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July, 2020; 223 (14)

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    Tobacco hornworms change stride when the going gets different
    Kathryn Knight
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2020 223: jeb230854 doi: 10.1242/jeb.230854 Published 30 July 2020
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    Knuckle-walking chimpanzees go 3-D with ‘Avatar’ technology
    Kathryn Knight
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2020 223: jeb231860 doi: 10.1242/jeb.231860 Published 28 July 2020
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    Minute mecysmaucheniid spider triggers fastest trap-jaws
    Kathryn Knight
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2020 223: jeb231407 doi: 10.1242/jeb.231407 Published 27 July 2020
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    Randomly rotated photoreceptors foil jewel beetle's polarization vision
    Kathryn Knight
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2020 223: jeb231555 doi: 10.1242/jeb.231555 Published 22 July 2020
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    Chilly rattlesnakes strike slower, but not as slow as expected
    Kathryn Knight
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2020 223: jeb230938 doi: 10.1242/jeb.230938 Published 20 July 2020

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    Directional hearing in insects: biophysical, physiological and ecological challenges
    Heiner Römer
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2020 223: jeb203224 doi: 10.1242/jeb.203224 Published 30 July 2020

    Summary: This Review describes the biophysical, physiological and behavioural solutions that allow small insects to determine the direction of a sound source in space, even under complex field conditions.

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    Flight activity and glycogen depletion on a low-carbohydrate diet
    Hugh S. Winwood-Smith, Craig R. White, Craig E. Franklin
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2020 223: jeb228379 doi: 10.1242/jeb.228379 Published 22 July 2020

    Summary: On a low-carbohydrate diet, flies experience a reduction in glycogen stores yet increase flight activity without changing rates of glycogen depletion.

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    Wind and obstacle motion affect honeybee flight strategies in cluttered environments
    Nicholas P. Burnett, Marc A. Badger, Stacey A. Combes
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2020 223: jeb222471 doi: 10.1242/jeb.222471 Published 30 July 2020

    Summary: To approach moving obstacles, honeybees reduce speeds in still air but increase speeds in wind. To transit obstacles, bees reduce speeds in still air but alter flight paths in wind.

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    Stepping pattern changes in the caterpillar Manduca sexta: the effects of orientation and substrate
    Cinzia Metallo, Ritwika Mukherjee, Barry A. Trimmer
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2020 223: jeb220319 doi: 10.1242/jeb.220319 Published 30 July 2020

    Highlighted Article: The stepping patterns of Manduca sexta (caterpillars) vary with substrate and orientation, indicating that they can detect and respond to the mechanical properties of the environment with which they interact.

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    Swim bladder enhances lagenar sensitivity to sound pressure and higher frequencies in female plainfin midshipman (Porichthys notatus)
    Brooke J. Vetter, Joseph A. Sisneros
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2020 223: jeb225177 doi: 10.1242/jeb.225177 Published 29 July 2020

    Summary: The presence of a swim bladder enhances lagenar sensitivity to sound pressure and higher frequencies in female plainfin midshipman, which may be adaptive for the detection of behaviorally relevant social signals.

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    Plasticity, repeatability and phenotypic correlations of aerobic metabolic traits in a small estuarine fish
    Jessica E. Reemeyer, Bernard B. Rees
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2020 223: jeb228098 doi: 10.1242/jeb.228098 Published 28 July 2020

    Summary: Aerobic metabolism of an ecologically dominant estuarine fish is influenced by acclimation to environmental changes without altering trait repeatability. Furthermore, specific metabolic traits are phenotypically correlated.

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    The biomechanics of knuckle-walking: 3-D kinematics of the chimpanzee and macaque wrist, hand and fingers
    Nathan E. Thompson
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2020 223: jeb224360 doi: 10.1242/jeb.224360 Published 28 July 2020

    Highlighted Article: The first 3-D kinematics of the knuckle-walking chimpanzee hand illustrates unique characteristics as well as shared commonalities with digitigrade and palmigrade walking of macaques.

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    Reduced lactate dehydrogenase activity in the heart and suppressed sex hormone levels are associated with female-biased mortality during thermal stress in Pacific salmon
    A. G. Little, E. Hardison, K. Kraskura, T. Dressler, T. S. Prystay, B. Hendriks, J. N. Pruitt, A. P. Farrell, S. J. Cooke, D. A. Patterson, S. G. Hinch, E. J. Eliason
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2020 223: jeb214841 doi: 10.1242/jeb.214841 Published 28 July 2020

    Summary: Reduced lactate dehydrogenase activity in the heart and lower circulating sex hormones are linked to female-biased mortality during thermal stress in Pacific salmon.

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    Behavioral and physiological evidence that increasing group size ameliorates the impacts of social disturbance
    Hannah M. Anderson, Alexander G. Little, David N. Fisher, Brendan L. McEwen, Brett M. Culbert, Sigal Balshine, Jonathan N. Pruitt
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2020 223: jeb217075 doi: 10.1242/jeb.217075 Published 28 July 2020

    Summary: Social stability is vital for group productivity and long-term persistence. Here, both behavioral and physiological evidence conveys that larger groups are less susceptible to social disturbance.

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    Morphology and performance of the ‘trap-jaw’ cheliceral strikes in spiders (Araneae, Mecysmaucheniidae)
    Hannah M. Wood
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2020 223: jeb219899 doi: 10.1242/jeb.219899 Published 27 July 2020

    Highlighted Article: The ultra-fast cheliceral strike of mecysmaucheniid spiders, the fastest documented movement among arachnids, is achieved via shifts in the shape of external structures and shifts in muscle anatomy towards increased specialization.

