Browsing School of Biological and Chemical Sciences by Subject "Feeding Behavior"
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Chimpanzee play sequences are structured hierarchically as games.
(2022)Social play is ubiquitous in the development of many animal species and involves players adapting actions flexibly to their own previous actions and partner responses. Play differs from other behavioural contexts for which ... -
Massive losses of taste receptor genes in toothed and baleen whales.
(2014-05-06)Taste receptor genes are functionally important in animals, with a surprising exception in the bottlenose dolphin, which shows extensive losses of sweet, umami, and bitter taste receptor genes. To examine the generality ... -
Symbiont interactions with non-native hosts limit the formation of new symbioses.
(2018-03-12)BACKGROUND: Facultative symbionts are common in eukaryotes and can provide their hosts with significant fitness benefits. Despite the advantage of carrying these microbes, they are typically only found in a fraction of the ...