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November 2015

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Kingman reef

November 10, 2015

Can we measure beauty?

Researchers have shown that an objective computational analysis of photographic images can be used to assess the health of a coral reef. The results have even wider posible application. The authors have also created a website using the techniques developed in this article where you can upload your own image to and get an 'aesthetic' score back.

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November 19, 2015

Phylogenetic analysis of higher-level relationships within Hydroidolina (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) using mitochondrial genome data and insight into their mitochondrial transcription

Ehsan Kayal, Bastian Bentlage, Paulyn Cartwright, Angel A. Yanagihara, Dhugal J. Lindsay, Russell R. Hopcroft, Allen G. Collins

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1403 PubMed 26618080

November 3, 2015

Alpine endemic spiders shed light on the origin and evolution of subterranean species

Stefano Mammola, Marco Isaia, Miquel A. Arnedo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1384 PubMed 26734503

November 3, 2015

Chewed out: an experimental link between food material properties and repetitive loading of the masticatory apparatus in mammals

Matthew J. Ravosa, Jeremiah E. Scott, Kevin R. McAbee, Anna J. Veit, Annika L. Fling

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1345 PubMed 26557436

November 24, 2015

A critical survey of vestigial structures in the postcranial skeletons of extant mammals

Phil Senter, John G. Moch

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1439 PubMed 26623192

November 30, 2015

Variation in the flowering time orthologs BrFLC and BrSOC1 in a natural population of Brassica rapa

Steven J. Franks, Beatriz Perez-Sweeney, Maya Strahl, Anna Nowogrodzki, Jennifer J. Weber, Rebecca Lalchan, Kevin P. Jordan, Amy Litt

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1339 PubMed 26644966

November 10, 2015

Homeotic transformations and number changes in the vertebral column of Triturus newts

Maja Slijepčević, Frietson Galis, Jan W. Arntzen, Ana Ivanović

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1397 PubMed 26587355

November 12, 2015

New craniodental remains of Wakaleo alcootaensis (Diprotodontia: Thylacoleonidae) a carnivorous marsupial from the late Miocene Alcoota Local Fauna of the Northern Territory, Australia

Adam M. Yates

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1408 PubMed 26587359

November 12, 2015

Demographic and genetic factors in the recovery or demise of ex situ populations following a severe bottleneck in fifteen species of Hawaiian tree snails

Melissa R. Price, David Sischo, Mark-Anthony Pascua, Michael G. Hadfield

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1406 PubMed 26587358

November 26, 2015

Adaptive divergence in resistance to herbivores in Datura stramonium

Guillermo Castillo, Pedro L. Valverde, Laura L. Cruz, Johnattan Hernández-Cumplido, Guadalupe Andraca-Gómez, Juan Fornoni, Edson Sandoval-Castellanos, Erika Olmedo-Vicente, César M. Flores-Ortiz, Juan Núñez-Farfán

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1411 PubMed 26644970

November 19, 2015

Variation in partner benefits in a shrimp—sea anemone symbiosis

C. Seabird McKeon, James L. O’Donnell

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1409 PubMed 26618082