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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 27, 2018

Assessment of antioxidant properties of membrane ultrafiltration peptides from mungbean meal protein hydrolysates

Chanikan Sonklin, Natta Laohakunjit, Orapin Kerdchoechuen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5337 PubMed 30065890

July 27, 2018

Bovine milk derived skimmed milk powder and whey protein concentrate modulates Citrobacter rodentium shedding in the mouse intestinal tract

Julie Cakebread, Alison Hodgkinson, Olivia Wallace, Megan Callaghan, Daralyn Hurford, Robert Wieliczko, Paul Harris, Brendan Haigh

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5359 PubMed 30065896

July 26, 2018

Climate-induced phenological shift of apple trees has diverse effects on pollinators, herbivores and natural enemies

Ádám Kőrösi, Viktor Markó, Anikó Kovács-Hostyánszki, László Somay, Ákos Varga, Zoltán Elek, Virginie Boreux, Alexandra-Maria Klein, Rita Földesi, András Báldi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5269 PubMed 30065875

July 25, 2018

Longevity and survival of Leptocybe invasa (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), an invasive gall inducer on Eucalyptus, with different diets and temperatures

Amanda Rodrigues De Souza, Leonardo Rodrigues Barbosa, José Raimundo de Souza Passos, Bárbara Monteiro de Castro e Castro, José Cola Zanuncio, Carlos Frederico Wilcken

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5265 PubMed 30065874

July 24, 2018

Effect of Burkholderia tropica and Herbaspirillum frisingense strains on sorghum growth is plant genotype dependent

Thiago R. Schlemper, Maurício R. Dimitrov, Federico A.O. Silva Gutierrez, Johannes A. van Veen, Adriana P.D. Silveira, Eiko E. Kuramae

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5346 PubMed 30065892

July 24, 2018

Particulate matter collection by honey bees (Apis mellifera, L.) near to a cement factory in Italy

Marco Pellecchia, Ilaria Negri

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5322 PubMed 30065888

July 23, 2018

Mitochondrial genomes organization in alloplasmic lines of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) with various types of cytoplasmic male sterility

Maksim S. Makarenko, Igor V. Kornienko, Kirill V. Azarin, Alexander V. Usatov, Maria D. Logacheva, Nicolay V. Markin, Vera A. Gavrilova

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5266 PubMed 30057860

July 19, 2018

Effects of supplemental lighting with different light qualities on growth and secondary metabolite content of Anoectochilus roxburghii

Wei Wang, Minghua Su, Huihua Li, Biyu Zeng, Qiang Chang, Zhongxiong Lai

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5274 PubMed 30038873

July 19, 2018

Phylogenomic relationship and evolutionary insights of sweet potato viruses from the western highlands of Kenya

James M. Wainaina, Elijah Ateka, Timothy Makori, Monica A. Kehoe, Laura M. Boykin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5254 PubMed 30038869

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 18, 2018

Mechanical/thermal sensitivity and superficial temperature in the stump of long-term tail-docked dairy cows

Renata J. Troncoso, Daniel E. Herzberg, Constanza S. Meneses, Heine Y. Müller, Marianne P. Werner, Hedie Bustamante

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5213 PubMed 30042886

July 12, 2018

Cloning, purification and characterization of trehalose-6-phosphate synthase from Pleurotus tuoliensis

Xiangli Wu, Zhihao Hou, Chenyang Huang, Qiang Chen, Wei Gao, Jinxia Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5230 PubMed 30013854

July 11, 2018

Genetic flow among olive populations within the Mediterranean basin

Valentina di Rienzo, Sara Sion, Francesca Taranto, Nunzio D’Agostino, Cinzia Montemurro, Valentina Fanelli, Wilma Sabetta, Saliha Boucheffa, Abderezak Tamendjari, Antonella Pasqualone, Marion Zammit-Mangion, Monica Marilena Miazzi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5260 PubMed 30018865

July 10, 2018

Identification and expression analysis of EDR1-like genes in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) in response to Golovinomyces orontii

Lei Wu, Xiaoying Zhang, Bingxin Xu, Yueyue Li, Ling Jia, Rengang Wang, Xueliang Ren, Genhong Wang, Qingyou Xia

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5244 PubMed 30018863

July 6, 2018

Genetic analysis of water loss of excised leaves associated with drought tolerance in wheat

Ilona Mieczysława Czyczyło-Mysza, Izabela Marcińska, Edyta Skrzypek, Jan Bocianowski, Kinga Dziurka, Dragana Rančić, Radenko Radošević, Sofija Pekić-Quarrie, Dejan Dodig, Stephen Alexander Quarrie

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5063 PubMed 30002956

July 5, 2018

Motor self-regulation in goats (Capra aegagrus hircus) in a detour-reaching task

Jan Langbein

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5139 PubMed 30002972

July 5, 2018

Influence of elevated CO₂ on development and food utilization of armyworm Mythimna separata fed on transgenic Bt maize infected by nitrogen-fixing bacteria

Zhuo Li, Megha N. Parajulee, Fajun Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5138 PubMed 30002971

July 4, 2018

Back to beaked: Zea mays subsp. mays Rostrata Group in northern Italy, refugia and revival of open-pollinated maize landraces in an intensive cropping system

Nicola Maria Giuseppe Ardenghi, Graziano Rossi, Filippo Guzzon