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The motion after-effect: local and global contributions to contrast sensitivity
Karin Nordström and David C. O'Carroll
Proc Biol Sci. 2009 May 7; 276(1662): 1545–1554. Published online 2009 February 25. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1932.
PMCID: PMC2660997
The causes of mutation accumulation in mitochondrial genomes
Maurine Neiman and Douglas R. Taylor
Proc Biol Sci. 2009 April 7; 276(1660): 1201–1209. Published online 2009 January 20. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1758.
PMCID: PMC2660971
Targeting mitotic chromosomes: a conserved mechanism to ensure viral genome persistence
Katherine M. Feeney and Joanna L. Parish
Proc Biol Sci. 2009 May 7; 276(1662): 1535–1544. Published online 2009 January 20. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1642.
PMCID: PMC2660980
Seasonal host dynamics drive the timing of recurrent epidemics in a wildlife population
Michael Begon, Sandra Telfer, Matthew J. Smith, Sarah Burthe, Steve Paterson, and Xavier Lambin
Proc Biol Sci. 2009 May 7; 276(1662): 1603–1610. Published online 2009 January 20. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1732.
PMCID: PMC2660985
Reply to Comment by Young et al.
F. Mathews, P. Johnson, and A. Neil
Proc Biol Sci. 2009 April 7; 276(1660): 1213–1214. Published online 2009 January 13. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1781.
PMCID: PMC2660972
Fatal attraction: rare species in the spotlight
Elena Angulo, Anne-Laure Deves, Michel Saint Jalmes, and Franck Courchamp
Proc Biol Sci. 2009 April 7; 276(1660): 1331–1337. Published online 2009 January 13. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1475.
PMCID: PMC2660955
Earthworm genomes, genes and proteins: the (re)discovery of Darwin's worms
S.R. Stürzenbaum, J. Andre, P. Kille, and A.J. Morgan
Proc Biol Sci. 2009 March 7; 276(1658): 789–797. Published online 2008 December 16. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1510.
PMCID: PMC2664377
Echolocating bats emit a highly directional sonar sound beam in the field
Annemarie Surlykke, Simon Boel Pedersen, and Lasse Jakobsen
Proc Biol Sci. 2009 March 7; 276(1658): 853–860. Published online 2008 December 2. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1505.
PMCID: PMC2664374
Wholes and subparts in visual processing of human agency
Peter Neri
Proc Biol Sci. 2009 March 7; 276(1658): 861–869. Published online 2008 December 2. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1363.
PMCID: PMC2664361
Lifetime reproductive success is maximized with optimal major histocompatibility complex diversity
Martin Kalbe, Christophe Eizaguirre, Ilka Dankert, Thorsten B.H. Reusch, Ralf D. Sommerfeld, K. Mathias Wegner, and Manfred Milinski
Proc Biol Sci. 2009 March 7; 276(1658): 925–934. Published online 2008 November 25. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1466.
PMCID: PMC2664370
Warning displays may function as honest signals of toxicity
Jonathan D. Blount, Michael P. Speed, Graeme D. Ruxton, and Philip A. Stephens
Proc Biol Sci. 2009 March 7; 276(1658): 871–877. Published online 2008 November 18. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1407.
PMCID: PMC2664363
Extreme endurance flights by landbirds crossing the Pacific Ocean: ecological corridor rather than barrier?
Robert E. Gill, Jr, T. Lee Tibbitts, David C. Douglas, Colleen M. Handel, Daniel M. Mulcahy, Jon C. Gottschalck, Nils Warnock, Brian J. McCaffery, Philip F. Battley, and Theunis Piersma
Proc Biol Sci. 2009 February 7; 276(1656): 447–457. Published online 2008 October 29. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1142.
PMCID: PMC2664343
Evolution of trust and trustworthiness: social awareness favours personality differences
John M. McNamara, Philip A. Stephens, Sasha R.X. Dall, and Alasdair I. Houston
Proc Biol Sci. 2009 February 22; 276(1657): 605–613. Published online 2008 October 28. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1182.
