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Volume 1(4);  December 22, 2005
Research Articles
Coevolution of vocal communication and sociality in primates
Karen McComb, Stuart Semple
Biol Lett. 2005 December 22; 1(4): 381–385. Published online 2005 August 24. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0366
PMCID:
PMC1626386
Abstract Full Text PDF–119K
Trans-generational immune priming in a social insect
Ben M Sadd, Yvonne Kleinlogel, Regula Schmid-Hempel, Paul Schmid-Hempel
Biol Lett. 2005 December 22; 1(4): 386–388. Published online 2005 September 1. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0369
PMCID:
PMC1626361
Abstract Full Text PDF–82K
Extrapair mating between relatives in the barn swallow: a role for kin selection?
Oddmund Kleven, Frode Jacobsen, Raleigh J Robertson, Jan T Lifjeld
Biol Lett. 2005 December 22; 1(4): 389–392. Published online 2005 August 31. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0376
PMCID:
PMC1626374
Abstract Full Text PDF–125K
The association between the fraternal birth order effect in male homosexuality and other markers of human sexual orientation
Qazi Rahman
Biol Lett. 2005 December 22; 1(4): 393–395. Published online 2005 July 26. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0342
PMCID:
PMC1626369
Abstract Full Text PDF–81K
Punishment and partner switching cause cooperative behaviour in a cleaning mutualism
Redouan Bshary, Alexandra S Grutter
Biol Lett. 2005 December 22; 1(4): 396–399. Published online 2005 July 26. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0344
PMCID:
PMC1626376
Abstract Full Text PDF–98K
MHC-assortative facial preferences in humans
S. Craig Roberts, Anthony C Little, L. Morris Gosling, Benedict C Jones, David I Perrett, Vaughan Carter, Marion Petrie
Biol Lett. 2005 December 22; 1(4): 400–403. Published online 2005 July 11. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0343
PMCID:
PMC1626373
Abstract Full Text PDF–105K
Female Iberian wall lizards prefer male scents that signal a better cell-mediated immune response
Pilar López, José Martín
Biol Lett. 2005 December 22; 1(4): 404–406. Published online 2005 August 10. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0360
PMCID:
PMC1626371
Abstract Full Text PDF–109K
Neocortex evolution in primates: the ‘social brain’ is for females
Patrik Lindenfors
Biol Lett. 2005 December 22; 1(4): 407–410. Published online 2005 August 24. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0362
PMCID:
PMC1626378
Abstract Full Text PDF–121K
Female preference for conspecific males based on olfactory cues in a Lake Malawi cichlid fish
Martin Plenderleith, Cock van Oosterhout, Rosanna L Robinson, George F Turner
Biol Lett. 2005 December 22; 1(4): 411–414. Published online 2005 August 16. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0355
PMCID:
PMC1626363
Abstract Full Text PDF–210K
Killer whales and whaling: the scavenging hypothesis
Hal Whitehead, Randall Reeves
Biol Lett. 2005 December 22; 1(4): 415–418. Published online 2005 July 26. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0348
PMCID:
PMC1626385
Abstract Full Text PDF–98K
Loss of muscle fibres in a landlocked dwarf Atlantic salmon population
Ian A Johnston, Marguerite Abercromby, Øivind Andersen
Biol Lett. 2005 December 22; 1(4): 419–422. Published online 2005 August 31. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0377
PMCID:
PMC1626377
Abstract Full Text PDF–174K
Ancient DNA reveals Holocene loss of genetic diversity in a South American rodent
Yvonne L Chan, Eileen A Lacey, Oliver P Pearson, Elizabeth A Hadly
Biol Lett. 2005 December 22; 1(4): 423–426. Published online 2005 August 16. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0354
PMCID:
PMC1626362
Abstract Full Text PDF–372K
Expression of uncoupling protein and alternative oxidase depends on lipid or carbohydrate substrates in thermogenic plants
K Ito, R.S Seymour
Biol Lett. 2005 December 22; 1(4): 427–430. Published online 2005 July 11. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0338
PMCID:
PMC1626365
Abstract Full Text PDF–300K
Benefits of organic farming to biodiversity vary among taxa
R.J Fuller, L.R Norton, R.E Feber, P.J Johnson, D.E Chamberlain, A.C Joys, F Mathews, R.C Stuart, M.C Townsend, W.J Manley, M.S Wolfe, D.W Macdonald, L.G Firbank
Biol Lett. 2005 December 22; 1(4): 431–434. Published online 2005 August 1. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0357
PMCID:
PMC1626368
Abstract Full Text PDF–124K
Invasive exotic plants suffer less herbivory than non-invasive exotic plants
Naomi Cappuccino, David Carpenter
Biol Lett. 2005 December 22; 1(4): 435–438. Published online 2005 July 18. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0341
PMCID:
PMC1626367
Abstract Full Text PDF–97K
Plant–plant interactions vary with different mycorrhizal fungus species
Jason D Hoeksema
Biol Lett. 2005 December 22; 1(4): 439–442. Published online 2005 August 31. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0381
PMCID:
PMC1626381
Abstract Full Text PDF–98K
Cyclicity in the fossil record mirrors rock outcrop area
Andrew B Smith, Alistair J McGowan
