April 2020

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April 14, 2020
Clinical applicability of the Feline Grimace Scale: real-time versus image scoring and the influence of sedation and surgery
4 citations
631 downloads
5,206 views
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veterinary-medicine
zoology
anesthesiology-and-pain-management
science-and-medical-education
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8967 PubMed 32322445
April 21, 2020
Additions to the phylogeny of colubrine snakes in Southwestern Asia, with description of a new genus and species (Serpentes: Colubridae: Colubrinae)
533 downloads
2,067 views
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biodiversity
evolutionary-studies
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9016 PubMed 32341904
April 24, 2020
A scoping review of determinants of performance in dressage
1 citation
482 downloads
2,984 views
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veterinary-medicine
zoology
anatomy-and-physiology
kinesiology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9022 PubMed 32355578
April 7, 2020
Rock sponges (lithistid Demospongiae) of the Northeast Atlantic seamounts, with description of ten new species
1 citation
453 downloads
1,551 views
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biodiversity
biogeography
marine-biology
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8703 PubMed 32292645
April 6, 2020
First de novo whole genome sequencing and assembly of the bar-headed goose
382 downloads
1,405 views
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genomics
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8914 PubMed 32292659
April 17, 2020
Reproductive behavior drives female space use in a sedentary Neotropical frog
1 citation
364 downloads
1,640 views
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animal-behavior
ecology
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8920 PubMed 32337103
April 27, 2020
A new species of Cenopalpus Pritchard & Baker (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) from Japan, with ontogeny of chaetotaxy and a key to the world species
350 downloads
999 views
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agricultural-science
entomology
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9081 PubMed 32391209
April 8, 2020
Functional histology of the skin in the subterranean African giant mole-rat: thermal windows are determined solely by pelage characteristics
1 citation
330 downloads
997 views
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zoology
histology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8883 PubMed 32296606
April 28, 2020
Two species of Thoracostomopsidae (Nematoda: Enoplida) from Jeju Island, South Korea
328 downloads
572 views
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aquaculture-fisheries-and-fish-science
biodiversity
marine-biology
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9037 PubMed 32377453
April 14, 2020
Characterization of the mitochondrial genomes of two toads, Anaxyrus americanus (Anura: Bufonidae) and Bufotes pewzowi (Anura: Bufonidae), with phylogenetic and selection pressure analyses
292 downloads
736 views
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evolutionary-studies
genomics
molecular-biology
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8901 PubMed 32328346
April 23, 2020
“Candidatus Trichorickettsia mobilis”, a Rickettsiales bacterium, can be transiently transferred from the unicellular eukaryote Paramecium to the planarian Dugesia japonica
5 citations
286 downloads
910 views
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microbiology
molecular-biology
taxonomy
zoology
infectious-diseases
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8977 PubMed 32351785
April 7, 2020
A real-time PCR assay to accurately quantify polar bear DNA in fecal extracts
283 downloads
1,095 views
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biochemistry
evolutionary-studies
genetics
molecular-biology
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8884 PubMed 32292653
April 15, 2020
Transcriptome for the breast muscle of Jinghai yellow chicken at early growth stages
2 citations
263 downloads
847 views
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food-science-and-technology
genetics
molecular-biology
veterinary-medicine
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8950 PubMed 32328350
April 28, 2020
Size matters: micro-evolution in Polynesian rats highlights body size changes as initial stage in evolution
240 downloads
827 views
biogeography
evolutionary-studies
mathematical-biology
zoology
anatomy-and-physiology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9076 PubMed 32377457
April 28, 2020
First transcriptome analysis of bryozoan Fredericella sultana, the primary host of myxozoan parasite Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae
4 citations
230 downloads
735 views
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aquaculture-fisheries-and-fish-science
molecular-biology
zoology
freshwater-biology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9027 PubMed 32377451
April 13, 2020
Intraspecific variation in the cochleae of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) and its implications for comparative studies across odontocetes
1 citation
229 downloads
1,258 views
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evolutionary-studies
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8916 PubMed 32322439
April 23, 2020
Monitoring body condition score of reintroduced banteng (Bos javanicus D’Alton, 1923) into Salakphra Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand
1 citation
224 downloads
1,188 views
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conservation-biology
ecology
zoology
natural-resource-management
forestry
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9041 PubMed 32351790
April 8, 2020
Choosing what is left: the spatial structure of a wild herbivore population within a livestock-dominated landscape
1 citation
223 downloads
993 views
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conservation-biology
ecology
zoology
population-biology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8945 PubMed 32296614
April 29, 2020
Molecular clocks, biogeography and species diversity in Herichthys with evaluation of the role of Punta del Morro as a vicariant brake along the Mexican Transition Zone in the context of local and global time frame of cichlid diversification
219 downloads
788 views
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biodiversity
biogeography
zoology
freshwater-biology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8818 PubMed 32391194
April 30, 2020
Migratory behaviour and survival of Great Egrets after range expansion in Central Europe
211 downloads
1,257 views
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animal-behavior
biogeography
ecology
zoology
population-biology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9002 PubMed 32391202
April 10, 2020
Evolution of switchable aposematism: insights from individual-based simulations
200 downloads
685 views
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animal-behavior
computational-biology
ecology
evolutionary-studies
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8915 PubMed 32309047
April 15, 2020
Invasive crayfish does not influence spawning microhabitat selection of brown frogs
199 downloads
1,362 views
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conservation-biology
ecology
zoology
freshwater-biology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8985 PubMed 32328354
April 28, 2020
Impact of Phellinus gilvus mycelia on growth, immunity and fecal microbiota in weaned piglets
187 downloads
544 views
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agricultural-science
biotechnology
microbiology
veterinary-medicine
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9067 PubMed 32377455
April 8, 2020
Establishment of brown anoles (Anolis sagrei) across a southern California county and potential interactions with a native lizard species
2 citations
186 downloads
1,144 views
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conservation-biology
ecology
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8937 PubMed 32296613
April 24, 2020
Yearling proportion correlates with habitat structure in a boreal forest landbird community
178 downloads
826 views
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ecology
zoology
population-biology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8898 PubMed 32355574

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