Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

May 4, 2016

Leopard (Panthera pardus) status, distribution, and the research efforts across its range

Andrew P. Jacobson, Peter Gerngross, Joseph R. Lemeris Jr., Rebecca F. Schoonover, Corey Anco, Christine Breitenmoser-Würsten, Sarah M. Durant, Mohammad S. Farhadinia, Philipp Henschel, Jan F. Kamler, Alice Laguardia, Susana Rostro-García, Andrew B. Stein, Luke Dollar

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1974 PubMed 27168983

May 12, 2016

The genome and transcriptome of Phalaenopsis yield insights into floral organ development and flowering regulation

Jian-Zhi Huang, Chih-Peng Lin, Ting-Chi Cheng, Ya-Wen Huang, Yi-Jung Tsai, Shu-Yun Cheng, Yi-Wen Chen, Chueh-Pai Lee, Wan-Chia Chung, Bill Chia-Han Chang, Shih-Wen Chin, Chen-Yu Lee, Fure-Chyi Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2017 PubMed 27190718

May 5, 2016

Systematics of stalked jellyfishes (Cnidaria: Staurozoa)

Lucília S. Miranda, Yayoi M. Hirano, Claudia E. Mills, Audrey Falconer, David Fenwick, Antonio C. Marques, Allen G. Collins

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1951 PubMed 27168970

May 11, 2016

A review and phylogeny of Scarabaeine dung beetle fossils (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae), with the description of two Canthochilum species from Dominican amber

Sergei Tarasov, Fernando Z. Vaz-de-Mello, Frank-Thorsten Krell, Dimitar Dimitrov

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1988 PubMed 27547512

May 31, 2016

Rapidly increasing macroalgal cover not related to herbivorous fishes on Mesoamerican reefs

Adam Suchley, Melanie D. McField, Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2084 PubMed 27280075

May 10, 2016

Heat shock factors in tomatoes: genome-wide identification, phylogenetic analysis and expression profiling under development and heat stress

Xuedong Yang, Weimin Zhu, Hui Zhang, Na Liu, Shoubo Tian

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1961 PubMed 27190703

May 24, 2016

DICOM for quantitative imaging biomarker development: a standards based approach to sharing clinical data and structured PET/CT analysis results in head and neck cancer research

Andriy Fedorov, David Clunie, Ethan Ulrich, Christian Bauer, Andreas Wahle, Bartley Brown, Michael Onken, Jörg Riesmeier, Steve Pieper, Ron Kikinis, John Buatti, Reinhard R. Beichel

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2057 PubMed 27257542

May 10, 2016

Largest global shark biomass found in the northern Galápagos Islands of Darwin and Wolf

Pelayo Salinas-de-León, David Acuña-Marrero, Etienne Rastoin, Alan M. Friedlander, Mary K. Donovan, Enric Sala

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1911 PubMed 27190701

May 12, 2016

Association of potential salivary biomarkers with diabetic retinopathy and its severity in type-2 diabetes mellitus: a proteomic analysis by mass spectrometry

Chin Soon Chee, Khai Meng Chang, Mun Fai Loke, Voon Pei Angela Loo, Visvaraja Subrayan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2022 PubMed 27280065

May 5, 2016

High incidence of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance genes among ciprofloxacin-resistant clinical isolates of Enterobacteriaceae at a tertiary care hospital in Puducherry, India

Thiyagarajan Yugendran, Belgode Narasimha Harish

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1995 PubMed 27168994

May 10, 2016

Competitive interactions between corals and turf algae depend on coral colony form

Thomas Swierts, Mark JA Vermeij

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1984 PubMed 27190707

May 10, 2016

Incorporation of an invasive plant into a native insect herbivore food web

Menno Schilthuizen, Lúcia P. Santos Pimenta, Youri Lammers, Peter J. Steenbergen, Marco Flohil, Nils G.P. Beveridge, Pieter T. van Duijn, Marjolein M. Meulblok, Nils Sosef, Robin van de Ven, Ralf Werring, Kevin K. Beentjes, Kim Meijer, Rutger A. Vos, Klaas Vrieling, Barbara Gravendeel, Young Choi, Robert Verpoorte, Chris Smit, Leo W. Beukeboom

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1954 PubMed 27190702

May 3, 2016

What is Atraphaxis L. (Polygonaceae, Polygoneae): cryptic taxa and resolved taxonomic complexity instead of the formal lumping and the lack of morphological synapomorphies

Olga V. Yurtseva, Oxana I. Kuznetsova, Maria E. Mavrodieva, Evgeny V. Mavrodiev

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1977 PubMed 27168986

May 24, 2016

Strategies for improved rhamnolipid production by Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA1

Alexandre Soares dos Santos, Nei Pereira Jr, Denise M.G. Freire

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2078 PubMed 27257553

May 26, 2016

Jan A. Veenstra

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2043 PubMed 27257538