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July 2016

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

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 27, 2016

Further evidence of Chelonid herpesvirus 5 (ChHV5) latency: high levels of ChHV5 DNA detected in clinically healthy marine turtles

14 citations

590 downloads

2,415 views

Alonzo Alfaro-Núñez, Anders Miki Bojesen, Mads F. Bertelsen, Nathan Wales, George H. Balazs, M. Thomas P. Gilbert

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2274 PubMed 27547576

July 20, 2016

Evolutionary relationships within the lamioid tribe Synandreae (Lamiaceae) based on multiple low-copy nuclear loci

2 citations

488 downloads

2,053 views

Tilottama Roy, Nathan S. Catlin, Drake M.G. Garner, Philip D. Cantino, Anne-Cathrine Scheen, Charlotte Lindqvist

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2220 PubMed 27547537

July 20, 2016

DNA barcode data accurately assign higher spider taxa

14 citations

614 downloads

2,612 views

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 19, 2016

Love the one you’re with: replicate viral adaptations converge on the same phenotypic change

5 citations

481 downloads

1,683 views

Craig R. Miller, Anna C. Nagel, LuAnn Scott, Matt Settles, Paul Joyce, Holly A. Wichman

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2227 PubMed 27547540

July 14, 2016

Association between aberrant APC promoter methylation and breast cancer pathogenesis: a meta-analysis of 35 observational studies

6 citations

481 downloads