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May 2016

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Systematics of stalked jellyfishes

Coronal muscle

May 5, 2016

Systematics of stalked jellyfishes

In this study, researchers demonstrate a novel view of the evolutionary history of stalked jellyfish, an understudied but important cnidarian clade.

May 12, 2016

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

8 citations

1,438 downloads

5,181 views

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 10, 2016

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

15 citations

915 downloads

3,593 views

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

5 citations

770 downloads

3,363 views

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

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

May 17, 2016

Flower, fruit phenology and flower traits in Cordia boissieri (Boraginaceae) from northeastern Mexico

2 citations

773 downloads

2,604 views

Cristian Adrian Martínez-Adriano, Enrique Jurado, Joel Flores, Humberto González-Rodríguez, Gerardo Cuéllar-Rodríguez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2033 PubMed 27231656

May 17, 2016

Transcriptomic analysis reveals distinct resistant response by physcion and chrysophanol against cucumber powdery mildew

8 citations

658 downloads

2,467 views

Yanping Li, Shilin Tian, Xiaojun Yang, Xin Wang, Yuhai Guo, Hanwen Ni

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1991 PubMed 27231648

May 5, 2016

A novel multilocus variable number tandem repeat analysis typing scheme for African phylotype III strains of the Ralstonia solanacearum species complex

7 citations

526 downloads

2,435 views

Santatra Ravelomanantsoa, Isabelle Robène, Frédéric Chiroleu, Fabien Guérin, Stéphane Poussier, Olivier Pruvost, Philippe Prior

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1949 PubMed 27168969

May 10, 2016

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

8 citations

1,096 downloads

2,282 views

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

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

May 24, 2016

Sequence/structural analysis of xylem proteome emphasizes pathogenesis-related proteins, chitinases and β-1, 3-glucanases as key players in grapevine defense against Xylella fastidiosa

8 citations

552 downloads

2,248 views

Sandeep Chakraborty, Rafael Nascimento, Paulo A. Zaini, Hossein Gouran, Basuthkar J. Rao, Luiz R. Goulart, Abhaya M. Dandekar

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2007 PubMed 27257535

May 17, 2016

Yet another new species from one of the best-studied neotropical areas: Plantago humboldtiana (Plantaginaceae), an extremely narrow endemic new species from a waterfall in southern Brazil

18 citations

487 downloads

2,028 views

Gustavo Hassemer, Nina Rønsted

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2050 PubMed 27231665

May 11, 2016

Selenium uptake, tolerance and reduction in Flammulina velutipes supplied with selenite

4 citations

555 downloads

1,984 views

Jipeng Wang, Bo Wang, Dan Zhang, Yanhong Wu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1993 PubMed 27547513

May 11, 2016

Screening of cytoprotectors against methotrexate-induced cytogenotoxicity from bioactive phytochemicals

1 citation

550 downloads

1,529 views

Shaobin Gu, Ying Wu, Jianbo Yang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1983 PubMed 27190706

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