Volume 289(1967); January 26, 2022

Evolution

Evolutionary modularity, integration and disparity in an accretionary skeleton: analysis of venerid Bivalvia

Stewart M. Edie, Safia C. Khouja, Katie S. Collins, Nicholas M. A. Crouch, David Jablonski

Proc Biol Sci. January 26, 2022; 289(1967): 20211199. Published online January 19, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.1199

PMCID:: PMC8767195

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Extraordinarily precise nematode sex ratios: adaptive responses to vanishingly rare mating opportunities

Justin Van Goor, Edward Allen Herre, Adalberto Gómez, John D. Nason

Proc Biol Sci. January 26, 2022; 289(1967): 20211572. Published online January 19, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.1572

PMCID:: PMC8767218

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Ecology

Functionally distinct tree species support long-term productivity in extreme environments

Léo Delalandre, Pierre Gaüzère, Wilfried Thuiller, Marc Cadotte, Nicolas Mouquet, David Mouillot, François Munoz, Pierre Denelle, Nicolas Loiseau, Xavier Morin, Cyrille Violle

Proc Biol Sci. January 26, 2022; 289(1967): 20211694. Published online January 19, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.1694

PMCID:: PMC8767214

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Southeast Alaskan kelp forests: inferences of process from large-scale patterns of variation in space and time

Torrey R. Gorra, Sabrina C. R. Garcia, Michael R. Langhans, Umihiko Hoshijima, James A. Estes, Pete T. Raimondi, M. Tim Tinker, Michael C. Kenner, Kristy J. Kroeker

Proc Biol Sci. January 26, 2022; 289(1967): 20211697. Published online January 19, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.1697

PMCID:: PMC8767212

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Large mesopelagic fish biomass in the Southern Ocean resolved by acoustic properties

Tracey Dornan, Sophie Fielding, Ryan A. Saunders, Martin J. Genner

Proc Biol Sci. January 26, 2022; 289(1967): 20211781. Published online January 26, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.1781

PMCID:: PMC8790350

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Evolution

Positive-to-negative behavioural responses suggest hedonic evaluation in treefrog mate choice

Gerlinde Höbel, Rafael L. Rodríguez

Proc Biol Sci. January 26, 2022; 289(1967): 20211822. Published online January 19, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.1822

PMCID:: PMC8767204

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Biological Applications

Interacting effects of density and temperature on fish growth rates in freshwater protected populations

Andrew S. Watson, Michael J. H. Hickford, David R. Schiel

Proc Biol Sci. January 26, 2022; 289(1967): 20211982. Published online January 19, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.1982

PMCID:: PMC8767183

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Behaviour

Silencing Doublesex expression triggers three-level pheromonal feminization in Nasonia vitripennis males

Yidong Wang, Weizhao Sun, Sonja Fleischmann, Jocelyn G. Millar, Joachim Ruther, Eveline C. Verhulst

Proc Biol Sci. January 26, 2022; 289(1967): 20212002. Published online January 26, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.2002

PMCID:: PMC8790373

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Development and Physiology

Endocrine disruption from plastic pollution and warming interact to increase the energetic cost of growth in a fish

Nicholas C. Wu, Alexander M. Rubin, Frank Seebacher

Proc Biol Sci. January 26, 2022; 289(1967): 20212077. Published online January 26, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.2077

PMCID:: PMC8790379

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Evolution

Evolution of flexible biting in hyperdiverse parasitoid wasps

Thomas van de Kamp, István Mikó, Arnold H. Staniczek, Benjamin Eggs, Daria Bajerlein, Tomáš Faragó, Lea Hagelstein, Elias Hamann, Rebecca Spiecker, Tilo Baumbach, Petr Janšta, Lars Krogmann

Proc Biol Sci. January 26, 2022; 289(1967): 20212086. Published online January 26, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.2086

PMCID:: PMC8790333

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Mitochondrial DNA content in eggs as a maternal effect

