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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

Vasco Elbrecht, Pierre Taberlet, Tony Dejean, Alice Valentini, Philippe Usseglio-Polatera, Jean-Nicolas Beisel, Eric Coissac, Frederic Boyer, Florian Leese

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

Elena G. Gonzalez, Juan C. Blanco, Fernando Ballesteros, Lourdes Alcaraz, Guillermo Palomero, Ignacio Doadrio

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1928 PubMed 27168963

April 11, 2016

Evaluating the adaptive potential of the European eel: is the immunogenetic status recovering?

Miguel Baltazar-Soares, Seraina E. Bracamonte, Till Bayer, Frédéric J.J. Chain, Reinhold Hanel, Chris Harrod, Christophe Eizaguirre

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1868 PubMed 27077000

April 12, 2016

Fine scale patterns of genetic partitioning in the rediscovered African crocodile, Crocodylus suchus (Saint-Hilaire 1807)

Seth W. Cunningham, Matthew H. Shirley, Evon R. Hekkala