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May 2016

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Systematics of stalked jellyfishes

Coronal muscle

May 5, 2016

Systematics of stalked jellyfishes

In this study, researchers demonstrate a novel view of the evolutionary history of stalked jellyfish, an understudied but important cnidarian clade.

May 4, 2016

Leopard (Panthera pardus) status, distribution, and the research efforts across its range

Andrew P. Jacobson, Peter Gerngross, Joseph R. Lemeris Jr., Rebecca F. Schoonover, Corey Anco, Christine Breitenmoser-Würsten, Sarah M. Durant, Mohammad S. Farhadinia, Philipp Henschel, Jan F. Kamler, Alice Laguardia, Susana Rostro-García, Andrew B. Stein, Luke Dollar

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1974 PubMed 27168983

May 26, 2016

Similarities between decapod and insect neuropeptidomes

Jan A. Veenstra

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2043 PubMed 27257538

May 26, 2016

Postcranial anatomy of Pissarrachampsa sera (Crocodyliformes, Baurusuchidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil: insights on lifestyle and phylogenetic significance

Pedro L. Godoy, Mario Bronzati, Estevan Eltink, Júlio C. de A. Marsola, Giovanne M. Cidade, Max C. Langer, Felipe C. Montefeltro

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2075 PubMed 27257551

May 5, 2016

Systematics of stalked jellyfishes (Cnidaria: Staurozoa)

Lucília S. Miranda, Yayoi M. Hirano, Claudia E. Mills, Audrey Falconer, David Fenwick, Antonio C. Marques, Allen G. Collins

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1951 PubMed 27168970

May 3, 2016

Behavioral flexibility and problem solving in an invasive bird

Corina J. Logan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1975 PubMed 27168984

May 31, 2016

Are mountain habitats becoming more suitable for generalist than cold-adapted lizards thermoregulation?

Zaida Ortega, Abraham Mencía, Valentín Pérez-Mellado

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2085 PubMed 27280076

May 11, 2016

A review and phylogeny of Scarabaeine dung beetle fossils (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae), with the description of two Canthochilum species from Dominican amber

Sergei Tarasov, Fernando Z. Vaz-de-Mello, Frank-Thorsten Krell, Dimitar Dimitrov

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1988 PubMed 27547512

May 2, 2016

Bone indicators of grasping hands in lizards

Gabriela Fontanarrosa, Virginia Abdala

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1978 PubMed 27168987

May 5, 2016

Integrative taxonomy of Metrichia Ross (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae: Ochrotrichiinae) microcaddisflies from Brazil: descriptions of twenty new species

Allan P.M. Santos, Daniela M. Takiya, Jorge L. Nessimian

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2009 PubMed 27169001

May 24, 2016

Ecological implications of metabolic compensation at low temperatures in salamanders

Alessandro Catenazzi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2072 PubMed 27257549

May 10, 2016

Advertisement call and genetic structure conservatism: good news for an endangered Neotropical frog

Lucas R. Forti, William P. Costa, Lucas B. Martins, Carlos H. L. Nunes-de-Almeida, Luís Felipe Toledo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2014 PubMed 27190717

May 5, 2016

A low dose of an organophosphate insecticide causes dysbiosis and sex-dependent responses in the intestinal microbiota of the Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)

Eduardo Crisol-Martínez, Laura T. Moreno-Moyano, Ngare Wilkinson, Tanka Prasai, Philip H. Brown, Robert J. Moore, Dragana Stanley

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2002 PubMed 27168998

May 24, 2016

Sperm removal during copulation confirmed in the oldest extant damselfly, Hemiphlebia mirabilis

Adolfo Cordero-Rivera

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2077 PubMed 27257552

May 17, 2016

Investigating body patterning in aquarium-raised flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi)

Amber Thomas, Christy MacDonald

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2035 PubMed 27231657

May 2, 2016

Genetic diversity of the Hungarian Gidran horse in two mitochondrial DNA markers

Nikolett Sziszkosz, Sándor Mihók, András Jávor, Szilvia Kusza

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1894 PubMed 27168959

May 18, 2016

Foraging loads of red wood ants: Formica aquilonia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in relation to tree characteristics and stand age

Heloise Gibb, Jon Andersson, Therese Johansson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2049 PubMed 27231664

May 2, 2016

Shallow water heterobranch sea slugs (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from the Región de Atacama, northern Chile

Juan Francisco Araya, Ángel Valdés

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1963 PubMed 27168975

May 24, 2016

De novo assembly and characterization of the Chinese three-keeled pond turtle (Mauremys reevesii) transcriptome: presence of longevity-related genes

Huazong Yin, Liuwang Nie, Feifei Zhao, Huaxing Zhou, Haifeng Li, Xianmei Dong, Huanhuan Zhang, Yuqin Wang, Qiong Shi, Jun Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2062 PubMed 27257545

May 17, 2016

Microsatellite loci discovery from next-generation sequencing data and loci characterization in the epizoic barnacle Chelonibia testudinaria (Linnaeus, 1758)

Christine Ewers-Saucedo, John D. Zardus, John P. Wares

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2019 PubMed 27231653

May 17, 2016

Phylogenetics and population genetics of Plotosus canius (Siluriformes: Plotosidae) from Malaysian coastal waters

Nima Khalili Samani, Yuzine Esa, S.M. Nurul Amin, Natrah Fatin Mohd Ikhsan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1930 PubMed 27231645

May 25, 2016

Forest birds respond to the spatial pattern of exurban development in the Mid-Atlantic region, USA

Marcela Suarez-Rubio, Todd R. Lookingbill

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2039 PubMed 27257537

May 11, 2016

Morphometric variation of extant platyrrhine molars: taxonomic implications for fossil platyrrhines

Mónica Nova Delgado, Jordi Galbany, Alejandro Pérez-Pérez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1967 PubMed 27190704

May 2, 2016

Sexing a sex-role-reversed species based on plumage: potential challenges in the red phalarope

Marie-Andrée Giroux, Delphine Ditlecadet, Luc J. Martin, Richard B. Lanctot, Nicolas Lecomte

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1989 PubMed 27168992

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