Sin-Yeon Kim, Violette Chiara, Náyade Álvarez-Quintero, Alberto Velando

Proc Biol Sci. January 26, 2022; 289(1967): 20212100. Published online January 19, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.2100

PMCID:: PMC8767187

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Global Change and Conservation

Flexible group cohesion and coordination, but robust leader–follower roles, in a wild social primate using urban space

Anna M. Bracken, Charlotte Christensen, M. Justin O'Riain, Ines Fürtbauer, Andrew J. King

Proc Biol Sci. January 26, 2022; 289(1967): 20212141. Published online January 26, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.2141

PMCID:: PMC8790338

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Perspective

Parasite co-infection: an ecological, molecular and experimental perspective

Frank Venter, Keith R. Matthews, Eleanor Silvester

Proc Biol Sci. January 26, 2022; 289(1967): 20212155. Published online January 19, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.2155

PMCID:: PMC8767208

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Behaviour

Decoding alarm signal propagation of seed-harvester ants using automated movement tracking and supervised machine learning

Xiaohui Guo, Michael R. Lin, Asma Azizi, Lucas P. Saldyt, Yun Kang, Theodore P. Pavlic, Jennifer H. Fewell

Proc Biol Sci. January 26, 2022; 289(1967): 20212176. Published online January 26, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.2176

PMCID:: PMC8790334

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Evolution

Multiscale analysis of the randomization limits of the chromosomal gene organization between Lepidoptera and Diptera

José M. Ranz, Pablo M. González, Ryan N. Su, Sarah J. Bedford, Cei Abreu-Goodger, Therese Markow

Proc Biol Sci. January 26, 2022; 289(1967): 20212183. Published online January 19, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.2183

PMCID:: PMC8767184

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Development and Physiology

Over a decade of field physiology reveals life-history specific strategies to drought in garter snakes (Thamnophis elegans)

Kaitlyn G. Holden, Eric J. Gangloff, David A. W. Miller, Ashley R. Hedrick, Carli Dinsmore, Alison Basel, Greta Kutz, Anne M. Bronikowski

Proc Biol Sci. January 26, 2022; 289(1967): 20212187. Published online January 26, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.2187

PMCID:: PMC8790353

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Behaviour

Socio-cultural similarity with host population rather than ecological similarity predicts success and failure of human migrations

R. Lynch, J. Loehr, V. Lummaa, T. Honkola, J. Pettay, O. Vesakoski

Proc Biol Sci. January 26, 2022; 289(1967): 20212298. Published online January 19, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.2298

PMCID:: PMC8767215

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Evolution

An unbiased test reveals no enrichment of sexually antagonistic polymorphisms on the human X chromosome

Filip Ruzicka, Tim Connallon

Proc Biol Sci. January 26, 2022; 289(1967): 20212314. Published online January 26, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.2314

PMCID:: PMC8790371

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Ecology

Elephant seal foraging success is enhanced in Antarctic coastal polynyas

Fernando Arce, Mark A. Hindell, Clive R. McMahon, Simon J. Wotherspoon, Christophe Guinet, Robert G. Harcourt, Sophie Bestley

Proc Biol Sci. January 26, 2022; 289(1967): 20212452. Published online January 26, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.2452

PMCID:: PMC8790345

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Reef environments shape microbial partners in a highly connected coral population

N. G. Kriefall, M. R. Kanke, G. V. Aglyamova, S. W. Davies

Proc Biol Sci. January 26, 2022; 289(1967): 20212459. Published online January 19, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.2459

PMCID:: PMC8767194

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Stable isotope signals provide seasonal climatic markers for moss functional groups

Jessica Royles, Sophie Young, Howard Griffiths

Proc Biol Sci. January 26, 2022; 289(1967): 20212470. Published online January 19, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.2470

PMCID:: PMC8767200

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Behaviour

Long-distance dependencies in birdsong syntax

William A. Searcy, Jill Soha, Susan Peters, Stephen Nowicki

Proc Biol Sci. January 26, 2022; 289(1967): 20212473. Published online January 26, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.2473

