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Exploring epigenetic inheritance: alternative models and experimental approaches
ABSTRACTInterest in epigenetics and epigenetic inheritance has grown rapidly over the last few decades, driven by fundamental biological discoveries with broad clinical and agricultural applications. Yet, a small group of established biological mo...
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Posted: May 8, 2026, 12:00 am
A morphological innovation, the fan of the water strider Rhagovelia , enables its conquest of turbulent streams
ABSTRACTManeuvering on fast running waters is an energy demanding task, making this niche hard to access. The propelling fan of the water strider Rhagovelia is an evolutionary innovation that enhances the maneuverability in these environments. Thi...
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Posted: May 8, 2026, 12:00 am
Linking morphology and performance: skeletal growth and sex-specific form–function relationships in an agamid lizard
ABSTRACTLinking morphology to performance is essential for understanding how skeletal growth shapes functional capabilities. In sexually dimorphic species, males and females often experience distinct selection pressures, leading to differences in ...
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Posted: May 8, 2026, 12:00 am
Increased heart rate and blood oxygen extraction are key to the ability of schoolmaster snapper ( Lutjanus apodus ) to swim maximally at high temperatures
ABSTRACTConsistent with data on other tropical fish species: we previously showed that schoolmaster snapper (Lutjanus apodus) exhibited a maximum metabolic rate (MMR) during a critical thermal maximum while swimming (CTSMax) test that was 60% high...
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Posted: May 8, 2026, 12:00 am
How feathery oar propels riffle bugs where other water striders fear to tread
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Accumulation of CO 2 limits energy gain in freely diving grey seals
ABSTRACTUnderstanding how gas regulation impacts behavioural and physiological processes in phocid seals is essential to understanding their foraging ecology. The accumulation of circulating CO2 across a series of dives is thought to prolong surfa...
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Posted: May 8, 2026, 12:00 am
ECR Spotlight – Milou Hegeman
ECR Spotlight is a series of interviews with early-career authors from a selection of papers published in Journal of Experimental Biology and aims to promote not only the diversity of early-career researchers (ECRs) working in experimental biology...
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Posted: May 7, 2026, 12:00 am
Vocal compensation to noise in long-finned pilot whales ( Globicephala melas )
ABSTRACTAnthropogenic noise is considered a marine pollutant by the European Union and can impact marine animals in various ways. Noise that overlaps in time and frequency with animal communication signals can interfere with communication and thus...
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