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March 2016

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Two new rodent species from the Eocene of Egypt

Birkamys korai

March 1, 2016

Two new rodent species from the Eocene of Egypt

Based on dental and rostrum remains, researchers describe and name two new rodents from approximately 34 million years ago.

March 21, 2016

Angiosperms and the Linnean shortfall: three new species from three lineages of Melastomataceae at one spot at the Atlantic Forest

Renato Goldenberg, Fabián A. Michelangeli, Lidyanne Y.S. Aona, André M. Amorim

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1824 PubMed 27019469

March 15, 2016

A new ornithurine from the Early Cretaceous of China sheds light on the evolution of early ecological and cranial diversity in birds

Jiandong Huang, Xia Wang, Yuanchao Hu, Jia Liu, Jennifer A. Peteya, Julia A. Clarke

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1765 PubMed 27019777

March 21, 2016

Simulation of potential habitat overlap between red deer (Cervus elaphus) and roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in northeastern China

Wen Wu, Yuehui Li, Yuanman Hu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1756 PubMed 27019775

March 31, 2016

Integrative microRNA-gene expression network analysis in genetic hypercalciuric stone-forming rat kidney

Yuchao Lu, Baolong Qin, Henglong Hu, Jiaqiao Zhang, Yufeng Wang, Qing Wang, Shaogang Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1884 PubMed 27069814

March 21, 2016

Evaluation of putative reference genes for quantitative real-time PCR normalization in Lilium regale during development and under stress

Qiang Liu, Chi Wei, Ming-Fang Zhang, Gui-Xia Jia

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1837 PubMed 27019788

March 10, 2016

Direct dating of Pleistocene stegodon from Timor Island, East Nusa Tenggara

Julien Louys, Gilbert J. Price, Sue O’Connor

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1788 PubMed 26989625

March 22, 2016

Evaluation of transport conditions for autologous bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells for therapeutic application in horses

Miguel Espina, Henriette Jülke, Walter Brehm, Iris Ribitsch, Karsten Winter, Uta Delling

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1773 PubMed 27019778

March 10, 2016

Taxonomic revision of the Malagasy members of the Nesomyrmex angulatus species group using the automated morphological species delineation protocol NC-PART-clustering

Sándor Csősz, Brian L. Fisher

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1796 PubMed 26989630

March 7, 2016

Growth and fatty acid characterization of microalgae isolated from municipal waste-treatment systems and the potential role of algal-associated bacteria in feedstock production

Kevin Stemmler, Rebecca Massimi, Andrea E. Kirkwood

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1780 PubMed 26989618

March 24, 2016

The sex lives of ctenophores: the influence of light, body size, and self-fertilization on the reproductive output of the sea walnut, Mnemiopsis leidyi

Daniel A. Sasson, Joseph F. Ryan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1846 PubMed 27042395

March 10, 2016

Occurrence patterns of coral-dwelling gall crabs (Cryptochiridae) over depth intervals in the Caribbean

Kaj M. van Tienderen, Sancia E.T. van der Meij

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1794 PubMed 26989629

March 14, 2016

Prevalence of asymptomatic urinary tract infections in morbidly obese dogs

Susan G. Wynn, Angela L. Witzel, Joseph W. Bartges, Tamberlyn S. Moyers, Claudia A. Kirk

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1711 PubMed 26989606

March 21, 2016

Distribution and regulation of gonadotropin-releasing hormone, kisspeptin, RF-amide related peptide-3, and dynorphin in the bovine hypothalamus

Valeria M. Tanco, Brian K. Whitlock, Melaney A. Jones, Robyn R. Wilborn, Terry D. Brandebourg, Chad D. Foradori

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1833 PubMed 27014517

March 21, 2016

Facial width-to-height ratio relates to dominance style in the genus Macaca

Marta Borgi, Bonaventura Majolo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1775 PubMed 27019780

March 21, 2016

French validation of the Barcelona Music Reward Questionnaire

Joe Saliba, Urbano Lorenzo-Seva, Josep Marco-Pallares, Barbara Tillmann, Anthony Zeitouni, Alexandre Lehmann

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1760 PubMed 27019776

March 21, 2016

The effects of an invasive seaweed on native communities vary along a gradient of land-based human impacts

Fabio Bulleri, Fabio Badalamenti, Ljiljana Iveša, Barbara Mikac, Luigi Musco, Andrej Jaklin, Alex Rattray, Tomás Vega Fernández, Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1795 PubMed 27014513

March 10, 2016

Within-person variability in men’s facial width-to-height ratio

Robin S.S. Kramer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1801 PubMed 26989634

March 14, 2016

Reproductive biology of the biofuel plant Jatropha curcas in its center of origin

Manuel Rincón-Rabanales, Laura I. Vargas-López, Lourdes Adriano-Anaya, Alfredo Vázquez-Ovando, Miguel Salvador-Figueroa, Isidro Ovando-Medina

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1819 PubMed 26989640

March 29, 2016

Intersexual chemo-sensation in a “visually-oriented” lizard, Anolis sagrei

Simon Baeckens, Tess Driessens, Raoul Van Damme

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1874 PubMed 27069809

March 7, 2016

Comparative transcriptome analysis of papilla and skin in the sea cucumber, Apostichopus japonicus

Xiaoxu Zhou, Jun Cui, Shikai Liu, Derong Kong, He Sun, Chenlei Gu, Hongdi Wang, Xuemei Qiu, Yaqing Chang, Zhanjiang Liu, Xiuli Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1779 PubMed 26989617

March 3, 2016

Cell cycle progression in glioblastoma cells is unaffected by pathophysiological levels of hypoxia

Rosalie Richards, Michael D. Jenkinson, Brian J. Haylock, Violaine See

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1755 PubMed 26966676

March 28, 2016

When homoplasy mimics hybridization: a case study of Cape hakes (Merluccius capensis and M. paradoxus)

Romina Henriques, Sophie von der Heyden, Conrad A. Matthee

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1827 PubMed 27069785

March 14, 2016

The role of sex and age in the architecture of intrapopulation howler monkey-plant networks in continuous and fragmented rain forests

Julieta Benitez-Malvido, Ana Paola Martínez-Falcón, Wesley Dattilo, Ana María González-DiPierro, Rafael Lombera Estrada, Anna Traveset

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1809 PubMed 26989638

March 14, 2016

A new species of Psychrophrynella (Amphibia, Anura, Craugastoridae) from the humid montane forests of Cusco, eastern slopes of the Peruvian Andes

Alessandro Catenazzi, Alex Ttito

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1807 PubMed 26989637

March 24, 2016

Evolution of Philodendron (Araceae) species in Neotropical biomes

Leticia Loss-Oliveira, Cassia Sakuragui, Maria de Lourdes Soares, Carlos G. Schrago

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1744 PubMed 27042390