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 28, 2016
The phylogenetic relationships of basal archosauromorphs, with an emphasis on the systematics of proterosuchian archosauriforms
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1778 PubMed 27162705
April 21, 2016
Plastome data reveal multiple geographic origins of Quercus Group Ilex
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1897 PubMed 27123376
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 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 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 14, 2016
Natural selection drives chemical resistance of Datura stramonium
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1898 PubMed 27114866
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
Understanding form and function of the stem in early flattened echinoderms (pleurocystitids) using a microstructural approach
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1820 PubMed 27168956
April 5, 2016
Architecture of the sperm whale forehead facilitates ramming combat
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1895 PubMed 27069822
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 5, 2016
Epidemiological dynamics of an urban Dengue 4 outbreak in São Paulo, Brazil
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1892 PubMed 27069820
April 14, 2016
The myogenic electric organ of Sternopygus macrurus: a non-contractile tissue with a skeletal muscle transcriptome
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1828 PubMed 27114860
April 14, 2016
The macroevolution of size and complexity in insect male genitalia
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1882 PubMed 27114865
April 12, 2016
Jaw anatomy of Potamogale velox (Tenrecidae, Afrotheria) with a focus on cranial arteries and the coronoid canal in mammals
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1906 PubMed 27114870
April 11, 2016
Evaluating the adaptive potential of the European eel: is the immunogenetic status recovering?
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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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