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May, 2016; 219 (9)

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    Sneaker male athletic sperm outstrips harem male sperm to get egg
    Kathryn Knight
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 1269 doi: 10.1242/jeb.141887
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    Croc eyes fine-tuned to lurk at water surface
    Kathryn Knight
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 1269-1270; doi: 10.1242/jeb.141929
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    Extra arms destabilise sea urchin larvae
    Kathryn Knight
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 1270 doi: 10.1242/jeb.141895
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    Hot snails methylate DNA to keep memories
    Kathryn Knight
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 1271 doi: 10.1242/jeb.141903

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    ‘CRISPR-ed’ mosquitos, anyone?
    Oana Birceanu
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 1272 doi: 10.1242/jeb.130112
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    Big trouble for little bats in humid caves
    Erin McCallum
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 1272-1273; doi: 10.1242/jeb.130104
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    How a fern designs a catapult
    Kara Feilich
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 1273-1274; doi: 10.1242/jeb.130088
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    The odds of rolling snake eyes
    John C. Tuthill
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 1274 doi: 10.1242/jeb.130096

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    (How) do animals know how much they weigh?
    Rudolf J. Schilder
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 1275-1282; doi: 10.1242/jeb.120410

    Summary: Animal musculoskeletal designs must be finely tuned to variation in body weight. Various mechanisms that allow such fine tuning are discussed.

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    Cardiorespiratory responses in an Antarctic fish suggest limited capacity for thermal acclimation
    Stuart Egginton, Hamish A. Campbell
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 1283-1286; doi: 10.1242/jeb.130963

    Summary: The cardiorespiratory performance of Antarctic fish may limit the extent of thermal plasticity during acclimation, rendering them more sensitive to warming.

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    Dancing to her own beat: honey bee foragers communicate via individually calibrated waggle dances
    Roger Schürch, Francis L. W. Ratnieks, Elizabeth E. W. Samuelson, Margaret J. Couvillon
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 1287-1289; doi: 10.1242/jeb.134874

    Summary: Each honey bee possesses her own calibration: individual duration–distance calibrations vary significantly in both slopes and intercepts. This variation may incur a cost for communication.

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    Plasticity of upper thermal limits to acute and chronic temperature variation in Manduca sexta larvae
    Joel G. Kingsolver, Heidi J. MacLean, Silvan B. Goddin, Kate E. Augustine
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 1290-1294; doi: 10.1242/jeb.138321

    Summary: Heat tolerance in Manduca sexta larvae is affected by both the magnitude and the temporal pattern of previous exposure to high temperatures.

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    The effects of call-like masking diminish after nightly exposure to conspecific choruses in green treefrogs (Hyla cinerea)
    Megan D. Gall, Walter Wilczynski
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 1295-1302; doi: 10.1242/jeb.135905

    Summary: Hearing dynamic social stimuli, like frog choruses, can alter the responses of the auditory periphery in a way that could enhance detection of and response to conspecific acoustic communication.

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    Ontogenetic changes in larval swimming and orientation of pre-competent sea urchin Arbacia punctulata in turbulence
    Jeanette D. Wheeler, Kit Yu Karen Chan, Erik J. Anderson, Lauren S. Mullineaux
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 1303-1310; doi: 10.1242/jeb.129502

    Highlighted Article: Pre-competent, 6-armed larval urchins swim faster and are less stable in experimental turbulent flow than younger 4-armed larvae, suggesting a potential age/morphology-driven differential transport mechanism in ambient flow conditions.

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    Decreased force enhancement in skeletal muscle sarcomeres with a deletion in titin
    Krysta Powers, Kiisa Nishikawa, Venus Joumaa, Walter Herzog
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 1311-1316; doi: 10.1242/jeb.132027

    Summary: Force enhancement is absent in sarcomeres where amino acids in N2A and PEVK titin are deleted, indicating these specific regions are paramount in increasing titin stiffness in an active sarcomere.

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    Turning performance in squid and cuttlefish: unique dual-mode, muscular hydrostatic systems
    Rachel A. Jastrebsky, Ian K. Bartol, Paul S. Krueger
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 1317-1326; doi: 10.1242/jeb.126839

    Summary: Squid and cuttlefish are capable of high maneuverability and agility through coordination of a unique muscular hydrostat-driven propulsive system involving paired fins and a pulsed jet.

