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How boxer crabs acquire their anemones

Lybia leptochelis

January 31, 2017

How boxer crabs acquire their anemones

Researchers observed that Lybia boxer crabs engage in fights where they steal sea anemones from one another, after which each crab splits their sea anemone into two identical clones.

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February 28, 2017
Spatial distribution of environmental DNA in a nearshore marine habitat
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3044 PubMed 28265513
February 9, 2017
Phylogenetic factorization of compositional data yields lineage-level associations in microbiome datasets
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2969 PubMed 28289558
February 16, 2017
Compacting and correcting Trinity and Oases RNA-Seq de novo assemblies
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2988 PubMed 28224052
February 28, 2017
Neogene paleogeography provides context for understanding the origin and spatial distribution of cryptic diversity in a widespread Balkan freshwater amphipod
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3016 PubMed 28265503
February 23, 2017
Tartrazine induces structural and functional aberrations and genotoxic effects in vivo
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3041 PubMed 28243541
February 15, 2017
Opportunities drive the global distribution of protected areas
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2989 PubMed 28229022
February 2, 2017
Geography shapes the phylogeny of frailejones (Espeletiinae Cuatrec., Asteraceae): a remarkable example of recent rapid radiation in sky islands
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2968 PubMed 28168124
February 2, 2017
Demographic, ecological, and physiological responses of ringed seals to an abrupt decline in sea ice availability
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2957 PubMed 28168119
February 28, 2017
FUCHS—towards full circular RNA characterization using RNAseq
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2934 PubMed 28265491
February 14, 2017
Modafinil decreases anxiety-like behaviour in zebrafish
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2994 PubMed 28229024
February 9, 2017
Acoustic monitoring indicates a correlation between calling and spawning in captive spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus)
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2944 PubMed 28289557
February 21, 2017
Seven new species of Night Frogs (Anura, Nyctibatrachidae) from the Western Ghats Biodiversity Hotspot of India, with remarkably high diversity of diminutive forms
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3007 PubMed 28243532
February 28, 2017
Construction patterns of birds’ nests provide insight into nest-building behaviours
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3010 PubMed 28265501
February 28, 2017
Transcriptome analysis of Polygonum minus reveals candidate genes involved in important secondary metabolic pathways of phenylpropanoids and flavonoids
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2938 PubMed 28265493
February 28, 2017
How conserved are the conserved 16S-rRNA regions?
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3036 PubMed 28265511
February 14, 2017
­Genomic data mining of the marine actinobacteria Streptomyces sp. H-KF8 unveils insights into multi-stress related genes and metabolic pathways involved in antimicrobial synthesis
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2912 PubMed 28229018
February 23, 2017
Effects of shepherds and dogs on livestock depredation by leopards (Panthera pardus) in north-eastern Iran
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3049 PubMed 28243544
February 9, 2017
Comparison of 3D laser-based photonic scans and manual anthropometric measurements of body size and shape in a validation study of 123 young Swiss men
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2980 PubMed 28289559
February 7, 2017
Off the scale: a new species of fish-scale gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Geckolepis) with exceptionally large scales
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2955 PubMed 28194313
February 15, 2017
Risk analysis of colorectal cancer incidence by gene expression analysis
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3003 PubMed 28229027
February 8, 2017
Candidate genes that have facilitated freshwater adaptation by palaemonid prawns in the genus Macrobrachium: identification and expression validation in a model species (M. koombooloomba)
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2977 PubMed 28194319
February 21, 2017
On Prophoca and Leptophoca (Pinnipedia, Phocidae) from the Miocene of the North Atlantic realm: redescription, phylogenetic affinities and paleobiogeographic implications
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3024 PubMed 28243538
February 1, 2017
Untargeted metabolomics approach for unraveling robust biomarkers of nutritional status in fasted gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata)
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2920 PubMed 28168106
February 28, 2017
Facilitating permeability of landscapes impacted by roads for protected amphibians: patterns of movement for the great crested newt
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2922 PubMed 28265490
February 23, 2017
Eotaria citrica, sp. nov., a new stem otariid from the “Topanga” formation of Southern California
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3022 PubMed 28243536
How boxer crabs acquire their anemones

Lybia leptochelis

January 31, 2017

How boxer crabs acquire their anemones

Researchers observed that Lybia boxer crabs engage in fights where they steal sea anemones from one another, after which each crab splits their sea anemone into two identical clones.

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