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Architecture of the sperm whale forehead facilitates ramming combat

Sperm whale head

April 5, 2016

Architecture of the sperm whale forehead facilitates ramming combat

A new study addresses a controversial hypothesis regarding the potential ramming function of the sperm whale’s head, something which was instrumental in inspiring Herman Melville to write the novel Moby Dick.

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April 7, 2016

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

33 citations

1,695 downloads

6,790 views

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 5, 2016

Identification of Salmonella for public health surveillance using whole genome sequencing

97 citations

1,633 downloads

5,793 views

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 12, 2016

Genetic signatures of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Nonthaburi genotype revealed by whole genome analysis of isolates from tuberculous meningitis patients in Thailand

3 citations

881 downloads

2,912 views

Olabisi Oluwabukola Coker, Angkana Chaiprasert, Chumpol Ngamphiw, Sissades Tongsima, Sanjib Mani Regmi, Taane G. Clark, Rick Twee Hee Ong, Yik-Ying Teo, Therdsak Prammananan, Prasit Palittapongarnpim

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1905 PubMed 27114869

April 26, 2016

DChIPRep, an R/Bioconductor package for differential enrichment analysis in chromatin studies

5 citations

505 downloads

2,813 views

Christophe D. Chabbert, Lars M. Steinmetz, Bernd Klaus

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1981 PubMed 27168989

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

30 citations

780 downloads