Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

July 13, 2017

Association of polymorphic markers of genes FTO, KCNJ11, CDKAL1, SLC30A8, and CDKN2B with type 2 diabetes mellitus in the Russian population

Aleksey G. Nikitin, Viktor Y. Potapov, Olga I. Brovkina, Ekaterina O. Koksharova, Dmitry S. Khodyrev, Yury I. Philippov, Marina S. Michurova, Minara S. Shamkhalova, Olga K. Vikulova, Svetlana A. Smetanina, Lyudmila A. Suplotova, Irina V. Kononenko, Viktor Y. Kalashnikov, Olga M. Smirnova, Alexander Y. Mayorov, Valery V. Nosikov, Alexander V. Averyanov, Marina V. Shestakova

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3414 PubMed 28717589

July 4, 2017

Razanandrongobe sakalavae, a gigantic mesoeucrocodylian from the Middle Jurassic of Madagascar, is the oldest known notosuchian

Cristiano Dal Sasso, Giovanni Pasini, Guillaume Fleury, Simone Maganuco

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3481 PubMed 28690926

July 31, 2017

phydms: software for phylogenetic analyses informed by deep mutational scanning

Sarah K. Hilton, Michael B. Doud, Jesse D. Bloom

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3657 PubMed 28785526

July 31, 2017

Ducks change wintering patterns due to changing climate in the important wintering waters of the Odra River Estuary

Dominik Marchowski, Łukasz Jankowiak, Dariusz Wysocki, Łukasz Ławicki, Józef Girjatowicz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3604 PubMed 28785517

July 19, 2017

DAPK1 as an independent prognostic marker in liver cancer

Ling Li, Libin Guo, Qingshui Wang, Xiaolong Liu, Yongyi Zeng, Qing Wen, Shudong Zhang, Hang Fai Kwok, Yao Lin, Jingfeng Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3568 PubMed 28740751

July 31, 2017

Evolutionary response to the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau uplift: phylogeny and biogeography of Ammopiptanthus and tribe Thermopsideae (Fabaceae)

Wei Shi, Pei-Liang Liu, Lei Duan, Bo-Rong Pan, Zhi-Hao Su

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3607 PubMed 28785518

July 18, 2017

Predicting the host of influenza viruses based on the word vector

Beibei Xu, Zhiying Tan, Kenli Li, Taijiao Jiang, Yousong Peng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3579 PubMed 28729956

July 13, 2017

Phenotypic and microRNA transcriptomic profiling of the MDA-MB-231 spheroid-enriched CSCs with comparison of MCF-7 microRNA profiling dataset

Lily Boo, Wan Yong Ho, Norlaily Mohd Ali, Swee Keong Yeap, Huynh Ky, Kok Gan Chan, Wai Fong Yin, Dilan Amila Satharasinghe, Woan Charn Liew, Sheau Wei Tan, Soon Keng Cheong, Han Kiat Ong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3551 PubMed 28717596

July 26, 2017

Geometric morphometrics reveals sex-differential shape allometry in a spider

Carmen Fernández-Montraveta, Jesús Marugán-Lobón

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3617 PubMed 28761795

July 20, 2017

Identifying genes and regulatory pathways associated with the scleractinian coral calcification process

Eldad Gutner-Hoch, Hiba Waldman Ben-Asher, Ruth Yam, Aldo Shemesh, Oren Levy

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3590 PubMed 28740755

July 7, 2017

The effects of melatonin on bovine uniparental embryos development in vitro and the hormone secretion of COCs

Shujuan Wang, Baoru Liu, Wenju Liu, Yao Xiao, Hualin Zhang, Liguo Yang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3485 PubMed 28698819

July 24, 2017

An exceptionally preserved 110 million years old praying mantis provides new insights into the predatory behaviour of early mantodeans

Marie K. Hörnig, Joachim T. Haug, Carolin Haug

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3605 PubMed 28761789

July 27, 2017

Association between host species choice and morphological characters of main sensory structures of Culicoides in the Palaeartic region

