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January 2016

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Does social monogamy mean genetic monogamy in the long-tailed finch?

Long-tailed Finch

January 5, 2016

Does social monogamy mean genetic monogamy in the long-tailed finch?

Researchers present the first molecular data on the genetic breeding system of the Australian long-tailed finch.

January 18, 2016

Designing conservation strategies to preserve the genetic diversity of Astragalus edulis Bunge, an endangered species from western Mediterranean region

Julio Peñas, Sara Barrios, Javier Bobo-Pinilla, Juan Lorite, M. Montserrat Martínez-Ortega

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1474 PubMed 26844014

January 18, 2016

Non-invasive cortisol measurements as indicators of physiological stress responses in guinea pigs

Matthias Nemeth, Elisabeth Pschernig, Bernard Wallner, Eva Millesi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1590 PubMed 26839750

January 5, 2016

In planta comparative transcriptomics of host-adapted strains of Ralstonia solanacearum

Florent Ailloud, Tiffany M. Lowe, Isabelle Robène, Stéphane Cruveiller, Caitilyn Allen, Philippe Prior

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1549 PubMed 26788428

January 4, 2016

First steps of bipedality in hominids: evidence from the atelid and proconsulid pelvis

Allison L. Machnicki, Linda B. Spurlock, Karen B. Strier, Philip L. Reno, C. Owen Lovejoy

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1521 PubMed 26793418

January 21, 2016

Molecular diversity of bacteria in commercially available “Spirulina” food supplements

Elisabeth Vardaka, Konstantinos A. Kormas, Matina Katsiapi, Savvas Genitsaris, Maria Moustaka-Gouni

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1610 PubMed 26819852

January 21, 2016

Comparative morphology of the mouthparts of the megadiverse South African monkey beetles (Scarabaeidae: Hopliini): feeding adaptations and guild structure

Florian Karolyi, Teresa Hansal, Harald W. Krenn, Jonathan F. Colville

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1597 PubMed 26819850

January 21, 2016

Microscopical and elemental FESEM and Phenom ProX-SEM-EDS analysis of osteocyte- and blood vessel-like microstructures obtained from fossil vertebrates of the Eocene Messel Pit, Germany

Edwin Cadena

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1618 PubMed 26819855

January 12, 2016

Historical and current introgression in a Mesoamerican hummingbird species complex: a biogeographic perspective

Rosa Alicia Jiménez, Juan Francisco Ornelas

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1556 PubMed 26788433

January 28, 2016

Protective effects of the extracts of Barringtonia racemosa shoots against oxidative damage in HepG2 cells

Kin Weng Kong, Sarni Mat-Junit, Norhaniza Aminudin, Fouad Abdulrahman Hassan, Amin Ismail, Azlina Abdul Aziz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1628 PubMed 26839752

January 14, 2016

Trophic ecology of sea urchins in coral-rocky reef systems, Ecuador

Nancy Cabanillas-Terán, Peggy Loor-Andrade, Ruber Rodríguez-Barreras, Jorge Cortés

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1578 PubMed 26839748

January 25, 2016

Experimental modulation of external microbiome affects nestmate recognition in harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex barbatus)

Andy Dosmann, Nassim Bahet, Deborah M. Gordon

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1566 PubMed 26855857

January 19, 2016

Reconstructing ecosystem functions of the active microbial community of the Baltic Sea oxygen depleted sediments

Petter Thureborn, Andrea Franzetti, Daniel Lundin, Sara Sjöling

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1593 PubMed 26823996

January 7, 2016

The complete mitochondrial genome of Lerema accius and its phylogenetic implications

Qian Cong, Nick V. Grishin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1546 PubMed 26788426

January 19, 2016

Mining integrated semantic networks for drug repositioning opportunities

Joseph Mullen, Simon J. Cockell, Hannah Tipney, Peter M. Woollard, Anil Wipat

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1558 PubMed 26844016

January 28, 2016

A new species of Metopocetus (Cetacea, Mysticeti, Cetotheriidae) from the Late Miocene of the Netherlands

Felix Georg Marx, Mark E.J. Bosselaers, Stephen Louwye

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1572 PubMed 26835183

January 14, 2016

Effects of temperature and host stage on the parasitization rate and offspring sex ratio of Aenasius bambawalei Hayat in Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley

Juan Zhang, Jun Huang, Yaobin Lu, Tianfeng Xia

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1586 PubMed 26788437

January 12, 2016

Solid phase extraction and metabolic profiling of exudates from living copepods

Erik Selander, Jan Heuschele, Göran M. Nylund, Georg Pohnert, Henrik Pavia, Oda Bjærke, Larisa A. Pender-Healy, Peter Tiselius, Thomas Kiørboe

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1529 PubMed 26788422

January 4, 2016

Real-life experience with personally familiar faces enhances discrimination based on global information

Meike Ramon, Goedele Van Belle

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1465 PubMed 26855852

January 25, 2016

Immunohistochemistry for the detection of neural and inflammatory cells in equine brain tissue

Gretchen H. Delcambre, Junjie Liu, Jenna M. Herrington, Kelsey Vallario, Maureen T. Long

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1601 PubMed 26855862

January 18, 2016

Expression patterns of cysteine peptidase genes across the Tribolium castaneum life cycle provide clues to biological function

Lindsey Perkin, Elena N. Elpidina, Brenda Oppert

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1581 PubMed 26819843

January 26, 2016

The metabolomic profile of gamma-irradiated human hepatoma and muscle cells reveals metabolic changes consistent with the Warburg effect

Min Wang, Adrian Keogh, Susan Treves, Jeffrey R. Idle, Diren Beyoğlu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1624 PubMed 26823999

January 26, 2016

A method for histopathological study of the multifocal nature of spinal cord lesions in murine experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

Katherine N. Gibson-Corley, Alexander W. Boyden, Mariah R. Leidinger, Allyn M. Lambertz, Georgina Ofori-Amanfo, Paul W. Naumann, J. Adam Goeken, Nitin J. Karandikar

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1600 PubMed 26855861

January 25, 2016

First insights into the diversity of gill monogeneans of ‘Gnathochromis’ and Limnochromis (Teleostei, Cichlidae) in Burundi: do the parasites mirror host ecology and phylogenetic history?

Nikol Kmentová, Milan Gelnar, Stephan Koblmüller, Maarten P.M. Vanhove

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1629 PubMed 26855869

January 28, 2016

Deficiencies of effectiveness of intervention studies in veterinary medicine: a cross-sectional survey of ten leading veterinary and medical journals

Nicola Di Girolamo, Reint Meursinge Reynders

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1649 PubMed 26835187

January 11, 2016

The identity of the South African toad Sclerophrys capensis Tschudi, 1838 (Amphibia, Anura)

Annemarie Ohler, Alain Dubois

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1553 PubMed 26788431