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Architecture of the sperm whale forehead facilitates ramming combat

Sperm whale head

April 5, 2016

Architecture of the sperm whale forehead facilitates ramming combat

A new study addresses a controversial hypothesis regarding the potential ramming function of the sperm whale’s head, something which was instrumental in inspiring Herman Melville to write the novel Moby Dick.

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April 26, 2016

NADPH-dependent thioredoxin reductase C plays a role in nonhost disease resistance against Pseudomonas syringae pathogens by regulating chloroplast-generated reactive oxygen species

Yasuhiro Ishiga, Takako Ishiga, Yoko Ikeda, Takakazu Matsuura, Kirankumar S. Mysore

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1938 PubMed 27168965

April 19, 2016

Genome sequencing and analysis of the first complete genome of Lactobacillus kunkeei strain MP2, an Apis mellifera gut isolate

Freddy Asenjo, Alejandro Olmos, Patricia Henríquez-Piskulich, Victor Polanco, Patricia Aldea, Juan A. Ugalde, Annette N. Trombert

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1950 PubMed 27114887

April 7, 2016

Genetic diversity in Oryza glumaepatula wild rice populations in Costa Rica and possible gene flow from O. sativa

Eric J. Fuchs, Allan Meneses Martínez, Amanda Calvo, Melania Muñoz, Griselda Arrieta-Espinoza

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1875 PubMed 27077002

April 18, 2016

The suitability of biotypes Q and B of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) at different nymphal instars as hosts for Encarsia formosa Gahan (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae)

Xin Liu, Youjun Zhang, Wen Xie, Qingjun Wu, Shaoli Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1863 PubMed 27114862

April 25, 2016

Development of a stem taper equation and modelling the effect of stand density on taper for Chinese fir plantations in Southern China

Aiguo Duan, Sensen Zhang, Xiongqing Zhang, Jianguo Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1929 PubMed 27168964

April 26, 2016

Crystal structure of the 3C protease from Southern African Territories type 2 foot-and-mouth disease virus

Jingjie Yang, Eoin N. Leen, Francois F. Maree, Stephen Curry

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1964 PubMed 27168976

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Architecture of the sperm whale forehead facilitates ramming combat

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Architecture of the sperm whale forehead facilitates ramming combat

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