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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 20, 2018

Green synthesis of nanoparticles with extracellular and intracellular extracts of basidiomycetes

Elena Vetchinkina, Ekaterina Loshchinina, Maria Kupryashina, Andrey Burov, Timofey Pylaev, Valentina Nikitina

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5237 PubMed 30042892

July 12, 2018

Minimizing confounders and increasing data quality in murine models for studies of the gut microbiome

Jun Miyoshi, Vanessa Leone, Kentaro Nobutani, Mark W. Musch, Kristina Martinez-Guryn, Yunwei Wang, Sawako Miyoshi, Alexandria M. Bobe, A. Murat Eren, Eugene B. Chang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5166 PubMed 30013837

July 27, 2018

Analysis of the light intensity dependence of the growth of Synechocystis and of the light distribution in a photobioreactor energized by 635 nm light

Alessandro Cordara, Angela Re, Cristina Pagliano, Pascal Van Alphen, Raffaele Pirone, Guido Saracco, Filipe Branco dos Santos, Klaas Hellingwerf, Nicolò Vasile

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5256 PubMed 30065870

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 3, 2018

High expression of SLC26A6 in the kidney may contribute to renal calcification via an SLC26A6-dependent mechanism

Hongyang Jiang, Gaurab Pokhrel, Yinwei Chen, Tao Wang, Chunping Yin, Jihong Liu, Shaogang Wang, Zhuo Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5192 PubMed 30002986

July 18, 2018

Microarray gene expression profiling in colorectal (HCT116) and hepatocellular (HepG2) carcinoma cell lines treated with Melicope ptelefolia leaf extract reveals transcriptome profiles exhibiting anticancer activity

Mohammad Faujul Kabir, Johari Mohd Ali, Onn Haji Hashim