Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

October 11, 2019

Adapterama I: universal stubs and primers for 384 unique dual-indexed or 147,456 combinatorially-indexed Illumina libraries (iTru & iNext)

Travis C. Glenn, Roger A. Nilsen, Troy J. Kieran, Jon G. Sanders, Natalia J. Bayona-Vásquez, John W. Finger, Todd W. Pierson, Kerin E. Bentley, Sandra L. Hoffberg, Swarnali Louha, Francisco J. Garcia-De Leon, Miguel Angel del Rio Portilla, Kurt D. Reed, Jennifer L. Anderson, Jennifer K. Meece, Samuel E. Aggrey, Romdhane Rekaya, Magdy Alabady, Myriam Belanger, Kevin Winker, Brant C. Faircloth

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7755 PubMed 31616586

October 11, 2019

Adapterama III: Quadruple-indexed, double/triple-enzyme RADseq libraries (2RAD/3RAD)

Natalia J. Bayona-Vásquez, Travis C. Glenn, Troy J. Kieran, Todd W. Pierson, Sandra L. Hoffberg, Peter A. Scott, Kerin E. Bentley, John W. Finger, Swarnali Louha, Nicholas Troendle, Pindaro Diaz-Jaimes, Rodney Mauricio, Brant C. Faircloth

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7724 PubMed 31616583

October 11, 2019

Adapterama II: universal amplicon sequencing on Illumina platforms (TaggiMatrix)

Travis C. Glenn, Todd W. Pierson, Natalia J. Bayona-Vásquez, Troy J. Kieran, Sandra L. Hoffberg, Jesse C. Thomas IV, Daniel E. Lefever, John W. Finger, Bei Gao, Xiaoming Bian, Swarnali Louha, Ramya T. Kolli, Kerin E. Bentley, Julie Rushmore, Kelvin Wong, Timothy I. Shaw, Michael J. Rothrock Jr, Anna M. McKee, Tai L. Guo, Rodney Mauricio, Marirosa Molina, Brian S. Cummings, Lawrence H. Lash, Kun Lu, Gregory S. Gilbert, Stephen P. Hubbell, Brant C. Faircloth

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7786 PubMed 31616589

October 23, 2019

Genome-wide identification of ZmHMAs and association of natural variation in ZmHMA2 and ZmHMA3 with leaf cadmium accumulation in maize

Yanhua Cao, Xiongwei Zhao, Yajuan Liu, Yalong Wang, Wenmei Wu, Yiwei Jiang, Changjian Liao, Xiaoxun Xu, Shibin Gao, Yaou Shen, Hai Lan, Chaoying Zou, Guangtang Pan, Haijian Lin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7877 PubMed 31660268

October 7, 2019

Plastome sequences help to improve the systematic position of trinerved Lindera species in the family Lauraceae

Xiangyu Tian, Junwei Ye, Yu Song

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7662 PubMed 31608166

October 4, 2019

Different expression pattern of flowering pathway genes contribute to male or female organ development during floral transition in the monoecious weed Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. (Asteraceae)

Kinga Klára Mátyás, Géza Hegedűs, János Taller, Eszter Farkas, Kincső Decsi, Barbara Kutasy, Nikoletta Kálmán, Erzsébet Nagy, Balázs Kolics, Eszter Virág

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7421 PubMed 31598422

October 1, 2019

Suppression of Wolbachia-mediated male-killing in the butterfly Hypolimnas bolina involves a single genomic region

Louise A. Reynolds, Emily A. Hornett, Chris D. Jiggins, Gregory D.D. Hurst

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7677 PubMed 31592190

October 15, 2019

Tissue-specific evaluation of suitable reference genes for RT-qPCR in the pond snail, Lymnaea stagnalis

Alexander P. Young, Carmen F. Landry, Daniel J. Jackson, Russell C. Wyeth

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7888 PubMed 31637135

October 14, 2019

Population genetics and historical demographic inferences of the blue crab Callinectes sapidus in the US based on microsatellites

Danielle Macedo, Isabel Caballero, Mariana Mateos, Raphael Leblois, Shelby McCay, Luis A. Hurtado