Biology Education

Department of Biology | Lund University

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January 18, 2024 | Lotta Persmark

Unravelling evolution of eye size and shape in butterflies

Animals constantly process environmental information to carry out routine activities such as locating food, selecting habitat, recognizing mates, finding prey and avoiding predators in …
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January 18, 2024 | Lotta Persmark

Insect movements in weather radar data

Weather radars “see” more than just weather, they continuously register also biological activity in the air. This has recently been used in many studies …
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January 18, 2024 | Lotta Persmark

Nocturnal bird migration and night length

Many passerines initiate migration soon after sunset and fly until early morning. It is however unclear how this pattern is affected by the large …
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January 18, 2024 | Lotta Persmark

Goal direction behavior and its neuronal organization

To navigate purposefully, an animal must align its body orientation with its intended target and adjust its course accordingly. In the insect world, this …
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January 18, 2024 | Lotta Persmark

The role of stem cell capacity in life-history trade-offs

The most well-known life-history trade-off involves the survival cost of reproduction – reproduction (e.g., fertility, number of eggs) is commonly ‘costly’ in terms of …
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January 17, 2024 | Lotta Persmark

How do pollinators drive the evolution of flowers?

Much of what we know about the drivers of plant phenotypic divergence and fitness stems from studies that focus on specialized pollination systems. Much …
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January 17, 2024 | Lotta Persmark

Understanding vagrancy of birds

Birds observed outside their normal distribution range, vagrants, have fascinated bird watchers for more than a century. The causes behind vagrancy are probably many …
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January 17, 2024 | Lotta Persmark

Single cell sequencing of limb regeneration

Salamanders are the only vertebrates able to regenerate their limbs. The cellular mechanisms that enable this remarkable process are just beginning to be elucidated. …
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January 4, 2024 | Lotta Persmark

Exploring Electron Transport Chain Genes in Porifera

The dynamic world of porifera, commonly known as sponges, presents a captivating avenue for exploration within molecular biology. Sponges, considered among the most primitive …
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December 13, 2023 | Lotta Persmark

Computer vision phenomics for phenological analysis

Climate change has affected the timing of many ecological events, from tree leaf out to bird migration. These changes in phenology can cause mismatched …
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December 12, 2023 | Lotta Persmark

High-throughput Orientation Analysis of Migratory Songbirds

Current state-of-the-art orientation behaviour studies in captive migratory birds are limited to 1-hour assays. In our OriLAB facility, we can measure the bird’s position …
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