PMCID: PMC2660932
Reproductive skew in female common marmosets: what can proximate mechanisms tell us about ultimate causes?
Wendy Saltzman, Leslie J. Digby, and David H. Abbott
Proc Biol Sci. 2009 February 7; 276(1656): 389–399. Published online 2008 October 21. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1374.
PMCID: PMC2592602
Infrared radiation from hot cones on cool conifers attracts seed-feeding insects
Stephen Takács, Hannah Bottomley, Iisak Andreller, Tracy Zaradnik, Joseph Schwarz, Robb Bennett, Ward Strong, and Gerhard Gries
Proc Biol Sci. 2009 February 22; 276(1657): 649–655. Published online 2008 October 21. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0742.
PMCID: PMC2660928
Representing the UK's cattle herd as static and dynamic networks
Matthew C. Vernon and Matt J. Keeling
Proc Biol Sci. 2009 February 7; 276(1656): 469–476. Published online 2008 October 14. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1009.
PMCID: PMC2592553
Atlantic salmon eggs favour sperm in competition that have similar major histocompatibility alleles
Sarah E. Yeates, Sigurd Einum, Ian A. Fleming, Hendrik-Jan Megens, René J.M. Stet, Kjetil Hindar, William V. Holt, Katrien J.W. Van Look, and Matthew J.G. Gage
Proc Biol Sci. 2009 February 7; 276(1656): 559–566. Published online 2008 October 14. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1257.
PMCID: PMC2592554
Experimental evolution of a sexually selected display in yeast
David W. Rogers and Duncan Greig
Proc Biol Sci. 2009 February 7; 276(1656): 543–549. Published online 2008 October 7. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1146.
PMCID: PMC2590883
Between-group competition and human cooperation
Mikael Puurtinen and Tapio Mappes
Proc Biol Sci. 1–6. Published online 2008 September 30. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1060.
PMCID: PMC2581672
Inferring malaria parasite population structure from serological networks
Caroline O. Buckee, Peter C. Bull, and Sunetra Gupta
Proc Biol Sci. 2009 February 7; 276(1656): 477–485. Published online 2008 September 30. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1122.
PMCID: PMC2581777
Size-structured risk assessments govern Daphnia migration
Lars-Anders Hansson and Samuel Hylander
Proc Biol Sci. 1–6. Published online 2008 September 23. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1088.
PMCID: PMC2581673
Lake warming favours small-sized planktonic diatom species
Monika Winder, John E. Reuter, and S. Geoffrey Schladow
Proc Biol Sci. 2009 February 7; 276(1656): 427–435. Published online 2008 September 23. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1200.
PMCID: PMC2581674
Directional sensitivity of the retina: 75 years of Stiles–Crawford effect
Gerald Westheimer
Proc Biol Sci. 2008 December 22; 275(1653): 2777–2786. Published online 2008 September 2. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0712.
PMCID: PMC2572678
A Killer–Rescue system for self-limiting gene drive of anti-pathogen constructs
Fred Gould, Yunxin Huang, Mathieu Legros, and Alun L Lloyd
Proc Biol Sci. 2008 December 22; 275(1653): 2823–2829. Published online 2008 September 2. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0846.
PMCID: PMC2572679
Early cortical specialization for face-to-face communication in human infants
Tobias Grossmann, Mark H Johnson, Sarah Lloyd-Fox, Anna Blasi, Fani Deligianni, Clare Elwell, and Gergely Csibra
Proc Biol Sci. 2008 December 22; 275(1653): 2803–2811. Published online 2008 August 28. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0986.
PMCID: PMC2572680
Three-dimensional images of choanoflagellate loricae
Barry S.C Leadbeater, QiBin Yu, Joyce Kent, and Dov J Stekel
Proc Biol Sci. 2009 January 7; 276(1654): 3–11. Published online 2008 August 26. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0844.
