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June 2017

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African penguins follow the gaze direction of conspecifics

Experimental setup for gaze testing

June 12, 2017

African penguins follow the gaze direction of conspecifics

Representing some of the first work in this area, the observations made are a starting point for future cross-species comparisons with other members of the penguin family.

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June 20, 2017

The Venice specimen of Ouranosaurus nigeriensis (Dinosauria, Ornithopoda)

Filippo Bertozzo, Fabio Marco Dalla Vecchia, Matteo Fabbri

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3403 PubMed 28649466

June 27, 2017

Europatitan eastwoodi, a new sauropod from the lower Cretaceous of Iberia in the initial radiation of somphospondylans in Laurasia

Fidel Torcida Fernández-Baldor, José Ignacio Canudo, Pedro Huerta, Miguel Moreno-Azanza, Diego Montero

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3409 PubMed 28674644

June 27, 2017

Revision of “Balaena” belgica reveals a new right whale species, the possible ancestry of the northern right whale, Eubalaena glacialis, and the ages of divergence for the living right whale species

Michelangelo Bisconti, Olivier Lambert, Mark Bosselaers

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3464 PubMed 28663936

June 28, 2017

The comparative osteology of Plesiochelys bigleri n. sp., a new coastal marine turtle from the Late Jurassic of Porrentruy (Switzerland)

Christian Püntener, Jérémy Anquetin, Jean-Paul Billon-Bruyat

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3482 PubMed 28674653

June 27, 2017

Penetrance of symbiont-mediated parthenogenesis is driven by reproductive rate in a parasitoid wasp

Amelia R.I. Lindsey, Richard Stouthamer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3505 PubMed 28663939

June 7, 2017

Eocene Loranthaceae pollen pushes back divergence ages for major splits in the family

Friðgeir Grímsson, Paschalia Kapli, Christa-Charlotte Hofmann, Reinhard Zetter, Guido W. Grimm

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3373 PubMed 28607837

June 6, 2017

In silico analysis reveals widespread presence of three gene families, MAPK, MAPKK and MAPKKK, of the MAPK cascade from crop plants of Solanaceae in comparison to the distantly-related syntenic species from Rubiaceae, coffee

Hira Iftikhar, Nayab Naveed, Nasar Virk, Muhammad Faraz Bhatti, Fengming Song

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3255 PubMed 28603666

June 30, 2017

The identification of Oligo-Miocene mammalian palaeocommunities from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, Australia and an appraisal of palaeoecological techniques

Troy J. Myers, Karen H. Black, Michael Archer, Suzanne J. Hand

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3511 PubMed 28674663

June 22, 2017

Two-headed butterfly vs. mantis: do false antennae matter?

Tania G. López-Palafox, Carlos R. Cordero

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3493 PubMed 28652941

June 27, 2017

A new parrot taxon from the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico—its position within genus Amazona based on morphology and molecular phylogeny

Tony Silva, Antonio Guzmán, Adam D. Urantówka, Paweł Mackiewicz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3475 PubMed 28674651

June 6, 2017

New data towards the development of a comprehensive taphonomic framework for the Late Jurassic Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry, Central Utah

Joseph E. Peterson, Jonathan P. Warnock, Shawn L. Eberhart, Steven R. Clawson, Christopher R. Noto

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3368 PubMed 28603668

June 30, 2017

Variation in the pelvic and pectoral girdles of Australian Oligo–Miocene mekosuchine crocodiles with implications for locomotion and habitus

Michael D. Stein, Adam Yates, Suzanne J. Hand, Michael Archer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3501 PubMed 28674657

June 30, 2017

Socioeconomic status influences sex ratios in a Chinese rural population

Liqun Luo, Rui Ding, Xiali Gao, Jingjing Sun, Wei Zhao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3546 PubMed 28674672

June 6, 2017

The nematode homologue of Mediator complex subunit 28, F28F8.5, is a critical regulator of C. elegans development

Markéta Kostrouchová, David Kostrouch, Ahmed A. Chughtai, Filip Kaššák, Jan P. Novotný, Veronika Kostrouchová, Aleš Benda, Michael W. Krause, Vladimír Saudek, Marta Kostrouchová, Zdeněk Kostrouch

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3390 PubMed 28603670

June 12, 2017

No relationship between vertebral column shifts and limb fluctuating asymmetry in human foetuses

Clara M.A. ten Broek, Jessica Bots, Marianna Bugiani, Frietson Galis, Stefan Van Dongen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3359 PubMed 28626605