Sentences with phrase «by agoutis»

For example, one seed tracked was cached by agoutis more than 30 times, journeying 280 meters from its starting point and more than 750 meters total.

One seed was relocated 36 times, traveling 280 meters from its original spot before it was finally eaten by an agouti 209 days later, setting a new record in seed movements by the rodents.

More than half of the seeds cached were then stolen by another agouti and re-cached elsewhere.

The dog's coat color will be determined by the agouti gene, and may pass on brindle or non-brindle.

Not exact matches

After being consumed by the mothers, the methyl donors worked their way into the developing embryos» chromosomes and onto the critical agouti gene.

The agouti, a cat - size rodent, may be sustaining populations of tropical palms, a role formerly occupied by megafauna

By robbing each other and hiding their loot, agoutis took seeds farther and farther away from their starting point, each time replanting the seed in a new but equally nutrient - rich spot for tree growth, the researchers report online today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

When the cat - sized agouti comes across seeds buried by its comrades, it digs them up and hides them in a new place.

By stealing seeds from their comrades, Panama's agoutis may have rescued the black palm from extinction

As a video by biologist Ben Hirsch at The Ohio State University reveals, these rodents aggressively snatch seeds from one another, sometimes moving in on a fellow agouti that has just retrieved a seed.

By that point, the scientists believe the agoutis will move on to fresher food, allowing these survivor seeds time to grow into seedlings.

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Judging began with the male Syrians split into groups by color / pattern: Agouti, Self and Patterned.

The KB variant of the CBD103 gene promotes eumelanin (black pigment) synthesis by blocking agouti gene expression at the A Locus which would otherwise inhibit MC1R production of eumelanin.

Dogs with one or two copies of KB will not express agouti coat colors (sable / fawn, tricolor, black and tan, or tan points) and their coat color would be solid in pigmented areas as determined by the E and B genes.

The site was founded by veteran rabbit owners Abi Cushman and P.A. Smith of New London, CT, who currently share their home with two mischievous agouti rabbits named Coco and Cosette.

By 2020 we would like to have completed blood type testing, as well as just for fun testing on coat length, agouti, albinosim (colourpointing), coat colour, and with white markings.

Geneticists have not always agreed on what letters to use, but I like the abbreviations or symbols used by Dr. Clarence Little, for the most part, and you can use your own words: «A» might refer to «Agouti» or «All - over» pattern.