PMCID: PMC2581655
In your face: facial metrics predict aggressive behaviour in the laboratory and in varsity and professional hockey players
Justin M Carré and Cheryl M McCormick
Proc Biol Sci. 2008 November 22; 275(1651): 2651–2656. Published online 2008 August 19. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0873.
PMCID: PMC2570531
A latitudinal cline in the Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) Clock gene: evidence for selection on PolyQ length variants
Kathleen G O'Malley and Michael A Banks
Proc Biol Sci. 2008 December 22; 275(1653): 2813–2821. Published online 2008 August 19. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0524.
PMCID: PMC2572187
MHC-correlated odour preferences in humans and the use of oral contraceptives
S. Craig Roberts, L. Morris Gosling, Vaughan Carter, and Marion Petrie
Proc Biol Sci. 2008 December 7; 275(1652): 2715–2722. Published online 2008 August 12. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0825.
PMCID: PMC2605820
Summation of perceptual cues in natural visual scenes
M To, P.G Lovell, T Troscianko, and D.J Tolhurst
Proc Biol Sci. 2008 October 22; 275(1649): 2299–2308. Published online 2008 July 15. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0692.
PMCID: PMC2495046
Avian olfactory receptor gene repertoires: evidence for a well-developed sense of smell in birds?
Silke S Steiger, Andrew E Fidler, Mihai Valcu, and Bart Kempenaers
Proc Biol Sci. 2008 October 22; 275(1649): 2309–2317. Published online 2008 July 15. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0607.
PMCID: PMC2495045
Temporal trends in the discovery of human viruses
Mark E.J Woolhouse, Richard Howey, Eleanor Gaunt, Liam Reilly, Margo Chase-Topping, and Nick Savill
Proc Biol Sci. 2008 September 22; 275(1647): 2111–2115. Published online 2008 May 27. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0294.
PMCID: PMC2475551
Acoustic alarm signalling facilitates predator protection of treehoppers by mutualist ant bodyguards
Manuel A Morales, Jennifer L Barone, and Charles S Henry
Proc Biol Sci. 2008 August 22; 275(1645): 1935–1941. Published online 2008 May 14. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0410.
PMCID: PMC2627810
Recent advances in reproductive neuroendocrinology: a role for RFamide peptides in seasonal reproduction?
Timothy J Greives, Lance J Kriegsfeld, George E Bentley, Kazuyoshi Tsutsui, and Gregory E Demas
Proc Biol Sci. 2008 September 7; 275(1646): 1943–1951. Published online 2008 May 13. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0433.
PMCID: PMC2459216
Perceptual switch rates with ambiguous structure-from-motion figures in bipolar disorder
Kristine Krug, Emma Brunskill, Antonina Scarna, Guy M Goodwin, and Andrew J Parker
Proc Biol Sci. 2008 August 22; 275(1645): 1839–1848. Published online 2008 May 7. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0043.
PMCID: PMC2494571
Parent–offspring conflict and co-adaptation: behavioural ecology meets quantitative genetics
Per T Smiseth, Jonathan Wright, and Mathias Kölliker
Proc Biol Sci. 2008 August 22; 275(1645): 1823–1830. Published online 2008 May 6. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0199.
PMCID: PMC2459215
Poor condition and infection: a vicious circle in natural populations
Pablo M Beldomenico, Sandra Telfer, Stephanie Gebert, Lukasz Lukomski, Malcolm Bennett, and Michael Begon
Proc Biol Sci. 2008 August 7; 275(1644): 1753–1759. Published online 2008 April 30. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0147.
PMCID: PMC2453294
Viability of brown trout embryos positively linked to melanin-based but negatively to carotenoid-based colours of their fathers
Claus Wedekind, Alain Jacob, Guillaume Evanno, Sébastien Nusslé, and Rudolf Müller
Proc Biol Sci. 2008 August 7; 275(1644): 1737–1744. Published online 2008 April 29. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0072.
PMCID: PMC2453293
Feeding, fecundity and lifespan in female Drosophila melanogaster
Andrew I Barnes, Stuart Wigby, James M Boone, Linda Partridge, and Tracey Chapman
Proc Biol Sci. 2008 July 22; 275(1643): 1675–1683. Published online 2008 April 22. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0139.
