The Edible Dormouse often forms group associations in den sites. We characterize, over a 13-year period, how the dormice rest alone or communally nest boxes. majority (87%) of individuals are solitary, resting during daytime In communal associations, groups two three were most common. assessed role ambient temperature, seed mast, density boxes and surrounding vegetation on occupancy patterns. S...

A melanistic forest dormouse Dryomys nitedula was recorded among 125 individuals marked in a small isolated local population central Lithuania. Until now, totally black individual of D. captured only western Ukraine. review the literature on colour anomalies European species has shown that this phenomenon is rare dormice. Several hazel dormice Muscardinus avellanarius were same locality norther...

The Krüppel-like zinc finger protein Gli-similar 3 (Glis3) plays a critical role in pancreatic development and has been implicated in a syndrome with neonatal diabetes and hypothyroidism (NDH). In this study, we examine three steps critical in the mechanism of the transcriptional regulation by Glis3: its translocation to the nucleus, DNA binding and transcriptional activity. We demonstrate that...

The local-global map hypothesis states that locally organized response properties--such as orientation preference--result from visuotopically organized local maps of non-retinotopic response properties. In the tree shrew, the lateral extent of horizontal patchy connections is as much as 80-100% of V1 and is consistent with the length summation property. We argue that neural signals can be trans...

The Cubitus interruptus (Ci) and Gli proteins are transcription factors that mediate responses to Hedgehog proteins (Hh) in flies and vertebrates, respectively. During development of the Drosophila wing, Ci transduces the Hh signal and regulates transcription of different target genes at different locations. In vertebrates, the three Gli proteins are expressed in overlapping domains and are par...