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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Apodemus"”.
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Protein polymorphism in northern populations of field mice (Apodemus sylvaticus L.)
… out on protein variation in different tissues of Apodemus sylvaticus. In addition to some ontogenetic studies, physicochemical methods were employed to characterise esterase enzymes and other proteins. The distribution of variant forms from thirteen localities in Iceland, Ireland, Scotland, Norway …
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Investigation of genetic and epigenetic mechanisms of iNOS gene expression in infection of natural populations of Apodemus sylvaticus with the parasite Toxoplasma gondii
… outcome of infection of natural populations of Apodemus sylvaticus with T. gondii.Collections of Apodemus sylvaticus were made from the Malham Tarn region of the Yorkshire Dales in the UK. These were tested for T.gondii infection using PCR based detection and each collection showed a significant …
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Investigation of DNA variation in genes of the immune system in wild populations of Apodemus sylvaticus in relation to infection by Toxoplasma gondii and helminth parasites
… DNA sequence variation in immune genes from Apodemus sylvaticus in relation to parasite infection. The purpose is to investigate the hypothesis that immune gene variation can influence parasite infection. Evidence from other studies, such as infection of wild voles with Borrelia and cattle …
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Ecology of Hantaviruses in Rodent Reservoirs and Their Early Innate Immune Responses in Human Model Systems
… were Myodes glareolus, the bank vole (45%); Apodemus flavicollis, the yellow-necked mouse (29%); and Apodemus agrarius, the striped field mouse (14.6%). Out of the collection, it was determined that 79 animals were seropositive by immunofluorescent assay (IFA), from which 15.7% were M. …
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Investigation into Toxoplasma gondii infection in relation to expression of neurodegenerative disease markers in natural mice populations
… infection in naturally infected wood mice (Apodemus sylvaticus) populations and the parasite’s role in the expression of a range of key autophagic and inflammatory genes associated with neurodegenerative diseases in humans. Human brain tissue from the hippocampus and frontal lobe regions was …
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Use of personality to improve reintroduction success: the effects of behavioural variation within release groups
… a non-endangered model species, the wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus). Chapter Two begins by confirming that wood mice have consistent personality traits using a simple personality testing procedure, carried out in the field to avoid potential biases from transporting animals to captivity. Chapter …
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Dispersión y predación de semillas por la fauna : implicaciones en la regeneración forestal de bosques templados
… y consumo de semillas. El ratón de campo (Apodemus sylvaticus L.) ha resultado ser el principal movilizador de bellotas, incluso desde las ramas del árbol. Aves como el arrendajo (Garrulus glandarius L) y el trepador azul (Sitta europaea L) son importantes dispersores de bellotas y hayucos, …
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Arthropod-borne infections in the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia
… host-parasite relationship between wood mice (Apodemus sylvaticus) and trypansomes. Babesia vulpes was identified in 134/392 (34%) of red foxes in the UK, suggesting that this potentially important parasite may be common in the UK. From Saudi Arabia, the data within this study showed that …
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Use of molecular tools to investigate the prevalence and transmission routes of Toxoplasma in woodmice and humans
… determined in a natural population ofwoodmice (Apodemus sylvaticus) which probably have infrequent interaction withcats. The prevalence (49%) was compared with an urban rodent population (59%)which definitely does interact with cats. No significant difference in prevalence wasfound.Toxoplasma …
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Studies on protozoan parasites of small mammals
… fieldvoles (Microtus agrestis), field mice (Apodemus sylvaticus), mice,rats and rabbits are described in this study.In the mole (Talpa europaea) three parasites were studied:Elleipsisoma thornsoni, Cyclospora talpae and Trypanosoma talpae.Elleipsisoma thornsoni was described as a parasite in …
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Development of approaches for investigating the distribution of toxoplasma gondii infection in natural populations of animals and humans
… infection and genotypes. We collected wood mice (Apodemus sylvaticus) from 4 sampling sites within a localised peri-aquatic woodland ecosystem which is relatively free of cats. Mice were genotyped using standard A. sylvaticus microsatellite markers and T. gondii and its genotypes were detected …
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An Investigation of patterns of mammalian scavenging in relation to vertebrate skeletal remains in a Northwestern European context: forensic applications.
… common scavengers include wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus), grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis), carrion crow, buzzard, Eurasian badger, and red fox. Scavenging activities by all scavenger species observed at remains were affected in various ways by seasonality, trophic resources, …
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Immune gene expression and diversity in relation to gastrointestinal parasite burden in small mammals
… rodent species (Delomys sublineatus, Apodemus flavicollis) in association with their gastrointestinal helminths under natural selection conditions. I established the method of relative quantification of mRNA on liver and spleen samples of both species in our laboratory. As there was no …
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… mouse (Mus musculus), yellow – necked mouse (Apodemus flavicollis), pygmy field mouse (A. uralensis), striped field mouse (A. agrarius), bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus), common vole (Microtus arvalis) and root vole (M. oeconomus). Results showed, that the dominant species was bank vole, …
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Does variability matter? Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) variation and its associations to parasitism in natural small mammal populations
… rodent species. In the yellow necked mouse (Apodemus flavicollis), I investigated the effects of genetic diversity on parasite load not on the individual but on the population level. I included populations, which possess different levels of variation at the MHC as well as at neutrally …
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Analiza dynamiki oddziaływań pomiędzy drzewami i konsumentami ich nasion: od globalnych wzorców do zmienności w obrębie gatunku
… zmienności wewnątrzgatunkowej myszarki leśnej (Apodemus flavicollis) na roznoszenie nasion dębu szypułkowego (Quercus robur). Wykazałam, że zwierzęta o większej skłonności do eksplorowania nowego środowiska mają tendencję do wynoszenia nasion dalej od drzew. Jednak inne efekty indywidualnych …