• Overall, these results stress the need to consider the temporal dynamics of immune responses if we are to understand the evolutionary ecology of host-parasite interactions and trade-offs between immunity and other life-history characteristics, in particular in long-lived species. (nih.gov)
  • While the late Devonian event was the first land invasion by vertebrate organisms, newer aquatic species have continued to develop adaptations suited to terrestrial life (and vice versa) from the late Devonian to the Holocene. (wikipedia.org)
  • The vertebrate species that were important to the initial water to land transition can be sorted into five phases: sarcopterygians, prototetrapods, aquatic stem tetrapods (or "fishapods"), amphibian true tetrapods, and amniote tetrapods. (wikipedia.org)
  • Pederpes, Westlothiana, Protogyrinus, and Crassigyrinus descended from these species into the Early Carboniferous period and were the first land vertebrates, indicating the crown group originated and split in that time, around 350 Ma. (wikipedia.org)
  • About 30 species of pterobranch are known to exist today although 380-490 million years ago a group of these animals called graptolites were common across the prehistoric oceans. (crystalinks.com)
  • Ensuring that housing conditions and care are species-appropriate and occur in an environment that is safe and secure for both animals and staff. (lclark.edu)
  • It is not only the trees that make a forest, but the many different species of plants and animals that reside in the soil, understorey and canopy. (fao.org)
  • Solitary animals are those that spend a majority of their lives without others of their species, with possible exceptions for mating and raising their young. (eol.org)
  • Scientists believe a rare tube worm species found in the Gulf of Mexico is the longest-living animal on Earth. (spacedaily.com)
  • According to their latest research, the species, Escarpia laminata, can live for more than 300 years. (spacedaily.com)
  • The new study suggests the tube worm species is one of the oldest known animals. (spacedaily.com)
  • Most fish can survive only in the water suitable for a species form and function which is why trout are more likely to live in cold mountain streams. (ncwildlife.org)
  • b) 'Aquatic animal' includes a gamete of any species listed in Subsection (3)(a). (utah.gov)
  • Fishes are the most diverse group of backboned animals (vertebrates) on the planet, with roughly 30,000 known species. (sciencealert.com)
  • Most modern fish are ray-finned fish (actinopterygians), with around 29,000 living species. (sciencealert.com)
  • Of the 101 surviving lemur species, 22 are Critically Endangered, including the largest of the living lemurs the Large-bodied Indri ( Indri indri ). (iucn.org)
  • However, evaluating the welfare of zoo animals presents a challenge due to the wide range of species involved and a lack of knowledge regarding the specific requirements of each species. (mdpi.com)
  • Footnote 2 There have, we acknowledge, been discussions of AI in connection with endangered species and ecosystems, Footnote 3 but we are referring to questions relating to AI's impact on individual animals. (springer.com)
  • These days it is viewed as a cutting edge science where students can study in detail the many different types of animal species that humans share the plant with. (dayjob.com)
  • There are an estimated 2,000 species of sea stars living throughout the world's oceans. (sciencelearn.org.nz)
  • fish, any of approximately 34,000 species of vertebrate animals (phylum Chordata) found in the fresh and salt waters of the world. (britannica.com)
  • Living species range from the primitive jawless lampreys and hagfishes through the cartilaginous sharks, skates, and rays to the abundant and diverse bony fishes. (britannica.com)
  • 5 m) iconic species found in the Arctic but until recently the longevity of these animals was full of speculation. (saveourseas.com)
  • Previous studies have shown that a certain species of tick ( Amblyomma americanum ) can carry this virus and that certain vertebrate animals in the same vicinity as the ticks have shown evidence of infection with this virus (that is, they showed an immune response against the virus). (cdc.gov)
  • He counted nearly 4,000 specimens from 50 different species that lived in the Texas Gulf Coast around 11 to 12 million years ago. (naturalnews.com)
  • While it is undoubtedly useful to see these species close up, this cannot justify the deaths of living beings. (museoscienzebergamo.it)
  • Amphibians include frogs, toads, salamanders and newts, species all living in the vicinity of fresh water. (museoscienzebergamo.it)
  • Emphasis of the course is identification, life history strategy and habitat requirements of vertebrate species within the major physiographic provinces of the state. (ottawa.edu)
