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September 2016

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An unusual protein in the eye of drosophila

Six known Drosophila Rhodopsins

September 6, 2016

An unusual protein in the eye of drosophila

Drosophila use seven Rhodopsin proteins to detect light. In this study, researchers investigated the unusual attributes of Rhodopsin 7.

September 20, 2016

A method for high precision sequencing of near full-length 16S rRNA genes on an Illumina MiSeq

Catherine M. Burke, Aaron E. Darling

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2492 PubMed 27688981

September 6, 2016

A new rauisuchid (Archosauria, Pseudosuchia) from the Upper Triassic (Norian) of New Mexico increases the diversity and temporal range of the clade

Emily J. Lessner, Michelle R. Stocker, Nathan D. Smith, Alan H. Turner, Randall B. Irmis, Sterling J. Nesbitt

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2336 PubMed 27651983

September 29, 2016

The relationship between mobile phone location sensor data and depressive symptom severity

Sohrab Saeb, Emily G. Lattie, Stephen M. Schueller, Konrad P. Kording, David C. Mohr

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2537 PubMed 28344895

September 27, 2016

Enzymatically crosslinked gelatin hydrogel promotes the proliferation of adipose tissue-derived stromal cells

Gang Yang, Zhenghua Xiao, Xiaomei Ren, Haiyan Long, Hong Qian, Kunlong Ma, Yingqiang Guo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2497 PubMed 27703850

September 22, 2016

Validation of picogram- and femtogram-input DNA libraries for microscale metagenomics

Christian Rinke, Serene Low, Ben J. Woodcroft, Jean-Baptiste Raina, Adam Skarshewski, Xuyen H. Le, Margaret K. Butler, Roman Stocker, Justin Seymour, Gene W. Tyson, Philip Hugenholtz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2486 PubMed 27688978

September 13, 2016

Genetic signatures of ecological diversity along an urbanization gradient

Ryan P. Kelly, James L. O’Donnell, Natalie C. Lowell, Andrew O. Shelton, Jameal F. Samhouri, Shannon M. Hennessey, Blake E. Feist, Gregory D. Williams

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2444 PubMed 27672503

September 14, 2016

Whole genome sequencing of Streptococcus pneumoniae: development, evaluation and verification of targets for serogroup and serotype prediction using an automated pipeline

Georgia Kapatai, Carmen L. Sheppard, Ali Al-Shahib, David J. Litt, Anthony P. Underwood, Timothy G. Harrison, Norman K. Fry

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2477 PubMed 27672516

September 22, 2016

Evolutionary morphology of the rabbit skull

Brian Kraatz, Emma Sherratt

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2453 PubMed 27688967

September 6, 2016

Evolutionary patterns of range size, abundance and species richness in Amazonian angiosperm trees

Kyle Dexter, Jérôme Chave

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2402 PubMed 27651991

September 20, 2016

New beaked whales from the late Miocene of Peru and evidence for convergent evolution in stem and crown Ziphiidae (Cetacea, Odontoceti)

Giovanni Bianucci, Claudio Di Celma, Mario Urbina, Olivier Lambert

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2479 PubMed 27688973

September 13, 2016

Lowland tapir distribution and habitat loss in South America

Jose Luis Passos Cordeiro, José M.V. Fragoso, Danielle Crawshaw, Luiz Flamarion B. Oliveira

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2456 PubMed 27672509

September 28, 2016

RBioplot: an easy-to-use R pipeline for automated statistical analysis and data visualization in molecular biology and biochemistry

Jing Zhang, Kenneth B. Storey

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2436 PubMed 27703842

September 15, 2016

Functional, size and taxonomic diversity of fish along a depth gradient in the deep sea

Beth L. Mindel, Francis C. Neat, Clive N. Trueman, Thomas J. Webb, Julia L. Blanchard

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2387 PubMed 27672494

September 13, 2016

Decoupling social status and status certainty effects on health in macaques: a network approach

Jessica J. Vandeleest, Brianne A. Beisner, Darcy L. Hannibal, Amy C. Nathman, John P. Capitanio, Fushing Hsieh, Edward R. Atwill, Brenda McCowan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2394 PubMed 27672495

September 13, 2016

Microbial diversity of extreme habitats in human homes

Amy M. Savage, Justin Hills, Katherine Driscoll, Daniel J. Fergus, Amy M. Grunden, Robert R. Dunn

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2376 PubMed 27672493

September 13, 2016

An association between feather damaging behavior and corticosterone metabolite excretion in captive African grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus)

Pierluca Costa, Elisabetta Macchi, Emanuela Valle, Michele De Marco, Daniele M. Nucera, Laura Gasco, Achille Schiavone

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2462 PubMed 27672512

September 6, 2016

A limitation of the Cognitive Reflection Test: familiarity

Stefan Stieger, Ulf-Dietrich Reips

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2395 PubMed 27651989

September 8, 2016

Improved cartilage regeneration by implantation of acellular biomaterials after bone marrow stimulation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of animal studies

Michiel W. Pot, Veronica K. Gonzales, Pieter Buma, Joanna IntHout, Toin H. van Kuppevelt, Rob B.M. de Vries, Willeke F. Daamen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2243 PubMed 27651981

September 20, 2016

Environment and host species shape the skin microbiome of captive neotropical bats

Virginie Lemieux-Labonté, Nicolas Tromas, B. Jesse Shapiro, François-Joseph Lapointe

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2430 PubMed 27688962

September 29, 2016

Deer herbivory reduces web-building spider abundance by simplifying forest vegetation structure

Elizabeth J. Roberson, Michael J. Chips, Walter P. Carson, Thomas P. Rooney

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2538 PubMed 27703868

September 28, 2016

An early bothremydid (Testudines, Pleurodira) from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Utah, North America

Walter G. Joyce, Tyler R. Lyson, James I. Kirkland

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2502 PubMed 27703852

September 27, 2016

Reproductive ecology and isolation of Psittacanthus calyculatus and P. auriculatus mistletoes (Loranthaceae)

Sergio Díaz Infante, Carlos Lara, María del Coro Arizmendi, Luis E. Eguiarte, Juan Francisco Ornelas

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2491 PubMed 27703848

September 6, 2016

Rhodopsin 7–The unusual Rhodopsin in Drosophila

Pingkalai R. Senthilan, Charlotte Helfrich-Förster

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2427 PubMed 27651995

September 1, 2016

Stable isotope analysis (δ¹³C and δ¹⁵N) of soil nematodes from four feeding groups

Carol Melody, Bryan Griffiths, Jens Dyckmans, Olaf Schmidt

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2372 PubMed 27635338

September 13, 2016

Comparative cephalopod shell strength and the role of septum morphology on stress distribution

Robert Lemanis, Stefan Zachow, René Hoffmann

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2434 PubMed 27672501

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