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    Keep calm and hang on: EMG activation in the forelimb musculature of three-toed sloths (Bradypus variegatus)
    Marissa A. Gorvet, James M. Wakeling, Dakota M. Morgan, Daniel Hidalgo Segura, Judy Avey-Arroyo, Michael T. Butcher
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2020 223: jeb218370 doi: 10.1242/jeb.218370 Published 27 July 2020

    Summary: Three-toed sloths minimize activation of their limb muscles while hanging and appear to offset the cost of force production when walking and climbing by preferentially recruiting large, slow-contracting muscle fibers.

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    Two chiral types of randomly rotated ommatidia are distributed across the retina of the flathead oak borer Coraebus undatus (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
    Andrej Meglič, Marko Ilić, Carmen Quero, Kentaro Arikawa, Gregor Belušič
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2020 223: jeb225920 doi: 10.1242/jeb.225920 Published 22 July 2020

    Highlighted Article: Jewel beetles have an irregular retinal mosaic of randomly rotated and mirror-symmetric ommatidia, housing at least four spectral classes of photoreceptors.

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    Air-entrapping capacity in the hair coverage of Malacosoma castrensis (Lasiocampidae: Lepidoptera) caterpillar: a case study
    Alexander Kovalev, Manuela Rebora, Gianandrea Salerno, Stanislav Gorb
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2020 223: jeb225029 doi: 10.1242/jeb.225029 Published 22 July 2020

    Summary: An incompressible physical gas gill, stabilized by relatively long and thick setae, is present in terrestrial caterpillars of Malacosoma castrensis, which can survive many hours underwater.

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    Path integration error and adaptable search behaviors in a mantis shrimp
    Rickesh N. Patel, Thomas W. Cronin
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2020 223: jeb224618 doi: 10.1242/jeb.224618 Published 22 July 2020

    Summary: Mantis shrimp use path integration, an error-prone navigational strategy, when traveling home. When path integration fails, mantis shrimp employ a stereotyped yet flexible search pattern to locate their homes.

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    Acute and chronic stress prevents responses to pain in zebrafish: evidence for stress-induced analgesia
    Jack S. Thomson, Anthony G. Deakin, Andrew R. Cossins, Joseph W. Spencer, Iain S. Young, Lynne U. Sneddon
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2020 223: jeb224527 doi: 10.1242/jeb.224527 Published 22 July 2020

    Summary: Exposure of zebrafish to acute or chronic stress prior to fin clipping prevents behavioural changes normally seen after fin clip; naloxone treatment prevented this effect, demonstrating stress-induced analgesia.

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    Thermal tolerance and hypoxia tolerance are associated in blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) neonates
    Ian A. Bouyoucos, Phillip R. Morrison, Ornella C. Weideli, Eva Jacquesson, Serge Planes, Colin A. Simpfendorfer, Colin J. Brauner, Jodie L. Rummer
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2020 223: jeb221937 doi: 10.1242/jeb.221937 Published 21 July 2020

    Summary: Thermal tolerance is associated with hypoxia tolerance in blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) neonates. Both tolerance traits change with thermal acclimation, but aerobic scope and growth rates do not.

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    Evolutionarily conserved transcription factors drive the oxidative stress response in Drosophila
    Sarah M. Ryan, Kaitie Wildman, Briseida Oceguera-Perez, Scott Barbee, Nathan T. Mortimer, Alysia D. Vrailas-Mortimer
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2020 223: jeb221622 doi: 10.1242/jeb.221622 Published 20 July 2020

    Summary: A comparative genomics approach reveals conserved transcription factor consensus sites in the p38 MAPK gene family that regulate stress responses in Drosophila.

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    The effects of temperature on the defensive strikes of rattlesnakes
    Malachi D. Whitford, Grace A. Freymiller, Timothy E. Higham, Rulon W. Clark
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2020 223: jeb223859 doi: 10.1242/jeb.223859 Published 20 July 2020

    Highlighted Article: Viper strike kinematics across a range of ecologically relevant temperatures show that defensive strikes of vipers are affected by temperature, but less than would be expected if the movement was purely muscle-driven.

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    Exploratory behaviour, memory and neurogenesis in the social Damaraland mole-rat (Fukomys damarensis)
    Maria K. Oosthuizen
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2020 223: jeb221093 doi: 10.1242/jeb.221093 Published 16 July 2020

    Summary: Damaraland mole-rat behaviour is modulated by dispersal and dispersal strategy. Non-dispersing mole-rats explore more cautiously; female dispersers approach the learning task differently from males, having a different dispersal strategy.

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    Maximum aerodynamic force production by the wandering glider dragonfly (Pantala flavescens, Libellulidae)
    Guanting Su, Robert Dudley, Tianyu Pan, Mengzong Zheng, Liansong Peng, Qiushi Li
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2020 223: jeb218552 doi: 10.1242/jeb.218552 Published 15 July 2020

    Summary: Dragonflies with submaximal loads exhibit unprecedentedly high aerodynamic forces after being dropped in mid-air, descending and then recovering in flight; this behavior represents a new context for evaluating limits to force production by flying animals.

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    Route-following ants respond to alterations of the view sequence
    Sebastian Schwarz, Michael Mangan, Barbara Webb, Antoine Wystrach
    Journal of Experimental Biology 2020 223: jeb218701 doi: 10.1242/jeb.218701 Published 15 July 2020

    Summary: There is a sequence component to route memories in ants, as ants show signs of navigational uncertainty when the familiar sequence of views is suddenly altered.

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