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Immunological and immunogenetic determinants of avian sociality

2016/23/B/NZ8/02374

Keywords:

birds coloniality immune response Sterna hirundo toll-like receptors

Descriptors:

  • NZ8_2: Ecology
  • NZ8_3: Animal behaviour
  • NZ8_9: Population genetics

Panel:

NZ8 - Evolutionary and environmental biology: evolution, ecology, population biology, biodiversity, biogeography

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Łódzki, Wydział Biologii i Ochrony Środowiska

woj. łódzkie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr hab. Piotr Minias 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 4

Call: OPUS 12 - announced on 2016-09-15

Amount awarded: 723 500 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2017-07-12

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2021-07-11

Project duration:: 48 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

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Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Licencja na oprogramowanie Geneious v10 (4 000 PLN)
  2. Wirówka przenośna (7 000 PLN)
  3. Komputer przenośny (5 000 PLN)
  4. Termocykler (25 000 PLN)

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (5)
  1. Low heritability of colony size choice in a nonpasserine waterbird
    Authors:
    Minias, P., Drzewińska-Chańko, J., Włodarczyk, R.
    Academic press:
    Animal Behaviour (rok: 2021, tom: 182, strony: -), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Submitted
  2. Evolution of innate and adaptive immune genes in a non-model waterbird, the common tern
    Authors:
    Minias, P., Drzewińska-Chańko, J., Włodarczyk, R.
    Academic press:
    Infection, Genetics and Evolution (rok: 2021, tom: 95, strony: -), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
  3. Colony size as a predictor of breeding behaviour in a common waterbird
    Authors:
    Minias, P., Gach, K., Włodarczyk, R., Bartos, M., Drzewińska-Chańko, J., Rembowski, M., Jakubas, D., Janiszewski, T.
    Academic press:
    PLoS ONE (rok: 2020, tom: 15, strony: e0241602), Wydawca: Public Library of Science
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1371/journal.pone.0241602 - link to the publication
  4. Immunocompetent birds choose larger social groups
    Authors:
    Drzewińska-Chańko, J., Włodarczyk, R., Gajewski, A., Rudnicka, K., Dunn, P.O., Minias, P.
    Academic press:
    Journal of Animal Ecology (rok: 2021, tom: 90, strony: brak), Wydawca: British Ecological Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1111/1365-2656.13540 - link to the publication
  5. Colony size affects nestling immune function: a cross-fostering experiment in a colonial waterbird
    Authors:
    Minias, P., Gach, K., Włodarczyk, R., Janiszewski, T.
    Academic press:
    Oecologia (rok: 2019, tom: 190, strony: 333-341), Wydawca: Springer Nature
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1007/s00442-019-04402-3 - link to the publication