Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

November 2, 2016

Region-of-interest analyses of one-dimensional biomechanical trajectories: bridging 0D and 1D theory, augmenting statistical power

Todd C. Pataky, Mark A. Robinson, Jos Vanrenterghem

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2652 PubMed 27833816

November 8, 2016

Proteogenomic analyses indicate bacterial methylotrophy and archaeal heterotrophy are prevalent below the grass root zone

Cristina N. Butterfield, Zhou Li, Peter F. Andeer, Susan Spaulding, Brian C. Thomas, Andrea Singh, Robert L. Hettich, Kenwyn B. Suttle, Alexander J. Probst, Susannah G. Tringe, Trent Northen, Chongle Pan, Jillian F. Banfield

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2687 PubMed 27843720

November 10, 2016

Comparative analysis of the complete chloroplast genome sequences in psammophytic Haloxylon species (Amaranthaceae)

Wenpan Dong, Chao Xu, Delu Li, Xiaobai Jin, Ruili Li, Qi Lu, Zhili Suo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2699 PubMed 27867769

November 17, 2016

Detecting sedimentation impacts to coral reefs resulting from dredging the Port of Miami, Florida USA

Margaret W. Miller, Jocelyn Karazsia, Carolyn E. Groves, Sean Griffin, Tom Moore, Pace Wilber, Kurtis Gregg

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2711 PubMed 27896036

November 29, 2016

Disentangling urban habitat and matrix effects on wild bee species

Leonie K. Fischer, Julia Eichfeld, Ingo Kowarik, Sascha Buchholz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2729 PubMed 27917318

November 2, 2016

Elevational pattern of bird species richness and its causes along a central Himalaya gradient, China

Xinyuan Pan, Zhifeng Ding, Yiming Hu, Jianchao Liang, Yongjie Wu, Xingfeng Si, Mingfang Guo, Huijian Hu, Kun Jin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2636 PubMed 27833806

November 8, 2016

Iron overload induced death of osteoblasts in vitro: involvement of the mitochondrial apoptotic pathway

Qing Tian, Shilei Wu, Zhipeng Dai, Jingjing Yang, Jin Zheng, Qixin Zheng, Yong Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2611 PubMed 27843711

November 15, 2016

Salinity and temperature significantly influence seed germination, seedling establishment, and seedling growth of eelgrass Zostera marina L.

Shaochun Xu, Yi Zhou, Pengmei Wang, Feng Wang, Xiaomei Zhang, Ruiting Gu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2697 PubMed 27896031

November 15, 2016

Lithocholic acid induces endoplasmic reticulum stress, autophagy and mitochondrial dysfunction in human prostate cancer cells

Ahmed A. Gafar, Hossam M. Draz, Alexander A. Goldberg, Mohamed A. Bashandy, Sayed Bakry, Mahmoud A. Khalifa, Walid AbuShair, Vladimir I. Titorenko, J. Thomas Sanderson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2445 PubMed 27896021

November 1, 2016

Whole-brain ex-vivo quantitative MRI of the cuprizone mouse model

Tobias C. Wood, Camilla Simmons, Samuel A. Hurley, Anthony C. Vernon, Joel Torres, Flavio Dell’Acqua, Steve C.R. Williams, Diana Cash

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2632 PubMed 27833805

November 3, 2016

Mathematical models are a powerful method to understand and control the spread of Huanglongbing

Rachel A. Taylor, Erin A. Mordecai, Christopher A. Gilligan, Jason R. Rohr, Leah R. Johnson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2642 PubMed 27833809

November 15, 2016

The scavenger receptor repertoire in six cnidarian species and its putative role in cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis

Emilie F. Neubauer, Angela Z. Poole, Olivier Detournay, Virginia M. Weis, Simon K. Davy

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2692 PubMed 27896028

November 15, 2016

Identification of phenolic secondary metabolites from Schotia brachypetala Sond. (Fabaceae) and demonstration of their antioxidant activities in Caenorhabditis elegans

Mansour Sobeh, Esraa ElHawary, Herbenya Peixoto, Rola M. Labib, Heba Handoussa, Noha Swilam, Ahmed H. El-Khatib, Farukh Sharapov, Tamer Mohamed, Sonja Krstin, Michael W. Linscheid, Abdel Nasser Singab, Michael Wink, Nahla Ayoub

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2404 PubMed 27896020

November 2, 2016

A public data set of human balance evaluations

Damiana A. Santos, Marcos Duarte

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2648 PubMed 27833813

November 8, 2016

Antioxidant nutrition in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) parr and post-smolt, fed diets with high inclusion of plant ingredients and graded levels of micronutrients and selected amino acids

Kristin Hamre, Nini H. Sissener, Erik-Jan Lock, Pål A. Olsvik, Marit Espe, Bente E. Torstensen, Joana Silva, Johan Johansen, Rune Waagbø, Gro-Ingunn Hemre

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2688 PubMed 27843721

November 1, 2016

Root bacterial endophytes alter plant phenotype, but not physiology

Jeremiah A. Henning, David J. Weston, Dale A. Pelletier, Collin M. Timm, Sara S. Jawdy, Aimée T. Classen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2606 PubMed 27833797

November 29, 2016

The first complete plastid genomes of Melastomataceae are highly structurally conserved

Marcelo Reginato, Kurt M. Neubig, Lucas C. Majure, Fabian A. Michelangeli

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2715 PubMed 27917315

November 1, 2016

Non-target effects of a glyphosate-based herbicide on Common toad larvae (Bufo bufo, Amphibia) and associated algae are altered by temperature

Fabian Baier, Edith Gruber, Thomas Hein, Elisabeth Bondar-Kunze, Marina Ivanković, Axel Mentler, Carsten A. Brühl, Bernhard Spangl, Johann G. Zaller