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Cryptic diversity and phylogeographic patterns of Deto echinata (Isopoda: Detonidae) in southern Africa
Electric organ discharge from electric eel facilitates DNA transformation into teleost larvae in laboratory conditions
Under pressure—exploring partner changes, physiological responses and telomere dynamics in northern gannets across varying breeding conditions
Population-level call properties of endangered Dryophytes suweonensissensu lato (Anura: Amphibia) in South Korea
Intraspecific body size variation and allometry of genitalia in the orb-web spider—Argiope lobata
Functional response of Neoseiulus californicus (Acari: Phytoseiidae) to Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae) at different temperatures
Behavioral dominance interactions between two species of burying beetles (Nicrophorus orbicollis and Nicrophorus pustulatus)
Metagenomic binning of PacBio HiFi data prior to assembly reveals a complete genome of Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) (Coleopterea: Curculionidae, Dryophthorinae) the most damaging arthropod pest of bananas and plantains
Light wavelength and pulsing frequency affect avoidance responses of Canada geese
Scrutinising an inscrutable bark-nesting ant: Exploring cryptic diversity in the Rhopalomastix javana (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) complex using DNA barcodes, genome-wide MIG-seq and geometric morphometrics
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