Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

August 16, 2016

The health care and life sciences community profile for dataset descriptions

Michel Dumontier, Alasdair J.G. Gray, M. Scott Marshall, Vladimir Alexiev, Peter Ansell, Gary Bader, Joachim Baran, Jerven T. Bolleman, Alison Callahan, José Cruz-Toledo, Pascale Gaudet, Erich A. Gombocz, Alejandra N. Gonzalez-Beltran, Paul Groth, Melissa Haendel, Maori Ito, Simon Jupp, Nick Juty, Toshiaki Katayama, Norio Kobayashi, Kalpana Krishnaswami, Camille Laibe, Nicolas Le Novère, Simon Lin, James Malone, Michael Miller, Christopher J. Mungall, Laurens Rietveld, Sarala M. Wimalaratne, Atsuko Yamaguchi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2331 PubMed 27602295

August 23, 2016

I-HEDGE: determining the optimum complementary sets of taxa for conservation using evolutionary isolation

Evelyn L. Jensen, Arne Ø. Mooers, Adalgisa Caccone, Michael A. Russello

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2350 PubMed 27635324

August 18, 2016

Population genetic structure between Yap and Palau for the coral Acropora hyacinthus

Annick Cros, Robert J. Toonen, Sarah W. Davies, Stephen A. Karl

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2330 PubMed 27602294

August 16, 2016

Evolution of morphological and climatic adaptations in Veronica L. (Plantaginaceae)

Jian-Cheng Wang, Bo-Rong Pan, Dirk C. Albach

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2333 PubMed 27602296

August 24, 2016

Investigation of the mechanisms of action behind Electromotive Drug Administration (EMDA)

Bor Kos, Juan Luis Vásquez, Damijan Miklavčič, Gregers G.G. Hermann, Julie Gehl

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2309 PubMed 27635313

August 9, 2016

An optimized approach to germ-free rearing in the jewel wasp Nasonia

J. Dylan Shropshire, Edward J. van Opstal, Seth R. Bordenstein

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2316 PubMed 27602283

August 10, 2016

Vegemite Beer: yeast extract spreads as nutrient supplements to promote fermentation

Edward D. Kerr, Benjamin L. Schulz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2271 PubMed 27602264

August 30, 2016

Epidemiology of Salmonella sp. in California cull dairy cattle: prevalence of fecal shedding and diagnostic accuracy of pooled enriched broth culture of fecal samples

Omran A. Abu Aboud, John M. Adaska, Deniece R. Williams, Paul V. Rossitto, John D. Champagne, Terry W. Lehenbauer, Robert Atwill, Xunde Li, Sharif S. Aly

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2386 PubMed 27635350

August 31, 2016

Male foraging efficiency, but not male problem-solving performance, influences female mating preferences in zebra finches

Véronique Chantal, Julie Gibelli, Frédérique Dubois

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2409 PubMed 27635358

August 2, 2016

The masquerade game: marine mimicry adaptation between egg-cowries and octocorals

Juan A. Sánchez, Angela P. Fuentes-Pardo, Íde Ní Almhain, Néstor E. Ardila-Espitia, Jaime Cantera-Kintz, Manu Forero-Shelton

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2051 PubMed 27547514

August 18, 2016

Agricultural land-use change in a Mexican oligotrophic desert depletes ecosystem stability

Natali Hernández-Becerra, Yunuen Tapia-Torres, Ofelia Beltrán-Paz, Jazmín Blaz, Valeria Souza, Felipe García-Oliva

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2365 PubMed 27602304

August 16, 2016

Effect of wetland management: are lentic wetlands refuges of plant-species diversity in the Andean–Orinoco Piedmont of Colombia?

Johanna I. Murillo-Pacheco, Matthias Rös, Federico Escobar, Francisco Castro-Lima, José R. Verdú, Germán M. López-Iborra

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2267 PubMed 27602263

August 24, 2016

Identification of biomarkers for periodontal disease using the immunoproteomics approach

Jesinda P. Kerishnan, Sani Mohammad, Muhamad Shaifunizam Alias, Alan Kang-Wai Mu, Rathna Devi Vaithilingam, Nor Adinar Baharuddin, Syarida H. Safii, Zainal Ariff Abdul Rahman, Yu Nieng Chen, Yeng Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2327 PubMed 27635317

August 16, 2016

On the diversity of the SE Indo-Pacific species of Terebellides (Annelida; Trichobranchidae), with the description of a new species

Julio Parapar, Juan Moreira, Daniel Martin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2313 PubMed 27602280

August 9, 2016

The core clock gene Per1 phases molecular and electrical circadian rhythms in SCN neurons

Jeff R. Jones, Douglas G. McMahon

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2297 PubMed 27602274

August 16, 2016

Moderate evidence for a Lombard effect in a phylogenetically basal primate

Christian Schopf, Sabine Schmidt, Elke Zimmermann