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November 2015

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Kingman reef

November 10, 2015

Can we measure beauty?

Researchers have shown that an objective computational analysis of photographic images can be used to assess the health of a coral reef. The results have even wider posible application. The authors have also created a website using the techniques developed in this article where you can upload your own image to and get an 'aesthetic' score back.

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November 17, 2015

The apparent permeabilities of Caco-2 cells to marketed drugs: magnitude, and independence from both biophysical properties and endogenite similarities

Steve O’Hagan, Douglas B. Kell

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1405 PubMed 26618081

November 30, 2015

Biomechanical implications of skeletal muscle hypertrophy and atrophy: a musculoskeletal model

Andrew D. Vigotsky, Bret Contreras, Chris Beardsley

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1462 PubMed 26644989

November 24, 2015

Assessing the utility of the Oxford Nanopore MinION for snake venom gland cDNA sequencing

Adam D. Hargreaves, John F. Mulley

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1441 PubMed 26623194

November 24, 2015

Are neonicotinoid insecticides driving declines of widespread butterflies?

Andre S. Gilburn, Nils Bunnefeld, John McVean Wilson, Marc S. Botham, Tom M. Brereton, Richard Fox, Dave Goulson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1402 PubMed 26623186

November 26, 2015

Learning from a provisioning site: code of conduct compliance and behaviour of whale sharks in Oslob, Cebu, Philippines

Anna Schleimer, Gonzalo Araujo, Luke Penketh, Anna Heath, Emer McCoy, Jessica Labaja, Anna Lucey, Alessandro Ponzo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1452 PubMed 26644984

November 24, 2015

A critical survey of vestigial structures in the postcranial skeletons of extant mammals

Phil Senter, John G. Moch

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1439 PubMed 26623192

November 10, 2015

Can we measure beauty? Computational evaluation of coral reef aesthetics

Andreas F. Haas, Marine Guibert, Anja Foerschner, Tim Co, Sandi Calhoun, Emma George, Mark Hatay, Elizabeth Dinsdale, Stuart A. Sandin, Jennifer E. Smith, Mark J.A. Vermeij, Ben Felts, Phillip Dustan, Peter Salamon, Forest Rohwer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1390 PubMed 26587350

November 19, 2015

Tools for quantitative form description; an evaluation of different software packages for semi-landmark analysis

Léo Botton-Divet, Alexandra Houssaye, Anthony Herrel, Anne-Claire Fabre, Raphael Cornette

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1417 PubMed 26618086

November 5, 2015

First description of underwater acoustic diversity in three temperate ponds

Camille Desjonquères, Fanny Rybak, Marion Depraetere, Amandine Gasc, Isabelle Le Viol, Sandrine Pavoine, Jérôme Sueur

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1393 PubMed 26587351

November 19, 2015

A new threat to bees? Entomopathogenic nematodes used in biological pest control cause rapid mortality in Bombus terrestris

Alexandrea Dutka, Alison McNulty, Sally M. Williamson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1413 PubMed 26618084

November 19, 2015

Phylogenetic analysis of higher-level relationships within Hydroidolina (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) using mitochondrial genome data and insight into their mitochondrial transcription

Ehsan Kayal, Bastian Bentlage, Paulyn Cartwright, Angel A. Yanagihara, Dhugal J. Lindsay, Russell R. Hopcroft, Allen G. Collins

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1403 PubMed 26618080

November 5, 2015

Characterization of the salivary microbiome in patients with pancreatic cancer

Pedro J. Torres, Erin M. Fletcher, Sean M. Gibbons, Michael Bouvet, Kelly S. Doran, Scott T. Kelley

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1373 PubMed 26587342

November 5, 2015

The Bulimulidae (Mollusca: Pulmonata) from the Región de Atacama, northern Chile

Juan Francisco Araya

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1383 PubMed 26587346

November 17, 2015

An evolving computational platform for biological mass spectrometry: workflows, statistics and data mining with MASSyPup64

Robert Winkler

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1401 PubMed 26618079

November 5, 2015

Variation in species diversity and functional traits of sponge communities near human populations in Bocas del Toro, Panama

Cole G. Easson, Kenan O. Matterson, Christopher J. Freeman, Stephanie K. Archer, Robert W. Thacker

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1385 PubMed 26587347

November 26, 2015

Persistent microbial dysbiosis in preterm premature rupture of membranes from onset until delivery

Elizabeth A. Baldwin, Marina Walther-Antonio, Allison M. MacLean, Daryl M. Gohl, Kenneth B. Beckman, Jun Chen, Bryan White, Douglas J. Creedon, Nicholas Chia

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1398 PubMed 26644969

November 17, 2015

Ecological drivers and habitat associations of estuarine bivalves

C. Seabird McKeon, Björn G. Tunberg, Cora A. Johnston, Daniel J. Barshis

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1348 PubMed 26587338

November 5, 2015

Use of video surveillance to measure the influences of habitat management and landscape composition on pollinator visitation and pollen deposition in pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo) agroecosystems

Benjamin W. Phillips, Mary M. Gardiner

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1342 PubMed 26587337

November 10, 2015

Chemotaxis and degradation of organophosphate compound by a novel moderately thermo-halo tolerant Pseudomonas sp. strain BUR11: evidence for possible existence of two pathways for degradation

Santanu Pailan, Pradipta Saha