  • Jawed vertebrates - such as fish, birds and humans - make up about 99 percent of the vertebrates on Earth, but scientists don't agree on how and when jaws first evolved. (livescience.com)
  • This Category contains the terms for organs, regions, tissues, and cells from both humans and animals. (nih.gov)
  • Terms in Category A apply to both animals and humans. (nih.gov)
  • Basal metabolic rate (BMR) is the amount of energy expended daily by humans and other animals at rest. (eol.org)
  • Furthermore, the detailed analysis of its newly revealed characters helps to clarify the early evolutionary radiation of all animals with a bony skeleton - including us humans. (sciencealert.com)
  • They do not infect vertebrates, making them safe to apply near humans and domestic animals. (medscape.com)
  • First, humans are also members of the kingdom Animalia , so it would be more accurate to refer to the beings we are discussing as "non-human animals," but henceforth, for brevity, we shall simply use "animal" to refer to all animals other than humans. (springer.com)
  • Pathogens, such as bacteria, viruses and parasites, that cause disease in humans and animals may depend partially or entirely for their existence on other physical, chemical, or biological factors. (who.int)
  • We summarize data about the role of the immune response in natural infections of animals and humans and experimental studies in vitro and in vivo and from evaluating immune-based therapies and vaccines, and present recommendations for future research. (cdc.gov)
  • As a result, the potential for zoonotic spillover from ticks and animals to humans is high. (cdc.gov)
  • A sheep farmer in Australia has discovered a fossil of the world's oldest vertebrate - the common ancestor of all animals with a backbone. (crystalinks.com)
  • Mammals are vertebrates. (ncwildlife.org)
  • Today we can regard all living tetrapods (amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals) as a subgroup within the bony fishes. (sciencealert.com)
  • mammals living during the Cretaceous period are usually portrayed as delicate animals scuttling around the feet of dinosaurs . (newscientist.com)
  • But this animal lived 255 million years ago -- before mammals existed. (nsf.gov)
  • These researchers have found an example in the ancestors of mammals that lived 255 million years ago. (nsf.gov)
  • Gorgonopsians are part of a larger group of animals called synapsids, which includes modern mammals as its only living member. (nsf.gov)
  • Most synapsids are extinct, and we -- that is, mammals -- are their only living descendants," said paper author Megan Whitney of the University of Washington. (nsf.gov)
  • The late Devonian vertebrate transition was preceded by terrestrial invasion by fungi, land plants and invertebrates such as arthropodss. (wikipedia.org)
  • In the UK, scientific procedures that may cause living non-human vertebrates and some invertebrates (for example, octopus, squid) pain, suffering, distress or lasting harm are regulated under ASPA. (ukri.org)
  • This transition allowed some vertebrates to escape competitive pressure from other aquatic animals and explore niches on land, which eventually established the vertebrates as the dominant terrestrial phylum. (wikipedia.org)
  • Scientists think that the common ancestor of jawed vertebrates was similar to eyeless, boneless, jawless fishes such as hagfish and lampreys , which diverged from their immediate ancestors about 360 million years ago and haven't changed much since. (livescience.com)
  • The food chain of living organisms. (dayjob.com)
  • For me it all started at college where I received what is sometimes referred to as the 'Inconvenient Truth' talk, it was a life changing experience that woke me up to the dangers facing our planet and got me interested in conservation, living organisms and in particular Zoology. (dayjob.com)
  • There are many organisms that live in the marine environment. (msnucleus.org)
  • The group is collectively known as chordates - vertebrates are only one type of chordates, defined by the fact that their backbone is mineralized. (crystalinks.com)
  • And that's amazing for a vertebrate - an animal with a backbone - like us. (kqed.org)
  • By means of a multiple-year vaccination design against Newcastle disease virus, we experimentally addressed whether levels of specific antibodies can persist over several years in females of a long-lived procellariiform seabird-Cory's shearwater-and whether maternal antibodies against that antigen could persist over a long period in offspring several years after the mother was exposed. (nih.gov)
  • The PHS definition of research animal use includes production of custom antibodies and animals obtained for their tissues. (nih.gov)
  • Antibodies to SFS virus have been found in human populations living in southern Europe, northern Africa and central Asia. (cdc.gov)
