Understanding the Loss of Maternal Care in Avian Brood Parasites Using Preoptic Area Transcriptome Comparisons in Brood Parasitic and Non-parasitic Blackbirds

Parental care is critical for offspring survival in many species.However, parental behaviors square nut have been lost in roughly 1% of avian species known as the obligate brood parasites.To shed light on molecular and neurobiological mechanisms mediating brood parasitic behavior, we compared brain gene expression patterns between two brood parasit

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Tooth morbidity and its impact on oral related quality of life in elderly tribal population-The Irula experience

Abstract Introduction Oral diseases are a major global health challenge, posing health and economic burdens that have profound impacts on the quality of life, disproportionately affecting marginalized populations such as tribal communities.Among scheduled tribes in India, the Irula community belongs to one of the tribes most vulnerable by poor acce

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