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February, 2018; 221 (3)

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    One giant step for a man
    Kathryn Knight
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2018 221: jeb176073 doi: 10.1242/jeb.176073 Published 13 February 2018
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    Sick caterpillars lose appetite to avoid food poisioning
    Kathryn Knight
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2018 221: jeb176057 doi: 10.1242/jeb.176057 Published 7 February 2018
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    Tree swallow chicks construct long-chain omega-3 fatty acids from building blocks
    Kathryn Knight
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2018 221: jeb176065 doi: 10.1242/jeb.176065 Published 7 February 2018

OUTSIDE JEB

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    Sounds like good immunity
    Erin McCallum
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2018 221: jeb169870 doi: 10.1242/jeb.169870 Published 13 February 2018
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    Testosterone rapidly boosts male goldfish's eyesight
    Daniel M. Vahaba
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2018 221: jeb169862 doi: 10.1242/jeb.169862 Published 8 February 2018
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    Trouble in murky seas for reef fish
    Brittney Borowiec
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2018 221: jeb170316 doi: 10.1242/jeb.170316 Published 5 February 2018
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    Invasive crab eats through its gills
    Oana Birceanu
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2018 221: jeb169888 doi: 10.1242/jeb.169888 Published 2 February 2018
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    Symbionts silence the alarm to remote-control killers
    Daniel E. Rozen
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2018 221: jeb169813 doi: 10.1242/jeb.169813 Published 2 February 2018

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    Evolution of neuropeptide signalling systems
    Maurice R. Elphick, Olivier Mirabeau, Dan Larhammar
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2018 221: jeb151092 doi: 10.1242/jeb.151092 Published 9 February 2018

    Summary: A review of the revolutionary advances in our knowledge of the evolution of neuropeptide signalling systems that have been enabled by comparative genomics and neuropeptide receptor deorphanisation.

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    The long and the short of it – a perspective on peptidergic regulation of circuits and behaviour
    Gáspár Jékely, Sarah Melzer, Isabel Beets, Ilona C. Grunwald Kadow, Joris Koene, Sara Haddad, Lindy Holden-Dye
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2018 221: jeb166710 doi: 10.1242/jeb.166710 Published 8 February 2018

    Summary: Neuropeptides are the largest class of neuromodulators in nervous systems. Here we review the general principles and mechanistic insights that have emerged from studies of various animal models and discuss some of the outstanding major challenges.

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    New techniques, applications and perspectives in neuropeptide research
    Kellen DeLaney, Amanda R. Buchberger, Louise Atkinson, Stefan Gründer, Angela Mousley, Lingjun Li
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2018 221: jeb151167 doi: 10.1242/jeb.151167 Published 8 February 2018

    Summary: This Review discusses a range of molecular aspects of neuropeptide biology and integrates techniques, model organisms and applications, highlighting new perspectives enabled by technical advancements in neuropeptide research.

RESEARCH ARTICLES

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    Reducing gravity takes the bounce out of running
    Delyle T. Polet, Ryan T. Schroeder, John E. A. Bertram
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2018 221: jeb162024 doi: 10.1242/jeb.162024 Published 13 February 2018

    Highlighted Article: During running, humans take higher leaps in normal gravity than in reduced gravity, in order to optimally balance the competing costs of stance and leg-swing work.

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    Honey bee (Apis mellifera) sociability and nestmate affiliation are dependent on the social environment experienced post-eclosion
    Susie E. Hewlett, Deborah M. Wareham, Andrew B. Barron
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2018 221: jeb173054 doi: 10.1242/jeb.173054 Published 13 February 2018

    Summary: Sociability and nestmate affiliation in honey bees are influenced by social experience and exposure to the hive environment in early adult life.

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    Directionality of nose-emitted echolocation calls from bats without a nose leaf (Plecotus auritus)
    Lasse Jakobsen, John Hallam, Cynthia F. Moss, Anders Hedenström
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2018 221: jeb171926 doi: 10.1242/jeb.171926 Published 13 February 2018

    Summary: Nose-emitting bats without an obvious means of emitting a narrow bio-sonar beam still emit a highly directional beam, potentially by emitting sound through the mouth as well as the nostrils.

