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Cover: The green dock beetle Gastrophysa viridula (photo: Thomas Endlein) and SEMs of its tarsal pads showing the varied types of adhesive setae (image: James Bullock). Each leg of the beetle supports three adhesive pads with hair types varying both between pads and between sexes, giving each a different function, as investigated by J. M. R. Bullock and W. Federle (pp. 1876-1888). Using these pads in different ways, the leaf beetles demonstrate impressive adhesive abilities, attaching with up to 40 times their body mass and allowing them to climb up and down both smooth and rough surfaces. - PDF Icon PDF LinkTable of contents
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Embryonic temperature affects muscle fibre recruitment in adult zebrafish: genome-wide changes in gene and microRNA expression associated with the transition from hyperplastic to hypertrophic growth phenotypes
Regulation of gill transcellular permeability and renal function during acute hypoxia in the Amazonian oscar (Astronotus ocellatus): new angles to the osmorespiratory compromise
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Special Issue: The Integrative Biology of the Heart
Our latest Special Issue – The integrative Biology of the Heart – collates Research Articles, Reviews and Commentaries that consider cardiac biology at all levels of organisation. Guest edited by William Joyce and Holly Shiels, the papers address questions regarding cardiac plasticity, development and evolution in both vertebrates and invertebrates.
Sensory perception in a changing world – join us in Liverpool in March 2025
We are excited to invite you to a unique scientific conference, celebrating the 100-year anniversary of The Company of Biologists, and bringing together our different communities. The conference will incorporate the JEB Symposium Sensory Perception in a Changing World and the SEB satellite meeting. Find out more and register to join us in March 2025 in Liverpool, UK. Submit your abstract by 13 December 2024. Early-bird registration ends on 17 January 2025.
Extraordinary creatures: raptors
In our new Conversation focusing on extraordinary creatures, Simon Potier tells us about raptors, from peregrine falcons and eagles to vultures and owls, discussing their lifestyles, incredible sensory abilities and conservation successes.
Creating more realistic conditions for in vitro research on the fish GI
In this Commentary, Carol Bucking and colleagues discuss the issues associated with replicating in vivo conditions of the teleost gastrointestinal (GI) tract in in vitro work, and identify solutions and areas of improvement. Mimicking realistic GI conditions has the potential to greatly improve our knowledge on basic fish gut physiology.
Crude oil destroys sea otter buoyancy
The sight of animals slathered in crude oil is immensely distressing and now Kate Riordan & colleagues reveal that oil pollution decimates sea otter buoyancy and how cleaning them with detergent only partially restores the otters' ability to float.