Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

December 17, 2020

Evolution of Wolbachia mutualism and reproductive parasitism: insight from two novel strains that co-infect cat fleas

Timothy P. Driscoll, Victoria I. Verhoeve, Cassia Brockway, Darin L. Shrewsberry, Mariah Plumer, Spiridon E. Sevdalis, John F. Beckmann, Laura M. Krueger, Kevin R. Macaluso, Abdu F. Azad, Joseph J. Gillespie

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10646 PubMed 33362982

December 4, 2020

The phylogeny and systematics of Xiphosura

James C. Lamsdell

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10431 PubMed 33335810

December 22, 2020

Supraspecific units in correlative niche modeling improves the prediction of geographic potential of biological invasions

Sandra Castaño-Quintero, Jazmín Escobar-Luján, Luis Osorio-Olvera, A Townsend Peterson, Xavier Chiappa-Carrara, Enrique Martínez-Meyer, Carlos Yañez-Arenas

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10454 PubMed 33391868

December 9, 2020

Effect of dietary oil from Camelina sativa on the growth performance, fillet fatty acid profile and gut microbiome of gilthead Sea bream (Sparus aurata)

David Huyben, Simona Rimoldi, Chiara Ceccotti, Daniel Montero, Monica Betancor, Federica Iannini, Genciana Terova

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10430 PubMed 33354421

December 21, 2020

Australia’s prehistoric ‘swamp king’: revision of the Plio-Pleistocene crocodylian genus Pallimnarchus de Vis, 1886

Jorgo Ristevski, Adam M. Yates, Gilbert J. Price, Ralph E. Molnar, Vera Weisbecker, Steven W. Salisbury

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10466 PubMed 33391869

December 18, 2020

Time of night and moonlight structure vertical space use by insectivorous bats in a Neotropical rainforest: an acoustic monitoring study

Dylan G.E. Gomes, Giulliana Appel, Jesse R. Barber

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10591 PubMed 33384906

December 18, 2020

Utilizing sponge spicules in taxonomic, ecological and environmental reconstructions: a review

Magdalena Łukowiak

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10601 PubMed 33384908

December 2, 2020

Ixodes scapularis microbiome correlates with life stage, not the presence of human pathogens, in ticks submitted for diagnostic testing

Joshua C. Gil, Zeinab H. Helal, Guillermo Risatti, Sarah M. Hird

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10424 PubMed 33344080

December 14, 2020

Trends in summer presence of fin whales in the Western Mediterranean Sea Region: new insights from a long-term monitoring program

Paola Tepsich, Ilaria Schettino, Fabrizio Atzori, Marta Azzolin, Ilaria Campana, Lara Carosso, Simone Cominelli, Roberto Crosti, Léa David, Nathalie Di-Méglio, Francesca Frau, Martina Gregorietti, Veronica Mazzucato, Clara Monaco, Aurelie Moulins, Miriam Paraboschi, Giuliana Pellegrino, Massimiliano Rosso, Marine Roul, Sébastien Saintignan, Antonella Arcangeli

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10544 PubMed 33362978

December 15, 2020

Canines and carnassials as indicators of sociality in durophagous hyaenids: analyzing the past to understand the present

Juan Antonio Pérez-Claros, Carlos Coca-Ortega

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10541 PubMed 33362977

December 22, 2020

The ecomorphology of the shell of extant turtles and its applications for fossil turtles

Laura Dziomber, Walter G. Joyce, Christian Foth

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10490 PubMed 33391873

December 8, 2020

Insights into dog owner perspectives on risks, benefits, and nutritional value of raw diets compared to commercial cooked diets

Alysia Empert-Gallegos, Sally Hill, Philippa S. Yam