PMCID: PMC2452982
Tomographic techniques for the study of exceptionally preserved fossils
Mark D Sutton
Proc Biol Sci. 2008 July 22; 275(1643): 1587–1593. Published online 2008 April 15. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0263.
PMCID: PMC2394564
Macrophysiology for a changing world
Steven L Chown and Kevin J Gaston
Proc Biol Sci. 2008 July 7; 275(1642): 1469–1478. Published online 2008 April 8. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0137.
PMCID: PMC2394563
Accuracy of models for the 2001 foot-and-mouth epidemic
Michael J Tildesley, Rob Deardon, Nicholas J Savill, Paul R Bessell, Stephen P Brooks, Mark E.J Woolhouse, Bryan T Grenfell, and Matt J Keeling
Proc Biol Sci. 2008 June 22; 275(1641): 1459–1468. Published online 2008 March 25. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0006.
PMCID: PMC2376304
Revealing the paradox of drug reward in human evolution
Roger J Sullivan, Edward H Hagen, and Peter Hammerstein
Proc Biol Sci. 2008 June 7; 275(1640): 1231–1241. Published online 2008 March 19. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.1673.
PMCID: PMC2367444
A community change in the algal endosymbionts of a scleractinian coral following a natural bleaching event: field evidence of acclimatization
A.M Jones, R Berkelmans, M.J.H van Oppen, J.C Mieog, and W Sinclair
Proc Biol Sci. 2008 June 22; 275(1641): 1359–1365. Published online 2008 March 18. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0069.
PMCID: PMC2367621
Evolution of growth in Gulf of St Lawrence cod?
Mikko Heino, Loïc Baulier, David S Boukal, Erin S Dunlop, Sigrunn Eliassen, Katja Enberg, Christian Jørgensen, and Øystein Varpe
Proc Biol Sci. 2008 May 22; 275(1639): 1111–1112. Published online 2008 February 26. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.1429.
PMCID: PMC2376251
CD4+T cells do not mediate within-host competition between genetically diverse malaria parasites
Victoria C Barclay, Lars Råberg, Brian H.K Chan, Sheila Brown, David Gray, and Andrew F Read
Proc Biol Sci. 2008 May 22; 275(1639): 1171–1179. Published online 2008 February 20. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.1713.
PMCID: PMC2373868
Introduction. Evolutionary dynamics of wild populations: the use of long-term pedigree data
L.E.B Kruuk and W.G Hill
Proc Biol Sci. 2008 March 22; 275(1635): 593–596. Published online 2008 January 23. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.1689.
PMCID: PMC2596852
Testing evolutionary models of senescence in a natural population: age and inbreeding effects on fitness components in song sparrows
L.F Keller, J.M Reid, and P Arcese
Proc Biol Sci. 2008 March 22; 275(1635): 597–604. Published online 2008 January 23. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0961.
PMCID: PMC2366077
Swingin' in the rain: condition dependence and sexual selection in a capricious world
Andrew Cockburn, Helen L Osmond, and Michael C Double
Proc Biol Sci. 2008 March 22; 275(1635): 605–612. Published online 2008 January 23. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0916.
PMCID: PMC2596836
Wild pedigrees: the way forward
J.M Pemberton
Proc Biol Sci. 2008 March 22; 275(1635): 613–621. Published online 2008 January 23. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.1531.
PMCID: PMC2386891
Quantitative genetics and sex-specific selection on sexually dimorphic traits in bighorn sheep
Jocelyn Poissant, Alastair J Wilson, Marco Festa-Bianchet, John T Hogg, and David W Coltman
Proc Biol Sci. 2008 March 22; 275(1635): 623–628. Published online 2008 January 23. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.1361.
PMCID: PMC2596849
Maturational costs of reproduction due to clutch size and ontogenetic conflict as revealed in the invisible fraction
Barry Sinervo and Andrew G McAdam
Proc Biol Sci. 2008 March 22; 275(1635): 629–638. Published online 2008 January 23. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.1084.