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    Exposure to CO2 influences metabolism, calcification and gene expression of the thecosome pteropod Limacina retroversa
    Amy E. Maas, Gareth L. Lawson, Alexander J. Bergan, Ann M. Tarrant
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2018 221: jeb164400 doi: 10.1242/jeb.164400 Published 13 February 2018

    Summary: Severity and duration of CO2 exposure influence calcification and respiration differentially in Limacina retroversa, as shown by organismal and gene expression responses, while captivity interactively influences respiration and gene expression.

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    Eating when ill is risky: immune defense impairs food detoxification in the caterpillar Manduca sexta
    Laura E. McMillan, Dylan W. Miller, Shelley A. Adamo
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2018 221: jeb173336 doi: 10.1242/jeb.173336 Published 7 February 2018

    Editors' Choice: Appetite loss during illness occurs in all animals. It may be an important protection against food toxins. Mobilizing immune defense depresses the ability to detoxify food (as shown in caterpillars).

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    Visual associative learning in wood ants
    A. Sofia D. Fernandes, Christopher L. Buckley, Jeremy E. Niven
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2018 221: jeb173260 doi: 10.1242/jeb.173260 Published 7 February 2018

    Summary: Ants form an associative memory of a visual cue paired with a reward through classical conditioning. This allows visual associative learning to be studied in fixed rather than free-moving ants.

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    GABAA receptors activate fish feeding behaviour via two distinct functional pathways
    Sergey Snigirov, Sergiy Sylantyev
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2018 221: jeb170514 doi: 10.1242/jeb.170514 Published 7 February 2018

    Summary: Behavioural tests combined with cellular and molecular electrophysiology clarify molecular mechanisms that control fish feeding, revealing two partially competitive mechanisms originating from the same neural receptor.

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    Conversion efficiency of α-linolenic acid to omega-3 highly unsaturated fatty acids in aerial insectivore chicks
    Cornelia W. Twining, Peter Lawrence, David W. Winkler, Alexander S. Flecker, J. Thomas Brenna
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2018 221: jeb165373 doi: 10.1242/jeb.165373 Published 7 February 2018

    Highlighted Article: A stable-isotope-labeled tracer reveals the mechanism for omega-3 highly unsaturated fatty acid (HUFA) limitation in a wild avian insectivore, showing that HUFAs are an ecologically essential nutrient.

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    Ontogeny and morphometrics of the gills and swim bladder of air-breathing striped catfish Pangasianodon hypophthalmus
    Le My Phuong, Do Thi Thanh Huong, Hans Malte, Jens Randel Nyengaard, Mark Bayley
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2018 221: jeb168658 doi: 10.1242/jeb.168658 Published 1 February 2018

    Summary: The paradox of how an active tropical fish can meet its oxygen requirements using gills with an apparently small surface area is explained.

CORRECTIONS

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    Correction: Ammonia excretion in aquatic invertebrates: new insights and questions (doi: 10.1242/jeb.169219)
    Dirk Weihrauch, Garett J. P. Allen
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2018 221: jeb178673 doi: 10.1242/jeb.178673 Published 13 February 2018
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    Correction: Hormesis-like effect of mild larval crowding on thermotolerance in Drosophila flies (doi: 10.1242/jeb.169342)
    Youn Henry, David Renault, Hervé Colinet
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2018 221: jeb178681 doi: 10.1242/jeb.178681 Published 8 February 2018
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    Correction: Elucidating mechanisms for insect body size: partial support for the oxygen-dependent induction of moulting hypothesis (doi: 10.1242/jeb.166157)
    Sami M. Kivelä, Sonja Viinamäki, Netta Keret, Karl Gotthard, Esa Hohtola, Panu Välimäki
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2018 221: jeb178327 doi: 10.1242/jeb.178327 Published 8 February 2018
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