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January 2017

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

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.

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January 26, 2017

Causal events enter awareness faster than non-causal events

Pieter Moors, Johan Wagemans, Lee de-Wit

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2932 PubMed 28149698

January 10, 2017

A gene expression study of dorso-ventrally restricted pigment pattern in adult fins of Neolamprologus meeli, an African cichlid species

Ehsan Pashay Ahi, Kristina M. Sefc

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2843 PubMed 28097057

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 26, 2017

Genomic insight into pathogenicity of dematiaceous fungus Corynespora cassiicola

Hong Keat Looi, Yue Fen Toh, Su Mei Yew, Shiang Ling Na, Yung-Chie Tan, Pei-Sin Chong, Jia-Shiun Khoo, Wai-Yan Yee, Kee Peng Ng, Chee Sian Kuan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2841 PubMed 28149676

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

January 31, 2017

In situ morphometric survey elucidates the evolutionary systematics of the Eurasian Himantoglossum clade (Orchidaceae: Orchidinae)

Richard M. Bateman, Attila Molnár V., Gábor Sramkó

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2893 PubMed 28168103

January 18, 2017

The wild tomato species Solanum chilense shows variation in pathogen resistance between geographically distinct populations

Remco Stam, Daniela Scheikl, Aurélien Tellier

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2910 PubMed 28133579

January 31, 2017

Genomic and transcriptomic resources for assassin flies including the complete genome sequence of Proctacanthus coquilletti (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae) and 16 representative transcriptomes

Rebecca B. Dikow, Paul B. Frandsen, Mauren Turcatel, Torsten Dikow

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2951 PubMed 28168115

January 5, 2017

An updated assessment of Symbiodinium spp. that associate with common scleractinian corals from Moorea (French Polynesia) reveals high diversity among background symbionts and a novel finding of clade B

Héloïse Rouzé, Gaël J. Lecellier, Denis Saulnier, Serge Planes, Yannick Gueguen, Herman H. Wirshing, Véronique Berteaux-Lecellier

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2856 PubMed 28168100

January 10, 2017

Microbial communities mediating algal detritus turnover under anaerobic conditions

Jessica M. Morrison, Chelsea L. Murphy, Kristina Baker, Richard M. Zamor, Steve J. Nikolai, Shawn Wilder, Mostafa S. Elshahed, Noha H. Youssef

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2803 PubMed 28097050

January 5, 2017

miR-21 increases c-kit⁺ cardiac stem cell proliferation in vitro through PTEN/PI3K/Akt signaling

Bei Shi, Wenwen Deng, Xianping Long, Ranzun Zhao, Yan Wang, Wenming Chen, Guanxue Xu, Jin Sheng, Dongmei Wang, Song Cao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2859 PubMed 28168101

January 19, 2017

Selection and evaluation of reference genes for analysis of mouse (Mus musculus) sex-dimorphic brain development

Tanya T. Cheung, Mitchell K. Weston, Megan J. Wilson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2909 PubMed 28133578

January 25, 2017

Halocarbon emissions by selected tropical seaweeds: species-specific and compound-specific responses under changing pH

Paramjeet Kaur Mithoo-Singh, Fiona S.-L. Keng, Siew-Moi Phang, Emma C. Leedham Elvidge, William T. Sturges, Gill Malin, Noorsaadah Abd Rahman

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2918 PubMed 28149690

January 3, 2017

Comparative analysis of the Rotarix™ vaccine strain and G1P[8] rotaviruses detected before and after vaccine introduction in Belgium

Mark Zeller, Elisabeth Heylen, Sana Tamim, John K. McAllen, Ewen F. Kirkness, Asmik Akopov, Sarah De Coster, Marc Van Ranst, Jelle Matthijnssens

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2733 PubMed 28070453

January 12, 2017

Resources available for autism research in the big data era: a systematic review

Reem Al-jawahiri, Elizabeth Milne

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2880 PubMed 28097074

January 31, 2017

Nest-site selection, reproductive ecology and shifts within core-use areas of Black-necked Cranes at the northern limit of the Tibetan Plateau

Lixun Zhang, Bei An, Meilin Shu, Xiaojun Yang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2939 PubMed 28168110

January 31, 2017

An early geikiid dicynodont from the Tropidostoma Assemblage Zone (late Permian) of South Africa

Christian F. Kammerer, Roger M.H. Smith

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2913 PubMed 28168104

January 19, 2017

Panel strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae for beta-lactam antibiotic evaluation: their phenotypic and genotypic characterization

Roshan Dsouza, Naina Adren Pinto, InSik Hwang, YoungLag Cho, Dongeun Yong, Jongrak Choi, Kyungwon Lee, Yunsop Chong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2896 PubMed 28133574

January 5, 2017

Transcriptomic response of maize primary roots to low temperatures at seedling emergence

Mauro Di Fenza, Bridget Hogg, Jim Grant, Susanne Barth

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2839 PubMed 28168096

January 17, 2017

Cry1Ac and Vip3Aa proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis targeting Cry toxin resistance in Diatraea flavipennella and Elasmopalpus lignosellus from sugarcane

Ana Rita Nunes Lemes, Camila Soares Figueiredo, Isis Sebastião, Liliane Marques da Silva, Rebeka da Costa Alves, Herbert Álvaro Abreu de Siqueira, Manoel Victor Franco Lemos, Odair Aparecido Fernandes, Janete Apparecida Desidério

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2866 PubMed 28123906

January 11, 2017

Handling stress may confound murine gut microbiota studies

Cary R. Allen-Blevins, Xiaomeng You, Katie Hinde, David A. Sela

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2876 PubMed 28097073

January 24, 2017

Increased root hair density by loss of WRKY6 in Arabidopsis thaliana

Markus G. Stetter, Martin Benz, Uwe Ludewig

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2891 PubMed 28149680

January 17, 2017

Detecting communicative intent in a computerised test of joint attention

Nathan Caruana, Genevieve McArthur, Alexandra Woolgar, Jon Brock