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Male sex pheromone components affect female choice

Figure 1: Heliconius melpomene wings showing androconial dimorphism.

November 7, 2017

Male sex pheromone components affect female choice

Researchers combined morphological, chemical & behavioural analyses of male pheromones in the Neotropical butterfly Heliconius Melpomene to investigate how they affect female mate choice.

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November 22, 2017

Assessment of brain functional connectome alternations and correlation with depression and anxiety in major depressive disorders

Vincent Chin-Hung Chen, Chao-Yu Shen, Sophie Hsin-Yi Liang, Zhen-Hui Li, Ming-Hong Hsieh, Yeu-Sheng Tyan, Mong-Liang Lu, Yena Lee, Roger S. McIntyre, Jun-Cheng Weng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3147 PubMed 29181274

November 8, 2017

EEG sensorimotor rhythms’ variation and functional connectivity measures during motor imagery: linear relations and classification approaches

Carlos A. Stefano Filho, Romis Attux, Gabriela Castellano

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3983 PubMed 29134143

November 13, 2017

Assessing Mongolian gerbil emotional behavior: effects of two shock intensities and response-independent shocks during an extended inhibitory-avoidance task

Camilo Hurtado-Parrado, Camilo González-León, Mónica A. Arias-Higuera, Angelo Cardona, Lucia G. Medina, Laura García-Muñoz, Christian Sánchez, Julián Cifuentes, Juan Carlos Forigua, Andrea Ortiz, Cesar A. Acevedo-Triana, Javier L. Rico

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4009 PubMed 29152417

November 27, 2017

The zebrafish as a model system for analyzing mammalian and native α-crystallin promoter function

Mason Posner, Kelly L. Murray, Matthew S. McDonald, Hayden Eighinger, Brandon Andrew, Amy Drossman, Zachary Haley, Justin Nussbaum, Larry L. David, Kirsten J. Lampi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4093 PubMed 29201567

November 16, 2017

Adult zebra finches rehearse highly variable song patterns during sleep

Brent K. Young, Gabriel B. Mindlin, Ezequiel Arneodo, Franz Goller

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4052 PubMed 29158983

November 30, 2017

Hermit crab response to a visual threat is sensitive to looming cues

Talya Shragai, Xiaoge Ping, Cameron Arakaki, Dennis Garlick, Daniel T. Blumstein, Aaron P. Blaisdell

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4058 PubMed 29204320

November 29, 2017

Transcriptomic profiling of mTOR and ryanodine receptor signaling molecules in developing zebrafish in the absence and presence of PCB 95

Daniel F. Frank, Galen W. Miller, Richard E. Connon, Juergen Geist, Pamela J. Lein