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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 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 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 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 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 11, 2017

Hydrogel scaffolds promote neural gene expression and structural reorganization in human astrocyte cultures

V. Bleu Knight, Elba E. Serrano

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2829 PubMed 28097054

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 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 10, 2017

Determining virus-host interactions and glycerol metabolism profiles in geographically diverse solar salterns with metagenomics

Abraham G. Moller, Chun Liang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2844 PubMed 28097058

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 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 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 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 26, 2017

Sequence variability of Chrysanthemum stunt viroid in different chrysanthemum cultivars

Hoseong Choi, Yeonhwa Jo, Ju-Yeon Yoon, Seung-Kook Choi, Won Kyong Cho

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2933 PubMed 28149699

January 24, 2017

The DNA methylation level against the background of the genome size and t-heterochromatin content in some species of the genus Secale L

Anna Kalinka, Magdalena Achrem, Paulina Poter