PMCID: PMC2596848
Pedigree-free animal models: the relatedness matrix reloaded
Francesca D Frentiu, Sonya M Clegg, John Chittock, Terry Burke, Mark W Blows, and Ian P.F Owens
Proc Biol Sci. 2008 March 22; 275(1635): 639–647. Published online 2008 January 23. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.1032.
PMCID: PMC2596847
Keeping up with a warming world; assessing the rate of adaptation to climate change
Marcel E Visser
Proc Biol Sci. 2008 March 22; 275(1635): 649–659. Published online 2008 January 23. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0997.
PMCID: PMC2409451
Pedigrees, assortative mating and speciation in Darwin's finches
Peter R Grant and B. Rosemary Grant
Proc Biol Sci. 2008 March 22; 275(1635): 661–668. Published online 2008 January 23. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0898.
PMCID: PMC2596835
A Bayesian framework for comparative quantitative genetics
Otso Ovaskainen, José Manuel Cano, and Juha Merilä
Proc Biol Sci. 2008 March 22; 275(1635): 669–678. Published online 2008 January 23. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0949.
PMCID: PMC2596838
Estimation of quantitative genetic parameters
Robin Thompson
Proc Biol Sci. 2008 March 22; 275(1635): 679–686. Published online 2008 January 23. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.1417.
PMCID: PMC2392985
Exploring plasticity in the wild: laying date–temperature reaction norms in the common gull Larus canus
Jon E Brommer, Kalev Rattiste, and Alastair J Wilson
Proc Biol Sci. 2008 March 22; 275(1635): 687–693. Published online 2008 January 23. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0951.
PMCID: PMC2596839
Robustness of linkage maps in natural populations: a simulation study
Jon Slate
Proc Biol Sci. 2008 March 22; 275(1635): 695–702. Published online 2008 January 23. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0948.
PMCID: PMC2596837
Dispersal as a means of inbreeding avoidance in a wild bird population
Marta Szulkin and Ben C Sheldon
Proc Biol Sci. 2008 March 22; 275(1635): 703–711. Published online 2008 January 23. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0989.
PMCID: PMC2596843
When fecundity does not equal fitness: evidence of an offspring quantity versus quality trade-off in pre-industrial humans
Duncan O.S Gillespie, Andrew F Russell, and Virpi Lummaa
Proc Biol Sci. 2008 March 22; 275(1635): 713–722. Published online 2008 January 23. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.1000.
PMCID: PMC2366115
Estimating evolutionary parameters when viability selection is operating
Jarrod D Hadfield
Proc Biol Sci. 2008 March 22; 275(1635): 723–734. Published online 2008 January 23. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.1013.
PMCID: PMC2596846
Natural and sexual selection against hybrid flycatchers
Nina Svedin, Chris Wiley, Thor Veen, Lars Gustafsson, and Anna Qvarnström
Proc Biol Sci. 2008 March 22; 275(1635): 735–744. Published online 2008 January 23. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0967.
PMCID: PMC2596841
Testing for genetic trade-offs between early- and late-life reproduction in a wild red deer population
Daniel H Nussey, Alastair J Wilson, Alison Morris, Josephine Pemberton, Tim Clutton-Brock, and Loeske E.B Kruuk
Proc Biol Sci. 2008 March 22; 275(1635): 745–750. Published online 2008 January 23. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0986.
PMCID: PMC2366114
Area summation in human vision at and above detection threshold
Tim S Meese and Robert J Summers
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 November 22; 274(1627): 2891–2900. Published online 2007 September 13. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0957.
PMCID: PMC2211515
Individuation and holistic processing of faces in rhesus monkeys
Christoph D Dahl, Nikos K Logothetis, and Kari L Hoffman
Proc Biol Sci. 2007 September 7; 274(1622): 2069–2076. Published online 2007 June 26. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0477.
PMCID: PMC1919404
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