  • In the 1870s, naturalist Karl Gegenbaur noted that living fish such as sharks have five or six pairs of bars that support the gills, and that these so-called gill bars bear a striking resemblance to jawbones. (livescience.com)
  • If the term is strictly an animal term, such as GILLS or FEATHERS, index it IM if it is a main point. (nih.gov)
  • A class of vertebrate animals that breathe with gills and swim with fins. (ncwildlife.org)
  • Are Ediacaran 'fossils' actually remains of ancient living things, or did simple natural processes generate fossil look-alikes? (icr.org)
  • Are these scientists looking at fossils made by the supposed ancestor common to all animals? (icr.org)
  • The three-year-long survey discovered and dug up thousands of fossils in Bee, Live Oak, and other Texas counties. (naturalnews.com)
  • The primeval creature lived during a period from 543 million to 493 million years ago known as the Cambrian Explosion , the evolutionary "big bang" when almost all complex life appeared. (livescience.com)
  • In contrast, lampreys, hagfish and other jawless fishes have a more complicated basket-shaped series of gill structures, which suggests they evolved from a side branch of the vertebrate evolutionary tree that diverged long after Metaspriggina lived, said Jon Mallatt, an evolutionary biologist at Washington State University in Pullman, who was not involved in the study. (livescience.com)
  • An evolutionary timeline of the late Devonian vertebrate terrestrial invasion demonstrates the changes that took place. (wikipedia.org)
  • Because Ligulalepis sits in a very important position in the vertebrate evolutionary tree. (sciencealert.com)
  • These organs are evolutionary leftovers from when its ancestors lived on land. (kqed.org)
  • Cephalopods such as the octopus are far more distant from us, in evolutionary terms, than any vertebrate, yet their behavior gives such clear signs of intelligence and sensitivity to pain that it is difficult to believe that they do not have conscious experiences [ 11 ]. (springer.com)
  • If your application receives a fundable overall impact score, have your animal use protocol reviewed and approved by an institutional animal care and use committee (IACUC), which evaluates your institution's animal research program. (nih.gov)
  • Ask senior institutional animal care and use committee (IACUC) members to validate your ideas and methods. (nih.gov)
  • Under governing Public Health Service (PHS) Policy, federal funds administered by the PHS shall not be expended for research involving live vertebrate animals without prior approval by the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW) of an Animal Welfare Assurance to comply with the PHS Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals and the project has been reviewed and approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC). (nih.gov)
  • Ensure that all performance sites engaged in activities involving live vertebrate animals under sub-agreements have an Animal Welfare Assurance and that the activities have Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) approval. (lclark.edu)
  • Lewis & Clark has an established and appointed the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) to ensure the humane and sensitive care and use of live, vertebrate animals used in research and instruction. (lclark.edu)
  • 4. If research is done at an RRI, a letter from the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee granting permission to do the research must be included in the upload to the SRC BEFORE starting research. (gsdsef.org)
  • IACUC (Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee) Approval Letter from the RRI required BEFORE research starts. (gsdsef.org)
  • The 525-million-year-old fossil belongs to a group of tentacle-bearing creatures which lived inside hard tubes. (crystalinks.com)
  • Rocks from a disused quarry record the "footprints" of unknown creatures that lived about 397 million years ago. (crystalinks.com)
  • The clues these scientists uncovered show that creatures still identifiable as living today very likely made the Ediacaran fossil traces. (icr.org)
  • animal behavior characterized by activity during the day, with a period of inactivity at night. (eol.org)
  • But this implies, in the Geology authors' words, 'characteristically animal behavior,' including 'the ability to respond rapidly to mild environmental stress induced by sedimentation' and movement 'by muscular contraction. (icr.org)
  • The zebrafish ( Danio rerio ) is a useful vertebrate model system in which to study neural circuits and behavior, but tools to modulate neurons in freely behaving animals are limited. (nature.com)
  • Vertebrates originated about 525 million years ago during the Cambrian explosion, which saw the rise in organism diversity. (crystalinks.com)
  • The earliest known vertebrate is believed to be the Myllokunmingia. (crystalinks.com)
