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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 21, 2016

Plastome data reveal multiple geographic origins of Quercus Group Ilex

Marco Cosimo Simeone, Guido W. Grimm, Alessio Papini, Federico Vessella, Simone Cardoni, Enrico Tordoni, Roberta Piredda, Alain Franc, Thomas Denk

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

Quentin Rougemont, Camille Roux, Samuel Neuenschwander, Jérôme Goudet, Sophie Launey, Guillaume Evanno

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1910 PubMed 27077007

April 25, 2016

Elevational variation in body-temperature response to immune challenge in a lizard

Francisco Javier Zamora-Camacho, Senda Reguera, Gregorio Moreno-Rueda

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1972 PubMed 27168981

April 14, 2016

Natural selection drives chemical resistance of Datura stramonium

Adán Miranda-Pérez, Guillermo Castillo, Johnattan Hernández-Cumplido, Pedro L. Valverde, María Borbolla, Laura L. Cruz, Rosalinda Tapia-López, Juan Fornoni, César M. Flores-Ortiz, Juan Núñez-Farfán

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1898 PubMed 27114866

April 7, 2016

Unique haplotypes of cacao trees as revealed by trnH-psbA chloroplast DNA

Nidia Gutiérrez-López, Isidro Ovando-Medina, Miguel Salvador-Figueroa, Francisco Molina-Freaner, Carlos H. Avendaño-Arrazate, Alfredo Vázquez-Ovando

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

Eric J. Fuchs, Allan Meneses Martínez, Amanda Calvo, Melania Muñoz, Griselda Arrieta-Espinoza

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

Przemysław Gorzelak, Samuel Zamora