PMCID:: PMC8790354

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Neuroscience and Cognition

Colour constancy failures expected in colourful environments

David H. Foster, Adam Reeves

Proc Biol Sci. January 26, 2022; 289(1967): 20212483. Published online January 26, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.2483

PMCID:: PMC8790380

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Evolution

The evolution of the traplining pollinator role in hummingbirds: specialization is not an evolutionary dead end

Louie M. K. Rombaut, Elliot J. R. Capp, Emma C. Hughes, Zoë K. Varley, Andrew P. Beckerman, Natalie Cooper, Gavin H. Thomas

Proc Biol Sci. January 26, 2022; 289(1967): 20212484. Published online January 19, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.2484

PMCID:: PMC8767203

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Hybridization boosts dispersal of two contrasted ecotypes in a grass species

Emma V. Curran, Matilda S. Scott, Jill K. Olofsson, Florence Nyirenda, Graciela Sotelo, Matheus E. Bianconi, Sophie Manzi, Guillaume Besnard, Lara Pereira, Pascal-Antoine Christin

Proc Biol Sci. January 26, 2022; 289(1967): 20212491. Published online January 26, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.2491

PMCID:: PMC8790336

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Special Feature

Stability and manoeuvrability in animal movement: lessons from biology, modelling and robotics

Andrew A. Biewener, Richard J. Bomphrey, Monica A. Daley, Auke J. Ijspeert

Proc Biol Sci. January 26, 2022; 289(1967): 20212492. Published online January 19, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.2492

PMCID:: PMC8767207

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Neuroscience and Cognition

Rotation of skylight polarization during learning walks is necessary to trigger neuronal plasticity in Cataglyphis ants

Robin Grob, Oliver Holland Cunz, Kornelia Grübel, Keram Pfeiffer, Wolfgang Rössler, Pauline N. Fleischmann

Proc Biol Sci. January 26, 2022; 289(1967): 20212499. Published online January 26, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.2499

PMCID:: PMC8790360

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Evolution

Genetic coupling of life-history and aerobic performance in Atlantic salmon

Jenni M. Prokkola, Eirik R. Åsheim, Sergey Morozov, Paul Bangura, Jaakko Erkinaro, Annukka Ruokolainen, Craig R. Primmer, Tutku Aykanat

Proc Biol Sci. January 26, 2022; 289(1967): 20212500. Published online January 26, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.2500

PMCID:: PMC8790367

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Behaviour

Interindividual variation in the use of social information during learning in honeybees

Catherine Tait, Dhruba Naug

Proc Biol Sci. January 26, 2022; 289(1967): 20212501. Published online January 26, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.2501

PMCID:: PMC8790335

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Palaeobiology

The pre-eminent role of directional selection in generating extreme morphological change in glyptodonts (Cingulata; Xenarthra)

Fabio A. Machado, Gabriel Marroig, Alex Hubbe

Proc Biol Sci. January 26, 2022; 289(1967): 20212521. Published online January 19, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.2521

PMCID:: PMC8767197

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Behaviour

Beaked whales and state-dependent decision-making: how does body condition affect the trade-off between foraging and predator avoidance?

Eilidh Siegal, Sascha K. Hooker, Saana Isojunno, Patrick J. O. Miller

Proc Biol Sci. January 26, 2022; 289(1967): 20212539. Published online January 26, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.2539

PMCID:: PMC8790365

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Evolution

Migration restores hybrid incompatibility driven by mitochondrial–nuclear sexual conflict

Manisha Munasinghe, Benjamin C. Haller, Andrew G. Clark

Proc Biol Sci. January 26, 2022; 289(1967): 20212561. Published online January 26, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.2561

PMCID:: PMC8790342

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A life-history trade-off gene with antagonistic pleiotropic effects on reproduction and survival in limiting environments

Rani M. S. Saggere, Christopher W. J. Lee, Irina C. W. Chan, Dion G. Durnford, Aurora M. Nedelcu

Proc Biol Sci. January 26, 2022; 289(1967): 20212669. Published online January 26, 2022. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.2669

PMCID:: PMC8790358

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