Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

June 22, 2021

Increasing 28 mitogenomes of Ephemeroptera, Odonata and Plecoptera support the Chiastomyaria hypothesis with three different outgroup combinations

Dan-Na Yu, Pan-Pan Yu, Le-Ping Zhang, Kenneth B. Storey, Xin-Yan Gao, Jia-Yong Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11402 PubMed 34221707

June 17, 2021

A diverse Late Cretaceous vertebrate tracksite from the Winton Formation of Queensland, Australia

Stephen F. Poropat, Matt A. White, Tim Ziegler, Adele H. Pentland, Samantha L. Rigby, Ruairidh J. Duncan, Trish Sloan, David A. Elliott

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11544 PubMed 34178452

June 7, 2021

A new giant sauropod, Australotitan cooperensis gen. et sp. nov., from the mid-Cretaceous of Australia

Scott A. Hocknull, Melville Wilkinson, Rochelle A. Lawrence, Vladislav Konstantinov, Stuart Mackenzie, Robyn Mackenzie

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11317 PubMed 34164230

June 1, 2021

Population structure, adaptation and divergence of the meadow spittlebug, Philaenus spumarius (Hemiptera, Aphrophoridae), revealed by genomic and morphological data

Sofia G. Seabra, Ana S.B. Rodrigues, Sara E. Silva, Ana Carina Neto, Francisco Pina-Martins, Eduardo Marabuto, Vinton Thompson, Michael R. Wilson, Selçuk Yurtsever, Antti Halkka, Maria Teresa Rebelo, Paulo A.V. Borges, José A. Quartau, Chris D. Jiggins, Octávio S. Paulo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11425 PubMed 34131518

June 17, 2021

Embryonic development and perinatal skeleton in a limbless, viviparous lizard, Anguis fragilis (Squamata: Anguimorpha)

Tomasz Skawiński, Grzegorz Skórzewski, Bartosz Borczyk

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11621 PubMed 34178475

June 16, 2021

Cranial anatomy of Bolotridon frerensis, an enigmatic cynodont from the Middle Triassic of South Africa, and its phylogenetic significance

Luisa C. Pusch, Christian F. Kammerer, Jörg Fröbisch

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11542 PubMed 34178451

June 30, 2021

New austrolimulid from Russia supports role of Early Triassic horseshoe crabs as opportunistic taxa

Russell D.C. Bicknell, Dmitry E. Shcherbakov