Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

May 4, 2018

DNA metabarcoding of littoral hard-bottom communities: high diversity and database gaps revealed by two molecular markers

1 citation

210 downloads

1,234 views

Owen S. Wangensteen, Creu Palacín, Magdalena Guardiola, Xavier Turon

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4705 PubMed 29740514

May 4, 2018

Temporally-aware algorithms for the classification of anuran sounds

1 citation

132 downloads

693 views

Amalia Luque, Javier Romero-Lemos, Alejandro Carrasco, Luis Gonzalez-Abril

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4732 PubMed 29740517

May 4, 2018

Bioinformatic analysis and identification of potential prognostic microRNAs and mRNAs in thyroid cancer

1 citation

90 downloads

346 views

Jianing Tang, Deguang Kong, Qiuxia Cui, Kun Wang, Dan Zhang, Qianqian Yuan, Xing Liao, Yan Gong, Gaosong Wu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4674 PubMed 29740512

May 3, 2018

Patterns of genetic structuring at the northern limits of the Australian smelt (Retropinna semoni) cryptic species complex

1 citation

73 downloads

886 views

Md Rakeb-Ul Islam, Daniel J. Schmidt, David A. Crook, Jane M. Hughes

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4654 PubMed 29736331

May 23, 2018

A brief introduction to mixed effects modelling and multi-model inference in ecology

2,075 downloads

8,052 views

Xavier A. Harrison, Lynda Donaldson, Maria Eugenia Correa-Cano, Julian Evans, David N. Fisher, Cecily E.D. Goodwin, Beth S. Robinson, David J. Hodgson, Richard Inger

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4794 PubMed 29844961

May 25, 2018

Effect of Sofosbuvir plus Ribavirin therapy on hepatitis C patients in Pakistan: a retrospective study

1,843 downloads

335 views

Zubia Jamil, Yasir Waheed, Maryam Malik, Asghar A. Durrani

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4853 PubMed 29844992

May 22, 2018

Giant worms chez moi! Hammerhead flatworms (Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae, Bipalium spp., Diversibipalium spp.) in metropolitan France and overseas French territories

1,450 downloads

19,464 views

Jean-Lou Justine, Leigh Winsor, Delphine Gey, Pierre Gros, Jessica Thévenot

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4672 PubMed 29844951

May 10, 2018

A new large-bodied thalattosuchian crocodyliform from the Lower Jurassic (Toarcian) of Hungary, with further evidence of the mosaic acquisition of marine adaptations in Metriorhynchoidea

812 downloads

4,679 views

Attila Ősi, Mark T. Young, András Galácz, Márton Rabi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4668 PubMed 29761038

May 17, 2018

Perinatal specimens of Maiasaura from the Upper Cretaceous of Montana (USA): insights into the early ontogeny of saurolophine hadrosaurid dinosaurs

490 downloads

1,847 views

Albert Prieto-Marquez, Merrilee F. Guenther

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4734 PubMed 29785343

May 7, 2018

Viromes of one year old infants reveal the impact of birth mode on microbiome diversity

457 downloads

2,545 views

Angela McCann, Feargal J. Ryan, Stephen R. Stockdale, Marion Dalmasso, Tony Blake, C. Anthony Ryan, Catherine Stanton, Susan Mills, Paul R. Ross, Colin Hill

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4694 PubMed 29761040

May 28, 2018

Redescription and affinities of Hulsanpes perlei (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia

431 downloads

1,702 views

Andrea Cau, Daniel Madzia

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4868 PubMed 29868277

May 30, 2018

The smallest biggest theropod dinosaur: a tiny pedal ungual of a juvenile Spinosaurus from the Cretaceous of Morocco

385 downloads

3,871 views

Simone Maganuco, Cristiano Dal Sasso

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4785 PubMed 29868253

May 18, 2018

Tetrapod tracks in Permo–Triassic eolian beds of southern Brazil (Paraná Basin)

273 downloads

1,676 views

Heitor Francischini, Paula Dentzien-Dias, Spencer G. Lucas, Cesar L. Schultz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4764 PubMed 29796341

May 18, 2018

Larval exposure to the neonicotinoid imidacloprid impacts adult size in the farmland butterfly Pieris brassicae

263 downloads

863 views

Penelope R. Whitehorn, George Norville, Andre Gilburn, Dave Goulson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4772 PubMed 29796343

May 2, 2018

Stinging wasps (Hymenoptera: Aculeata), which species have the longest sting?

261 downloads

1,759 views

Emily A. Sadler, James P. Pitts, Joseph S. Wilson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4743 PubMed 29736350

May 8, 2018

Biodiversity of the Great Barrier Reef—how adequately is it protected?

253 downloads

1,858 views

Zoe T. Richards, Jon C. Day

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4747 PubMed 29761059

May 24, 2018

Reef fish communities are spooked by scuba surveys and may take hours to recover

248 downloads

1,718 views

Michael J. Emslie, Alistair J. Cheal, M. Aaron MacNeil, Ian R. Miller, Hugh P.A. Sweatman

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4886 PubMed 29844998

May 16, 2018

A new species of Pseudopaludicola (Anura, Leiuperinae) from Espírito Santo, Brazil

243 downloads

466 views

Dario E. Cardozo, Diego Baldo, Nadya Pupin, João Luiz Gasparini, Célio F. Baptista Haddad

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4766 PubMed 29785347

May 11, 2018

Ten years of progress and promise of induced pluripotent stem cells: historical origins, characteristics, mechanisms, limitations, and potential applications

178 downloads

1,147 views

Adekunle Ebenezer Omole, Adegbenro Omotuyi John Fakoya

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4370 PubMed 29770269

May 30, 2018

A new species of spotted leaf frog, genus Phasmahyla (Amphibia, Phyllomedusidae) from Southeast Brazil

167 downloads

696 views

Elvis Almeida Pereira, Lucas Custódio Lomba Rocha, Henrique Folly, Hélio Ricardo da Silva, Diego José Santana

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4900 PubMed 29868290

May 23, 2018

An improved primer set and amplification protocol with increased specificity and sensitivity targeting the Symbiodinium ITS2 region

158 downloads

780 views

Benjamin C.C. Hume, Maren Ziegler, Julie Poulain, Xavier Pochon, Sarah Romac, Emilie Boissin, Colomban de Vargas, Serge Planes, Patrick Wincker, Christian R. Voolstra

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4816 PubMed 29844969

May 18, 2018

A quantitative approach to determine the taxonomic identity and ontogeny of the pycnodontiform fish Pycnodus (Neopterygii, Actinopterygii) from the Eocene of Bolca Lagerstätte, Italy

156 downloads

654 views

John Joseph Cawley, Giuseppe Marramà, Giorgio Carnevale, Jürgen Kriwet

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4809 PubMed 29796348

May 25, 2018

Fingerprinting snakes: paleontological and paleoecological implications of zygantral growth rings in Serpentes

154 downloads

1,127 views

Holger Petermann, Jacques A. Gauthier