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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.

March 28, 2016

Sequencing 16S rRNA gene fragments using the PacBio SMRT DNA sequencing system

Patrick D. Schloss, Matthew L. Jenior, Charles C. Koumpouras, Sarah L. Westcott, Sarah K. Highlander

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1869 PubMed 27069806

March 17, 2016

Mechanism of action of novel piperazine containing a toxicant against human liver cancer cells

Nima Samie, Sekaran Muniandy, MS Kanthimathi, Batoul Sadat Haerian

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1588 PubMed 27019772

March 22, 2016

Growth of 48 built environment bacterial isolates on board the International Space Station (ISS)

David A. Coil, Russell Y. Neches, Jenna M. Lang, Wendy E. Brown, Mark Severance, Darlene Cavalier, Jonathan A. Eisen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1842 PubMed 27019789

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 21, 2016

Evaluation of unmanned aerial vehicle shape, flight path and camera type for waterfowl surveys: disturbance effects and species recognition

John F. McEvoy, Graham P. Hall, Paul G. McDonald

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1831 PubMed 27020132

March 15, 2016

Taxonomic reassessment of Hydralmosaurus as Styxosaurus: new insights on the elasmosaurid neck evolution throughout the Cretaceous

Rodrigo A. Otero

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1777 PubMed 27019781

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 31, 2016

Sushi barcoding in the UK: another kettle of fish

Sara G. Vandamme, Andrew M. Griffiths, Sasha-Ann Taylor, Cristina Di Muri, Elizabeth A. Hankard, Jessica A. Towne, Mhairi Watson, Stefano Mariani

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1891 PubMed 27069819

March 28, 2016

Breakdown of coevolution between symbiotic bacteria Wolbachia and their filarial hosts

Emilie Lefoulon, Odile Bain, Benjamin L. Makepeace, Cyrille d’Haese, Shigehiko Uni, Coralie Martin, Laurent Gavotte

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1840 PubMed 27069790

March 29, 2016

What doesn’t kill them makes them stronger: an association between elongation factor 1-α overdominance in the sea star Pisaster ochraceus and “sea star wasting disease”

John P. Wares, Lauren M. Schiebelhut

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1876 PubMed 27069810

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 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 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 3, 2016

The beneficial effects of cumulus cells and oocyte-cumulus cell gap junctions depends on oocyte maturation and fertilization methods in mice

Cheng-Jie Zhou, Sha-Na Wu, Jiang-Peng Shen, Dong-Hui Wang, Xiang-Wei Kong, Angeleem Lu, Yan-Jiao Li, Hong-Xia Zhou, Yue-Fang Zhao, Cheng-Guang Liang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1761 PubMed 26966678

March 10, 2016

Molecular phylogeny of porcelain crabs (Porcellanidae: Petrolisthes and allies) from the south eastern Pacific: the genera Allopetrolisthes and Liopetrolisthes are not natural entities

J. Antonio Baeza

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1805 PubMed 26989636

March 29, 2016

Specializations of the mandibular anatomy and dentition of Segnosaurus galbinensis (Theropoda: Therizinosauria)

Lindsay E. Zanno, Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar, Tsogtbaatar Chinzorig, Terry A. Gates

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1885 PubMed 27069815

March 31, 2016

Aging and serum MCP-1 are associated with gut microbiome composition in a murine model

Melissa N. Conley, Carmen P. Wong, Kyle M. Duyck, Norman Hord, Emily Ho, Thomas J. Sharpton

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1854 PubMed 27069796

March 31, 2016

Host plant use drives genetic differentiation in syntopic populations of Maculinea alcon

András Tartally, Andreas Kelager, Matthias A. Fürst, David R. Nash

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1865 PubMed 27069804

March 22, 2016

No effect of low-level chronic neonicotinoid exposure on bumblebee learning and fecundity

Saija Piiroinen, Cristina Botías, Elizabeth Nicholls, Dave Goulson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1808 PubMed 27014515

March 1, 2016

New phiomorph rodents from the latest Eocene of Egypt, and the impact of Bayesian “clock”-based phylogenetic methods on estimates of basal hystricognath relationships and biochronology

Hesham M. Sallam, Erik R. Seiffert

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1717 PubMed 26966657

March 31, 2016

Investigation of the effects of estrogen on skeletal gene expression during zebrafish larval head development

Ehsan Pashay Ahi, Benjamin S. Walker, Christopher S. Lassiter, Zophonías O. Jónsson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1878 PubMed 27069811

March 31, 2016

Improved ultrastructure of marine invertebrates using non-toxic buffers

Jacqueline Montanaro, Daniela Gruber, Nikolaus Leisch

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1860 PubMed 27069800

March 21, 2016

Comparative analysis of different survey methods for monitoring fish assemblages in coastal habitats

Duncan G.L. Baker, Tyler D. Eddy, Reba McIver, Allison L. Schmidt, Marie-Hélène Thériault, Monica Boudreau, Simon C. Courtenay, Heike K. Lotze

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1832 PubMed 27018396

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 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

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