  • The creature belongs to a group called pterobranch hemichordates which are related to starfish and sea urchins but also show some characteristics that offer clues to the evolution of the earliest vertebrates. (crystalinks.com)
  • Correctly identifying these tracks (or traces) matters significantly to those who insist these Ediacaran rocks-which secularists believe to be over 550 million years old-came from a time when Earth's earliest animal life first appeared. (icr.org)
  • It dawned on me after studying the specimen that this was the earliest evidence of vertebrates having sex by copulation - not just spawning in water, but sex that was fun. (livescience.com)
  • Dozens of chemical interactions in the vertebrate brain go into maintaining a natural sleep schedule, and scientists have recently found one more player on the field: a neurochemical called neuromedin U, or Nmu. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Scientists tell the journal Nature that the fossil trackways even retain the impressions left by the "toes" on the animals' feet. (crystalinks.com)
  • Bowhead whales are the longest-living mammal -- scientists have identified whales as old as 211 years old. (spacedaily.com)
  • Scientists believe the marine clam Arctica islandica can live beyond 500 years. (spacedaily.com)
  • Scientists have long sought to understand how certain animals, such as zebrafish, are able to regrow nerve fibers and regain lost motor function after spinal cord injury. (innovations-report.com)
  • Scientists announced in 2006 the discovery of remains of a pregnant ichthyosaur that lived about 100 million years ago. (livescience.com)
  • The vertebrate land invasion refers to the transition of vertebrate animals from being aquatic/semiaquatic to predominantly terrestrial during the Late Devonian period. (wikipedia.org)
  • These land colonization allowed for the development of appropriate terrestrial ecosystems that would be available to accommodate vertebrate habitation. (wikipedia.org)
  • Tetrapods that adapted to terrestrial living adapted these gill bones to pick up sounds through air, and they later became the middle ear bones seen in mammalian tetrapods. (wikipedia.org)
  • Acanthostega is likely exclusive to an aquatic environment, while Ichthyostega is progressed in the aquatic to terrestrial transition by living dominantly on the shores. (wikipedia.org)
  • Although it is widely reported that forests harbour 80 percent of terrestrial plants and animals, such a precise estimate is unlikely to be accurate given the changing state of knowledge of planetary biodiversity. (fao.org)
  • By analyzing global observational datasets of changes in terrestrial carbon pools, we are able to partition carbon that has been sequestered on land between 1992-2019 into live biomass and non-living organic carbon pools. (weizmann.ac.il)
  • We find that most terrestrial carbon gains are sequestered as non-living organic matter, and thus more persistent than previously appreciated, with a substantial fraction linked to human activities such as river damming, wood harvest, and garbage disposal in landfills. (weizmann.ac.il)
  • To address the limitation imposed on liver research by the lack of suitable normal and diseased human liver tissue and hepatocytes, NIDDK has supported, via a contract, ( the Liver Tissue Cell Distribution System ) the procurement and distribution of human liver tissues and hepatocytes since 1986. (nih.gov)
  • This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) issued by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) invites investigator-initiated Resource-Related Research Projects (R24) applications to support a Human Liver Tissues and Hepatocytes Research Resource (HLTCRR) program to enable the continued availability of human liver tissues and hepatocytes to biomedical researchers. (nih.gov)
  • The purpose of this NOFO is to support investigator-initiated research projects that will develop resources for procurement and distribution of human liver tissues and hepatocytes to serve biomedical research and allow timely, high quality, and cost-efficient progress in the liver field. (nih.gov)
  • The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to support a Human Liver Tissue and Hepatocytes Research Resource (HLTHRR) program to enable the continued availability of human liver tissue and hepatocytes to biomedical researchers. (nih.gov)
  • The research resource is expected to facilitate the procurement and preservation of human liver tissue and hepatocytes as well as the distribution of these materials to qualified biomedical researchers. (nih.gov)
  • The institute supports basic, clinical, and translational research related to understanding liver biology and diseases of the liver. (nih.gov)
  • this enabled the research team to switch the genes on at any point and track the changes in the animals' sleep patterns. (sciencedaily.com)
