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August 2016

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Mimicry adaptation between egg-cowries and octocorals

Mixed ovoposition

August 2, 2016

Mimicry adaptation between egg-cowries and octocorals

Researchers measured whether the various camouflage patterns of egg-cowries matched the different coral species that they inhabited.

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August 16, 2016

The adder (Vipera berus) in Southern Altay Mountains: population characteristics, distribution, morphology and phylogenetic position

Shaopeng Cui, Xiao Luo, Daiqiang Chen, Jizhou Sun, Hongjun Chu, Chunwang Li, Zhigang Jiang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2342 PubMed 27602300

August 25, 2016

Antioxidant-rich leaf extract of Barringtonia racemosa significantly alters the in vitro expression of genes encoding enzymes that are involved in methylglyoxal degradation III

Kin Weng Kong, Azlina Abdul Aziz, Nurhanani Razali, Norhaniza Aminuddin, Sarni Mat Junit

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2379 PubMed 27635343

August 31, 2016

Evolution of the climatic tolerance and postglacial range changes of the most primitive orchids (Apostasioideae) within Sundaland, Wallacea and Sahul

Marta Kolanowska, Katarzyna Mystkowska, Marta Kras, Magdalena Dudek, Kamil Konowalik

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2384 PubMed 27635348

August 17, 2016

Proteomic profiling analysis reveals that glutathione system plays important roles responding to osmotic stress in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) roots

Jianhui Ma, Wen Dong, Daijing Zhang, Xiaolong Gao, Lina Jiang, Yun Shao, Doudou Tong, Chunxi Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2334 PubMed 27602297

August 2, 2016

Competition and fixation of cohorts of adaptive mutations under Fisher geometrical model

Jorge A. Moura de Sousa, João Alpedrinha, Paulo R.A. Campos, Isabel Gordo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2256 PubMed 27547562

August 17, 2016

Detection of a Yersinia pestis gene homologue in rodent samples

Timothy A. Giles, Alex D. Greenwood, Kyriakos Tsangaras, Tom C. Giles, Paul A. Barrow, Duncan Hannant, Abu-Bakr Abu-Median, Lisa Yon

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2216 PubMed 27602258

August 23, 2016

You can hide but you can’t run: apparent competition, predator responses and the decline of Arctic ground squirrels in boreal forests of the southwest Yukon

Jeffery R. Werner, Elizabeth A. Gillis, Rudy Boonstra, Charles J. Krebs

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2303 PubMed 27635312

August 10, 2016

Is it safe to nest near conspicuous neighbours? Spatial patterns in predation risk associated with the density of American Golden-Plover nests

Marie-Andrée Giroux, Myriam Trottier-Paquet, Joël Bêty, Vincent Lamarre, Nicolas Lecomte

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2193 PubMed 27602257

August 30, 2016

Microsatellite loci in the tiger shark and cross-species amplification using pyrosequencing technology

Natália J. Mendes, Vanessa P. Cruz, Fernando Y. Ashikaga, Sâmia M. Camargo, Claudio Oliveira, Andrew N. Piercy, George H. Burgess, Rui Coelho, Miguel N. Santos, Fernando F. Mendonça, Fausto Foresti

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2205 PubMed 27635306

August 18, 2016

Microbe-ID: an open source toolbox for microbial genotyping and species identification

Javier F. Tabima, Sydney E. Everhart, Meredith M. Larsen, Alexandra J. Weisberg, Zhian N. Kamvar, Matthew A. Tancos, Christine D. Smart, Jeff H. Chang, Niklaus J. Grünwald

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2279 PubMed 27602267

August 31, 2016

Characterization, development and multiplexing of microsatellite markers in three commercially exploited reef fish and their application for stock identification

Laura Taillebois, Christine Dudgeon, Safia Maher, David A. Crook, Thor M. Saunders, Diane P. Barton, Jonathan A. Taylor, David J. Welch, Stephen J. Newman, Michael J. Travers, Richard J. Saunders, Jennifer Ovenden

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2418 PubMed 27635362

August 23, 2016

The larvae of Epigomphus jannyae Belle, 1993 and E. tumefactus Calvert, 1903 (Insecta: Odonata: Gomphidae)

Rodolfo Novelo-Gutiérrez, Alonso Ramírez, Débora Delgado

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2338 PubMed 27635319

August 4, 2016

Use of the melting curve assay as a means for high-throughput quantification of Illumina sequencing libraries

Hiroshi Shinozuka, John W. Forster

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2281 PubMed 27602269

August 24, 2016

Effects of yearling, juvenile and adult survival on reef manta ray (Manta alfredi) demography

Isabel M. Smallegange, Isabelle B.C. van der Ouderaa, Yara Tibiriçá

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2370 PubMed 27635337

August 2, 2016

Decoupling the response of an estuarine shrimp to architectural components of habitat structure

Jeffrey A. Crooks, Andrew L. Chang, Gregory M. Ruiz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2244 PubMed 27547551

August 10, 2016

Changes in segmentation and setation along the anterior/posterior axis of the homonomous trunk limbs of a remipede (Crustacea, Arthropoda)

Viacheslav N. Ivanenko, Ekaterina A. Antonenko, Mikhail S. Gelfand, Jill Yager, Frank D. Ferrari

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2305 PubMed 27602276

August 4, 2016

Familiar face + novel face = familiar face? Representational bias in the perception of morphed faces in chimpanzees

Yoshi-Taka Matsuda, Masako Myowa-Yamakoshi, Satoshi Hirata

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2304 PubMed 27602275

August 23, 2016

SICLE: a high-throughput tool for extracting evolutionary relationships from phylogenetic trees

Dan F. DeBlasio, Jennifer H. Wisecaver

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2359 PubMed 27635331

August 4, 2016

The antioxidative properties of S-allyl cysteine not only influence somatic cells but also improve early embryo cleavage in pigs

Markéta Dvořáková, Ivona Heroutová, David Němeček, Kateřina Adámková, Tereza Krejčová, Jan Nevoral, Veronika Kučerová Chrpová, Jaroslav Petr, Markéta Sedmíková

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2280 PubMed 27602268

August 23, 2016

Investigation of population structure in Gulf of Mexico Seepiophila jonesi (Polychaeta, Siboglinidae) using cross-amplified microsatellite loci

Chunya Huang, Stephen W. Schaeffer, Charles R. Fisher, Dominique A. Cowart

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2366 PubMed 27635334

August 23, 2016

CardioTF, a database of deconstructing transcriptional circuits in the heart system

Yisong Zhen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2339 PubMed 27635320

August 31, 2016

Influence of droplet coverage on the electrochemical response of planar microelectrodes and potential solving strategies based on nesting concept

Yue Yu, Zhanming Li