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Modeling blow fly development for postmortem interval (PMI) estimation

Lucilia sericata mouthhooks

March 3, 2015

Modeling blow fly development for postmortem interval (PMI) estimation

Knowing the development behavior of blow flies is important for forensic investigations into the time of death. This study examined the development of Lucilia sericata under different temperature regimes. It is one of the first to elucidate fundamentally important assumptions made by practitioners in the field.

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March 10, 2015

Cell kinetics during regeneration in the sponge Halisarca caerulea: how local is the response to tissue damage?

Brittany E. Alexander, Michelle Achlatis, Ronald Osinga, Harm G. van der Geest, Jack P.M. Cleutjens, Bert Schutte, Jasper M. de Goeij

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.820 PubMed 25780772

March 26, 2015

Effects of preservation methods of muscle tissue from upper-trophic level reef fishes on stable isotope values (δ¹³C and δ¹⁵N)

Christopher D. Stallings, James A. Nelson, Katherine L. Rozar, Charles S. Adams, Kara R. Wall, Theodore S. Switzer, Brent L. Winner, David J. Hollander

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.874 PubMed 25834776

March 31, 2015

Proteomic responses to hypoxia at different temperatures in the great scallop (Pecten maximus)

Sébastien Artigaud, Camille Lacroix, Joëlle Richard, Jonathan Flye-Sainte-Marie, Luca Bargelloni, Vianney Pichereau

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.871 PubMed 25861557

March 24, 2015

Preliminary observations on the mandibles of palaemonoid shrimp (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea: Palaemonoidea)

Christopher W. Ashelby, Sammy De Grave, Magnus L. Johnson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.846 PubMed 25825676

March 31, 2015

The right whale mandatory ship reporting system: a retrospective

Gregory K. Silber, Jeffrey D. Adams, Michael J. Asaro, Timothy V.N. Cole, Katie S. Moore, Leslie I. Ward-Geiger, Barbara J. Zoodsma