  • If you are a principal investigator planning to use live vertebrate animals for research, research training, or biological testing, this page explains how to adhere to requirements, prepare a strong application, and manage your grant. (nih.gov)
  • Read about NIH animal research, policies, and crisis management at OER Animals in Research . (nih.gov)
  • An animal research application requires a lot of work, so start early, leave time for unanticipated issues, and involve experts in your project from the beginning. (nih.gov)
  • Since NIH allows just-in-time IACUC approval of animal use protocols, a PI can move a research project all the way through NIH initial peer review before an IACUC has a chance to see it. (nih.gov)
  • Requests for prior approval of planned research involving vertebrate animals conducted through NCATS UL1/UM1 pilot projects, UM1 element E and KL2/K12 scholar projects must be submitted in writing to NCATS no later than 30 days before the proposed implementation of research involving live vertebrate animals. (nih.gov)
  • The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to solicit Small Business Innovation Research (STTR) grant applications from small business concerns (SBCs) that propose to develop resources, research tools, instrumentations, biomarkers, devices, drugs or new and innovative approaches to diagnosis, monitoring, management, treatment and prevention of liver diseases. (nih.gov)
  • The goal of this announcement is to enlist members of the small business research community in advancing means of diagnosis, treatment and prevention of liver disease and facilitate the goals outlined in the trans-NIH Action Plan for Liver Disease Research. (nih.gov)
  • NOT-TW-22-006 Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for Implementation Research on Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) Risk Factors among Low- and Middle-Income Country and Tribal Populations Living in City Environments. (nih.gov)
  • Are you an NIH small business (SBIR/STTR) applicant whose research involves the use of live vertebrate animals? (nih.gov)
  • Lewis & Clark College is committed to conducting quality animal research in an ethical and responsible manner to further science and to improve the health of society. (lclark.edu)
  • When animals are used for research or instructional purposes - conducted at or sponsored by Lewis & Clark - their acquisition, care, use, and disposal must be in compliance with all applicable provisions of the Animal Welfare Act, and other federal, state, and local statutes and regulations relating to animals. (lclark.edu)
  • Be guided by the " U.S. Government Principles for the Utilization and Care of Vertebrate Animals Used in Testing, Research, and Training . (lclark.edu)
  • Individual faculty researchers are responsible for animal facility management, and a faculty member trained in research methods and experienced in the care of laboratory animals must supervise all procedures involving animals to ensure consideration for their comfort, health, and humane treatment. (lclark.edu)
  • and is committed to ensuring that the approval of all animal research takes into consideration the possible replacement of animals, the refinement of studies to alleviate or minimize potential pain and maximize the comfort and welfare of the animals, and the possible reduction in the number of animals necessary to obtain valid scientific data. (lclark.edu)
  • The committee must consist of a minimum of five voting members including: the chair, the attending veterinarian, at least one practicing scientist experienced in animal research, one individual having no affiliation with the College (other than as a member of this committee), and one individual whose primary concern is non-scientific in nature. (lclark.edu)
  • We hope that this paper will facilitate the development of a new field of philosophical and technical research regarding the impacts of AI on animals, namely, the ethics of AI as it affects nonhuman animals. (springer.com)
  • Students planning research involving live vertebrate animals MUST, before acquiring them and starting any experiments, COMPLY with the rules and guidelines of the California Education Code and the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF). (gsdsef.org)
  • ALTBIB is the Bibliography on Alternatives to the Use of Live Vertebrates in Biomedical Research and Testing. (nih.gov)
  • Many of the developments achieved through the use of animals in research have also benefited farm, domestic, laboratory, and wild animals, helping them to live longer and healthier lives. (ukri.org)
  • Research and innovation involving animals in the broadest sense could occur across UKRI's remit and animals may be involved in some components of multidisciplinary projects funded by UKRI. (ukri.org)
  • In funding research and innovation covered by ASPA, UKRI expects researchers to apply the principles of the 3Rs (the replacement, reduction and refinement of the use of animals). (ukri.org)
