UV reflectance of plumage display is important in mate choice of many avian species, but its role in off-body display has received little consideration. Male satin bowerbirds (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) collect objects for use as bower decorations. Here, I test the hypothesis that UV and non-UV colors are important in choice of satin bowerbird bower decorations (colored squares and blue parrot ...

We have compared the interface morphology at the stem-cement interface of standard Charnley stems with a satin finish (Ra = 0.75 microm) with identical stems which had been grit-blasted over their proximal third (Ra = 5.3 microm) to promote a proximal bond. The stems were cemented into cadaver femora using conventional contemporary cementing techniques. After transverse sectioning, we determine...

Among mice of strain SB/Le, homozygous for the mutant genes beige (bg), satin (sa), and white-bellied agouti (A(w)), 70% developed progressive pneumonitis by 6 months of age. Among backcross offspring from an outcross to C57BL/6J-A(w-J), 49% of homozygous beige and 11% of nonbeige genotypes developed pneumonitis by 6 months of age. The evidence indicates that a specific action of the beige gene...

Janet R. Manning, Catherine N. Withers, Bryana Levitan, Jeffrey D. Smith, Douglas 4 A. Andres, Jonathan Satin 5 6 Department of Physiology, Department of Biochemistry, Gill Heart Institute, University 7 of Kentucky, Lexington KY 8 9 10 11 12 13 Short title: Rad-deletion improves heart function 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Address for correspondence: 21 Jonathan Satin, PhD 22 Department of Physiology 23...