Druzhinina

    Citation: BMC Zoology 2019 4:9

    Content type: Research article

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  10. Males of the microscopic annelid family Dinophilidae use their prominent glandomuscular copulatory organ (penis) to enzymatically dissolve the female’s epidermis and thereafter inject sperm. In order to test f...

    Authors: Alexandra Kerbl, Emilie Winther Tolstrup and Katrine Worsaae

    Citation: BMC Zoology 2019 4:8

    Content type: Research article

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  11. Ecological immunology proposes that the optimal immune defence, and the costs coming with it, vary across environments. In environments with higher pathogen load, the immune system should experience greater ch...

    Authors: Verena Behringer, Jeroen M. G. Stevens, Roman M. Wittig, Catherine Crockford, Klaus Zuberbühler, Fabian H. Leendertz and Tobias Deschner

    Citation: BMC Zoology 2019 4:2

    Content type: Research article

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  13. In eusocial animal colonies, individuals from different castes often play divergent behavioral roles and confront distinct cognitive demands. Neuroecology theory predicts variation in cognitive demands will co...

    Authors: Sean O’Donnell, Susan Bulova, Meghan Barrett and Christoph von Beeren

    Citation: BMC Zoology 2018 3:3

    Content type: Research article

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  14. Insect diapause is associated with physiological dormancy, extension of life span and an altered developmental programme. Reactive oxygen species, oxidative damaged products and antioxidants are being increasi...

    Authors: Alpana Sahoo, Abinash Dutta, Jagneshwar Dandapat and Luna Samanta

    Citation: BMC Zoology 2018 3:1

    Content type: Research Article

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  15. In this study, we report the first case of a male reef manta ray, Mobula alfredi, becoming sexually mature in captivity and present its reproductive characteristics.

    Authors: Ryo Nozu, Kiyomi Murakumo, Rui Matsumoto, Yosuke Matsumoto, Nagisa Yano, Masaru Nakamura, Makio Yanagisawa, Keiichi Ueda and Keiichi Sato

    Citation: BMC Zoology 2017 2:14

    Content type: Research Article

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  16. Previous studies have established ovarian cycle characteristics of adult Asian elephants using progestagen analyses, but little work has been done on young elephants to determine age at puberty. Demographic st...

    Authors: Samanthi Mendis, Niromi K. Jayasekera, Rajapakshalage C. Rajapakse and Janine L. Brown

    Citation: BMC Zoology 2017 2:1

    Content type: Research article

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  17. The freshwater cnidarian Hydra temporarily binds itself to numerous natural substrates encountered underwater, such as stones, leafs, etc. This adhesion is mediated by secreted material from specialized ectoderma...

    Authors: Marcelo Rodrigues, Philippe Leclère, Patrick Flammang, Michael W. Hess, Willi Salvenmoser, Bert Hobmayer and Peter Ladurner

    Citation: BMC Zoology 2016 1:3

    Content type: Research article

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