Wayne E. Thogmartin, Jay E. Diffendorfer, Laura López-Hoffman, Karen Oberhauser, John Pleasants, Brice X. Semmens, Darius Semmens, Orley R. Taylor, Ruscena Wiederholt

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3221 PubMed 28462031

April 11, 2017

A transdisciplinary approach to the initial validation of a single cell protein as an alternative protein source for use in aquafeeds

Michael Tlusty, Andrew Rhyne, Joseph T. Szczebak, Bradford Bourque, Jennifer L. Bowen, Gary Burr, Christopher J. Marx, Lawrence Feinberg

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3170 PubMed 28413727

April 27, 2017

Microbial communities in sediment from Zostera marina patches, but not the Z. marina leaf or root microbiomes, vary in relation to distance from patch edge

Cassandra L. Ettinger, Sofie E. Voerman, Jenna M. Lang, John J. Stachowicz, Jonathan A. Eisen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3246 PubMed 28462046

April 18, 2017

Mitochondrial diversity in Gonionemus (Trachylina:Hydrozoa) and its implications for understanding the origins of clinging jellyfish in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean

Annette F. Govindarajan, Mary R. Carman, Marat R. Khaidarov, Alexander Semenchenko, John P. Wares

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3205 PubMed 28439470

April 25, 2017

Virtual reconstruction of the endocranial anatomy of the early Jurassic marine crocodylomorph Pelagosaurus typus (Thalattosuchia)

Stephanie E. Pierce, Megan Williams, Roger B.J. Benson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3225 PubMed 28462034

April 11, 2017

Aspects of gorgonopsian paleobiology and evolution: insights from the basicranium, occiput, osseous labyrinth, vasculature, and neuroanatomy

Ricardo Araújo, Vincent Fernandez, Michael J. Polcyn, Jörg Fröbisch, Rui M.S. Martins

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3119 PubMed 28413721

April 18, 2017

The evolution of logic circuits for the purpose of protein contact map prediction

Samuel D. Chapman, Christoph Adami, Claus O. Wilke, Dukka B KC

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3139 PubMed 28439455

April 5, 2017

Comparative venom gland transcriptomics of Naja kaouthia (monocled cobra) from Malaysia and Thailand: elucidating geographical venom variation and insights into sequence novelty

Kae Yi Tan, Choo Hock Tan, Lawan Chanhome, Nget Hong Tan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3142 PubMed 28392982

April 18, 2017

Molecular assessment of the fecal microbiota in healthy cats and dogs before and during supplementation with fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS) and inulin using high-throughput 454-pyrosequencing

Jose F. Garcia-Mazcorro, Jose R. Barcenas-Walls, Jan S. Suchodolski, Jörg M. Steiner

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3184 PubMed 28439463

April 12, 2017

Elucidating the diet of the island flying fox (Pteropus hypomelanus) in Peninsular Malaysia through Illumina Next-Generation Sequencing

Sheema Abdul Aziz, Gopalasamy Reuben Clements, Lee Yin Peng, Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz, Kim R. McConkey, Pierre-Michel Forget, Han Ming Gan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3176 PubMed 28413729

April 20, 2017

Novel polymeric micelles for insect pest control: encapsulation of essential oil monoterpenes inside a triblock copolymer shell for head lice control

Alejandro Lucia, Ariel Ceferino Toloza, Eduardo Guzmán, Francisco Ortega, Ramón G. Rubio

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3171 PubMed 28439460

April 5, 2017

Improving ancient DNA genome assembly

Alexander Seitz, Kay Nieselt

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3126 PubMed 28392981

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

Thiago F. Mariani, Pedro S.R. Romano

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2890 PubMed 28413719

April 6, 2017

Genomic comparisons of a bacterial lineage that inhabits both marine and terrestrial deep subsurface systems

Sean P. Jungbluth, Tijana Glavina del Rio, Susannah G. Tringe, Ramunas Stepanauskas, Michael S. Rappé

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3134 PubMed 28396823

April 27, 2017

Evolution of developmental sequences in lepidosaurs

Tomasz Skawiński, Bartosz Borczyk

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3262 PubMed 28462054

April 19, 2017

Distribution and establishment of the alien Australian redclaw crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus, in South Africa and Swaziland

Ana L. Nunes, Tsungai A. Zengeya, Andries C. Hoffman, G. John Measey, Olaf L.F. Weyl

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3135 PubMed 28439454

April 27, 2017

Relic populations of Fukomys mole-rats in Tanzania: description of two new species F. livingstoni sp. nov. and F. hanangensis sp. nov.

Chris G. Faulkes, Georgies F. Mgode, Elizabeth K. Archer, Nigel C. Bennett

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3214 PubMed 28462027

April 4, 2017

Prioritisation of structural variant calls in cancer genomes

Miika J. Ahdesmäki, Brad A. Chapman, Pablo Cingolani, Oliver Hofmann, Aleksandr Sidoruk, Zhongwu Lai, Gennadii Zakharov, Mikhail Rodichenko, Mikhail Alperovich, David Jenkins, T. Hedley Carr, Daniel Stetson, Brian Dougherty, J. Carl Barrett, Justin H. Johnson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3166 PubMed 28392986

April 13, 2017

Rates of morphological evolution in Captorhinidae: an adaptive radiation of Permian herbivores

Neil Brocklehurst

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3200 PubMed 28417061

April 20, 2017

New findings of Pleistocene fossil turtles (Geoemydidae, Kinosternidae and Chelydridae) from Santa Elena Province, Ecuador

Edwin A. Cadena, Juan Abella, Maria D. Gregori

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3215 PubMed 28439472

April 27, 2017

Avian community structure and habitat use of Polylepis forests along an elevation gradient

C. Steven Sevillano-Ríos, Amanda D. Rodewald