Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

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 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 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

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 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 3, 2016

Foliar fungal communities strongly differ between habitat patches in a landscape mosaic

Thomas Fort, Cécile Robin, Xavier Capdevielle, Laurent Delière, Corinne Vacher

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2656 PubMed 27833817

November 16, 2016

Historical reconstruction of climatic and elevation preferences and the evolution of cloud forest-adapted tree ferns in Mesoamerica

Victoria Sosa, Juan Francisco Ornelas, Santiago Ramírez-Barahona, Etelvina Gándara

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2696 PubMed 27896030

November 3, 2016

Germination pretreatments to break hard-seed dormancy in Astragalus cicer L. (Fabaceae)

Joseph M. Statwick

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2621 PubMed 27833803

November 22, 2016

A preliminary identification of Rf*-A619, a novel restorer gene for CMS-C in maize (Zea mays L.)

Liu Yongming, Zhao Zhuofan, Lu Yanli, Li Chuan, Wang Jing, Dong Boxiao, Liang Bing, Qiu Tao, Zeng Wenbing, Cao Moju

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2719 PubMed 27904810

November 3, 2016

Phytogeographic and genetic variation in Sorbus, a traditional antidiabetic medicine—adaptation in action in both a plant and a discipline

Anna Bailie, Sebastien Renaut, Eliane Ubalijoro, José A. Guerrero-Analco, Ammar Saleem, Pierre Haddad, John T. Arnason, Timothy Johns, Alain Cuerrier

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2645 PubMed 27833811

November 3, 2016

Phylogeography of Arenaria balearica L. (Caryophyllaceae): evolutionary history of a disjunct endemic from the Western Mediterranean continental islands

Javier Bobo-Pinilla, Sara B. Barrios de León, Jaume Seguí Colomar, Giuseppe Fenu, Gianluigi Bacchetta, Julio Peñas de Giles, María Montserrat Martínez-Ortega

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2618 PubMed 27833802

November 29, 2016

The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Helwingia himalaica (Helwingiaceae, Aquifoliales) and a chloroplast phylogenomic analysis of the Campanulidae

Xin Yao, Ying-Ying Liu, Yun-Hong Tan, Yu Song, Richard T. Corlett

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2734 PubMed 27917320

November 3, 2016

Analyzing pathogen suppressiveness in bioassays with natural soils using integrative maximum likelihood methods in R

Björn C. Rall, Ellen Latz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2615 PubMed 27833800

November 1, 2016

Production of cytotoxic compounds in dedifferentiated cells of Jatropha curcas L. (Euphorbiaceae)

Isidro Ovando-Medina, Leny P. Pérez-Díaz, Sonia Ruiz-González, Miguel Salvador-Figueroa, Marcos E. Urbina-Reyes, Lourdes Adriano-Anaya