Symbiotic bacteria on animal hosts can prevent pathogenic bacterial infections by several
mechanisms. Among them, symbiotic bacteria can indirectly enhance host's immune …

Cosmetic colourations of animals have been mainly studied in scenarios of sexual selection,
while there has been no assessment of the partial contribution of cosmetics to the final …

Los animales han evolucionado en ambientes dominados por microorganismos, con los
que mantienen relaciones tanto de parasitismo, como de comensalismo, e incluso de …

Young animals often solicit care from their parents using behaviors and morphologies
collectively termed begging. Many nestling altricial birds add to their familiar postures and …

Background Animal bacterial symbionts are established early in life, either through vertical
transmission and/or by horizontal transmission from both the physical and the social …

The microbiome of the uropygial gland and integuments where birds spread the uropygial
secretion may play crucial roles for their hosts, but it has been poorly studied, especially in …

The use of cosmetic substances in communication is widespread in animals. Birds, for
instance, use their uropygial secretion as a cosmetic in scenarios of sexual selection and …

The microbiome of the uropygial gland and integuments where birds spread the uropygial
secretion may play crucial roles for their hosts, but it has been poorly studied, especially in …