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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 31, 2017

Boxer crabs induce asexual reproduction of their associated sea anemones by splitting and intraspecific theft

Yisrael Schnytzer, Yaniv Giman, Ilan Karplus, Yair Achituv

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2954 PubMed 28168117

January 31, 2017

Catchments catch all in South African coastal lowlands: topography and palaeoclimate restricted gene flow in Nymania capensis (Meliaceae)—a multilocus phylogeographic and distribution modelling approach

Alastair J. Potts

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2965 PubMed 28168122

January 31, 2017

Influence of different types of sessile epibionts on the community structure of mobile invertebrates in an eelgrass bed

Kyosuke Momota, Masahiro Nakaoka

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2952 PubMed 28168116

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 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 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 31, 2017

Identification of four potential predicting miRNA biomarkers for multiple myeloma from published datasets

Tian Xiang, Ai-Xin Hu, Peng Sun, Gao Liu, Gang Liu, Yan Xiao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2831 PubMed 28168095

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 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

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 26, 2017

Causal events enter awareness faster than non-causal events

Pieter Moors, Johan Wagemans, Lee de-Wit