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January 2016

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

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.

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January 11, 2016

One-step multiplex real-time RT-PCR assay for detecting and genotyping wild-type group A rotavirus strains and vaccine strains (Rotarix® and RotaTeq®) in stool samples

21 citations

1,739 downloads

3,953 views

Rashi Gautam, Slavica Mijatovic-Rustempasic, Mathew D. Esona, Ka Ian Tam, Osbourne Quaye, Michael D. Bowen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1560 PubMed 26839745

January 19, 2016

Characterisation of the human uterine microbiome in non-pregnant women through deep sequencing of the V1-2 region of the 16S rRNA gene

108 citations

1,376 downloads

5,815 views

Hans Verstraelen, Ramiro Vilchez-Vargas, Fabian Desimpel, Ruy Jauregui, Nele Vankeirsbilck, Steven Weyers, Rita Verhelst, Petra De Sutter, Dietmar H. Pieper, Tom Van De Wiele

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1602 PubMed 26823997

January 12, 2016

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

13 citations

1,108 downloads

4,370 views

Rosa Alicia Jiménez, Juan Francisco Ornelas

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

January 14, 2016

Probable impact of age and hypoxia on proliferation and microRNA expression profile of bone marrow-derived human mesenchymal stem cells

21 citations

1,015 downloads

2,856 views

Norlaily Mohd Ali, Lily Boo, Swee Keong Yeap, Huynh Ky, Dilan A. Satharasinghe, Woan Charn Liew, Han Kiat Ong, Soon Keng Cheong, Tunku Kamarul

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1536 PubMed 26788424

January 26, 2016

Combined effect of 17β-estradiol and resveratrol against apoptosis induced by interleukin-1β in rat nucleus pulposus cells via PI3K/Akt/caspase-3 pathway

29 citations

755 downloads

2,563 views

Si-Dong Yang, Lei Ma, Da-Long Yang, Wen-Yuan Ding

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1640 PubMed 26824000

January 7, 2016

Deciphering the microRNA transcriptome of skeletal muscle during porcine development

8 citations

734 downloads

2,370 views

Miaomiao Mai, Long Jin, Shilin Tian, Rui Liu, Wenyao Huang, Qianzi Tang, Jideng Ma, An’an Jiang, Xun Wang, Yaodong Hu, Dawei Wang, Zhi Jiang, Mingzhou Li, Chaowei Zhou, Xuewei Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1504 PubMed 26793416

January 11, 2016

Occurrence of ferredoxin:NAD⁺ oxidoreductase activity and its ion specificity in several Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria

23 citations

623 downloads

1,858 views

Verena Hess, Rene Gallegos, J Andrew Jones, Blanca Barquera, Michael H Malamy, Volker Müller

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1515 PubMed 26793417

January 4, 2016

The yeast telomerase RNA, TLC1, participates in two distinct modes of TLC1-TLC1 association processes in vivo

576 downloads

2,060 views