  • UKRI is a signatory to the Concordat on Openness in Animal Research, committing to transparency and clear public communication about when, how and why UKRI and the researchers UKRI funds use animals in research. (ukri.org)
  • UKRI also funds research and innovation not regulated by ASPA which involves or may impact upon animals. (ukri.org)
  • UKRI is committed to ensuring the highest standards of animal welfare through the research and innovation we fund. (ukri.org)
  • High welfare standards contribute to animal wellbeing and towards ensuring research of high integrity. (ukri.org)
  • In addition to the requirements of ASPA, UKRI expects and supports researchers to provide excellent care and welfare standards for animals used in research. (ukri.org)
  • As a first step , research administrators should direct Principal Investigators new to UNC or new to animal research to contact the Office of Animal Care and Use. (unc.edu)
  • University of Oxford research from 2018 indicates Americans could cut food-related emissions up to 73% with plant-based diets, depending on where you live. (greenamerica.org)
  • Introductory course for biology majors which studies the intricacies of living systems and research as process. (ottawa.edu)
  • We discuss in detail current clinical studies and research in laboratory animals on CCHF, including immune targets of infection and adaptive and innate immune responses. (cdc.gov)
  • sea stars live only in marine environments. (sciencelearn.org.nz)
  • Living anemones that inhabit marine mud flats hide most of themselves under a thin layer of sediment but leave a small, upward-pointed mouth exposed to the sea water above, poised to capture and ingest tiny prey. (icr.org)
  • I use a variety of techniques, including field studies, lab-based morphological and molecular techniques, and 3D imaging, to explore how fish work as animals (their biomechanics) and the functions they perform in complex marine ecosystems. (southampton.ac.uk)
  • To understand liver physiology and the pathophysiology underlying liver diseases, it is essential for researchers to have access to liver tissue and hepatocytes from a variety of diseased and non-diseased (normal) livers. (nih.gov)
  • Researchers have discovered fossil footprints from early backboned land animals that suggest our ancestors left the water at least 18 million years earlier than previously thought. (crystalinks.com)
  • The researchers concluded that Aspidella traces look like animal tracks-specifically, tracks that today's sea anemones might have made. (icr.org)
  • In this study, researchers explored whether those vertebrates are susceptible to infection and whether they can carry the virus (thereby indicating a potential role as a source of infection). (cdc.gov)
  • Other lines of evidence - such as the fact that jaws and gill bars develop from similar structures in shark embryos - also support Gegenbaur's notion, he told Live Science. (livescience.com)
  • All of these early vertebrates lacked jaws in the common sense and relied on filter feeding close to the seabed. (crystalinks.com)
  • Although little studied in natural populations, the persistence of immunoglobulins may dramatically affect the dynamics of immunity and the ecology and evolution of host-pathogen interactions involving vertebrate hosts. (nih.gov)
  • It circulates between ticks and several vertebrate hosts without causing overt disease, and thus can be present in areas without being noticed by the public. (cdc.gov)
  • Several factors in the transmission dynamics of CCHFV, including a complex transmission cycle that involves both ticks and vertebrate hosts, lend themselves to a One Health approach for the prevention and control of the disease that are often overlooked by current strategies. (cdc.gov)
  • 1) 'Aquaculture' means the controlled cultivation of aquatic animals. (utah.gov)
  • Sale of aquatic animals from aquaculture facilities. (utah.gov)
  • One part, to the left, deals with the biological and ecological characteristics of the group, and with Cyclostomata, the vertebrates surviving to this day endowed with the most primitive characteristics. (museoscienzebergamo.it)
  • A stunningly preserved, soft-bodied fish that is more than 500 million years old could be the ancestor of almost all living vertebrates. (livescience.com)
  • The fossilized fish, called Metaspriggina, sports characteristic gill structures that later evolved into jawbones in jawed vertebrates, according to a new study. (livescience.com)
  • Based on that similarity, he proposed a theory, called the serial homology hypothesis, that jawbones in modern fish gradually evolved from an earlier pair of gill bars in some long-lost "father fish," from which all jawed vertebrates would have evolved. (livescience.com)
  • Its skeletal features exhibit its ability as a fish that can live in shallow water and also venture onto land. (wikipedia.org)
