... is optimised for maximal locomotor performance and efficiency throughout development. Whole-cycle propulsive efficiency Ontogeny Cephalopod Vortex rings University of Leeds http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000777 Cuttlefish (Sepiidae) utilise a dual-mode locomotory system...

... ontogeny, jetting frequency decreases in adults compared with juveniles, and this is expected to be reflected in the contractile properties of the locomotory muscles. To develop greater insight into how the locomotion of these animals is powered during ontogeny, we determined the mechanical properties...

... to juvenile and adult life on the reef. Some species also change their lifestyle over this period and become nocturnal. While these ecological transitions are well documented, little is known about the ontogeny of nocturnal reef fish vision. Here, we used transcriptomics to investigate visual development...

... development. Ontogeny Multibank retina Teleost fish Retinal structure Histology Australian Research Council http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000923 DE180100949 Queensland Brain Institute http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100005268 DE180100949 DE200100620 and FL140100197...

... Gas exchange Metabolic rate Ionocytes Ontogeny Australian Research Council http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000923 PDE150101266 Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies Gill formation is an essential process in the early developmental stages of many aquatic...

... change in an aposematic frog found evidence for consistent ontogenetic colour change, but no effect of dietary β-carotene. Carotenoid Colour Aposematic Diet Ontogeny Australian Research Council http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000923 LP170100351 NSW Environmental Trust...

... in an avian model. Ontogeny Numida meleagris Morphology Musculoskeletal modeling Guinea fowl Center for Human Evolution and Diversity Pennsylvania State University http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100008321 We generated a flock of subject-specific musculoskeletal models...

..., allowing them to locate and capture prey at depth. To investigate the ontogeny of their dive capacity and foraging performance, we implanted juvenile king penguins before their first departure to sea and also adult breeders with a data-logger recording pressure and temperature. We found that juvenile king...

... development in the ontogeny of predator-induced hatching ability, we examined a general vertebrate motion sensor, the vestibular system of the inner ear ( Jung et al., 2019 ). When otoconial organs in the developing vestibular system become functional, MCH increases substantially, but its earlier occurrence...

... plasticity in response to thermal variation across ontogeny is crucial to understanding how organisms cope with the thermal variation in their environment and to estimating the capacity of plasticity to mitigate costs of rapid environmental change. We wanted to know whether life stages differ...

... and total ascent height to characterize the insects' endurance capacity. Fig. 5. Ontogeny of ascent behavior in nymphal E. tiaratum . (A) Schematic diagram of the experimental setup, illustrating a vertically oriented treadmill with a light source on the top. The mirror image of the ascending...

... ciconia ) using on-board bio-loggers reveals individual and environmental factors relating to daily mean heart rate. Energy management model Daily energy expenditure Heart rate Ciconia ciconia Ontogeny Energy is a limited resource due to its finite availability in the environment...

... ontogeny found in N. brevirostris is very different from the progressive changes found in other reef fishes, calling for a thorough analysis of visual system development of the reef fish community. * Author for correspondence ( fabio.cortesi@uqconnect.edu.au ) Competing interests The authors...

.../user-licence-1-1/ Summary: Dragonflies show a moderate rise in hemolymph bicarbonate as they transition from water breathing to air breathing, while the non-bicarbonate buffer capacity of their hemolymph is low relative to that of other insects. Acid–base balance Ontogeny Odonata...

... to compare with the published ontogeny of escape success in attacks. Second, during the period of greatest variation in VOR and escape success, we compared hatching responses and VOR across sibships. Finally, in developmental series, we compared the response of individual embryos to a simulated attack cue...

... increase in locomotor economy through ontogeny in the ostrich is due to greater potential for elastic energy storage with increasing body size. In fact, the rate of this increase may be somewhat greater than the conservative predictions of previous studies, thus illustrating the biological importance...

... the detection and use of acoustic cues. Fish Larvae Ontogeny Hearing Otoliths Modeling Computed tomography Larval fishes use a suite of sensory cues to perceive and respond to their environment. Sound is but one of these, yet the physics of this sensory modality (long-distance propagation...

... in social insects and considers the relationship between colony size and behavioural flexibility. Ant Group size Task specialisation Ontogeny Plasticity Across biological scales, variability in phenotypic traits has long been considered as noise, but it is now recognised as beneficial...

... processes and, ultimately, the overall metabolic rates of individuals. Agelaius phoeniceus Membrane pacemaker hypothesis Docosahexaenoic acid Mitochondria Ontogeny Linoleic acid Summary: The authors examine how tissue lipid composition changes during development, and how dietary...

... Fowler , S. L. , Costa , D. P. , Arnould , J. P. Y. , Gales , N. J. and Burns , J. M. ( 2007 ). Ontogeny of oxygen stores and physiological diving capability in Australian sea lions . Funct. Ecol.   21 , 922 - 935 . 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2007.01295.x Frappell , P. B...