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October, 2016; 219 (19)

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    Wolbachia makes parasite vulnerable to hyperparasite
    Kathryn Knight
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 2965 doi: 10.1242/jeb.149740
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    Manduca larvae survive drowning
    Kathryn Knight
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 2965-2966; doi: 10.1242/jeb.149591
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    CaV channels send Paramecium into reverse
    Kathryn Knight
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 2966 doi: 10.1242/jeb.149724
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    Testosterone regulates scarlet plumage in red-backed fairy-wrens
    Kathryn Knight
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 2967 doi: 10.1242/jeb.149609

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    Some like it hotter than others
    Sarah Alderman
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 2968 doi: 10.1242/jeb.130310
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    Leaf-footed bugs choose to lose legs
    Michelle A. Reeve
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 2968-2969; doi: 10.1242/jeb.130302
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    When symbionts overstay their welcome
    Daniel E. Rozen
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 2969-2970; doi: 10.1242/jeb.130286
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    Diving beetles that handle heat better have bigger backyard
    Katie Marshall
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 2970 doi: 10.1242/jeb.130294

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    Understanding how animal groups achieve coordinated movement
    J. E. Herbert-Read
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 2971-2983; doi: 10.1242/jeb.129411

    Summary: This review highlights the general principles of how animal groups achieve coordinated movement. Differences in the interaction rules of animals within and between species are discussed.

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    Wolbachia increases the susceptibility of a parasitoid wasp to hyperparasitism
    Saskya van Nouhuys, Minna Kohonen, Anne Duplouy
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 2984-2990; doi: 10.1242/jeb.140699

    Highlighted Article: Under natural conditions, Wolbachia-infected individuals of the parasitoid wasp Hyposoter horticola experience greater hyperparasitism than uninfected individuals.

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    Vertebral bending mechanics and xenarthrous morphology in the nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus)
    Jillian D. Oliver, Katrina E. Jones, Lionel Hautier, W. J. Loughry, Stephanie E. Pierce
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 2991-3002; doi: 10.1242/jeb.142331

    Summary: Xenarthrous articulations perform the dual role of stiffening the vertebral column and increasing mobility, resulting in passively stable vertebrae that are capable of substantial bending under appropriate load.

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    Insulin effects on honeybee appetitive behaviour
    Carolina Mengoni Goñalons, Marie Guiraud, María Gabriela de Brito Sanchez, Walter M. Farina
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 3003-3008; doi: 10.1242/jeb.143511

    Summary: Insulin improves chemosensory responsiveness of young honeybees, but not their abilities to discriminate odours. Thus, the insulin signalling pathway would be readily mature in young hive bees.

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    Improved cardiac filling facilitates the postprandial elevation of stroke volume in Python regius
    Sanne Enok, Gabriella S. P. C. Leite, Cléo A. C. Leite, Hans Gesser, Michael S. Hedrick, Tobias Wang
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 3009-3018; doi: 10.1242/jeb.142729

    Summary: Increased cardiac filling, as a result of enhanced venous tone, is identified as the underlying cause for the doubled stroke volume after feeding in ball pythons.

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    Evaluating the role of NRF-1 in the regulation of the goldfish COX4-1 gene in response to temperature
    Ge Gao, Christopher D. Moyes
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 3019-3027; doi: 10.1242/jeb.141184

    Summary: The promoter of a critical metabolic gene is used to investigate why fish increase expression of metabolic genes in response to a decrease in body temperature.

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    Voltage-gated calcium channels of Paramecium cilia
    Sukanya Lodh, Junji Yano, Megan S. Valentine, Judith L. Van Houten
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 3028-3038; doi: 10.1242/jeb.141234

    Highlighted Article: Three voltage-gated calcium channel alpha 1 subunit proteins are the channels responsible for depolarization-induced backward swimming in Paramecium tetraurelia. Pawn proteins are crucial in the ciliary localization of these channels.

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    The ocelli of Archaeognatha (Hexapoda): functional morphology, pigment migration and chemical nature of the reflective tapetum
    Alexander Böhm, Günther Pass
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 3039-3048; doi: 10.1242/jeb.141275

    Summary: The ocelli of the jumping bristletail Machilis hrabei have a reflective tapetum containing xanthine crystals. The screening pigment in the photoreceptor cells migrates behind the tapetum upon dark adaptation.

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    Energy and lipid metabolism during direct and diapause development in a pierid butterfly
    Philipp Lehmann, Peter Pruisscher, Diana Posledovich, Mikael Carlsson, Reijo Käkelä, Patrik Tang, Sören Nylin, Christopher W. Wheat, Christer Wiklund, Karl Gotthard
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 3049-3060; doi: 10.1242/jeb.142687

    Summary: Diapause termination in Pieris napi requires chilling, energy is stored for post-diapause purposes and the diapause lipidome is distinct but lacks dynamics during diapause development.

