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January 2017

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Taxonomic revision and molecular phylogenetics of the Idarnes incertus species-group

Idarnes incertus

January 5, 2017

Taxonomic revision and molecular phylogenetics of the Idarnes incertus species-group

Co-evolution of figs and parastitic wasps has been studied for years. However, new research published in PeerJ has combined a traditional taxonomic approach with current molecular tools to significantly add to our understanding of the fig-wasp mutualism.

January 11, 2017

Rhea: a transparent and modular R pipeline for microbial profiling based on 16S rRNA gene amplicons

Ilias Lagkouvardos, Sandra Fischer, Neeraj Kumar, Thomas Clavel

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2836 PubMed 28097056

January 12, 2017

Why choose Random Forest to predict rare species distribution with few samples in large undersampled areas? Three Asian crane species models provide supporting evidence

Chunrong Mi, Falk Huettmann, Yumin Guo, Xuesong Han, Lijia Wen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2849 PubMed 28097060

January 26, 2017

Expanding our understanding of the trade in marine aquarium animals

Andrew L. Rhyne, Michael F. Tlusty, Joseph T. Szczebak, Robert J. Holmberg

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2949 PubMed 28149703

January 12, 2017

In vitro effect of direct current electrical stimulation on rat mesenchymal stem cells

Sahba Mobini, Liudmila Leppik, Vishnu Thottakkattumana Parameswaran, John Howard Barker

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2821 PubMed 28097053

January 26, 2017

Metagenomic identification of active methanogens and methanotrophs in serpentinite springs of the Voltri Massif, Italy

William J. Brazelton, Christopher N. Thornton, Alex Hyer, Katrina I. Twing, August A. Longino, Susan Q. Lang, Marvin D. Lilley, Gretchen L. Früh-Green, Matthew O. Schrenk

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2945 PubMed 28149702

January 19, 2017

Detecting heterogeneity in single-cell RNA-Seq data by non-negative matrix factorization

Xun Zhu, Travers Ching, Xinghua Pan, Sherman M. Weissman, Lana Garmire

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2888 PubMed 28133571

January 24, 2017

Bells, bomas and beefsteak: complex patterns of human-predator conflict at the wildlife-agropastoral interface in Zimbabwe

Andrew J. Loveridge, Timothy Kuiper, Roger H. Parry, Lovemore Sibanda, Jane Hunt Hunt, Brent Stapelkamp, Lovelater Sebele, David W. Macdonald

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2898 PubMed 28149682

January 4, 2017

The outcomes of most aggressive interactions among closely related bird species are asymmetric

Paul R. Martin, Cameron Freshwater, Cameron K. Ghalambor

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2847 PubMed 28070465

January 24, 2017

Evolutionary origins of the emergent ST796 clone of vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecium

Andrew H. Buultjens, Margaret M.C. Lam, Susan Ballard, Ian R. Monk, Andrew A. Mahony, Elizabeth A. Grabsch, M. Lindsay Grayson, Stanley Pang, Geoffrey W. Coombs, J. Owen Robinson, Torsten Seemann, Paul D.R. Johnson, Benjamin P. Howden, Timothy P. Stinear

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2916 PubMed 28149688

January 12, 2017

A critical issue in model-based inference for studying trait-based community assembly and a solution

Cajo J.F. ter Braak, Pedro Peres-Neto, Stéphane Dray

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2885 PubMed 28097076

January 11, 2017

Sponge exhalent seawater contains a unique chemical profile of dissolved organic matter

Cara L. Fiore, Christopher J. Freeman, Elizabeth B. Kujawinski

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2870 PubMed 28097070

January 10, 2017

Comprehensive transcriptome analysis provides new insights into nutritional strategies and phylogenetic relationships of chrysophytes

Daniela Beisser, Nadine Graupner, Christina Bock, Sabina Wodniok, Lars Grossmann, Matthijs Vos, Bernd Sures, Sven Rahmann, Jens Boenigk

