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February 2015

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Weight–length relationships & Fulton’s condition factors of skipjack tuna

Katsuwonus pelamis (Skipjack Tuna)

February 12, 2015

Weight–length relationships & Fulton’s condition factors of skipjack tuna

Given the significance of the skipjack tuna to Pacific fisheries, it is important to have a good knowledge of certain parameters of growth and size, as they relate to different stages of fish age and development. Researchers therefore measured certain biological parameters from in different seasons and different growth phases in the Pacific ocean.

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February 26, 2015

Comparative genomics and phylogenetic discordance of cultivated tomato and close wild relatives

Susan R. Strickler, Aureliano Bombarely, Jesse D. Munkvold, Thomas York, Naama Menda, Gregory B. Martin, Lukas A. Mueller

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.793 PubMed 25780758

February 26, 2015

Loss of CITED1, an MITF regulator, drives a phenotype switch in vitro and can predict clinical outcome in primary melanoma tumours

Jillian Howlin, Helena Cirenajwis, Barbara Lettiero, Johan Staaf, Martin Lauss, Lao Saal, Åke Borg, Sofia Gruvberger-Saal, Göran Jönsson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.788 PubMed 25755924

February 26, 2015

Genetic divergence between populations of feral and domestic forms of a mosquito disease vector assessed by transcriptomics

Dana C. Price, Dina M. Fonseca