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August 2015

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Wild bonobos

August 4, 2015

Flexible vocalizations in wild bonobos show similarities to development of human speech

Researchers have found that wild bonobos are able to vocalize in a similar manner to infant humans. Their findings challenge how we think about the evolution of communication and potentially move the dividing line between humans and other apes.

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August 25, 2015

Composition, taxonomy and functional diversity of the oropharynx microbiome in individuals with schizophrenia and controls

Eduardo Castro-Nallar, Matthew L. Bendall, Marcos Pérez-Losada, Sarven Sabuncyan, Emily G. Severance, Faith B. Dickerson, Jennifer R. Schroeder, Robert H. Yolken, Keith A. Crandall

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1140 PubMed 26336637

August 18, 2015

Evidence-based recommendations on storing and handling specimens for analyses of insect microbiota

Tobin J. Hammer, Jacob C. Dickerson, Noah Fierer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1190 PubMed 26311208

August 25, 2015

Interactions between Drosophila and its natural yeast symbionts—Is Saccharomyces cerevisiae a good model for studying the fly-yeast relationship?

Don Hoang, Artyom Kopp, James Angus Chandler

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1116 PubMed 26336636

August 20, 2015

Response of the rare biosphere to environmental stressors in a highly diverse ecosystem (Zodletone spring, OK, USA)

Suzanne Coveley, Mostafa S. Elshahed, Noha H. Youssef