April 2016

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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
Testing the potential of a ribosomal 16S marker for DNA metabarcoding of insects
71 citations
1,772 downloads
6,891 views
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biodiversity
conservation-biology
genetics
molecular-biology
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1966 PubMed 27114891
April 28, 2016
Genetic and demographic recovery of an isolated population of brown bear Ursus arctos L., 1758
25 citations
990 downloads
3,941 views
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conservation-biology
ecology
genetics
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1928 PubMed 27168963
April 18, 2016
Phylogenetic species delimitation for crayfishes of the genus Pacifastacus
21 citations
1,380 downloads
3,817 views
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aquaculture-fisheries-and-fish-science
biodiversity
conservation-biology
marine-biology
taxonomy
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1915 PubMed 27114875
April 12, 2016
Fine scale patterns of genetic partitioning in the rediscovered African crocodile, Crocodylus suchus (Saint-Hilaire 1807)
12 citations
765 downloads
3,113 views
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biodiversity
conservation-biology
evolutionary-studies
genetics
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1901 PubMed 27114867
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
6 citations
1,070 downloads
3,780 views
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biodiversity
biogeography
conservation-biology
ecology
plant-science
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1900 PubMed 27123377
April 26, 2016
Potential spawn induction and suppression agents in Caribbean Acropora cervicornis corals of the Florida Keys
2 citations
424 downloads
1,759 views
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conservation-biology
ecology
environmental-sciences
marine-biology
natural-resource-management
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1982 PubMed 27168990
April 11, 2016
Evaluating the adaptive potential of the European eel: is the immunogenetic status recovering?
1 citation
608 downloads
3,221 views
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conservation-biology
evolutionary-studies
genetics
marine-biology
molecular-biology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1868 PubMed 27077000
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.

- read article

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