  • These results force us to reconsider our whole picture of the transition from fish to land animals. (crystalinks.com)
  • This presentations looks at what a fish is and what their requirements are to live in water. (msnucleus.org)
  • It also supports the idea that internal fertilization in vertebrates (animals with backbones) originated in a group of primitive fish. (livescience.com)
  • The tactile area, opposite, provides visitors with an opportunity to touch the characteristic integuments of the various vertebrate classes: shark skin, the scales of fish, the plates of the crocodile, the bird's plumage, and rabbit fur. (museoscienzebergamo.it)
  • Find guidance on completing the VAS in the Worksheet for Review of the Vertebrate Animal Section (PDF) and OLAW's 30-minute training module on how to Complete the Vertebrate Animals Section (VAS) . (nih.gov)
  • This worksheet describes the information that must be included in applications submitted to NIH for activities involving the care and use of animals. (nih.gov)
  • Amphibian" literally means "both lives" and refers to the fact that most frogs and toads have an early, gill-breathing larval (tadpole) life stage and later, air-breathing adult life stage. (ncwildlife.org)
  • At 560 million years old, the fossil is around 30 million years older than the next oldest vertebrate remains found so far, in China. (crystalinks.com)
  • Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes are adapted to live in the human environment, resting indoors on the walls and curtains of huts. (medscape.com)
  • The other major group of bony fishes have robust lobe-fins ( sarcopterygians ), a group that contains the living lungfishes and coelacanths , as well as several extinct groups. (sciencealert.com)
  • These tiny fishes are highly abundant on coral reefs, but their lives are incredibly short. (southampton.ac.uk)
  • By living fast and dying young, these small fishes help fuel dynamic food webs on coral reefs and maintain the productivity of these diverse ecosystems. (southampton.ac.uk)
  • It encompasses not just trees, but the multitude of plants, animals and microorganisms that inhabit forest areas - and their associated genetic diversity. (fao.org)
  • We use a broader definition than most other people have in recent years because we believe the issue of animal ethics applies to all these systems [ 6 ]. (springer.com)
  • Any new study involving animal subjects that was not reviewed in the competing application, must be submitted for prior approval. (nih.gov)
  • Animal Subjects: 10-No live vertebrate animals involved for competing appl. (nih.gov)
  • Fossil bones can give us clues on how the animals lived. (msnucleus.org)
  • To receive an award, you must have IACUC approval, and your institution must have an Animal Welfare Assurance approved by the NIH Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW). (nih.gov)
  • The IACUC is governed by applicable regulations, including those of the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) and the Public Health Service (PHS). (lclark.edu)
  • The Vice President, Chief of Staff, General Counsel and Board Secretary is the Institutional Official overseeing the animal program and the IACUC, and appoints all IACUC members. (lclark.edu)
  • For transfer of grants and grant congruency - or - collaborations and animal work that will not be conducted at UNC-CH, contact the OACU Grants Manager at 919-966-5569 or email [email protected] , attention Grants Manger. (unc.edu)
  • The night after we turn on expression of the gene, the animals almost don't sleep at all," says Prober. (sciencedaily.com)
  • It took many millions of years for vertebrates to transition out of water onto land. (wikipedia.org)
  • The culmination of these driving factors are what ultimately facilitated the vertebrate transition. (wikipedia.org)
  • A class of warm-blooded animals with fur or hair on their bodies. (ncwildlife.org)
  • Make a reasonable effort to ensure that all individuals involved in the care and use of laboratory animals understand their individual and collective responsibilities for compliance with the Assurance as well as all other applicable laws and regulations pertaining to animal care and use. (lclark.edu)
  • The committee has the authority to negotiate modifications and suspend or terminate animal activities deemed not in compliance with these regulations. (lclark.edu)
  • You must follow the Public Health Service (PHS) Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (referred to as PHS policy below) and the Animal Welfare Act . (nih.gov)
  • and drugs, complementary and alternative modalities, biologics or molecular reagents for the therapy or prevention of liver diseases. (nih.gov)
  • In addition, zebrafish larvae are transparent, which means that tissue formation can be studied in the living animal using state-of-the-art imaging techniques, some of which are being developed at the MPL. (innovations-report.com)
