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How predator behavior affects the morphology of snail shells

A predated shell

April 1, 2014

How predator behavior affects the morphology of snail shells

Predator–prey interactions are among the main ecological interactions that shape the diversity of biological form. In many cases, the evolution of the mollusc shell form is presumably driven by predation, however, the adaptive significance of several shell traits of land snails are still poorly known. Therefore, researchers investigated possible anti-predation functions of the unusual Plectostoma shell traits through a series of experiments, involving Atopos slugs -

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April 3, 2014
Honey bee sting pain index by body location
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.338 PubMed 24765572
April 1, 2014
The large-scale blast score ratio (LS-BSR) pipeline: a method to rapidly compare genetic content between bacterial genomes
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.332 PubMed 24749011
April 15, 2014
Re-examining the relationship between invasive lionfish and native grouper in the Caribbean
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.348 PubMed 24765582
April 1, 2014
Association between shell morphology of micro-land snails (genus Plectostoma) and their predator’s predatory behaviour
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.329 PubMed 24749008
April 8, 2014
Bone microstructure and the evolution of growth patterns in Permo-Triassic therocephalians (Amniota, Therapsida) of South Africa
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.325 PubMed 24765566
April 8, 2014
Can resistant coral-Symbiodinium associations enable coral communities to survive climate change? A study of a site exposed to long-term hot water input
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.327 PubMed 24765567
April 17, 2014
The spectacular human nose: an amplifier of individual quality?
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.357 PubMed 24765588
April 8, 2014
In situ effects of simulated overfishing and eutrophication on settlement of benthic coral reef invertebrates in the Central Red Sea
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.339 PubMed 24765573
April 22, 2014
Oppositional defiant- and conduct disorder-like problems: neurodevelopmental predictors and genetic background in boys and girls, in a nationwide twin study
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.359 PubMed 24795851
April 17, 2014
The evolutionary history and diagnostic utility of the CRISPR-Cas system within Salmonella enterica ssp. enterica
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.340 PubMed 24765574
April 3, 2014
Leishmania amazonensis promastigotes in 3D Collagen I culture: an in vitro physiological environment for the study of extracellular matrix and host cell interactions
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.317 PubMed 24765565
April 24, 2014
Microbial communities respond to experimental warming, but site matters
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.358 PubMed 24795850
April 10, 2014
TMEM65 is a mitochondrial inner-membrane protein
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.349 PubMed 24765583
April 22, 2014
Does more sequence data improve estimates of galliform phylogeny? Analyses of a rapid radiation using a complete data matrix
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.361 PubMed 24795852
April 22, 2014
A probabilistic analysis reveals fundamental limitations with the environmental impact quotient and similar systems for rating pesticide risks
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.364 PubMed 24795854
April 22, 2014
The perception of shape from shading in a new light
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.363 PubMed 24795853
April 17, 2014
Culture of equine fibroblast-like synoviocytes on synthetic tissue scaffolds towards meniscal tissue engineering: a preliminary cell-seeding study
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.353 PubMed 24765587
April 17, 2014
Can head louse repellents really work? Field studies of piperonal 2% spray
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.351 PubMed 24765585
April 8, 2014
A cross-ocean comparison of responses to settlement cues in reef-building corals
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.333 PubMed 24765568
April 1, 2014
Predicting changes in language skills between 2 and 3 years in the EDEN mother–child cohort
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.335 PubMed 24749012
April 22, 2014
A new direction for prenatal chromosome microarray testing: software-targeting for detection of clinically significant chromosome imbalance without equivocal findings
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.354 PubMed 24795849
April 10, 2014
Fluvial transport potential of shed and root-bearing dinosaur teeth from the late Jurassic Morrison Formation
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.347 PubMed 24765581
April 10, 2014
The challenge of evaluating pain and a pre-incisional local anesthetic block
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.341 PubMed 24765575
April 8, 2014
Evaluation of granular anaerobic ammonium oxidation process for the disposal of pre-treated swine manure
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.336 PubMed 24765570
April 10, 2014
Castration modulates singing patterns and electrophysiological properties of RA projection neurons in adult male zebra finches
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.352 PubMed 24765586
How predator behavior affects the morphology of snail shells

A predated shell

April 1, 2014

How predator behavior affects the morphology of snail shells

Predator–prey interactions are among the main ecological interactions that shape the diversity of biological form. In many cases, the evolution of the mollusc shell form is presumably driven by predation, however, the adaptive significance of several shell traits of land snails are still poorly known. Therefore, researchers investigated possible anti-predation functions of the unusual Plectostoma shell traits through a series of experiments, involving Atopos slugs -

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