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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 4, 2018

High expression level of MMP9 is associated with poor prognosis in patients with clear cell renal carcinoma

Haitao Niu, Feng Li, Qingshui Wang, Zhoujie Ye, Qi Chen, Yao Lin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5050 PubMed 30013825

July 19, 2018

A new southern Laramidian ankylosaurid, Akainacephalus johnsoni gen. et sp. nov., from the upper Campanian Kaiparowits Formation of southern Utah, USA

Jelle P. Wiersma, Randall B. Irmis

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5016 PubMed 30065856

July 4, 2018

Phylogeny and divergence times of suckers (Cypriniformes: Catostomidae) inferred from Bayesian total-evidence analyses of molecules, morphology, and fossils

Justin C. Bagley, Richard L. Mayden, Phillip M. Harris

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5168 PubMed 30013838

July 25, 2018

Integrative machine learning analysis of multiple gene expression profiles in cervical cancer

Mei Sze Tan, Siow-Wee Chang, Phaik Leng Cheah, Hwa Jen Yap

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5285 PubMed 30065881

July 19, 2018

The importance of dung beetles and arthropod communities on degradation of cattle dung pats in eastern South Dakota

Jacob R. Pecenka, Jonathan G. Lundgren

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5220 PubMed 30038867

July 17, 2018

Marine cyanolichens from different littoral zones are associated with distinct bacterial communities

Nyree J. West, Delphine Parrot, Claire Fayet, Martin Grube, Sophie Tomasi, Marcelino T. Suzuki

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5208 PubMed 30038864

July 23, 2018

Multiple transgressions and slow evolution shape the phylogeographic pattern of the blind cave-dwelling shrimp Typhlocaris

Tamar Guy-Haim, Noa Simon-Blecher, Amos Frumkin, Israel Naaman, Yair Achituv

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5268 PubMed 30057861

July 6, 2018

Xenoposeidon is the earliest known rebbachisaurid sauropod dinosaur

Michael P. Taylor

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5212 PubMed 30002991

July 26, 2018

Shape and size of the arenas affect amphipod behaviours: implications for ecotoxicology

Shanelle A. Kohler, Matthew O. Parker, Alex T. Ford

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5271 PubMed 30065877

July 16, 2018

Biases during DNA extraction affect characterization of the microbiota associated with larvae of the Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei

Ming Xue, Liyou Wu, Yaoyao He, Huafang Liang, Chongqing Wen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5257 PubMed 30038871

July 31, 2018

The interplay between ovule number, pollination and resources as determinants of seed set in a modular plant

Marina M. Strelin, Marcelo A. Aizen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5384 PubMed 30083472

July 30, 2018

The divergence history of European blue mussel species reconstructed from Approximate Bayesian Computation: the effects of sequencing techniques and sampling strategies

Christelle Fraïsse, Camille Roux, Pierre-Alexandre Gagnaire, Jonathan Romiguier, Nicolas Faivre, John J. Welch, Nicolas Bierne

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5198 PubMed 30083438

July 18, 2018

Habitat use, preference, and utilization distribution of two crane species (Genus: Grus) in Huize National Nature Reserve, Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau, China

Dejun Kong, Weixiong Luo, Qiang Liu, Zhuoqing Li, Guoyue Huan, Jianjun Zhang, Xiaojun Yang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5105 PubMed 30042879

July 13, 2018

Genetic diversity and population structure of the endangered basal angiosperm Brasenia schreberi (Cabombaceae) in China

Zhi-Zhong Li, Andrew W. Gichira, Qing-Feng Wang, Jin-Ming Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5296 PubMed 30013859

July 19, 2018

A novel approach to study the morphology and chemistry of pollen in a phylogenetic context, applied to the halophytic taxon Nitraria L.(Nitrariaceae)

Amber Woutersen, Phillip E. Jardine, Raul Giovanni Bogotá-Angel, Hong-Xiang Zhang, Daniele Silvestro, Alexandre Antonelli, Elena Gogna, Roy H.J. Erkens, William D. Gosling, Guillaume Dupont-Nivet, Carina Hoorn

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5055 PubMed 30038851

July 20, 2018

Time to get our four priorities right: an 8-year prospective investigation of 1326 player-seasons to identify the frequency, nature, and burden of time-loss injuries in elite Gaelic football

Mark Roe, John C. Murphy, Conor Gissane, Catherine Blake

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4895 PubMed 30042873

July 30, 2018

Effect of underwater visual survey methodology on bias and precision of fish counts: a simulation approach

Miguel Pessanha Pais, Henrique N. Cabral

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5378 PubMed 30083471

July 12, 2018

Ecological and molecular characterization of a coral black band disease outbreak in the Red Sea during a bleaching event

Ghaida Hadaidi, Maren Ziegler, Amanda Shore-Maggio, Thor Jensen, Greta Aeby, Christian R. Voolstra