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May, 2018; 221 (9)

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    Lower spine curvature is an essential shock absorber for runners
    Kathryn Knight
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2018 221: jeb181875 doi: 10.1242/jeb.181875 Published 1 May 2018
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    Infected frogs vulnerable to water loss during sloughing
    Kathryn Knight
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2018 221: jeb181057 doi: 10.1242/jeb.181057 Published 11 May 2018
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    Invasion of the guttural toads
    Kathryn Knight
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2018 221: jeb181891 doi: 10.1242/jeb.181891 Published 11 May 2018

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    Mitochondria are too hot to handle!
    Oana Birceanu
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2018 221: jeb170027 doi: 10.1242/jeb.170027 Published 9 May 2018
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    Sick ants save themselves by acid-spraying their sisters
    Daniel E. Rozen
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2018 221: jeb169946 doi: 10.1242/jeb.169946 Published 9 May 2018
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    Birds and mammals share smartly designed neurons
    Daniel M. Vahaba
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2018 221: jeb170001 doi: 10.1242/jeb.170001 Published 9 May 2018
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    Mantises see in 3D, but not like you and me
    Erin McCallum
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2018 221: jeb170019 doi: 10.1242/jeb.170019 Published 9 May 2018
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    Highways and byways into thin air for songbirds
    Brittney G. Borowiec
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2018 221: jeb170324 doi: 10.1242/jeb.170324 Published 9 May 2018

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    Developmental phenotypic plasticity helps bridge stochastic weather events associated with climate change
    Warren Burggren
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2018 221: jeb161984 doi: 10.1242/jeb.161984 Published 10 May 2018

    Summary: Unpredictable environmental phenomena associated with climate change can be challenging to developing organisms, but developmental phenotypic plasticity may be key to their survival.

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    An eDNA-qPCR assay to detect the presence of the parasite Schistocephalus solidus inside its threespine stickleback host
    Chloé Suzanne Berger, Nadia Aubin-Horth
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2018 221: jeb178137 doi: 10.1242/jeb.178137 Published 10 May 2018

    Summary: A non-lethal approach to detect an internal parasitic worm using environmental DNA extracted from fluids sampled from the fish host’s body cavity.

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    Flying Drosophila melanogaster maintain arbitrary but stable headings relative to the angle of polarized light
    Timothy L. Warren, Peter T. Weir, Michael H. Dickinson
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2018 221: jeb177550 doi: 10.1242/jeb.177550 Published 11 May 2018

    Summary: Relative to celestial cues, fruit flies select unpredictable flight headings and maintain them with gradually increasing fidelity. This may be a general dispersal strategy for animals with no target destination.

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    Linking developmental diet to adult foraging choice in Drosophila melanogaster
    Lucy Rebecca Davies, Mads F. Schou, Torsten N. Kristensen, Volker Loeschcke
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2018 221: jeb175554 doi: 10.1242/jeb.175554 Published 11 May 2018

    Summary: Drosophila melanogaster shows sexual dimorphism in the effect of developmental diet on adult foraging choice, and life-stage dependency of the effects of diet on lifespan.

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    Rapid adaptive response to a Mediterranean environment reduces phenotypic mismatch in a recent amphibian invader
    Giovanni Vimercati, Sarah J. Davies, John Measey
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2018 221: jeb174797 doi: 10.1242/jeb.174797 Published 11 May 2018

    Highlighted Article: The integration of field and laboratory experiments shows that a recent amphibian invader reduces phenotypic mismatch with the novel environment through physiological and behavioural responses across an unusually short time scale.

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    Coping with the climate: cuticular hydrocarbon acclimation of ants under constant and fluctuating conditions
    Philipp P. Sprenger, Lars H. Burkert, Bérengère Abou, Walter Federle, Florian Menzel
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2018 221: jeb171488 doi: 10.1242/jeb.171488 Published 11 May 2018

    Summary: Ants adjust their cuticular hydrocarbon layer to humidity and temperature, thereby maintaining its functionality for waterproofing and communication. Varying and constant temperature regimes had different effects on hydrocarbon composition.

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    A pathogenic skin fungus and sloughing exacerbate cutaneous water loss in amphibians
    Catherine J. M. Russo, Michel E. B. Ohmer, Rebecca L. Cramp, Craig E. Franklin
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2018 221: jeb167445 doi: 10.1242/jeb.167445 Published 11 May 2018

    Highlighted Article: Infection with Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis causes significant mortality in amphibians not only via electrolyte imbalance, but also through increased water loss that is exacerbated by routine skin sloughing.

