April 2017

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Variegated tropical landscapes conserve diverse dung beetle communities

Scarabaeus laticollis

April 4, 2017

Variegated tropical landscapes conserve diverse dung beetle communities

Researchers investigated the biodiversity of tropical landscapes by studying the range of dung beetles present in differing biomes.

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April 27, 2017
Exploring the binding properties and structural stability of an opsin in the chytrid Spizellomyces punctatus using comparative and molecular modeling
3 citations
211 downloads
1,380 views
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bioinformatics
computational-biology
evolutionary-studies
genomics
mycology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3206 PubMed 28462022
April 12, 2017
Physiological effects of five different marine natural organic matters (NOMs) and three different metals (Cu, Pb, Zn) on early life stages of the blue mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis)
3 citations
200 downloads
1,281 views
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biochemistry
ecotoxicology
environmental-sciences
marine-biology
toxicology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3141 PubMed 28413723
April 27, 2017
Agerinia marandati sp. nov., a new early Eocene primate from the Iberian Peninsula, sheds new light on the evolution of the genus Agerinia
3 citations
197 downloads
1,207 views
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anthropology
biodiversity
paleontology
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3239 PubMed 28462042
April 25, 2017
Glacial allopatry vs. postglacial parapatry and peripatry: the case of hedgehogs
2 citations
373 downloads
1,446 views
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biogeography
biosphere-interactions
climate-change-biology
genetics
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3163 PubMed 28462018
April 19, 2017
The genomic sequence of Exiguobacterium chiriqhucha str. N139 reveals a species that thrives in cold waters and extreme environmental conditions
2 citations
352 downloads
2,209 views
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biochemistry
biodiversity
bioinformatics
genomics
microbiology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3162 PubMed 28439458
April 13, 2017
Susceptibility of Human Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma (OSCC) H103 and H376 cell lines to Retroviral OSKM mediated reprogramming
2 citations
343 downloads
1,327 views
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cell-biology
molecular-biology
oncology
medical-genetics
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3174 PubMed 28417059
April 26, 2017
The first juvenile specimen of Manchurochelys manchoukuoensis from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota
2 citations
338 downloads
1,459 views
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developmental-biology
paleontology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3274 PubMed 28462061
April 26, 2017
An improved method for the molecular identification of single dinoflagellate cysts
2 citations
338 downloads
1,154 views
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biodiversity
ecology
environmental-sciences
marine-biology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3224 PubMed 28462033
April 6, 2017
Seasonally distinct taxonomic and functional shifts in macroinvertebrate communities following dam removal
2 citations
321 downloads
1,313 views
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biosphere-interactions
ecology
ecosystem-science
environmental-impacts
natural-resource-management
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3189 PubMed 28396827
April 27, 2017
Analysis of the in planta transcriptome expressed by the corn pathogen Pantoea stewartii subsp. stewartii via RNA-Seq
2 citations
309 downloads
1,193 views
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bioinformatics
microbiology
plant-science
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3237 PubMed 28462040
April 19, 2017
Floral pathway integrator gene expression mediates gradual transmission of environmental and endogenous cues to flowering time
2 citations
302 downloads
1,461 views
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bioinformatics
computational-biology
developmental-biology
plant-science
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3197 PubMed 28439467
April 6, 2017
Evolutionary analysis of vision genes identifies potential drivers of visual differences between giraffe and okapi
2 citations
296 downloads
1,547 views
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bioinformatics
evolutionary-studies
genomics
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3145 PubMed 28396824
April 27, 2017
First report of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from the Gray Fossil Site (late Miocene or early Pliocene), Tennessee, USA
2 citations
295 downloads
1,435 views
biogeography
paleontology
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3263 PubMed 28462055
April 26, 2017
Cloning and evaluation of reference genes for quantitative real-time PCR analysis in Amorphophallus
2 citations
283 downloads
1,352 views
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agricultural-science
molecular-biology
plant-science
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3260 PubMed 28462052
April 27, 2017
Membrane and luminal proteins reach the apicoplast by different trafficking pathways in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum
2 citations
254 downloads
1,139 views
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cell-biology
parasitology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3128 PubMed 28462015
April 27, 2017
Differential transcript profile of inhibitors with potential anti-venom role in the liver of juvenile and adult Bothrops jararaca snake
2 citations
245 downloads
830 views
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biochemistry
molecular-biology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3203 PubMed 28462021
April 5, 2017
Profiling transcriptomes of human SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells exposed to maleic acid
2 citations
238 downloads
1,441 views
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bioinformatics
computational-biology
food-science-and-technology
genomics
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3175 PubMed 28392987
April 18, 2017
The evolution of logic circuits for the purpose of protein contact map prediction
2 citations
234 downloads
2,208 views
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bioinformatics
computational-biology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3139 PubMed 28439455
April 26, 2017
The importance of scale-dependent ravine characteristics on breeding-site selection by the Burrowing Parrot, Cyanoliseus patagonus
2 citations
230 downloads
1,042 views
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animal-behavior
ecology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3182 PubMed 28462019
April 27, 2017
Territorial black-capped chickadee males respond faster to high- than to low-frequency songs in experimentally elevated noise conditions
2 citations
230 downloads
1,031 views
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animal-behavior
ecology
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3257 PubMed 28462051
April 6, 2017
Two new benthic Euphilomedes Kornicker, 1967 (Ostracoda, Myodocopida, Philomedidae) from the Taiwan Strait (East China Sea)
2 citations
201 downloads
1,065 views
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biodiversity
marine-biology
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3146 PubMed 28396825
April 11, 2017
Intra-specific variation and allometry of the skull of Late Cretaceous side-necked turtle Bauruemys elegans (Pleurodira, Podocnemididae) and how to deal with morphometric data in fossil vertebrates
1 citation
619 downloads
2,165 views
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paleontology
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2890 PubMed 28413719
April 4, 2017
Conserved DNA motifs in the type II-A CRISPR leader region
1 citation
411 downloads
1,485 views
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biochemistry
bioinformatics
evolutionary-studies
microbiology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3161 PubMed 28392985
April 11, 2017
Effects of chronic exposure to clothianidin on the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris
1 citation
356 downloads
1,268 views
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agricultural-science
ecotoxicology
entomology
environmental-sciences
toxicology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3177 PubMed 28413730
April 27, 2017
The impacts of drift and selection on genomic evolution in insects
1 citation
321 downloads
1,197 views
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computational-biology
evolutionary-studies
genomics
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3241 PubMed 28462044
Variegated tropical landscapes conserve diverse dung beetle communities

Scarabaeus laticollis

April 4, 2017

Variegated tropical landscapes conserve diverse dung beetle communities

Researchers investigated the biodiversity of tropical landscapes by studying the range of dung beetles present in differing biomes.

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