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August, 2017; 220 (16)

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    Humpbacks disturbed within 3 km of noise
    Kathryn Knight
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2017 220: 2843 doi: 10.1242/jeb.167361
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    Homing pigeon flights change with confidence
    Kathryn Knight
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2017 220: 2843-2844; doi: 10.1242/jeb.167353
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    Morning recital accelerates migrating sparrow moult
    Kathryn Knight
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2017 220: 2844 doi: 10.1242/jeb.166470

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    Early career researchers: an interview with Graham Scott
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2017 220: 2845-2847; doi: 10.1242/jeb.166249

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    Parasite-altered feeding behavior in insects: integrating functional and mechanistic research frontiers
    Melissa A. Bernardo, Michael S. Singer
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2017 220: 2848-2857; doi: 10.1242/jeb.143800

    Summary: A new and important wave of research investigates how parasites can change feeding behavior in insects in ways that benefit either the host or the parasite.

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    Tail regeneration and other phenomena of wound healing and tissue restoration in lizards
    Kathy Jacyniak, Rebecca P. McDonald, Matthew K. Vickaryous
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2017 220: 2858-2869; doi: 10.1242/jeb.126862

    Summary: We highlight how lizards can inform, enhance and expand our understanding of the biology of regeneration.

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    Contraction-induced enhancement of relaxation during high force contractions of mouse lumbrical muscle at 37°C
    Ian C. Smith, Rene Vandenboom, A. Russell Tupling
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2017 220: 2870-2873; doi: 10.1242/jeb.158998

    Summary: The fast and slow phases of relaxation from high force isometric contractions can be enhanced following electrically evoked contraction of intact mouse lumbrical muscle at physiological temperatures.

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    Pre-settlement coral-reef fish larvae respond to magnetic field changes during the day
    Jack O'Connor, Rachel Muheim
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2017 220: 2874-2877; doi: 10.1242/jeb.159491

    Summary: The individual orientation behaviour of coral-reef fish larvae during the pre-settlement phase is influenced by magnetic-field shifts, which indicates sensitivity to the geomagnetic field and the use of a magnetic compass during dispersal and settlement.

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    Determining the behavioural dose–response relationship of marine mammals to air gun noise and source proximity
    Rebecca A. Dunlop, Michael J. Noad, Robert D. McCauley, Lindsay Scott-Hayward, Eric Kniest, Robert Slade, David Paton, Douglas H. Cato
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2017 220: 2878-2886; doi: 10.1242/jeb.160192

    Highlighted Article: An analytical framework relating the behavioural response of whales to received level and proximity of a noise source, with dose–response results of humpback whales to air guns.

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    Behavioral color vision in a cichlid fish: Metriaclima benetos
    Daniel Escobar-Camacho, Justin Marshall, Karen L. Carleton
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2017 220: 2887-2899; doi: 10.1242/jeb.160473

    Summary: Behavioral assays were used to determine the color-vision capabilities of a rock-dwelling cichlid from Lake Malawi and suggest that cichlids possess a trichromatic visual system.

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    Chamber music: an unusual Helmholtz resonator for song amplification in a Neotropical bush-cricket (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae)
    Thorin Jonsson, Benedict D. Chivers, Kate Robson Brown, Fabio A. Sarria-S, Matthew Walker, Fernando Montealegre-Z
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2017 220: 2900-2907; doi: 10.1242/jeb.160234

    Summary: Laser vibrometry, microcomputed tomography and finite element modelling are used to show that an unusual pronotal inflation covering the wings of a bush-cricket acts as a Helmholtz resonator.

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    Homing pigeons (Columba livia) modulate wingbeat characteristics as a function of route familiarity
    Lucy A. Taylor, Steven J. Portugal, Dora Biro
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2017 220: 2908-2915; doi: 10.1242/jeb.154039

    Highlighted Article: Onboard accelerometry reveals that pigeons' flight characteristics undergo gradual changes over the course of learning a route, and thus provide potential biomechanical signatures of birds' landscape familiarity.