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    Visual discrimination transfer and modulation by biogenic amines in honeybees
    Amanda Rodrigues Vieira, Nayara Salles, Marco Borges, Theo Mota
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2018 221: jeb178830 doi: 10.1242/jeb.178830 Published 10 May 2018

    Summary: Honeybees can transfer visual information from a classical to an operant context and appetitive visual learning in honeybees is modulated by octopamine and dopamine.

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    Reflectance variation in the blue tit crown in relation to feather structure
    Gergely Hegyi, Miklós Laczi, Dóra Kötél, Tamás Csizmadia, Péter Lőw, Balázs Rosivall, Eszter Szöllősi, János Török
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2018 221: jeb176727 doi: 10.1242/jeb.176727 Published 10 May 2018

    Summary: Using spectrometry, photographic analysis of feather macrostructure and transmission electron microscopy, we detect a previously unappreciated role for macrostructure in explaining individual differences in structural plumage colour.

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    Independent and combined effects of egg pro- and anti-oxidants on gull chick phenotype
    Cristina Daniela Possenti, Simona Secomandi, Alfredo Schiavon, Manuela Caprioli, Diego Rubolini, Andrea Romano, Nicola Saino, Marco Parolini
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2018 221: jeb174300 doi: 10.1242/jeb.174300 Published 10 May 2018

    Summary: Supplementation of either vitamin E or corticosterone in the egg reduces body mass of gull hatchlings; combined administration of the two compounds nullifies their independent effects.

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    Effects of long-term sucrose overfeeding on rat brown adipose tissue: a structural and immunohistochemical study
    Ksenija D. Velickovic, Mirela M. Ukropina, Radmila M. Glisic, Maja M. Cakic-Milosevic
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2018 221: jeb166538 doi: 10.1242/jeb.166538 Published 10 May 2018

    Summary: Three weeks of sucrose overfeeding affects histological organisation, UCP1 and noradrenaline immunoexpression, and stereological characteristics of rat brown adipose tissue in a way that is suggestive of thermogenic activation.

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    Variation in hearing within a wild population of beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas)
    T. Aran Mooney, Manuel Castellote, Lori Quakenbush, Roderick Hobbs, Eric Gaglione, Caroline Goertz
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2018 221: jeb171959 doi: 10.1242/jeb.171959 Published 8 May 2018

    Summary: The first auditory data for a population of healthy wild odontocetes shows that belugas have sensitive hearing with limited hearing loss and thresholds that approach quiet ambient noise conditions.

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    Effect of water temperature on diel feeding, locomotion behaviour and digestive physiology in the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus
    Jiamin Sun, Libin Zhang, Yang Pan, Chenggang Lin, Fang Wang, Hongsheng Yang
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2018 221: jeb177451 doi: 10.1242/jeb.177451 Published 4 May 2018

    Summary: Diel feeding and locomotion behaviours in sea cucumber are not controlled by water temperature in the short term.

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    Heat- and humidity-induced plastic changes in body lipids and starvation resistance in the tropical fly Zaprionus indianus during wet and dry seasons
    T. N. Girish, B. E. Pradeep, Ravi Parkash
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2018 221: jeb174482 doi: 10.1242/jeb.174482 Published 4 May 2018

    Summary: In adult Zaprionus indianus in wet or dry seasons, different heat or humidity acclimation conditions have resulted in significant changes in the levels of body lipids in order to cope with starvation stress.

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    A simple model predicts energetically optimised jumping in dogs
    Katherine A. J. Daniels, J. F. Burn
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2018 221: jeb167379 doi: 10.1242/jeb.167379 Published 4 May 2018

    Summary: A simple model of jumping mechanics is used to show that domestic dogs use complex anticipatory control to systematically choose jump trajectories close to those that minimise mechanical energy.

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    Shock attenuation in the human lumbar spine during walking and running
    Eric R. Castillo, Daniel E. Lieberman
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2018 221: jeb177949 doi: 10.1242/jeb.177949 Published 1 May 2018

    Highlighted Article: Human lumbar lordosis helps balance our bipedal trunk but also plays an important role in attenuating shocks transmitted through the spine during high-impact activities such as running.

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