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2832 PubMed 28097055

January 25, 2017

Size matters: relationships between body size and body mass of common coastal, aquatic invertebrates in the Baltic Sea

Johan Eklöf, Åsa Austin, Ulf Bergström, Serena Donadi, Britas D.H.K. Eriksson, Joakim Hansen, Göran Sundblad

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2906 PubMed 28149685

January 19, 2017

Detailed anatomy of the braincase of Macelognathus vagans Marsh, 1884 (Archosauria, Crocodylomorpha) using high resolution tomography and new insights on basal crocodylomorph phylogeny

Juan Martin Leardi, Diego Pol, James Matthew Clark

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2801 PubMed 28133565

January 25, 2017

Antibiotic resistance potential of the healthy preterm infant gut microbiome

Graham Rose, Alexander G. Shaw, Kathleen Sim, David J. Wooldridge, Ming-Shi Li, Saheer Gharbia, Raju Misra, John Simon Kroll

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2928 PubMed 28149696

January 12, 2017

Diversity and distribution of the Caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera) of Ecuador

Blanca Ríos-Touma, Ralph W. Holzenthal, Jolanda Huisman, Robin Thomson, Ernesto Rázuri-Gonzales

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2851 PubMed 28097062

January 24, 2017

Exploration of immunoglobulin transcriptomes from mice immunized with three-finger toxins and phospholipases A₂ from the Central American coral snake, Micrurus nigrocinctus

Andreas H. Laustsen, Mikael Engmark, Christopher Clouser, Sonia Timberlake, Francois Vigneault, José María Gutiérrez, Bruno Lomonte

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2924 PubMed 28149694

January 10, 2017

The complete chloroplast genome sequence of an endemic monotypic genus Hagenia (Rosaceae): structural comparative analysis, gene content and microsatellite detection

Andrew W. Gichira, Zhizhong Li, Josphat K. Saina, Zhicheng Long, Guangwan Hu, Robert W. Gituru, Qingfeng Wang, Jinming Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2846 PubMed 28097059

January 4, 2017

Transcriptome analysis of the oriental melon (Cucumis melo L. var. makuwa) during fruit development

Ah-Young Shin, Yong-Min Kim, Namjin Koo, Su Min Lee, Seokhyeon Nahm, Suk-Yoon Kwon

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2834 PubMed 28070461

January 4, 2017

Marine turtles are not fussy nesters: a novel test of small-scale nest site selection using structure from motion beach terrain information

Ilana Kelly, Javier X. Leon, Ben L. Gilby, Andrew D. Olds, Thomas A. Schlacher

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2770 PubMed 28070454

January 24, 2017

Three new karst-dwelling Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata; Gekkoniade) from Peninsular Thailand and the phylogenetic placement of C. punctatonuchalis and C. vandeventeri

Perry Lee Wood Jr, L. Lee Grismer, Anchalee Aowphol, César A. Aguilar, Micheal Cota, Marta S. Grismer, Matthew L. Murdoch, Jack W. Sites Jr

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2884 PubMed 28149678

January 10, 2017

Aggregations and parental care in the Early Triassic basal cynodonts Galesaurus planiceps and Thrinaxodon liorhinus

Sandra C. Jasinoski, Fernando Abdala

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2875 PubMed 28097072

January 26, 2017

RelocaTE2: a high resolution transposable element insertion site mapping tool for population resequencing

Jinfeng Chen, Travis R. Wrightsman, Susan R. Wessler, Jason E. Stajich

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2942 PubMed 28149701

January 18, 2017

Jaguar interactions with pumas and prey at the northern edge of jaguars’ range

Carmina E. Gutiérrez-González, Carlos A. López-González

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2886 PubMed 28133569

January 5, 2017

Endophytic fungal diversity of Fragaria vesca, a crop wild relative of strawberry, along environmental gradients within a small geographical area

Kazutomo Yokoya, Sarah Postel, Rui Fang, Viswambharan Sarasan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2860 PubMed 28168102

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