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August 2017

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Use of necrophagous insects as evidence of cadaver relocation: myth or reality?

Dermestid beetles and flies on a skeletonized human skull

August 1, 2017

Use of necrophagous insects as evidence of cadaver relocation: myth or reality?

Researchers conducted an extensive review to determine whether (and under which conditions) insects can be used as evidence to tell if a body has been moved.

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August 11, 2017

Quid est Clea helena? Evidence for a previously unrecognized radiation of assassin snails (Gastropoda: Buccinoidea: Nassariidae)

5 citations

687 downloads

3,490 views

Ellen E. Strong, Lee Ann Galindo, Yuri I. Kantor

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3638 PubMed 28828249

August 28, 2017

Uncovering unseen fungal diversity from plant DNA banks

8 citations

629 downloads

2,824 views

Erin M. Datlof, Anthony S. Amend, Kamala Earl, Jeremy Hayward, Clifford W. Morden, Rachael Wade, Geoffrey Zahn, Nicole A. Hynson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3730 PubMed 28875077

August 8, 2017

Taxonomic analysis of Paraguayan samples of Homonota fasciata Duméril & Bibron (1836) with the revalidation of Homonota horrida Burmeister (1861) (Reptilia: Squamata: Phyllodactylidae) and the description of a new species

3 citations

642 downloads

2,756 views

Pier Cacciali, Mariana Morando, Cintia D. Medina, Gunther Köhler, Martha Motte, Luciano J. Avila

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3523 PubMed 28828231

August 15, 2017

RNA expression and disease tolerance are associated with a “keystone mutation” in the ochre sea star Pisaster ochraceus

3 citations

431 downloads

2,713 views

V. Katelyn Chandler, John P. Wares

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3696 PubMed 28828278

August 21, 2017

Population structure of Bathymodiolus manusensis, a deep-sea hydrothermal vent-dependent mussel from Manus Basin, Papua New Guinea

6 citations

425 downloads

2,544 views

Andrew D. Thaler, William Saleu, Jens Carlsson, Thomas F. Schultz, Cindy L. Van Dover

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3655 PubMed 28852590

August 29, 2017

The microbial biosphere of the coral Acropora cervicornis in Northeastern Puerto Rico

12 citations

495 downloads

2,328 views

Filipa Godoy-Vitorino, Claudia P. Ruiz-Diaz, Abigail Rivera-Seda, Juan S. Ramírez-Lugo, Carlos Toledo-Hernández

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3717 PubMed 28875073

August 18, 2017

Shifting communities after typhoon damage on an upper mesophotic reef in Okinawa, Japan

14 citations

534 downloads

2,211 views

Kristine N. White, David K. Weinstein, Taku Ohara, Vianney Denis, Javier Montenegro, James D. Reimer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3573 PubMed 28828236

August 8, 2017

A new species of Scutellaria (Scutellarioideae, Lamiaceae) from Sichuan Province in southwest China

8 citations

459 downloads

2,092 views

Fei Zhao, En-De Liu, Hua Peng, Chun-Lei Xiang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3624 PubMed 28804694

August 15, 2017

Aura-biomes are present in the water layer above coral reef benthic macro-organisms

8 citations

555 downloads

2,073 views

Kevin Walsh, J. Matthew Haggerty, Michael P. Doane, John J. Hansen, Megan M. Morris, Ana Paula B. Moreira, Louisi de Oliveira, Luciana Leomil, Gizele D. Garcia, Fabiano Thompson, Elizabeth A. Dinsdale

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3666 PubMed 28828261

August 17, 2017

Diversity, abundance, and host relationships of avian malaria and related haemosporidians in New Mexico pine forests

12 citations

580 downloads

1,888 views

Rosario A. Marroquin-Flores, Jessie L. Williamson, Andrea N. Chavez, Selina M. Bauernfeind, Matthew J. Baumann, Chauncey R. Gadek, Andrew B. Johnson, Jenna M. McCullough, Christopher C. Witt, Lisa N. Barrow

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3700 PubMed 28828279

August 14, 2017

Microbial communities in the reef water at Kham Island, lower Gulf of Thailand

4 citations

404 downloads

1,844 views

Naraporn Somboonna, Alisa Wilantho, Somchai Monanunsap, Suchana Chavanich, Sithichoke Tangphatsornruang, Sissades Tongsima

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3625 PubMed 28828243

August 9, 2017

Reproductive biology and nectar secretion dynamics of Penstemon gentianoides (Plantaginaceae): a perennial herb with a mixed pollination system?

7 citations

442 downloads