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November 20, 2020

The cranial morphology of Tanystropheus hydroides (Tanystropheidae, Archosauromorpha) as revealed by synchrotron microtomography

Stephan N.F. Spiekman, James M. Neenan, Nicholas C. Fraser, Vincent Fernandez, Olivier Rieppel, Stefania Nosotti, Torsten M. Scheyer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10299 PubMed 33240633

November 5, 2020

Trait differences among discrete morphs of a color polymorphic lizard, Podarcis erhardii

Kinsey M. Brock, Simon Baeckens, Colin M. Donihue, José Martín, Panayiotis Pafilis, Danielle L. Edwards

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10284 PubMed 33194436

November 19, 2020

Wing morphological responses to latitude and colonisation in a range expanding butterfly

Evelyn D. Taylor-Cox, Callum J. Macgregor, Amy Corthine, Jane K. Hill, Jenny A. Hodgson, Ilik J. Saccheri

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10352 PubMed 33240660

November 27, 2020

Adaptive evolution at mRNA editing sites in soft-bodied cephalopods

Mikhail Moldovan, Zoe Chervontseva, Georgii Bazykin, Mikhail S. Gelfand

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10456 PubMed 33312772

November 27, 2020

Molecular phylogeny and species delimitation of the freshwater prawn Macrobrachium pilimanus species group, with descriptions of three new species from Thailand

Warut Siriwut, Ekgachai Jeratthitikul, Somsak Panha, Ratmanee Chanabun, Chirasak Sutcharit

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10137 PubMed 33312765

November 11, 2020

The complete mitochondrial genome of Gyps coprotheres (Aves, Accipitridae, Accipitriformes): phylogenetic analysis of mitogenome among raptors

Emmanuel Oluwasegun Adawaren, Morne Du Plessis, Essa Suleman, Duodane Kindler, Almero O. Oosthuizen, Lillian Mukandiwa, Vinny Naidoo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10034 PubMed 33240589

November 24, 2020

The Italian record of the Cretaceous shark, Ptychodus latissimus Agassiz, 1835 (Chondrichthyes; Elasmobranchii)

Manuel Amadori, Jacopo Amalfitano, Luca Giusberti, Eliana Fornaciari, Giorgio Carnevale, Juergen Kriwet

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10167 PubMed 33282548

November 12, 2020

High-quality genome assembly of Metaphire vulgaris

Feng Jin, Zhaoli Zhou, Qi Guo, Zhenwen Liang, Ruoyu Yang, Jibao Jiang, Yanlin He, Qi Zhao, Qiang Zhao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10313 PubMed 33240640

November 4, 2020

Geographic variation in the skull morphology of the lesser grison (Galictis cuja: Carnivora, Mustelidae) from two Brazilian ecoregions

Raissa Prior Migliorini, Rodrigo Fornel, Carlos Benhur Kasper

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9388 PubMed 33194321

November 12, 2020

Effects of diet and gizzard muscularity on grit use in domestic chickens

Ryuji Takasaki, Yoshitsugu Kobayashi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10277 PubMed 33240626

November 12, 2020

A new species of the large-headed coastal marine turtle Solnhofia (Testudinata, Thalassochelydia) from the Late Jurassic of NW Switzerland

Jérémy Anquetin, Christian Püntener

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9931 PubMed 33240584

November 25, 2020

Evolutionary analysis of chloroplast tRNA of Gymnosperm revealed the novel structural variation and evolutionary aspect

Ting-Ting Zhang, Yi-Kun Hou, Ting Yang, Shu-Ya Zhang, Ming Yue, Jianni Liu, Zhonghu Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10312 PubMed 33304650

November 18, 2020

Phylogenetic relationships and taxonomic position of genus Hyperacrius (Rodentia: Arvicolinae) from Kashmir based on evidences from analysis of mitochondrial genome and study of skull morphology

Natalia I. Abramson, Fedor N. Golenishchev, Semen Yu. Bodrov, Olga V. Bondareva, Evgeny A. Genelt-Yanovskiy, Tatyana V. Petrova

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10364 PubMed 33240667

November 26, 2020

Evolutionary dynamics and geographic dispersal of beta coronaviruses in African bats

Babatunde O. Motayo, Olukunle Oluwapamilerin Oluwasemowo, Paul A. Akinduti

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10434 PubMed 33304657

November 30, 2020

Effects of food type and abundance on begging and sharing in Asian small-clawed otters (Aonyx cinereus)

Madison Bowden-Parry, Erik Postma, Neeltje J. Boogert

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10369 PubMed 33335807

November 16, 2020

The easternmost occurrence of Mammut pacificus (Proboscidea: Mammutidae), based on a partial skull from eastern Montana, USA

Andrew T. McDonald, Amy L. Atwater, Alton C. Dooley Jr, Charlotte J.H. Hohman

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10030 PubMed 33240588

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