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November 2017

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

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 1, 2017

Mechanisms of oat (Avena sativa L.) acclimation to phosphate deficiency

Ewa Żebrowska, Marta Milewska, Iwona Ciereszko

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3989 PubMed 29109915

November 8, 2017

Genome-wide identification and characterization of GRAS transcription factors in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)

Yiling Niu, Tingting Zhao, Xiangyang Xu, Jingfu Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3955 PubMed 29134140

November 2, 2017

Comparative analysis of the microRNA transcriptome between yak and cattle provides insight into high-altitude adaptation

Jiuqiang Guan, Keren Long, Jideng Ma, Jinwei Zhang, Dafang He, Long Jin, Qianzi Tang, Anan Jiang, Xun Wang, Yaodong Hu, Shilin Tian, Zhi Jiang, Mingzhou Li, Xiaolin Luo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3959 PubMed 29109913

November 16, 2017

Antimicrobial consumption on Austrian dairy farms: an observational study of udder disease treatments based on veterinary medication records

Clair L. Firth, Annemarie Käsbohrer, Corina Schleicher, Klemens Fuchs, Christa Egger-Danner, Martin Mayerhofer, Hermann Schobesberger, Josef Köfer, Walter Obritzhauser

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4072 PubMed 29158993

November 27, 2017

Impacts of diarrhea on the immune system, intestinal environment, and expression of PGRPs in New Zealand rabbits

Yang Chen, Bohao Zhao, Yuwei Wu, Shuaishuai Hu, Lin Mu, Cigen Zhu, Yulai Pan, Xinsheng Wu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4100 PubMed 29201570

November 1, 2017

Effects of graded concentrations of supplemental lead on lead concentrations in tissues of pigs and prediction equations for estimating dietary lead intake

Kondreddy Eswar Reddy, Kyu Ree Park, Sung Dae Lee, Ji-Hyock Yoo, Ah Reum Son, Hyun-Jung Lee

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3936 PubMed 29109910

November 13, 2017

Vegetation structure of plantain-based agrosystems determines numerical dominance in community of ground-dwelling ants

Anicet Gbéblonoudo Dassou, Philippe Tixier, Sylvain Dépigny, Dominique Carval