Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Male Eupalaestrus weijenberghi

September 26, 2019

Kinematics of male tarantula locomotion

This work described and analyzed gait patterns and parameters of Eupalaestrus weijenberghi to investigate the mechanics of their locomotion and the mechanisms by which they conserve energy while traversing different inclinations and surfaces.

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October 29, 2019

Global marine biodiversity in the context of achieving the Aichi Targets: ways forward and addressing data gaps

Hanieh Saeedi, James Davis Reimer, Miriam I. Brandt, Philippe-Olivier Dumais, Anna Maria Jażdżewska, Nicholas W. Jeffery, Peter M. Thielen, Mark John Costello

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7221 PubMed 31681508

October 22, 2019

Identification of an ancestral haplotype in the mitochondrial phylogeny of the ovine haplogroup B

Paolo Mereu, Monica Pirastru, Mario Barbato, Valentina Satta, Eleftherios Hadjisterkotis, Laura Manca, Salvatore Naitana, Giovanni G. Leoni

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7895 PubMed 31660272

October 11, 2019

A new frog of the Leptodactylus fuscus species group (Anura: Leptodactylidae), endemic from the South American Gran Chaco

Rosio G. Schneider, Dario E. Cardozo, Francisco Brusquetti, Francisco Kolenc, Claudio Borteiro, Célio Haddad, Nestor G. Basso, Diego Baldo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7869 PubMed 31616603

October 17, 2019

A novel form of wasp mimicry in a new species of praying mantis from the Amazon rainforest, Vespamantoida wherleyi gen. nov. sp. nov. (Mantodea, Mantoididae)

Gavin J. Svenson, Henrique M. Rodrigues