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 18, 2016

The structure and diversity of freshwater diatom assemblages from Franz Josef Land Archipelago: a northern outpost for freshwater diatoms

Sergi Pla-Rabés, Paul B. Hamilton, Enric Ballesteros, Maria Gavrilo, Alan M. Friedlander, Enric Sala

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1705 PubMed 26925329

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 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

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1652 PubMed 26855877

February 9, 2016

Taxonomic and systematic revisions to the North American Nimravidae (Mammalia, Carnivora)

Paul Z. Barrett

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1658 PubMed 26893959

February 29, 2016

A large abelisaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from Morocco and comments on the Cenomanian theropods from North Africa

Alfio Alessandro Chiarenza, Andrea Cau

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1754 PubMed 26966675

February 4, 2016

Monogenean anchor morphometry: systematic value, phylogenetic signal, and evolution

Tsung Fei Khang, Oi Yoon Michelle Soo, Wooi Boon Tan, Lee Hong Susan Lim

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1668 PubMed 26966649

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 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 18, 2016

Contrasting response of biomass and grain yield to severe drought in Cappelle Desprez and Plainsman V wheat cultivars

Kenny Paul, János Pauk, Zsuzsanna Deák, László Sass, Imre Vass

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1708 PubMed 27047703

February 25, 2016

Low-frequency, low-magnitude vibrations (LFLM) enhances chondrogenic differentiation potential of human adipose derived mesenchymal stromal stem cells (hASCs)

Krzysztof Marycz, Daniel Lewandowski, Krzysztof A. Tomaszewski, Brandon M. Henry, Edward B. Golec, Monika Marędziak

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1637 PubMed 26966645

February 22, 2016

Fully-automated identification of fish species based on otolith contour: using short-time Fourier transform and discriminant analysis (STFT-DA)

Nima Salimi, Kar Hoe Loh, Sarinder Kaur Dhillon, Ving Ching Chong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1664 PubMed 26925315

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 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

Apparent source levels and active communication space of whistles of free-ranging Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (Sousa chinensis) in the Pearl River Estuary and Beibu Gulf, China

Zhi-Tao Wang, Whitlow W.L. Au, Luke Rendell, Ke-Xiong Wang, Hai-Ping Wu, Yu-Ping Wu, Jian-Chang Liu, Guo-Qin Duan, Han-Jiang Cao, Ding Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1695 PubMed 26893973

February 4, 2016

LPS- or Pseudomonas aeruginosa-mediated activation of the macrophage TLR4 signaling cascade depends on membrane lipid composition

Axel Schoeniger, Herbert Fuhrmann, Julia Schumann

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1663 PubMed 26870615

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 1, 2016

New material and revision of Melanorosaurus thabanensis, a basal sauropodomorph from the Upper Triassic of Lesotho

Claire Peyre de Fabrègues, Ronan Allain

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1639 PubMed 26855874

February 1, 2016

New insights on Prestosuchus chiniquensis Huene, 1942 (Pseudosuchia, Loricata) based on new specimens from the “Tree Sanga” Outcrop, Chiniquá Region, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Marcel B. Lacerda, Bianca M. Mastrantonio, Daniel C. Fortier, Cesar L. Schultz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1622 PubMed 26855866

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 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 4, 2016

A comparison of rumen microbial profiles in dairy cows as retrieved by 454 Roche and Ion Torrent (PGM) sequencing platforms

Nagaraju Indugu, Kyle Bittinger, Sanjay Kumar, Bonnie Vecchiarelli, Dipti Pitta

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1599 PubMed 26870608

February 16, 2016

A comparison of postnatal arterial patterns in a growth series of giraffe (Artiodactyla: Giraffa camelopardalis)

Haley D. O’Brien, Paul M. Gignac, Tobin L. Hieronymus, Lawrence M. Witmer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1696 PubMed 26925324

February 4, 2016

Gene expression changes in diapause or quiescent potato cyst nematode, Globodera pallida, eggs after hydration or exposure to tomato root diffusate

Juan Emilio Palomares-Rius, Pete Hedley, Peter J.A. Cock, Jenny A. Morris, John T. Jones, Vivian C. Blok