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    Do respiratory limitations affect metabolism of insect larvae before moulting? An empirical test at the individual level
    Sami M. Kivelä, Philipp Lehmann, Karl Gotthard
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 3061-3071; doi: 10.1242/jeb.140442

    Summary: Respiratory limitations for metabolism appear in the penultimate larval instar but not in the last instar in growing butterfly larvae, supporting oxygen-dependent moult induction in larva-to-larva moults.

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    Gene copy silencing and DNA methylation in natural and artificially produced allopolyploid fish
    Isa M. N. Matos, Maria M. Coelho, Manfred Schartl
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 3072-3081; doi: 10.1242/jeb.140418

    Summary: Allelic silencing is not a ubiquitous mechanism to manage an abrupt ploidy and heterozygosity increase in fish, and long-term evolutionary processes have effects on allele expression patterns and on DNA methylation levels.

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    Experimental tests of planar strain theory for predicting bone cross-sectional longitudinal and shear strains
    Kari A. Verner, Michael Lehner, Luis P. Lamas, Russell P. Main
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 3082-3090; doi: 10.1242/jeb.134536

    Summary: Experimental validation supports the use of planar strain theory for predicting bone cross-section longitudinal strains but requires further investigation for its application to shear strains.

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    Testosterone activates sexual dimorphism including male-typical carotenoid but not melanin plumage pigmentation in a female bird
    Willow R. Lindsay, Douglas G. Barron, Michael S. Webster, Hubert Schwabl
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 3091-3099; doi: 10.1242/jeb.135384

    Highlighted Article: Female red-backed fairy-wrens express male-typical traits in response to exogenous and endogenous testosterone, including carotenoid-pigmented plumage, darkened bill and an enlarged sperm storage organ, but are constrained in production of melanin-pigmented plumage.

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    Flowing water affects fish fast-starts: escape performance of the Hawaiian stream goby, Sicyopterus stimpsoni
    Kelly M. Diamond, Heiko L. Schoenfuss, Jeffrey A. Walker, Richard W. Blob
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 3100-3105; doi: 10.1242/jeb.137554

    Summary: Fast-start escape trials conducted in flow tanks indicate that fish heading into flow frequently fail to respond when attacked frontally, potentially because mechanical stimuli are masked by flowing water.

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    Determinants of preferred ground clearance during swing phase of human walking
    Amy R. Wu, Arthur D. Kuo
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 3106-3113; doi: 10.1242/jeb.137356

    Summary: The foot's ground clearance during each swing phase of walking may be explained by competing costs of lifting the foot versus scuffing it on the ground, modulated by movement variability.

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    Acclimation potential of Arctic cod (Boreogadus saida) from the rapidly warming Arctic Ocean
    H. E. Drost, M. Lo, E. C. Carmack, A. P. Farrell
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 3114-3125; doi: 10.1242/jeb.140194

    Summary: The Arctic fish species Boreogadus saida may be migrating northwards with ocean warming, but can clearly physiologically tolerate temperatures above those of its current habitat.

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    Metabolic recovery from drowning by insect pupae
    H. Arthur Woods, Steven J. Lane
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 3126-3136; doi: 10.1242/jeb.144105

    Highlighted Article: Despite their status as terrestrial insects, pupae of Manduca sexta survived 5 days underwater and showed diverse and unusual patterns of CO2 emission during recovery.

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    Ontogeny of learning walks and the acquisition of landmark information in desert ants, Cataglyphis fortis
    Pauline N. Fleischmann, Marcelo Christian, Valentin L. Müller, Wolfgang Rössler, Rüdiger Wehner
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 3137-3145; doi: 10.1242/jeb.140459

    Summary: When leaving their nest for the first time, Cataglyphis fortis ants perform a sequence of learning walks during which they learn the surrounding landmark panorama with increasing accuracy.

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    Aerodynamic consequences of wing morphing during emulated take-off and gliding in birds
    Brett Klaassen van Oorschot, Emily A. Mistick, Bret W. Tobalske
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 3146-3154; doi: 10.1242/jeb.136721

    Summary: Wing posture has a greater effect on aerodynamic performance during emulated flapping than during emulated gliding. Extended wing morphology (i.e. emarginate primaries) may be more important during take-off and landing than during gliding.

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    Dietary flavonoids advance timing of moult but do not affect redox status of juvenile blackbirds (Turdus merula)
    Jacopo G. Cecere, Manuela Caprioli, Chiara Carnevali, Graziano Colombo, Isabella Dalle-Donne, Elisa Mancuso, Aldo Milzani, Marco Parolini, Antea Portanova, Nicola Saino, Lorenzo Serra, Diego Rubolini
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 3155-3162; doi: 10.1242/jeb.141424

    Summary: Dietary flavonoids, despite their potential antioxidant activity, do not affect redox status in blackbirds; however, flavonoids do promote the development of melanin-rich feathers.

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    The diversity and evolution of locomotor muscle properties in anurans
    Henry C. Astley
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 3163-3173; doi: 10.1242/jeb.142315

    Summary: Frog muscle contractile properties (semimembranosus and plantaris) vary widely across taxa and show correlations to locomotor performance, particularly jumping performance.

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