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Volume 270(Suppl 1);  August 7, 2003
Research Articles
The myth of dorsal ribs in gnathostome vertebrates.
R Britz and P Bartsch
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 August 7; 270(Suppl 1): S1–S4. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0035.
PMCID: PMC1698028
Island-finding ability of marine turtles.
Graeme C Hays, Susanne Akesson, Annette C Broderick, Fiona Glen, Brendan J Godley, Floriano Papi, and Paolo Luschi
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 August 7; 270(Suppl 1): S5–S7. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0022.
PMCID: PMC1698032
Bird orientation: compensation for wind drift in migrating raptors is age dependent.
Kasper Thorup, Thomas Alerstam, Mikael Hake, and Nils Kjellén
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 August 7; 270(Suppl 1): S8–11. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0014.
PMCID: PMC1698035
Self-sacrificing gall repair by aphid nymphs.
Utako Kurosu, Shigeyuki Aoki, and Takema Fukatsu
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 August 7; 270(Suppl 1): S12–S14. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0026.
PMCID: PMC1698039
Natural selection on molar size in a wild population of howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata).
David DeGusta, Melanie A Everett, and Katharine Milton
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 August 7; 270(Suppl 1): S15–S17. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0001.
PMCID: PMC1698006
Humans deceived by predatory stealth strategy camouflaging motion.
Andrew James Anderson and Peter William McOwan
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 August 7; 270(Suppl 1): S18–S20. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0030.
PMCID: PMC1698008
A brachypterous butterfly?
Angel L Viloria, Tomasz W Pyrcz, Janusz Wojtusiak, José R Ferrer-Paris, George W Beccaloni, Klaus Sattler, and David C Lees
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 August 7; 270(Suppl 1): S21–S24. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0015.
PMCID: PMC1698010
Conspicuous, ultraviolet-rich mouth colours in begging chicks.
Sarah Hunt, Rebecca M Kilner, Naomi E Langmore, and Andrew T D Bennett
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 August 7; 270(Suppl 1): S25–S28. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0009.
PMCID: PMC1698012
Cratonia cotyledon gen. et sp. nov: a unique Cretaceous seedling related to Welwitschia.
Catarina Rydin, Barbara Mohr, and Else Marie Friis
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 August 7; 270(Suppl 1): S29–S32. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0044.
PMCID: PMC1698015
An evolutionary explanation of the aggregation model of species coexistence.
Marko Rohlfs and Thomas S Hoffmeister
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 August 7; 270(Suppl 1): S33–S35. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0002.
PMCID: PMC1698018
Costs influence male mate choice in a freshwater fish.
Bob B M Wong and Michael D Jennions
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 August 7; 270(Suppl 1): S36–S38. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0003.
PMCID: PMC1698014
Tendon conditioning: artefact or property?
Constantinos N Maganaris
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 August 7; 270(Suppl 1): S39–S42. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0004.
PMCID: PMC1698017
Photoperiodic response may facilitate adaptation to climatic change in long-distance migratory birds.
Timothy Coppack, Francisco Pulido, Michael Czisch, Dorothee P Auer, and Peter Berthold
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 August 7; 270(Suppl 1): S43–S46. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0005.
PMCID: PMC1698020
Shark skin: a function in feeding.
E J Southall and D W Sims
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 August 7; 270(Suppl 1): S47–S49. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0006.
PMCID: PMC1698022
Prostaglandins are important in thermoregulation of a reptile (Pogona vitticeps).
Frank Seebacher and Craig E Franklin
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 August 7; 270(Suppl 1): S50–S53. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0007.
PMCID: PMC1698025
Facultative sperm storage in response to nutritional status in a female insect.
S Roth and K Reinhardt
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 August 7; 270(Suppl 1): S54–S56. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0008.
PMCID: PMC1698029
African wild dogs test the 'survival of the fittest' paradigm.
Alistair Pole, Iain J Gordon, and Martyn L Gorman
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 August 7; 270(Suppl 1): S57. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0011.
PMCID: PMC1698031
Shaker K(+)-channels are predicted to reduce the metabolic cost of neural information in Drosophila photoreceptors.
J E Niven, M Vähäsöyrinki, and M Juusola
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 August 7; 270(Suppl 1): S58–S61. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0010.
PMCID: PMC1698034
Preliminary evaluation of nanoscale biogenic magnetite in Alzheimer's disease brain tissue.
