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Cover: Photo from a dissecting microscope showing part of a Bugula neritina (Bryozoa) colony. Each zooid produces a single embryo at a time, which is brooded inside an ovicell (white spherical structure on each zooid). Burgess and Marshall (pp. 2329−2336) show that colonies can adjust the phenotypes of their offspring in response to the water temperature that colonies experience while brooding larvae. Importantly, whether such maternal effects (or phenotypic plasticity more generally) are adaptive is not straightforward − it depends on the relative importance of hard vs soft selection and the predictability of environmental variation. Photo credit: S. C. Burgess.Close Modal - PDF Icon PDF LinkTable of contents
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Sharpshooting archerfish brake to overcome recoil
Archerfish are exceptional snipers and now it turns out that they use their fins as brakes to counteract the recoil that would submerge them when taking out a target with a jet of water.
Responses of terrestrial polar arthropods to high and increasing temperatures
In a Review of thermal adaptation of polar terrestrial arthropods to high temperatures, Bahrndorff et al. conclude that a large variation in upper thermal limits exists across polar regions, habitats and species.
