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Behavioral flexibility in an invasive bird is independent of other
behaviors

Great-tailed grackle

July 12, 2016

Behavioral flexibility in an invasive bird is independent of other behaviors

Researchers investigated whether 'reversal learning' performance was linked to other behaviors in great-tailed grackles. The results provide potential insights into why this invasive species has been able to succeed.

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July 19, 2016

fluff: exploratory analysis and visualization of high-throughput sequencing data

Georgios Georgiou, Simon J. van Heeringen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2209 PubMed 27547532

July 19, 2016

Gall-ID: tools for genotyping gall-causing phytopathogenic bacteria

Edward W. Davis II, Alexandra J. Weisberg, Javier F. Tabima, Niklaus J. Grunwald, Jeff H. Chang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2222 PubMed 27547538

July 20, 2016

DNA barcode data accurately assign higher spider taxa

Jonathan A. Coddington, Ingi Agnarsson, Ren-Chung Cheng, Klemen Čandek, Amy Driskell, Holger Frick, Matjaž Gregorič, Rok Kostanjšek, Christian Kropf, Matthew Kweskin, Tjaša Lokovšek, Miha Pipan, Nina Vidergar, Matjaž Kuntner

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2201 PubMed 27547527

July 21, 2016

Computer-assisted initial diagnosis of rare diseases

Rui Alves, Marc Piñol, Jordi Vilaplana, Ivan Teixidó, Joaquim Cruz, Jorge Comas, Ester Vilaprinyo, Albert Sorribas, Francesc Solsona

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2211 PubMed 27547534

July 19, 2016

Transcriptome analysis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 grown at both body and elevated temperatures

Kok-Gan Chan, Kumutha Priya, Chien-Yi Chang, Ahmad Yamin Abdul Rahman, Kok Keng Tee, Wai-Fong Yin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2223 PubMed 27547539

July 19, 2016

Effects of 16S rDNA sampling on estimates of the number of endosymbiont lineages in sucking lice

Julie M. Allen, J. Gordon Burleigh, Jessica E. Light, David L. Reed