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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 25, 2016
Ectopic expression of Jatropha curcas APETALA1 (JcAP1) caused early flowering in Arabidopsis, but not in Jatropha
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1969 PubMed 27168978
April 21, 2016
Factors that influence the beta-diversity of spider communities in northwestern Argentinean Grasslands
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1946 PubMed 27123380
April 19, 2016
Histopathologic evaluation of postmortem autolytic changes in bluegill (Lepomis macrohirus) and crappie (Pomoxis anularis) at varied time intervals and storage temperatures
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1943 PubMed 27114885
April 7, 2016
Reconstructing the demographic history of divergence between European river and brook lampreys using approximate Bayesian computations
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1910 PubMed 27077007
April 18, 2016
How does agonistic behaviour differ in albino and pigmented fish?
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1937 PubMed 27114883
April 28, 2016
Bacteria associated with human saliva are major microbial components of Ecuadorian indigenous beers (chicha)
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1962 PubMed 27168974
April 19, 2016
Genome sequencing and analysis of the first complete genome of Lactobacillus kunkeei strain MP2, an Apis mellifera gut isolate
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1950 PubMed 27114887
April 19, 2016
Autumn ichthyoplankton assemblage in the Yangtze Estuary shaped by environmental factors
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1922 PubMed 27114877
April 25, 2016
Elevational variation in body-temperature response to immune challenge in a lizard
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1972 PubMed 27168981
April 11, 2016
Autophagy downregulation contributes to insulin resistance mediated injury in insulin receptor knockout podocytes in vitro
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1888 PubMed 27077005
April 4, 2016
Effects of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 (PARP-1) inhibition on sulfur mustard-induced cutaneous injuries in vitro and in vivo
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1890 PubMed 27077006
April 4, 2016
Praziquantel degradation in marine aquarium water
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1857 PubMed 27069797
April 18, 2016
Does cognitive flexibility predict treatment gains in Internet-delivered psychological treatment of social anxiety disorder, depression, or tinnitus?
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1934 PubMed 27114881
April 21, 2016
Growth and physiological responses of submerged plant Vallisneria natans to water column ammonia nitrogen and sediment copper
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1953 PubMed 27123381
April 21, 2016
A comparison of species composition and community assemblage of secondary forests between the birch and pine-oak belts in the mid-altitude zone of the Qinling Mountains, China
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1900 PubMed 27123377
April 12, 2016
Fine scale patterns of genetic partitioning in the rediscovered African crocodile, Crocodylus suchus (Saint-Hilaire 1807)
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1901 PubMed 27114867
April 11, 2016
FOVEA: a new program to standardize the measurement of foveal pit morphology
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1785 PubMed 27076997
April 18, 2016
Old maids have more appeal: effects of age and pheromone source on mate attraction in an orb-web spider
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1877 PubMed 27114864
April 14, 2016
Natural selection drives chemical resistance of Datura stramonium
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1898 PubMed 27114866
April 25, 2016
Diversity improves performance in excitable networks
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1912 PubMed 27168961
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)
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1863 PubMed 27114862
April 4, 2016
Blink and you’ll miss it: the role of blinking in the perception of magic tricks
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1873 PubMed 27069808
April 7, 2016
Unique haplotypes of cacao trees as revealed by trnH-psbA chloroplast DNA
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1855 PubMed 27076998
April 7, 2016
Genetic diversity in Oryza glumaepatula wild rice populations in Costa Rica and possible gene flow from O. sativa
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1875 PubMed 27077002
April 25, 2016
PKC in motorneurons underlies self-learning, a form of motor learning in Drosophila
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1971 PubMed 27168980
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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