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    Ammonia exposure affects the mRNA and protein expression levels of certain Rhesus glycoproteins in the gills of climbing perch
    Xiu L. Chen, Biyan Zhang, You R. Chng, Jasmine L. Y. Ong, Shit F. Chew, Wai P. Wong, Siew H. Lam, Tsutomu Nakada, Yuen K. Ip
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2017 220: 2916-2931; doi: 10.1242/jeb.157123

    Summary: Active ammonia excretion in the gills of the climbing perch, Anabas testudineus, may involve apical Rhag and basolateral Rhcg2 expressed in ammonia-inducible Na+/K+-ATPase α1c-immunoreactive ionocytes.

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    miR-210 expression is associated with methionine-induced differentiation of trout satellite cells
    Mary Latimer, Nathalie Sabin, Aurélie Le Cam, Iban Seiliez, Peggy Biga, Jean-Charles Gabillard
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2017 220: 2932-2938; doi: 10.1242/jeb.154484

    Summary: Identification of a novel myo-miR (miR-210) by miRNA microarray, qRT-PCR, and next generation sequencing, recognized in trout as a novel regulator of differentiation through the use of methionine depletion to synchronize cells.

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    Heart rate dynamics in a marsupial hibernator
    Steven J. Swoap, Gerhard Körtner, Fritz Geiser
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2017 220: 2939-2946; doi: 10.1242/jeb.155879

    Summary: Control and function of the cardiac system in the eastern pygmy possum during deep torpor is indistinguishable from that of a placental hibernator, and its dynamic heart rate range is one of the greatest measured to date at ∼600 beats min−1.

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    Effects of a social cue on reproductive development and pre-alternate molt in seasonally breeding migrant and resident female songbirds (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
    Helen E. Chmura, Simone L. Meddle, John C. Wingfield, Thomas P. Hahn
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2017 220: 2947-2956; doi: 10.1242/jeb.160994

    Highlighted Article: Migrant and resident birds exhibit differences in reproductive development consistent with adaptive specialization in the use of photoperiodic cues, but not social cues, to regulate reproductive development.

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    Carotenoids buffer the acute phase response on fever, sickness behavior and rapid bill color change in zebra finches
    Deanna B. George, Brent C. Schneider, Kevin J. McGraw, Daniel R. Ardia
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2017 220: 2957-2964; doi: 10.1242/jeb.155069

    Summary: Carotenoids are colorful pigments traded off between display and health. When we induced a strong immune response, zebra finches supplemented with carotenoids were able to buffer the negative effects of sickness.

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    Rapid growth causes abnormal vaterite formation in farmed fish otoliths
    Tormey Reimer, Tim Dempster, Anna Wargelius, Per Gunnar Fjelldal, Tom Hansen, Kevin A. Glover, Monica F. Solberg, Stephen E. Swearer
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2017 220: 2965-2969; doi: 10.1242/jeb.148056

    Summary: The rapid growth experienced by farmed fishes causes an otolith deformation rarely seen in the wild.

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    Low levels of extracellular glucose limit cardiac anaerobic metabolism in some species of fish
    Kathy A. Clow, Connie E. Short, William R. Driedzic
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2017 220: 2970-2979; doi: 10.1242/jeb.159582

    Summary: Cardiac anaerobic metabolism is compromised in fish species with low levels of plasma glucose. This in turn may limit hypoxic performance.

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    Reproductive and metabolic state differences in olfactory responses to amino acids in a mouth brooding African cichlid fish
    Alexandre A. Nikonov, Julie M. Butler, Karen E. Field, John Caprio, Karen P. Maruska
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2017 220: 2980-2992; doi: 10.1242/jeb.157925

    Summary: Electro-olfactograms in an African cichlid fish reveal intra-sexual plasticity in olfactory responses of both males and females that is related to reproductive and metabolic state.

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    Changes in mechanical work during neural adaptation to asymmetric locomotion
    Brian P. Selgrade, Montakan Thajchayapong, Gloria E. Lee, Megan E. Toney, Young-Hui Chang
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2017 220: 2993-3000; doi: 10.1242/jeb.149450

    Summary: Minimizing mechanical work performed by the legs may drive locomotor adaptation, with wide relevance for the control of legged locomotion and motor learning in novel environments.

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