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July 2018

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Investigating parental care behaviour in same-sex pairing of zoo greater flamingo

Greater flamingos at Kutch

July 18, 2018

Investigating parental care behaviour in same-sex pairing of zoo greater flamingo

Same-sex pair bonding is an understudied area of research interest. In an early, small sample study, researchers have observed similar behavior in female-female parenting as with heterosexual pairs in the zoo greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus). These early results could be illuminating with regard to the evolution of flamingo social behavior, same-sex pair bonds, and why pair bonds form in general. Image credit: Dhaval Vargiya, CC SA 4.0.

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July 19, 2018

Ultrastructural alterations in the retinal pigment epithelium and photoreceptors of a Stargardt patient and three Stargardt mouse models: indication for the central role of RPE melanin in oxidative stress

Tatjana Taubitz, Alexander V. Tschulakow, Marina Tikhonovich, Barbara Illing, Yuan Fang, Antje Biesemeier, Sylvie Julien-Schraermeyer, Ulrich Schraermeyer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5215 PubMed 30038866

July 11, 2018

Digging the compromise: investigating the link between limb bone histology and fossoriality in the aardvark (Orycteropus afer)

Lucas J. Legendre, Jennifer Botha-Brink

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5216 PubMed 30018860

July 11, 2018

3D skeletal muscle fascicle engineering is improved with TGF-β1 treatment of myogenic cells and their co-culture with myofibroblasts

Jessica Krieger, Byung-Wook Park, Christopher R. Lambert, Christopher Malcuit

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4939 PubMed 30018850

July 2, 2018

Novel inflammatory cell infiltration scoring system to investigate healthy and footrot affected ovine interdigital skin

Michael Agbaje, Catrin S. Rutland, Grazieli Maboni, Adam Blanchard, Melissa Bexon, Ceri Stewart, Michael A. Jones, Sabine Totemeyer