D Hautot, Q A Pankhurst, N Khan, and J Dobson
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 August 7; 270(Suppl 1): S62–S64. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0012.
PMCID: PMC1698038
Evidence of lophophore diversity in early Cambrian brachiopoda.
Xi-Guang Zhang, Xian-Guang Hou, and Christian C Emig
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 August 7; 270(Suppl 1): S65–S68. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0013.
PMCID: PMC1698005
Evidence for the presence of a cellulase gene in the last common ancestor of bilaterian animals.
Nathan Lo, Hirofumi Watanabe, and Masahiro Sugimura
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 August 7; 270(Suppl 1): S69–S72. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0016.
PMCID: PMC1698037
Nestling discrimination without recognition: a possible defence mechanism for hosts towards cuckoo parasitism?
Tomás Grim, Oddmund Kleven, and Oldrich Mikulica
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 August 7; 270(Suppl 1): S73–S75. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0017.
PMCID: PMC1698041
Fig wasp dispersal and the stability of a keystone plant resource in Borneo.
Rhett D Harrison
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 August 7; 270(Suppl 1): S76–S79. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0018.
PMCID: PMC1698007
Rapid appearance of epistasis during adaptive divergence following colonization.
Scott P Carroll, Hugh Dingle, and Thomas R Famula
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 August 7; 270(Suppl 1): S80–S83. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0019.
PMCID: PMC1698009
The evolution of population stability as a by-product of life-history evolution.
N G Prasad, Sutirth Dey, Mallikarjun Shakarad, and Amitabh Joshi
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 August 7; 270(Suppl 1): S84–S86. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0020.
PMCID: PMC1698011
Infanticide by male house sparrows: gaining time or manipulating females?
José P Veiga
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 August 7; 270(Suppl 1): S87–S89. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0027.
PMCID: PMC1698013
Fine-scale behaviour of bottlenose dolphins around gillnets.
Andrew J Read, Danielle M Waples, Kim W Urian, and Dave Swanner
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 August 7; 270(Suppl 1): S90–S92. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0021.
PMCID: PMC1698016
Does sexual dimorphism in human faces signal health?
Gillian Rhodes, Janelle Chan, Leslie A Zebrowitz, and Leigh W Simmons
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 August 7; 270(Suppl 1): S93–S95. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0023.
PMCID: PMC1698019
Barcoding animal life: cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 divergences among closely related species.
Paul D N Hebert, Sujeevan Ratnasingham, and Jeremy R deWaard
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 August 7; 270(Suppl 1): S96–S99. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0025.
PMCID: PMC1698023
Evidence for a priming effect on maternal resource allocation: implications for interbrood competition.
Marika Charalambous, Andrew Ward, and Laurence D Hurst
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 August 7; 270(Suppl 1): S100–S103. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0028.
PMCID: PMC1698026
First record of live birth in Cretaceous ichthyosaurs: closing an 80 million year gap.
Erin E Maxwell and Michael W Caldwell
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 August 7; 270(Suppl 1): S104–S107. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0029.
PMCID: PMC1698021
Strong mothers bear more sons in rural Ethiopia.
Mhairi A Gibson and Ruth Mace
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 August 7; 270(Suppl 1): S108–S109. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0031.
PMCID: PMC1698024
Estimating mechanisms and equilibria for offspring begging and parental provisioning.
Mathias Kölliker
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 August 7; 270(Suppl 1): S110–S113. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0032.
PMCID: PMC1698027
Adoption as an offspring strategy to reduce ectoparasite exposure.
Pierre Bize, Alexandre Roulin, and Heinz Richner
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 August 7; 270(Suppl 1): S114–S116. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0037.
PMCID: PMC1698030
A naked ape would have fewer parasites.
Mark Pagel and Walter Bodmer
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 August 7; 270(Suppl 1): S117–S119. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0041.
PMCID: PMC1698033
Drift as a mechanism for cultural change: an example from baby names.
Matthew W Hahn and R Alexander Bentley
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 August 7; 270(Suppl 1): S120–S123. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0045.
PMCID: PMC1698036
Nuclear ribosomal DNA monophyly versus mitochondrial DNA polyphyly in two closely related mite species: the influence of life history and molecular drive.
M Navajas and P Boursot
Proc Biol Sci. 2003 August 7; 270(Suppl 1): S124–S127. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0034.
PMCID: PMC1698040
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