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January 20, 2022

Should I use fixed effects or random effects when I have fewer than five levels of a grouping factor in a mixed-effects model?

Dylan G.E. Gomes

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12794 PubMed 35116198

January 10, 2022

An integrative taxonomic revision of slug-eating snakes (Squamata: Pareidae: Pareineae) reveals unprecedented diversity in Indochina

Nikolay A. Poyarkov, Tan Van Nguyen, Parinya Pawangkhanant, Platon V. Yushchenko, Peter Brakels, Linh Hoang Nguyen, Hung Ngoc Nguyen, Chatmongkon Suwannapoom, Nikolai Orlov, Gernot Vogel

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12713 PubMed 35047234

January 18, 2022

A new ancient lineage of ablepharine skinks (Sauria: Scincidae) from eastern Himalayas with notes on origin and systematics of the group

Zeeshan A. Mirza, Andrey M. Bragin, Harshal Bhosale, Gaurang G. Gowande, Harshil Patel, Nikolay A. Poyarkov

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12800 PubMed 35111410

January 25, 2022

A newly recognized theropod assemblage from the Lewisville Formation (Woodbine Group; Cenomanian) and its implications for understanding Late Cretaceous Appalachian terrestrial ecosystems

Christopher R. Noto, Domenic C. D’Amore, Stephanie K. Drumheller, Thomas L. Adams

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12782 PubMed 35127286

January 20, 2022

Convergent molecular evolution of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase gene family in C₄ and crassulacean acid metabolism plants

Jiang-Ping Shu, Yue-Hong Yan, Rui-Jiang Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12828 PubMed 35116203

January 27, 2022

Beyond RuBisCO: convergent molecular evolution of multiple chloroplast genes in C₄ plants

Claudio Casola, Jingjia Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12791 PubMed 35127287

January 5, 2022

Beyond the prey: male spiders highly invest in silk when producing worthless gifts

Camila Pavón-Peláez, Valentina Franco-Trecu, Irene Pandulli-Alonso, Therésa M. Jones, Maria J. Albo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12757 PubMed 35036108

January 21, 2022

Measuring mass: variation among 3,161 species of Canadian Coleoptera and the prospects of a mass registry for all insects

Jingchan Hu, Mikko Pentinsaari, Paul D.N. Hebert

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12799 PubMed 35116199

January 24, 2022

Retrogene survival is not impacted by linkage relationships

Johnathan Lo, Heath Blackmon

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12822 PubMed 35127291

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