Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

February 23, 2016

Spider phylogenomics: untangling the Spider Tree of Life

Nicole L. Garrison, Juanita Rodriguez, Ingi Agnarsson, Jonathan A. Coddington, Charles E. Griswold, Christopher A. Hamilton, Marshal Hedin, Kevin M. Kocot, Joel M. Ledford, Jason E. Bond

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1719 PubMed 26925338

February 2, 2016

Ship noise extends to frequencies used for echolocation by endangered killer whales

Scott Veirs, Val Veirs, Jason D. Wood

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1657 PubMed 27004149

February 8, 2016

PhyloPythiaS+: a self-training method for the rapid reconstruction of low-ranking taxonomic bins from metagenomes

Ivan Gregor, Johannes Dröge, Melanie Schirmer, Christopher Quince, Alice C. McHardy

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1603 PubMed 26870609

February 1, 2016

Estimating and comparing microbial diversity in the presence of sequencing errors

Chun-Huo Chiu, Anne Chao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1634 PubMed 26855872

February 29, 2016

A hierarchical model of daily stream temperature using air-water temperature synchronization, autocorrelation, and time lags

Benjamin H. Letcher, Daniel J. Hocking, Kyle O’Neil, Andrew R. Whiteley, Keith H. Nislow, Matthew J. O’Donnell

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1727 PubMed 26966662

February 25, 2016

Familiarity breeds content: assessing bird species popularity with culturomics

Ricardo A. Correia, Paul R. Jepson, Ana C. M. Malhado, Richard J. Ladle

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1728 PubMed 26966663

February 2, 2016

Physiological response of the cold-water coral Desmophyllum dianthus to thermal stress and ocean acidification

Andrea Gori, Christine Ferrier-Pagès, Sebastian J. Hennige, Fiona Murray, Cécile Rottier, Laura C. Wicks, J. Murray Roberts

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1606 PubMed 26855864

February 2, 2016

The effect of habitual and experimental antiperspirant and deodorant product use on the armpit microbiome

Julie Urban, Daniel J. Fergus, Amy M. Savage, Megan Ehlers, Holly L. Menninger, Robert R. Dunn, Julie E. Horvath

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1605 PubMed 26855863

February 22, 2016

Internal seed dispersal by parrots: an overview of a neglected mutualism

Guillermo Blanco, Carolina Bravo, Erica C. Pacifico, Daniel Chamorro, Karina L. Speziale, Sergio A. Lambertucci, Fernando Hiraldo, José L. Tella

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1688 PubMed 26925322

February 15, 2016

RNA-Seq of the Caribbean reef-building coral Orbicella faveolata (Scleractinia-Merulinidae) under bleaching and disease stress expands models of coral innate immunity

David A. Anderson, Marcus E. Walz, Ernesto Weil, Peter Tonellato, Matthew C. Smith

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1616 PubMed 26925311

February 23, 2016

The past, present and future distribution of a deep-sea shrimp in the Southern Ocean

Zeenatul Basher, Mark J. Costello

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1713 PubMed 26925334

February 15, 2016

Influence of whole-wheat consumption on fecal microbial community structure of obese diabetic mice

Jose F. Garcia-Mazcorro, Ivan Ivanov, David A. Mills, Giuliana Noratto

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1702 PubMed 26925326

February 16, 2016

Initiating a watch list for Ebola virus antibody escape mutations

Craig R. Miller, Erin L. Johnson, Aran Z. Burke, Kyle P. Martin, Tanya A. Miura, Holly A. Wichman, Celeste J. Brown, F. Marty Ytreberg

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1674 PubMed 26925318

February 16, 2016

Can macroalgae provide promising anti-tumoral compounds? A closer look at Cystoseira tamariscifolia as a source for antioxidant and anti-hepatocarcinoma compounds

Catarina Vizetto-Duarte, Luísa Custódio, Gerardo Acosta, João H.G. Lago, Thiago R. Morais, Carolina Bruno de Sousa, Katkam N. Gangadhar, Maria João Rodrigues, Hugo Pereira, Raquel T. Lima, M. Helena Vasconcelos, Luísa Barreira, Amélia P. Rauter, Fernando Albericio, João Varela

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1704 PubMed 26925328

February 16, 2016

Ketamine modulates subgenual cingulate connectivity with the memory-related neural circuit—a mechanism of relevance to resistant depression?

Jing J. Wong, Owen O’Daly, Mitul A. Mehta, Allan H. Young, James M. Stone

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1710 PubMed 26925332

February 18, 2016

Responses of microbial community from tropical pristine coastal soil to crude oil contamination

Daniel Morais, Victor Pylro, Ian M. Clark, Penny R. Hirsch, Marcos R. Tótola

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1733 PubMed 26925341

February 1, 2016

Patterns of bird-window collisions inform mitigation on a university campus

Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela, R. Scott Winton, Charlene J. Wu, Erika Zambello, Thomas W. Wittig, Nicolette L. Cagle