Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

April 28, 2016

The phylogenetic relationships of basal archosauromorphs, with an emphasis on the systematics of proterosuchian archosauriforms

Martín D. Ezcurra

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1778 PubMed 27162705

April 5, 2016

Identification of Salmonella for public health surveillance using whole genome sequencing

Philip M. Ashton, Satheesh Nair, Tansy M. Peters, Janet A. Bale, David G. Powell, Anaïs Painset, Rediat Tewolde, Ulf Schaefer, Claire Jenkins, Timothy J. Dallman, Elizabeth M. de Pinna, Kathie A. Grant

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1752 PubMed 27069781

April 19, 2016

Testing the potential of a ribosomal 16S marker for DNA metabarcoding of insects

Vasco Elbrecht, Pierre Taberlet, Tony Dejean, Alice Valentini, Philippe Usseglio-Polatera, Jean-Nicolas Beisel, Eric Coissac, Frederic Boyer, Florian Leese

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1966 PubMed 27114891

April 26, 2016

Evidence for a trophic cascade on rocky reefs following sea star mass mortality in British Columbia

Jessica A. Schultz, Ryan N. Cloutier, Isabelle M. Côté

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1980 PubMed 27168988

April 7, 2016

Metagenomic analysis of nitrogen and methane cycling in the Arabian Sea oxygen minimum zone

Claudia Lüke, Daan R. Speth, Martine A.R. Kox, Laura Villanueva, Mike S.M. Jetten

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1924 PubMed 27077014

April 21, 2016

Plastome data reveal multiple geographic origins of Quercus Group Ilex

Marco Cosimo Simeone, Guido W. Grimm, Alessio Papini, Federico Vessella, Simone Cardoni, Enrico Tordoni, Roberta Piredda, Alain Franc, Thomas Denk

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1897 PubMed 27123376

April 26, 2016

First applications of a targeted exome sequencing approach in fetuses with ultrasound abnormalities reveals an important fraction of cases with associated gene defects

Constantinos Pangalos, Birgitta Hagnefelt, Konstantinos Lilakos, Christopher Konialis

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1955 PubMed 27168972

April 7, 2016

Chlorophyll enhances oxidative stress tolerance in Caenorhabditis elegans and extends its lifespan

Erjia Wang, Michael Wink

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1879 PubMed 27077003

April 25, 2016

GoPros™ as an underwater photogrammetry tool for citizen science

Vincent Raoult, Peter A. David, Sally F. Dupont, Ciaran P. Mathewson, Samuel J. O’Neill, Nicholas N. Powell, Jane E. Williamson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1960 PubMed 27168973

April 18, 2016

In four shallow and mesophotic tropical reef sponges from Guam the microbial community largely depends on host identity

Georg Steinert, Michael W. Taylor, Peter Deines, Rachel L. Simister, Nicole J. de Voogd, Michael Hoggard, Peter J. Schupp

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1936 PubMed 27114882

April 11, 2016

Differences in stability of seed-associated microbial assemblages in response to invasion by phytopathogenic microorganisms

Samir Rezki, Claire Campion, Beatrice Iacomi-Vasilescu, Anne Preveaux, Youness Toualbia, Sophie Bonneau, Martial Briand, Emmanuelle Laurent, Gilles Hunault, Philippe Simoneau, Marie-Agnès Jacques, Matthieu Barret

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1923 PubMed 27077013

April 5, 2016

Estimating risks of importation and local transmission of Zika virus infection

Kyeongah Nah, Kenji Mizumoto, Yuichiro Miyamatsu, Yohei Yasuda, Ryo Kinoshita, Hiroshi Nishiura

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1904 PubMed 27069825

April 5, 2016

Impaired emotion recognition is linked to alexithymia in heroin addicts

Giuseppe Craparo, Alessio Gori, Stefano Dell’Aera, Giulia Costanzo, Silvia Fasciano, Antonia Tomasello, Carmelo M. Vicario

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1864 PubMed 27069803

April 28, 2016

Genetic and demographic recovery of an isolated population of brown bear Ursus arctos L., 1758

Elena G. Gonzalez, Juan C. Blanco, Fernando Ballesteros, Lourdes Alcaraz, Guillermo Palomero, Ignacio Doadrio

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1928 PubMed 27168963

April 4, 2016

Colony geometry and structural complexity of the endangered species Acropora cervicornis partly explains the structure of their associated fish assemblage

Esteban A. Agudo-Adriani, Jose Cappelletto, Francoise Cavada-Blanco, Aldo Croquer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1861 PubMed 27069801

April 18, 2016

Characterization of microbial associations with methanotrophic archaea and sulfate-reducing bacteria through statistical comparison of nested Magneto-FISH enrichments

Elizabeth Trembath-Reichert, David H. Case, Victoria J. Orphan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1913 PubMed 27114874

April 14, 2016

Anatomy and osteohistology of the basal hadrosaurid dinosaur Eotrachodon from the uppermost Santonian (Cretaceous) of southern Appalachia

Albert Prieto-Márquez, Gregory M. Erickson, Jun A. Ebersole

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1872 PubMed 27114863

April 19, 2016

Changes to coral health and metabolic activity under oxygen deprivation

James W.A. Murphy, Robert H. Richmond

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1956 PubMed 27114888

April 18, 2016

Phylogenetic species delimitation for crayfishes of the genus Pacifastacus

Eric R. Larson, Magalie Castelin, Bronwyn W. Williams, Julian D. Olden, Cathryn L. Abbott

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1915 PubMed 27114875

April 18, 2016

Macromammalian faunas, biochronology and palaeoecology of the early Pleistocene Main Quarry hominin-bearing deposits of the Drimolen Palaeocave System, South Africa

Justin W. Adams, Douglass S. Rovinsky, Andy I.R. Herries, Colin G. Menter

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1941 PubMed 27114884

April 25, 2016

Nutrient uplift in a cyclonic eddy increases diversity, primary productivity and iron demand of microbial communities relative to a western boundary current

Martina A. Doblin, Katherina Petrou, Sutinee Sinutok, Justin R. Seymour, Lauren F. Messer, Mark V. Brown, Louiza Norman, Jason D. Everett, Allison S. McInnes, Peter J. Ralph, Peter A. Thompson, Christel S. Hassler

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1973 PubMed 27168982

April 19, 2016

Exploring the chemical space of influenza neuraminidase inhibitors

Nuttapat Anuwongcharoen, Watshara Shoombuatong, Tanawut Tantimongcolwat, Virapong Prachayasittikul, Chanin Nantasenamat

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1958 PubMed 27114890

April 26, 2016

NADPH-dependent thioredoxin reductase C plays a role in nonhost disease resistance against Pseudomonas syringae pathogens by regulating chloroplast-generated reactive oxygen species

Yasuhiro Ishiga, Takako Ishiga, Yoko Ikeda, Takakazu Matsuura, Kirankumar S. Mysore

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1938 PubMed 27168965

April 25, 2016

Ectopic expression of Jatropha curcas APETALA1 (JcAP1) caused early flowering in Arabidopsis, but not in Jatropha

Mingyong Tang, Yan-Bin Tao, Zeng-Fu Xu