Denis Augot, Leila Hadj-Henni, Stavana E. Strutz, Darine Slama, Christine Millot, Jérôme Depaquit, Jean-Marc Millot

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3478 PubMed 28761778

July 25, 2017

Plantar pressure distribution of ostrich during locomotion on loose sand and solid ground

Rui Zhang, Dianlei Han, Songsong Ma, Gang Luo, Qiaoli Ji, Shuliang Xue, Mingming Yang, Jianqiao Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3613 PubMed 28761792

July 25, 2017

Primary productivity as a control over soil microbial diversity along environmental gradients in a polar desert ecosystem

Kevin M. Geyer, Cristina D. Takacs-Vesbach, Michael N. Gooseff, John E. Barrett

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3377 PubMed 28761776

July 3, 2017

Quantitative proteome-level analysis of paulownia witches’ broom disease with methyl methane sulfonate assistance reveals diverse metabolic changes during the infection and recovery processes

Zhe Wang, Wenshan Liu, Guoqiang Fan, Xiaoqiao Zhai, Zhenli Zhao, Yanpeng Dong, Minjie Deng, Yabing Cao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3495 PubMed 28690927

July 6, 2017

Morphological connectivity correlates with trait impulsivity in healthy adults

Jingguang Li, Xiang-Zhen Kong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3533 PubMed 28695069

July 18, 2017

Demographic inference through approximate-Bayesian-computation skyline plots

Miguel Navascués, Raphaël Leblois, Concetta Burgarella

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3530 PubMed 28729953

July 27, 2017

Identification of ecogeographical gaps in the Spanish Aegilops collections with potential tolerance to drought and salinity

Rosa María Garcia, Mauricio Parra-Quijano, Jose María Iriondo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3494 PubMed 28761779

July 31, 2017

The effect of captivity on the skin microbial symbionts in three Atelopus species from the lowlands of Colombia and Ecuador

Sandra V. Flechas, Ailin Blasco-Zúñiga, Andrés Merino-Viteri, Valeria Ramírez-Castañeda, Miryan Rivera, Adolfo Amézquita

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3594 PubMed 28785515

July 25, 2017

A mutualism without honeydew: what benefits for Melissotarsus emeryi ants and armored scale insects (Diaspididae)?

Christian Peeters, Imre Foldi, Danièle Matile-Ferrero, Brian L. Fisher

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3599 PubMed 28761787

July 18, 2017

Alder and the Golden Fleece: high diversity of Frankia and ectomycorrhizal fungi revealed from Alnus glutinosa subsp. barbata roots close to a Tertiary and glacial refugium

Melanie Roy, Adrien C. Pozzi, Raphaëlle Gareil, Melissande Nagati, Sophie Manzi, Imen Nouioui, Nino Sharikadze, Patricia Jargeat, Hervé Gryta, Pierre-Arthur Moreau, Maria P. Fernandez, Monique Gardes

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3479 PubMed 28729950

July 7, 2017

Zooplankton as a potential vector for white band disease transmission in the endangered coral, Acropora cervicornis

Rebecca H. Certner, Amanda M. Dwyer, Mark R. Patterson, Steven V. Vollmer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3502 PubMed 28698820

July 18, 2017

Body and skull morphometric variations between two shovel-headed species of Amphisbaenia (Reptilia: Squamata) with morphofunctional inferences on burrowing

Leandro dos Santos Lima Hohl, Mariana Fiuza de Castro Loguercio, Fernando Lencastre Sicuro, José Duarte de Barros-Filho, Oscar Rocha-Barbosa

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3581 PubMed 30057857

July 14, 2017

Cuticle hydrocarbons in saline aquatic beetles

María Botella-Cruz, Adrián Villastrigo, Susana Pallarés, Elena López-Gallego, Andrés Millán, Josefa Velasco