  • When Materpiscis lived, this area in Western Australia was a tropical reef teeming with life. (livescience.com)
  • As the Greenland Shark is considered one of the oldest living animals on the planet, it was highly likely that individuals living today would be carrying this timestamp. (saveourseas.com)
  • Prior to the early 1960s, management of the animal collections at the National Zoological Park (NZP) was primarily the responsibility of the animal keepers. (si.edu)
  • There, they formed the Texas Vertebrate Paleontology Collections. (naturalnews.com)
  • Comply with all applicable provisions of the Animal Welfare Act and other Federal statutes and regulations relating to animals. (lclark.edu)
  • Achieving and maintaining the highest possible standards of animal welfare is not only a moral obligation but also a necessary condition for zoos and aquariums to fulfil their educational and conservational functions. (mdpi.com)
  • The discovery of fossil footprints from early backboned land animals in Poland leads to the sensational conclusion that our ancestors left the water at least 18 million years earlier than previously thought. (crystalinks.com)
  • As poikilotherms that live in water, zebrafish are amenable to thermal and pharmacological perturbations. (nature.com)
  • Some live on land and some in the water, most returning to the water to mate and lay eggs. (niabizoo.com)
  • Parasites and diseases that affect animals. (dayjob.com)
  • While the range of issues and groups of stakeholders concerned by the field of AI ethics is expanding, with speculation about whether it extends even to the machines themselves, there is a group of sentient beings who are also affected by AI, but are rarely mentioned within the field of AI ethics-the nonhuman animals. (springer.com)
  • This paper seeks to explore the kinds of impact AI has on nonhuman animals, the severity of these impacts, and their moral implications. (springer.com)
  • Although the work was unpaid I thoroughly enjoyed it and learnt a great deal about the prevention and spread of disease in animals, the procedures for prescribing medicine, how to identify illness and the importance of maintaining accurate records. (dayjob.com)
  • Although plague is a rare disease in the United States and its cause and treatment are known, it still carries a high risk of serious illness and death for people and animals infected with the bacteria that cause it ( Yersinia pestis ). (cdc.gov)
  • Animals are used to study human and animal biology in health and disease, to determine the safety and efficacy of potential new treatments, as well as in the validation of alternative approaches. (ukri.org)
  • Apart from the biological study of animal life this degree course will also focus on related topics like their habits, evolution, nature and behaviour. (dayjob.com)
  • It is universally looked upon as an important field of study that enhances our understanding of the world we live in and how human activity impacts on the environment. (dayjob.com)
  • Paleozoology (study of extinct animals). (dayjob.com)
  • However, variability in animal study data represents a barrier to an objective evaluation of NAM accuracy. (nih.gov)
  • A study by Animal Charity Evaluators estimates each vegan saves an annual total of 105 vertebrates. (greenamerica.org)
  • Examples in the fossil record of animals giving birth are extremely rare. (livescience.com)
  • The enthusiastic but amateur fossil hunters focused on getting skulls, teeth, tusks, and other sizable pieces from big animals. (naturalnews.com)
  • The direction of the eyes would have allowed them to see what was happening above them, which means they were probably living at the bottom," and may have even been able to evade the large predators of the day, such as the bizarre shrimplike sea monster anomalocaridid, Caron told Live Science. (livescience.com)
  • that is, indisputable vertebrate eyes," Janvier told Live Science. (livescience.com)
  • Therefore, to protect and promote the welfare of zoo animals, there is a need for science-based tools to assess and monitor it. (mdpi.com)
  • 1. Become familiar with the California Education Code and International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) Rules and Guidelines, Vertebrate Animals . (gsdsef.org)
  • David T. Yew, Maria S. M. Wai, Winnie W. Y. Li , " An Atlas on the Comparative Anatomy of the Retinae of Vertebrates ", Bentham Science Publishers (2012). (benthamscience.com)
  • Jeanna served as editor-in-chief of Live Science. (livescience.com)
  • One much more significant, and more immediately present, issue has, however, been almost entirely neglected: AI's impact on non-human animals. (springer.com)
  • The term "assault," which is generally associated with human crimes, is used to define certain crimes against animals. (animallaw.info)