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    Plasticity in gastrointestinal morphology and enzyme activity in lactating striped hamsters (Cricetulus barabensis)
    Ji-Ying Zhang, Xiao-Ya Zhao, Jing Wen, Song Tan, Zhi-Jun Zhao
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 1327-1336; doi: 10.1242/jeb.138396

    Summary: Lactating striped hamsters show significant plasticity in digestive tract morphology and enzyme activity, which increases reproductive performance.

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    Heat stress enhances LTM formation in Lymnaea: role of HSPs and DNA methylation
    Hiroshi Sunada, Hamza Riaz, Emily de Freitas, Kai Lukowiak, Cayley Swinton, Erin Swinton, Amy Protheroe, Tamila Shymansky, Yoshimasa Komatsuzaki, Ken Lukowiak
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 1337-1345; doi: 10.1242/jeb.134296

    Highlighted Article: A heat shock experienced by a snail enhances the snail's ability to form long-term memory; the up-regulation of heat shock proteins is a necessary requirement for this memory enhancement process.

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    An animal homolog of plant Mep/Amt transporters promotes ammonia excretion by the anal papillae of the disease vector mosquito Aedes aegypti
    Helen Chasiotis, Adrian Ionescu, Lidiya Misyura, Phuong Bui, Kimberly Fazio, Jason Wang, Marjorie Patrick, Dirk Weihrauch, Andrew Donini
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 1346-1355; doi: 10.1242/jeb.134494

    Summary: An animal homolog of plant and bacterial ammonium transporters supports ammonia excretion at the anal papillae of mosquito larvae.

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    Inadequate food intake at high temperatures is related to depressed mitochondrial respiratory capacity
    Karine Salin, Sonya K. Auer, Graeme J. Anderson, Colin Selman, Neil B. Metcalfe
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 1356-1362; doi: 10.1242/jeb.133025

    Summary: Variation in performance among individual fish is associated with differences in their mitochondrial leak respiration rate and respiratory control ratio.

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    Modification of sperm quality after sexual abstinence in Seba's short-tailed bat, Carollia perspicillata
    Charlotte Wesseling, Nicolas Fasel, Heinz Richner, Fabrice Helfenstein
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 1363-1368; doi: 10.1242/jeb.133843

    Highlighted Article: A sexual abstinence experiment suggests that a difference in copulation frequency rather than an adaption to sperm competition provides Carollia perspicillata sneaker males with higher sperm quality than harem males.

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    Intra-specific variation in wing morphology and its impact on take-off performance in blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus) during escape flights
    Laura McFarlane, John D. Altringham, Graham N. Askew
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 1369-1377; doi: 10.1242/jeb.126888

    Summary: Blue tits with relatively larger wings have higher escape take-off performance, indicating that moult could increase the risk of predation.

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    Internal pigment cells respond to external UV radiation in frogs
    Lilian Franco-Belussi, Helen Nilsson Sköld, Classius de Oliveira
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 1378-1383; doi: 10.1242/jeb.134973

    Summary: Internal melanin in melanocytes and melanomacrophages protects cells and organs of frogs against short-term external UVR exposure.

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    Extracellular glucose supports lactate production but not aerobic metabolism in cardiomyocytes from both normoglycemic Atlantic cod and low glycemic short-horned sculpin
    Kathy A. Clow, Connie E. Short, William R. Driedzic
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 1384-1393; doi: 10.1242/jeb.132720

    Summary: Glucose utilized by fish hearts is converted exclusively to lactate and not used to support aerobic metabolism. ATP produced in the cytosol may be a requirement for ionic regulation.

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    Spatial resolving power and spectral sensitivity of the saltwater crocodile, Crocodylus porosus, and the freshwater crocodile, Crocodylus johnstoni
    Nicolas Nagloo, Shaun P. Collin, Jan M. Hemmi, Nathan S. Hart
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 1394-1404; doi: 10.1242/jeb.135673

    Highlighted Article: Spectral sensitivity shifts to longer wavelengths in the freshwater crocodile compared with the saltwater crocodile, while the visual acuity of both species remains the same.

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    Morphology and motion: hindlimb proportions and swing phase kinematics in terrestrially locomoting charadriiform birds
    Brandon M. Kilbourne, Emanuel Andrada, Martin S. Fischer, John A. Nyakatura
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2016 219: 1405-1416; doi: 10.1242/jeb.124081

    Summary: Shorebird species with higher values of limb rotational inertia flex their limbs more during terrestrial locomotion; swing phase kinematics may therefore be strongly tied to limb rotational inertia.

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