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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 3, 2018

An online survey of personal mosquito-repellent strategies

Emily Lucille Moore, Mary Alice Scott, Stacy Deadra Rodriguez, Soumi Mitra, Julia Vulcan, Joel Javierla Cordova, Hae-Na Chung, Debora Linhares Lino de Souza, Kristina Kay Gonzales, Immo Alex Hansen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5151 PubMed 30002979

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 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 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 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 25, 2018

Detecting malingering mental illness in forensics: Known-Group Comparison and Simulation Design with MMPI-2, SIMS and NIM

Barbara De Marchi, Giulia Balboni

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5259 PubMed 30065872

July 31, 2018

Identification of exosome-like nanoparticle-derived microRNAs from 11 edible fruits and vegetables

Juan Xiao, Siyuan Feng, Xun Wang, Keren Long, Yi Luo, Yuhao Wang, Jideng Ma, Qianzi Tang, Long Jin, Xuewei Li, Mingzhou Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5186 PubMed 30083436

July 24, 2018

Satellite tracking of juvenile whale sharks in the Sulu and Bohol Seas, Philippines

Gonzalo Araujo, Christoph A. Rohner, Jessica Labaja, Segundo J. Conales, Sally J. Snow, Ryan Murray, Simon J. Pierce, Alessandro Ponzo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5231 PubMed 30065862

July 6, 2018

Xenoposeidon is the earliest known rebbachisaurid sauropod dinosaur

Michael P. Taylor

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

July 5, 2018

Who bears the cost of forest conservation?

Mahesh Poudyal, Julia P.G. Jones, O. Sarobidy Rakotonarivo, Neal Hockley, James M. Gibbons, Rina Mandimbiniaina, Alexandra Rasoamanana, Nilsen S. Andrianantenaina, Bruno S. Ramamonjisoa

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5106 PubMed 30002962

July 3, 2018

New insights into chasmosaurine (Dinosauria: Ceratopsidae) skulls from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) of Alberta, and an update on the distribution of accessory frill fenestrae in Chasmosaurinae

James A. Campbell, Michael J. Ryan, Claudia J. Schröder-Adams, David C. Evans, Robert B. Holmes

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5194 PubMed 30002987

July 25, 2018

Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica): an analysis of capacity to cause structural damage (compared to other plants) and typical rhizome extension

Mark Fennell, Max Wade, Karen L. Bacon

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5246 PubMed 30065865

July 24, 2018

The real Bigfoot: a pes from Wyoming, USA is the largest sauropod pes ever reported and the northern-most occurrence of brachiosaurids in the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation

Anthony Maltese, Emanuel Tschopp, Femke Holwerda, David Burnham

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5250 PubMed 30065867

July 20, 2018

Shark and ray diversity in the Tropical America (Neotropics)—an examination of environmental and historical factors affecting diversity

Jorge Domingo Carrillo-Briceño, Juan D. Carrillo, Orangel Antonio Aguilera, Marcelo R. Sanchez-Villagra

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5313 PubMed 30042900

July 5, 2018

The largest European theropod dinosaurs: remains of a gigantic megalosaurid and giant theropod tracks from the Kimmeridgian of Asturias, Spain

Oliver W.M. Rauhut, Laura Piñuela, Diego Castanera, José-Carlos García-Ramos, Irene Sánchez Cela

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4963 PubMed 30002951

July 31, 2018

Detection and benchmarking of somatic mutations in cancer genomes using RNA-seq data

Alexandre Coudray, Anna M. Battenhouse, Philipp Bucher, Vishwanath R. Iyer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5362 PubMed 30083469

July 9, 2018

A Pan-Amazonian species delimitation: high species diversity within the genus Amazophrynella (Anura: Bufonidae)

Rommel R. Rojas, Antoine Fouquet, Santiago R. Ron, Emil José Hernández-Ruz, Paulo R. Melo-Sampaio, Juan C. Chaparro, Richard C. Vogt, Vinicius Tadeu de Carvalho, Leandra Cardoso Pinheiro, Robson W. Avila, Izeni Pires Farias, Marcelo Gordo, Tomas Hrbek

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4941 PubMed 30013824

July 19, 2018

Conspicuously concealed: revision of the arid clade of the Gehyra variegata (Gekkonidae) group in Western Australia using an integrative molecular and morphological approach, with the description of five cryptic species

Luke Kealley, Paul Doughty, Mitzy Pepper, J. Scott Keogh, Mia Hillyer, Joel Huey

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5334 PubMed 30038877

July 31, 2018

Effect of a specific composition of short- and medium-chain fatty acid 1-Monoglycerides on growth performances and gut microbiota of gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata)

Simona Rimoldi, Emi Gliozheni, Chiara Ascione, Elisabetta Gini, Genciana Terova

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5355 PubMed 30083467

July 2, 2018

Identification of hub genes and potential molecular mechanisms in gastric cancer by integrated bioinformatics analysis

Ling Cao, Yan Chen, Miao Zhang, De-quan Xu, Yan Liu, Tonglin Liu, Shi-xin Liu, Ping Wang