May 2019

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DNA analysis to determine the identity of plant material from the digestive tracts of katydids

Four species of Phaneropterine katydids from Barro Colorado Island

May 3, 2019

DNA analysis to determine the identity of plant material from the digestive tracts of katydids

Researchers adapted a laboratory protocol for extracting and sequencing plant material from gut contents and applied it to Neotropical forest katydids (bush crickets).

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May 28, 2019
The biogeography of Elaphe sauromates (Pallas, 1814), with a description of a new rat snake species
5 citations
910 downloads
5,599 views
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biodiversity
biogeography
evolutionary-studies
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6944 PubMed 31179175
May 17, 2019
A new balaenopterid whale from the late Miocene of the Southern North Sea Basin and the evolution of balaenopterid diversity (Cetacea, Mysticeti)
8 citations
774 downloads
3,771 views
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evolutionary-studies
marine-biology
paleontology
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6915 PubMed 31149399
May 10, 2019
Species delimitation of the Dermacentor ticks based on phylogenetic clustering and niche modeling
8 citations
771 downloads
1,639 views
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taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6911 PubMed 31123639
May 13, 2019
The highly toxic and cryptogenic clinging jellyfish Gonionemus sp. (Hydrozoa, Limnomedusae) on the Swedish west coast
3 citations
732 downloads
2,742 views
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biodiversity
biogeography
marine-biology
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6883 PubMed 31139502
May 22, 2019
The braincase of Mesosuchus browni (Reptilia, Archosauromorpha) with information on the inner ear and description of a pneumatic sinus
6 citations
713 downloads
2,093 views
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evolutionary-studies
paleontology
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6798 PubMed 31198620
May 15, 2019
Foot pressure distribution in White Rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum) during walking
3 citations
639 downloads
1,271 views
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animal-behavior
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6881 PubMed 31143533
May 31, 2019
Climatic niche comparison across a cryptic species complex
4 citations
605 downloads
1,723 views
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biodiversity
ecology
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7042 PubMed 31183260
May 9, 2019
Intermittent reproduction, mortality patterns and lifetime breeding frequency of females in a population of the adder (Vipera berus)
4 citations
589 downloads
1,398 views
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ecology
zoology
population-biology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6912 PubMed 31119090
May 8, 2019
Effect of isolation on coat colour polymorphism of Polynesian rats in Island Southeast Asia and the Pacific
2 citations
546 downloads
1,851 views
biogeography
ecology
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6894 PubMed 31119086
May 20, 2019
Lateralization (handedness) in Magellanic penguins
5 citations
498 downloads
1,759 views
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animal-behavior
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6936 PubMed 31149402
May 15, 2019
Cosmetic colouring by Bearded Vultures Gypaetus barbatus: still no evidence for an antibacterial function
1 citation
450 downloads
1,213 views
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ecology
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6783 PubMed 31143529
May 27, 2019
On the presence of Dipturus nidarosiensis (Storm, 1881) in the Central Mediterranean area
4 citations
430 downloads
1,081 views
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biodiversity
genetics
marine-biology
zoology
biological-oceanography
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7009 PubMed 31179191
May 2, 2019
Characterization of the mitochondrial genome of Analcellicampa xanthosoma gen. et sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)
3 citations
395 downloads
1,089 views
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entomology
evolutionary-studies
genomics
molecular-biology
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6866 PubMed 31106070
May 8, 2019
Changes in precipitation may alter food preference in an ecosystem engineer, the black land crab, Gecarcinus ruricola
1 citation
380 downloads
1,067 views
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animal-behavior
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6818 PubMed 31119071
May 2, 2019
Two new species of parasitic copepods from the genera Nothobomolochus and Unicolax (Cyclopoida: Bomolochidae) from Australian waters
374 downloads
1,416 views
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biodiversity
marine-biology
parasitology
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6858 PubMed 31114718
May 29, 2019
Genetic diversity and phylogenetic analyses of 11 cohorts of captive rhesus macaques from Chinese zoos
338 downloads
1,449 views
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genetics
zoology
population-biology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6957 PubMed 31179176
May 21, 2019
Genetic variability and structure of the Olive Field Mouse: a sigmodontine rodent in a biodiversity hotspot of southern Chile
1 citation
310 downloads
1,644 views
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ecology
evolutionary-studies
genetics
zoology
population-biology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6955 PubMed 31149405
May 16, 2019
Biochemical changes throughout early- and middle-stages of embryogenesis in lobsters (Homarus americanus) under different thermal regimes
1 citation
265 downloads
994 views
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aquaculture-fisheries-and-fish-science
biochemistry
developmental-biology
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6952 PubMed 31143555
DNA analysis to determine the identity of plant material from the digestive tracts of katydids

Four species of Phaneropterine katydids from Barro Colorado Island

May 3, 2019

DNA analysis to determine the identity of plant material from the digestive tracts of katydids

Researchers adapted a laboratory protocol for extracting and sequencing plant material from gut contents and applied it to Neotropical forest katydids (bush crickets).

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