Pipes Gone Batty

Wanna learn about bat larynxes, tiny piscine predators, or competitive corn? Well, we are BACK with our new-ish, shortened format for Episode 10 of the monthly podcast CellOut. Listen to your favorite pair of biology nerds, Derek DeVries and Ford Fishman, summarize and discuss a sample of articles from the November 2022 issue of PLoS biology. Issue Link: https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/issue?id=10.1371/issue.pbio.v20.i11 Keywords: biology, life science, open access, scientific journals, science, PLoS, viruses, fish, agriculture, bats SHOW NOTES Podcast Art - Credit Caroline DeVries Episode Cover Art - November 2022 PLoS Biology Cover. Image Credit: Erick Bermúdez-Méndez Bite-Sized Discoveries (0:59) Bermúdez-Méndez E, Bronsvoort KF, Zwart MP, van de Water S, Cárdenas-Rey I, Vloet RPM, et al. (2022) Incomplete bunyavirus particles can cooperatively support virus infection and spread. PLoS Biol 20(11): e3001870. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001870 Dudley SA (2022) Discovering cooperative traits in crop plants. PLoS Biol 20(11): e3001892. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001892 Mihalitsis M, Morais RA, Bellwood DR (2022) Small predators dominate fish predation in coral reef communities. PLoS Biol 20(11): e3001898. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001898 Jargon Jungle (12:14) Thanks again to Chris Clayton (OUR NEW JARGON JUNGLE CHAMPION)! Journal Club (18:17) Håkansson J, Mikkelsen C, Jakobsen L, Elemans CPH (2022) Bats expand their vocal range by recruiting different laryngeal structures for echolocation and social communication. PLoS Biol 20(11): e3001881. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001881