Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

July 10, 2017

290 metagenome-assembled genomes from the Mediterranean Sea: a resource for marine microbiology

23 citations

1,000 downloads

5,304 views

Benjamin J. Tully, Rohan Sachdeva, Elaina D. Graham, John F. Heidelberg

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3558 PubMed 28713657

July 18, 2017

Identification of four prognostic LncRNAs for survival prediction of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

22 citations

591 downloads

2,373 views

Zhonghao Wang, Qian Wu, Shu Feng, Yanhua Zhao, Chuanmin Tao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3575 PubMed 28729955

July 20, 2017

A longitudinal study of the diabetic skin and wound microbiome

18 citations

802 downloads

5,583 views

Melissa Gardiner, Mauro Vicaretti, Jill Sparks, Sunaina Bansal, Stephen Bush, Michael Liu, Aaron Darling, Elizabeth Harry, Catherine M. Burke

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3543 PubMed 28740749

July 20, 2017

The time-course of broiler intestinal microbiota development after administration of cecal contents to incubating eggs

18 citations

672 downloads

1,916 views

Erin E. Donaldson, Dragana Stanley, Robert J. Hughes, Robert J. Moore

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3587 PubMed 28740754

July 25, 2017

Targeted NGS for species level phylogenomics: “made to measure” or “one size fits all”?

16 citations

782 downloads

2,643 views

Malvina Kadlec, Dirk U. Bellstedt, Nicholas C. Le Maitre, Michael D. Pirie

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3569 PubMed 28761782

July 11, 2017

Methodological considerations in assessment of language lateralisation with fMRI: a systematic review

15 citations

749 downloads

3,217 views

Abigail R. Bradshaw, Dorothy V.M. Bishop, Zoe V.J. Woodhead

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3557 PubMed 28713656

July 31, 2017

phydms: software for phylogenetic analyses informed by deep mutational scanning

15 citations

476 downloads

3,171 views

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

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

July 11, 2017

Fungi associated with mesophotic macroalgae from the ‘Au‘au Channel, west Maui are differentiated by host and overlap terrestrial communities

14 citations

493 downloads

3,228 views

Benjamin J. Wainwright, Geoffrey L. Zahn, Heather L. Spalding, Alison R. Sherwood, Celia M. Smith, Anthony S. Amend

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3532 PubMed 28713652

July 25, 2017

DNA-barcoding of forensically important blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in the Caribbean Region

13 citations

936 downloads

2,109 views

Sohath Z. Yusseff-Vanegas, Ingi Agnarsson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3516 PubMed 28761780

July 11, 2017

The fossil Osmundales (Royal Ferns)—a phylogenetic network analysis, revised taxonomy, and evolutionary classification of anatomically preserved trunks and rhizomes

13 citations

817 downloads

4,051 views

Benjamin Bomfleur, Guido W. Grimm, Stephen McLoughlin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3433 PubMed 28713650

July 31, 2017

Laminarin protects against hydrogen peroxide-induced oxidative damage in MRC-5 cells possibly via regulating NRF2

13 citations

423 downloads

1,776 views

Xue Liu, Huaman Liu, Yi Zhai, Yan Li, Xue Zhu, Wei Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3642 PubMed 28785522

July 27, 2017

Two new species of the Brachycephalus pernix group (Anura: Brachycephalidae) from the state of Paraná, southern Brazil

11 citations

805 downloads

3,286 views

Luiz F. Ribeiro, David C. Blackburn, Edward L. Stanley, Marcio R. Pie, Marcos R. Bornschein

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3603 PubMed 28761788

July 12, 2017

Effect of freshwater mussels on the vertical distribution of anaerobic ammonia oxidizers and other nitrogen-transforming microorganisms in upper Mississippi river sediment

10 citations

3,949 downloads

3,133 views

Ellen M. Black, Michael S. Chimenti, Craig L. Just

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3536 PubMed 28717594

July 14, 2017

Nectar-living yeasts of a tropical host plant community: diversity and effects on community-wide floral nectar traits

10 citations

362 downloads

1,843 views

Azucena Canto, Carlos M. Herrera, Rosalina Rodriguez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3517 PubMed 28717591

July 18, 2017

Investigating the running abilities of Tyrannosaurus rex using stress-constrained multibody dynamic analysis

9 citations

2,216 downloads

34,921 views

William I. Sellers, Stuart B. Pond, Charlotte A. Brassey, Philip L. Manning, Karl T. Bates

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3420 PubMed 28740745

July 31, 2017

Maxent-directed field surveys identify new populations of narrowly endemic habitat specialists

9 citations

789 downloads

2,012 views

Cody M. Rhoden, William E. Peterman, Christopher A. Taylor

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3632 PubMed 28785520

July 27, 2017

Taxonomic evaluation of selected Ganoderma species and database sequence validation

8 citations

1,344 downloads

2,492 views

Suldbold Jargalmaa, John A. Eimes, Myung Soo Park, Jae Young Park, Seung-Yoon Oh, Young Woon Lim

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3596 PubMed 28761785

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

8 citations

448 downloads

1,885 views

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 26, 2017

Antimicrobial activities of widely consumed herbal teas, alone or in combination with antibiotics: an in vitro study

7 citations

714 downloads

2,618 views

Mayram Hacioglu, Sibel Dosler, Ayse Seher Birteksoz Tan, Gulten Otuk

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3467 PubMed 28761777

July 20, 2017

Herbicide injury induces DNA methylome alterations in Arabidopsis

7 citations

549 downloads

2,162 views

Gunjune Kim, Christopher R. Clarke, Hailey Larose, Hong T. Tran, David C. Haak, Liqing Zhang, Shawn Askew, Jacob Barney, James H. Westwood

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3560 PubMed 28740750

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

7 citations

375 downloads

1,508 views

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 14, 2017

Egg clutch dehydration induces early hatching in red-eyed treefrogs, Agalychnis callidryas

7 citations

355 downloads

1,602 views

María José Salica, James R. Vonesh, Karen M. Warkentin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3549 PubMed 28717595

July 13, 2017

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

7 citations

302 downloads

1,399 views

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 24, 2017

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

6 citations

1,175 downloads

7,039 views

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

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

July 12, 2017

Short reads from honey bee (Apis sp.) sequencing projects reflect microbial associate diversity

6 citations

756 downloads