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Hormonebase, A Population-Level Database Of Steroid Hormone Levels Across Vertebrates, Maren N. Vitousek, Michele A. Johnson, Jeremy W. Donald, C. D. Francis, M. J. Fuxjager, W. Goymann, M. Hau, Jerry F. Husak, Bonnie K. Kircher, R. Knapp, L. B. Martin, E. T. Miller, L. A. Schoenle, J. J. Uehling, T. D. Williams
Hormonebase, A Population-Level Database Of Steroid Hormone Levels Across Vertebrates, Maren N. Vitousek, Michele A. Johnson, Jeremy W. Donald, C. D. Francis, M. J. Fuxjager, W. Goymann, M. Hau, Jerry F. Husak, Bonnie K. Kircher, R. Knapp, L. B. Martin, E. T. Miller, L. A. Schoenle, J. J. Uehling, T. D. Williams
Biology Faculty Research
Hormones are central regulators of organismal function and flexibility that mediate a diversity of phenotypic traits from early development through senescence. Yet despite these important roles, basic questions about how and why hormone systems vary within and across species remain unanswered. Here we describe HormoneBase, a database of circulating steroid hormone levels and their variation across vertebrates. This database aims to provide all available data on the mean, variation, and range of plasma glucocorticoids (both baseline and stress-induced) and androgens in free-living and un-manipulated adult vertebrates. HormoneBase (www.HormoneBase.org) currently includes >6,580 entries from 476 species, reported in 648 publications from …
Differences In Ultrasonic Vocalizations Between Wild And Laboratory California Mice (Peromyscus Californicus), M. C. Kalcounis-Rueppell, R. Petric, J. R. Briggs, C. Carney, M. M. Marshall, J. T. Willse, David O. Ribble, J. P. Crossland
Differences In Ultrasonic Vocalizations Between Wild And Laboratory California Mice (Peromyscus Californicus), M. C. Kalcounis-Rueppell, R. Petric, J. R. Briggs, C. Carney, M. M. Marshall, J. T. Willse, David O. Ribble, J. P. Crossland
Biology Faculty Research
Background: Ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) emitted by muroid rodents, including laboratory mice and rats, are used as phenotypic markers in behavioral assays and biomedical research. Interpretation of these USVs depends on understanding the significance of USV production by rodents in the wild. However, there has never been a study of muroid rodent ultrasound function in the wild and comparisons of USVs produced by wild and laboratory rodents are lacking to date. Here, we report the first comparison of wild and captive rodent USVs recorded from the same species, Peromyscus californicus.
Methodology and Principal Findings: We used standard ultrasound recording techniques …