Biol Lett. 2005 December 22; 1(4): 443–445. Published online 2005 July 11. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0345
PMCID:
PMC1626379
Abstract Full Text PDF–88K
Histology and affinity of the earliest armoured vertebrate
Ivan J Sansom, Philip C.J Donoghue, Guillermo Albanesi
Biol Lett. 2005 December 22; 1(4): 446–449. Published online 2005 July 18. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0349
PMCID:
PMC1626355
Abstract Full Text PDF–1.1M
Spawning, copulation and inbreeding coefficients in marine invertebrates
J.A Addison, M.W Hart
Biol Lett. 2005 December 22; 1(4): 450–453. Published online 2005 August 5. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0353
PMCID:
PMC1626360
Abstract Full Text PDF–144K
Shrimps remove ectoparasites from fishes in temperate waters
Sara Östlund-Nilsson, Justine H.A Becker, Göran E Nilsson
Biol Lett. 2005 December 22; 1(4): 454–456. Published online 2005 August 12. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0363
PMCID:
PMC1626380
Abstract Full Text PDF–217K
Constraints on plastic responses to climate variation in red deer
Daniel H Nussey, Tim H Clutton-Brock, Steve D Albon, Josephine Pemberton, Loeske E.B Kruuk
Biol Lett. 2005 December 22; 1(4): 457–460. Published online 2005 August 5. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0352
PMCID:
PMC1626358
Abstract Full Text PDF–92K
Correlated evolution of maternally derived yolk testosterone and early developmental traits in passerine birds
K.B Gorman, T.D Williams
Biol Lett. 2005 December 22; 1(4): 461–464. Published online 2005 July 11. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0346
PMCID:
PMC1626382
Abstract Full Text PDF–116K
Non-random association of opsin alleles in wild groups of red-bellied tamarins (Saguinus labiatus) and maintenance of the colour vision polymorphism
Alison K Surridge, Sandra S Suárez, Hannah M Buchanan-Smith, Nicholas I Mundy
Biol Lett. 2005 December 22; 1(4): 465–468. Published online 2005 August 17. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0367
PMCID:
PMC1626357
Abstract Full Text PDF–105K
Cormorants dive through the Polar night
David Grémillet, Grégoire Kuntz, Caroline Gilbert, Antony J Woakes, Patrick J Butler, Yvon le Maho
Biol Lett. 2005 December 22; 1(4): 469–471. Published online 2005 July 26. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0356
PMCID:
PMC1626366
Abstract Full Text PDF–97K
Migrating locusts can detect polarized reflections to avoid flying over the sea
N Shashar, S Sabbah, N Aharoni
Biol Lett. 2005 December 22; 1(4): 472–475. Published online 2005 July 11. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0334
PMCID:
PMC1626356
Abstract Full Text PDF–300K
Against the current: an inter-oceanic whale migration event
Cristina Pomilla, Howard C Rosenbaum
Biol Lett. 2005 December 22; 1(4): 476–479. Published online 2005 August 16. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0351
PMCID:
PMC1626387
Abstract Full Text PDF–240K Supplementary Material
Propagule pressure and persistence in experimental populations
John M Drake, Peter Baggenstos, David M Lodge
Biol Lett. 2005 December 22; 1(4): 480–483. Published online 2005 August 31. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0375
PMCID:
PMC1626370
Abstract Full Text PDF–109K
Does respiratory sinus arrhythmia occur in fishes?
Hamish A Campbell, Edwin W Taylor, Stuart Egginton
Biol Lett. 2005 December 22; 1(4): 484–487. Published online 2005 August 31. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0365
PMCID:
PMC1626384
Abstract Full Text PDF–163K
Infection density of Wolbachia endosymbiont affected by co-infection and host genotype
Natsuko Kondo, Masakazu Shimada, Takema Fukatsu
Biol Lett. 2005 December 22; 1(4): 488–491. Published online 2005 July 13. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0340
PMCID:
PMC1626364
Abstract Full Text PDF–118K
Deleterious genomic mutation rate for viability in Drosophila melanogaster using concomitant sibling controls
Yi Gong, R.C Woodruff, J.N Thompson, Jr
Biol Lett. 2005 December 22; 1(4): 492–495. Published online 2005 August 19. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0364
PMCID:
PMC1626383
Abstract Full Text PDF–119K
Regressive evolution of an eye pigment gene in independently evolved eyeless subterranean diving beetles
Remko Leys, Steven J.B Cooper, Ulrike Strecker, Horst Wilkens
Biol Lett. 2005 December 22; 1(4): 496–499. Published online 2005 August 10. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0358
PMCID:
PMC1626372
Abstract Full Text PDF–99K Supplementary Material
Frequency-dependent taste-rejection by avian predation may select for defence chemical polymorphisms in aposematic prey
John Skelhorn, Candy Rowe
Biol Lett. 2005 December 22; 1(4): 500–503. Published online 2005 August 31. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0359
PMCID:
PMC1626375
Abstract Full Text PDF–102K
Flower choice copying in bumblebees
Bradley D Worden, Daniel R Papaj
Biol Lett. 2005 December 22; 1(4): 504–507. Published online 2005 August 19. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0368
PMCID:
PMC1626359
Abstract Full Text PDF–102K
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