Elske Schut
University of Sheffield
7 Papers
68 Citations
Elske Schut is an academic researcher from University of Sheffield. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cyanistes & Sperm. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 7 publications.
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Unhatched eggs: methods for discriminating between infertility and early embryo mortality
TL;DR: Methods to distinguish between infertility (due to insufficient sperm) and early embryo mortality in passerine eggs using the Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata as a model are described and adapted for use on eggs from a wild species, the Tree Sparrow Passer montanus.
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Parthenogenesis in a passerine bird, the Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata
TL;DR: The occurrence of parthenogenetic development in the Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata is reported, which has not been previously reported in any passerine birds.
Characterization of MHC-I in the blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) reveals low levels of genetic diversity and trans-population evolution across European populations
Elske Schut,Juan Rivero-de Aguilar,Santiago Merino,Michael J. L. Magrath,Jan Komdeur,Helena Westerdahl +5 more
TL;DR: This study is the first to characterize MHC class I (MHC-I) in blue tits and finds a significant evidence for balancing selection in the peptide-binding region in the diverse allele group only, and no separation according to geographic location was found in the phylogeny of alleles.
Reduced extrapair paternity in response to experimental stimulation of earlier incubation onset in blue tits
Oscar Vedder,Michael J. L. Magrath,Michael J. L. Magrath,Anna M. F. Harts,Elske Schut,Marco van der Velde,Jan Komdeur +6 more
TL;DR: These findings may represent the best experimental evidence for female-mediated effects on the timing of EPCs and suggest how EPP may be integrated within the regulatory mechanism of avian reproduction.
Volume of the Cloacal Protuberance as an Indication of Reproductive State in Male Blue Tits Cyanistes caeruleus
TL;DR: It is shown in captive Blue Tits Cyanistes caeruleus that CP volume is increased in males in a reproductively active state when compared to the same males in an reproducectively inactive state, however, there was some overlap in CP volume when comparing the values in reproduCTively active and non-active states.
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