Biological clocks are evolved time-keeping systems by which organisms rhythmically
coordinate physiology within the body, and align it with rhythms in their environment. Clocks …

To keep pace with progressing urbanization organisms must cope with extensive habitat
change. Anthropogenic light and noise have modified differences between day and night …

The development of circadian rhythmicity of melatonin biosynthesis in the pineal gland starts
during embryonic period in birds while it is delayed to the postnatal life in mammals. Daily …

Individual phenotypic characteristics of many species are influenced by non-genetic
maternal effects. Female birds can influence the development of their offspring before birth …

Abstract Animal–Robot Interaction experiments have demonstrated their usefulness to
understand the social behaviour of a growing number of animal species. In order to study …

Quail chicks encountered an autonomous mobile robot during their early development. The
robot incorporated a heat source that stimulated following of chicks. The spatial behaviour of …

Early maternal deprivation impairs the behavioral development of young individuals.
Recently, strong differences between mothered and maternally deprived chicks have been …

Previously, we have demonstrated that the timing of the nocturnal peak of activity of the
pineal arylalkylamine-N-acetyltransferase–a key enzyme in the melatonin biosynthesis …

Previous maternal deprivation experiments demonstrated that absence of maternal care
impacts the behavioral development of young animals. Here we assessed the influence of …

Understanding the mechanisms of non-genetic inheritance is fundamental as they are
involved in evolution processes. One of the paths that nongenetic inheritance can take is via …