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Volume 5;  2008
Hypothesis
Non-systemic metamorphosis in male millipede appendages: long delayed, reversible effect of an early localized positional marker?
Leandro Drago, Giuseppe Fusco, and Alessandro Minelli
Front Zool. 2008; 5: 5. Published online 2008 April 8. doi: 10.1186/1742-9994-5-5.
PMCID: PMC2315640
Methodology
Blocking primers to enhance PCR amplification of rare sequences in mixed samples – a case study on prey DNA in Antarctic krill stomachs
Hege Vestheim and Simon N Jarman
Front Zool. 2008; 5: 12. Published online 2008 July 20. doi: 10.1186/1742-9994-5-12.
PMCID: PMC2517594
Research
Muscle formation during embryogenesis of the polychaete Ophryotrocha diadema (Dorvilleidae) – new insights into annelid muscle patterns
Annette Bergter, John L Brubacher, and Achim Paululat
Front Zool. 2008; 5: 1. Published online 2008 January 2. doi: 10.1186/1742-9994-5-1.
PMCID: PMC2254616
A cuckoo in wolves' clothing? Chemical mimicry in a specialized cuckoo wasp of the European beewolf (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae and Crabronidae)
Erhard Strohm, Johannes Kroiss, Gudrun Herzner, Claudia Laurien-Kehnen, Wilhelm Boland, Peter Schreier, and Thomas Schmitt
Front Zool. 2008; 5: 2. Published online 2008 January 11. doi: 10.1186/1742-9994-5-2.
PMCID: PMC2262889
First evidence for postzygotic reproductive isolation between two populations of Eurasian perch (Perca fluviatilis L.) within Lake Constance
Jasminca Behrmann-Godel and Gabriele Gerlach
Front Zool. 2008; 5: 3. Published online 2008 January 24. doi: 10.1186/1742-9994-5-3.
PMCID: PMC2248191
Long- term effects of previous experience determine nutrient discrimination abilities in birds
H Martin Schaefer, Kathrin Spitzer, and Franz Bairlein
Front Zool. 2008; 5: 4. Published online 2008 February 22. doi: 10.1186/1742-9994-5-4.
PMCID: PMC2267778
Comparative analysis of septic injury-inducible genes in phylogenetically distant model organisms of regeneration and stem cell research, the planarian Schmidtea mediterranea and the cnidarian Hydra vulgaris
Boran Altincicek and Andreas Vilcinskas
Front Zool. 2008; 5: 6. Published online 2008 April 27. doi: 10.1186/1742-9994-5-6.
PMCID: PMC2386466
Plasticity of electric organ discharge waveform in the South African Bulldog fish, Marcusenius pongolensis: tradeoff between male attractiveness and predator avoidance?
Susanne Hanika and Bernd Kramer
Front Zool. 2008; 5: 7. Published online 2008 May 20. doi: 10.1186/1742-9994-5-7.
PMCID: PMC2430560
Walking on inclines: how do desert ants monitor slope and step length
Tobias Seidl and Rüdiger Wehner
Front Zool. 2008; 5: 8. Published online 2008 June 2. doi: 10.1186/1742-9994-5-8.
PMCID: PMC2430559
Development of the retinotectal system in the direct-developing frog Eleutherodactylus coqui in comparison with other anurans
Gerhard Schlosser
Front Zool. 2008; 5: 9. Published online 2008 June 23. doi: 10.1186/1742-9994-5-9.
PMCID: PMC2442589
Adult nutrition and butterfly fitness: effects of diet quality on reproductive output, egg composition, and egg hatching success
Thorin L Geister, Matthias W Lorenz, Klaus H Hoffmann, and Klaus Fischer
Front Zool. 2008; 5: 10. Published online 2008 July 10. doi: 10.1186/1742-9994-5-10.
PMCID: PMC2481257
Outlining eicosanoid biosynthesis in the crustacean Daphnia
Lars-Henrik Heckmann, Richard M Sibly, Martijn JTN Timmermans, and Amanda Callaghan
Front Zool. 2008; 5: 11. Published online 2008 July 14. doi: 10.1186/1742-9994-5-11.
PMCID: PMC2483973
Vocal mother-offspring communication in guinea pigs: females adjust maternal responsiveness to litter size
Melanie Kober, Fritz Trillmich, and Marc Naguib
Front Zool. 2008; 5: 13. Published online 2008 September 10. doi: 10.1186/1742-9994-5-13.
PMCID: PMC2546386
Myogenesis in the basal bilaterian Symsagittifera roscoffensis (Acoela)
Henrike Semmler, Xavier Bailly, and Andreas Wanninger
Front Zool. 2008; 5: 14. Published online 2008 September 19. doi: 10.1186/1742-9994-5-14.
PMCID: PMC2562460
Tropical parabiotic ants: Highly unusual cuticular substances and low interspecific discrimination
Florian Menzel, Nico Blüthgen, and Thomas Schmitt
Front Zool. 2008; 5: 16. Published online 2008 October 20. doi: 10.1186/1742-9994-5-16.
PMCID: PMC2577638
DNA damage in preserved specimens and tissue samples: a molecular assessment
Juergen Zimmermann, Mehrdad Hajibabaei, David C Blackburn, James Hanken, Elizabeth Cantin, Janos Posfai, and Thomas C Evans, Jr
Front Zool. 2008; 5: 18. Published online 2008 October 23. doi: 10.1186/1742-9994-5-18.
PMCID: PMC2579423
Host strain specific sex pheromone variation in Spodoptera frugiperda
Astrid T Groot, Melanie Marr, Gerhard Schöfl, Sybille Lorenz, Ales Svatos, and David G Heckel
Front Zool. 2008; 5: 20. Published online 2008 December 25. doi: 10.1186/1742-9994-5-20.
PMCID: PMC2628650
Review
Termites, hemimetabolous diploid white ants?
Judith Korb
Front Zool. 2008; 5: 15. Published online 2008 September 29. doi: 10.1186/1742-9994-5-15.
PMCID: PMC2564920
Short Report
Parasegmental appendage allocation in annelids and arthropods and the homology of parapodia and arthropodia
Nikola-Michael Prpic
Front Zool. 2008; 5: 17. Published online 2008 October 20. doi: 10.1186/1742-9994-5-17.
PMCID: PMC2576247
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