Browsing FAS Scholarly Articles by Keyword "Animal Types"

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    • Dietary Variation and Evolution of Gene Copy Number among Dog Breeds 

      Reiter, Taylor; Jagoda, Evelyn; Capellini, Terence D. (Public Library of Science, 2016)
      Prolonged human interactions and artificial selection have influenced the genotypic and phenotypic diversity among dog breeds. Because humans and dogs occupy diverse habitats, ecological contexts have likely contributed ...

    • Patterns of Brain Activation when Mothers View Their Own Child and Dog: An fMRI Study 

      Stoeckel, Luke E.; Palley, Lori S.; Gollub, Randy L.; Niemi, Steven M.; Evins, Anne Eden (Public Library of Science, 2014)
      Neural substrates underlying the human-pet relationship are largely unknown. We examined fMRI brain activation patterns as mothers viewed images of their own child and dog and an unfamiliar child and dog. There was a common ...

    • Two of a Kind or a Full House? Reproductive Suppression and Alloparenting in Laboratory Mice 

      Garner, Joseph P.; Gaskill, Brianna N.; Pritchett-Corning, Kathleen R. (Public Library of Science, 2016)
      Alloparenting, a behavior in which individuals other than the actual parents act in a parental role, is seen in many mammals, including house mice. In wild house mice, alloparental care is only seen when familiar sibling ...