August 2017

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Use of necrophagous insects as evidence of cadaver relocation: myth or reality?

Dermestid beetles and flies on a skeletonized human skull

August 1, 2017

Use of necrophagous insects as evidence of cadaver relocation: myth or reality?

Researchers conducted an extensive review to determine whether (and under which conditions) insects can be used as evidence to tell if a body has been moved.

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August 30, 2017
The jaw is a second-class lever in Pedetes capensis (Rodentia: Pedetidae)
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3741 PubMed 28875081
August 30, 2017
Genes of the major histocompatibility complex highlight interactions of the innate and adaptive immune system
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3679 PubMed 28875066
August 29, 2017
Relying on known or exploring for new? Movement patterns and reproductive resource use in a tadpole-transporting frog
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3745 PubMed 28875083
August 29, 2017
Validation and description of two new north-western Australian Rainbow skinks with multispecies coalescent methods and morphology
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3724 PubMed 28875076
August 24, 2017
Characterization of the Polish Primitive Horse (Konik) maternal lines using mitochondrial D-loop sequence variation
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3714 PubMed 28852595
August 22, 2017
A Miocene breeding ground of an extinct baleen whale (Cetacea: Mysticeti)
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3711 PubMed 28848691
August 22, 2017
The complete mitochondrial genome of the grooved carpet shell, Ruditapes decussatus (Bivalvia, Veneridae)
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3692 PubMed 28848689
August 22, 2017
A demographic history of a population of howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata) living in a fragmented landscape in Mexico
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3547 PubMed 28848687
August 21, 2017
Assessing the utility of urinary and fecal cortisol as an indicator of stress in golden snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana)
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3648 PubMed 28852589
August 18, 2017
Inadequate thermal refuge constrains landscape habitability for a grassland bird species
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3709 PubMed 28828282
August 18, 2017
Genomic evidence of bitter taste in snakes and phylogenetic analysis of bitter taste receptor genes in reptiles
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3708 PubMed 28828281
August 17, 2017
Energetics and evasion dynamics of large predators and prey: pumas vs. hounds
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3701 PubMed 28828280
August 17, 2017
Diversity, abundance, and host relationships of avian malaria and related haemosporidians in New Mexico pine forests
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3700 PubMed 28828279
August 17, 2017
Diversity of compounds in femoral secretions of Galápagos iguanas (genera: Amblyrhynchus and Conolophus), and their potential role in sexual communication in lek-mating marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus)
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3689 PubMed 28828277
August 17, 2017
Late Pleistocene songbirds of Liang Bua (Flores, Indonesia); the first fossil passerine fauna described from Wallacea
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3676 PubMed 28828271
August 17, 2017
RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) of lymph node, spleen, and thymus transcriptome from wild Peninsular Malaysian cynomolgus macaque (Macaca fascicularis)
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3566 PubMed 28828235
August 16, 2017
Shoreline oiling effects and recovery of salt marsh macroinvertebrates from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3680 PubMed 28828273
August 16, 2017
Changes in zooplankton community, and seston and zooplankton fatty acid profiles at the freshwater/saltwater interface of the Chowan River, North Carolina
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3667 PubMed 28828262
August 15, 2017
RNA expression and disease tolerance are associated with a “keystone mutation” in the ochre sea star Pisaster ochraceus
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3696 PubMed 28828278
August 15, 2017
Beyond the carapace: skull shape variation and morphological systematics of long-nosed armadillos (genus Dasypus)
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3650 PubMed 28828252
August 15, 2017
The hidden anatomy of paranasal sinuses reveals biogeographically distinct morphotypes in the nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus)
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3593 PubMed 28828240
August 14, 2017
Presence of the tunicate Asterocarpa humilis on ship hulls and aquaculture facilities in the coast of the Biobío Region, south central Chile
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3672 PubMed 28828267
August 14, 2017
The effects of captive versus wild rearing environments on long bone articular surfaces in common chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3668 PubMed 28828263
August 10, 2017
Littorally adaptive? Testing the link between habitat, morphology, and reproduction in the intertidal sculpin subfamily Oligocottinae (Pisces: Cottoidea)
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3634 PubMed 28828246
August 8, 2017
Taxonomic analysis of Paraguayan samples of Homonota fasciata Duméril & Bibron (1836) with the revalidation of Homonota horrida Burmeister (1861) (Reptilia: Squamata: Phyllodactylidae) and the description of a new species
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https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3523 PubMed 28828231
Use of necrophagous insects as evidence of cadaver relocation: myth or reality?

Dermestid beetles and flies on a skeletonized human skull

August 1, 2017

Use of necrophagous insects as evidence of cadaver relocation: myth or reality?

Researchers conducted an extensive review to determine whether (and under which conditions) insects can be used as evidence to tell if a body has been moved.

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