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March 2017

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Na+/K+-ATPase

March 14, 2017

Computer modelling the conformers of the ATP binding loop of Na+/K+-ATPase

In this article, researchers have provided the first report on the existence of three conformers of the big cytoplasmic loop binding ATP.

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March 7, 2017

True’s beaked whale (Mesoplodon mirus) in Macaronesia

Natacha Aguilar de Soto, Vidal Martín, Monica Silva, Roland Edler, Cristel Reyes, Manuel Carrillo, Agustina Schiavi, Talia Morales, Belen García-Ovide, Anna Sanchez-Mora, Nerea Garcia-Tavero, Lisa Steiner, Michael Scheer, Roland Gockel, Dylan Walker, Enrico Villa, Petra Szlama, Ida K. Eriksson, Marisa Tejedor, Monica Perez-Gil, João Quaresma, Wojtek Bachara, Emma Carroll

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3059 PubMed 28286714

March 21, 2017

Evolution of the patellar sesamoid bone in mammals

Mark E. Samuels, Sophie Regnault, John R. Hutchinson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3103 PubMed 28344905

March 2, 2017

Survey of owner motivations and veterinary input of owners feeding diets containing raw animal products

Stewart K. Morgan, Susan Willis, Megan L. Shepherd

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3031 PubMed 28265510

March 23, 2017

Neogene amphibians and reptiles (Caudata, Anura, Gekkota, Lacertilia, and Testudines) from the south of Western Siberia, Russia, and Northeastern Kazakhstan

Davit Vasilyan, Vladimir S. Zazhigin, Madelaine Böhme

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3025 PubMed 28348925

March 7, 2017

A new Mourasuchus (Alligatoroidea, Caimaninae) from the late Miocene of Venezuela, the phylogeny of Caimaninae and considerations on the feeding habits of Mourasuchus

Giovanne M. Cidade, Andrés Solórzano, Ascanio Daniel Rincón, Douglas Riff, Annie Schmaltz Hsiou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3056 PubMed 28286712

March 2, 2017

Asymmetry of mandibular dentition is associated with dietary specialization in snail-eating snakes

Masaki Hoso

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3011 PubMed 28265502

March 23, 2017

Climate change promotes hybridisation between deeply divergent species

Daniele Canestrelli, Roberta Bisconti, Andrea Chiocchio, Luigi Maiorano, Mauro Zampiglia, Giuseppe Nascetti

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3072 PubMed 28348926

March 14, 2017

The Neotropical land snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) collected by the ‘Comisión Científica del Pacífico’

Abraham S.H. Breure, Rafael Araujo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3065 PubMed 28316885

March 9, 2017

Human head orientation and eye visibility as indicators of attention for goats (Capra hircus)

Christian Nawroth, Alan G. McElligott

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3073 PubMed 28289568

March 1, 2017

Specimen-level phylogenetics in paleontology using the Fossilized Birth-Death model with sampled ancestors

Andrea Cau

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3055 PubMed 28265519

March 1, 2017

Indomethacin reproducibly induces metamorphosis in Cassiopea xamachana scyphistomae

Patricia Cabrales-Arellano, Tania Islas-Flores, Patricia E. Thomé, Marco A. Villanueva

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2979 PubMed 28265497

March 21, 2017

Testing of microsatellite multiplexes for individual identification of Cape Parrots (Poicephalus robustus): paternity testing and monitoring trade

Willem G. Coetzer, Colleen T. Downs, Mike R. Perrin, Sandi Willows-Munro

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2900 PubMed 28344897

March 15, 2017

Three-dimensional visualisation of the internal anatomy of the sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) forelimb using contrast-enhanced micro-computed tomography

Fernanda Bribiesca-Contreras, William I. Sellers

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3039 PubMed 28316884

March 28, 2017

A functional approach to the body condition assessment of lactating donkeys as a tool for welfare evaluation

Emanuela Valle, Federica Raspa, Marzia Giribaldi, Raffaella Barbero, Stefania Bergagna, Sara Antoniazzi, Amy K. Mc Lean, Michela Minero, Laura Cavallarin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3001 PubMed 28367363

March 7, 2017

Molecular phylogenies confirm the presence of two cryptic Hemimycale species in the Mediterranean and reveal the polyphyly of the genera Crella and Hemimycale (Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida)

Maria J. Uriz, Leire Garate, Gemma Agell

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2958 PubMed 28286707

March 7, 2017

Evolution of sexual dimorphism and Rensch’s rule in the beetle genus Limnebius (Hydraenidae): is sexual selection opportunistic?

Andrey Rudoy, Ignacio Ribera

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3060 PubMed 28286715

March 22, 2017

Curvature reduces bending strains in the quokka femur

Kyle McCabe, Keith Henderson, Jess Pantinople, Hazel L. Richards, Nick Milne