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March 2016

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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.

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March 29, 2016

Identifying contamination with advanced visualization and analysis practices: metagenomic approaches for eukaryotic genome assemblies

Tom O. Delmont, A. Murat Eren

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1839 PubMed 27069789

March 24, 2016

A molecular classification of human mesenchymal stromal cells

Florian Rohart, Elizabeth A. Mason, Nicholas Matigian, Rowland Mosbergen, Othmar Korn, Tyrone Chen, Suzanne Butcher, Jatin Patel, Kerry Atkinson, Kiarash Khosrotehrani, Nicholas M. Fisk, Kim-Anh Lê Cao, Christine A. Wells

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1845 PubMed 27042394

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 8, 2016

Epithelial, metabolic and innate immunity transcriptomic signatures differentiating the rumen from other sheep and mammalian gastrointestinal tract tissues

Ruidong Xiang, Victor Hutton Oddy, Alan L. Archibald, Phillip E. Vercoe, Brian P. Dalrymple

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1762 PubMed 26989612

March 10, 2016

A de novo transcriptome of the Malpighian tubules in non-blood-fed and blood-fed Asian tiger mosquitoes Aedes albopictus: insights into diuresis, detoxification, and blood meal processing

Carlos J. Esquivel, Bryan J. Cassone, Peter M. Piermarini

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1784 PubMed 26989622

March 28, 2016

Comprehensive profiling of retroviral integration sites using target enrichment methods from historical koala samples without an assembled reference genome

Pin Cui, Ulrike Löber, David E. Alquezar-Planas, Yasuko Ishida, Alexandre Courtiol, Peter Timms, Rebecca N. Johnson, Dorina Lenz, Kristofer M. Helgen, Alfred L. Roca, Stefanie Hartman, Alex D. Greenwood

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1847 PubMed 27069793

March 21, 2016

An integrated text mining framework for metabolic interaction network reconstruction

Preecha Patumcharoenpol, Narumol Doungpan, Asawin Meechai, Bairong Shen, Jonathan H. Chan, Wanwipa Vongsangnak

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1811 PubMed 27019783

March 10, 2016

Proteome-wide prediction of targets for aspirin: new insight into the molecular mechanism of aspirin

Shao-Xing Dai, Wen-Xing Li, Gong-Hua Li, Jing-Fei Huang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1791 PubMed 26989626

March 8, 2016

Diuron tolerance and potential degradation by pelagic microbiomes in the Great Barrier Reef lagoon

Florent E. Angly, Olga Pantos, Thomas C. Morgan, Virginia Rich, Hemerson Tonin, David G. Bourne, Philip Mercurio, Andrew P. Negri, Gene W. Tyson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1758 PubMed 26989611

March 17, 2016

NeisseriaBase: a specialised Neisseria genomic resource and analysis platform

Wenning Zheng, Naresh V.R. Mutha, Hamed Heydari, Avirup Dutta, Cheuk Chuen Siow, Nicholas S. Jakubovics, Wei Yee Wee, Shi Yang Tan, Mia Yang Ang, Guat Jah Wong, Siew Woh Choo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1698 PubMed 27017950

March 14, 2016

Computational inference of H3K4me3 and H3K27ac domain length

Julian Zubek, Michael L. Stitzel, Duygu Ucar, Dariusz M. Plewczynski

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1750 PubMed 26989607

March 14, 2016

ColoFinder: a prognostic 9-gene signature improves prognosis for 871 stage II and III colorectal cancer patients

Mingguang Shi, Jianmin He

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1804 PubMed 26989635