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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 19, 2016

Changes to coral health and metabolic activity under oxygen deprivation

James W.A. Murphy, Robert H. Richmond

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1956 PubMed 27114888

April 25, 2016

Nutrient uplift in a cyclonic eddy increases diversity, primary productivity and iron demand of microbial communities relative to a western boundary current

Martina A. Doblin, Katherina Petrou, Sutinee Sinutok, Justin R. Seymour, Lauren F. Messer, Mark V. Brown, Louiza Norman, Jason D. Everett, Allison S. McInnes, Peter J. Ralph, Peter A. Thompson, Christel S. Hassler

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1973 PubMed 27168982

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

April 18, 2016

Structure and stability of recombinant bovine odorant-binding protein: III. Peculiarities of the wild type bOBP unfolding in crowded milieu

Olga V. Stepanenko, Denis O. Roginskii, Olesya V. Stepanenko, Irina M. Kuznetsova, Vladimir N. Uversky, Konstantin K. Turoverov

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1642 PubMed 27114858

April 18, 2016

Structure and stability of recombinant bovine odorant-binding protein: I. Design and analysis of monomeric mutants

Olga V. Stepanenko, Denis O. Roginskii, Olesya V. Stepanenko, Irina M. Kuznetsova, Vladimir N. Uversky, Konstantin K. Turoverov