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October 2017

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Machine learning to analyze colon glands

Malignant colorectal cancer

October 3, 2017

Machine learning to analyze colon glands

Due to the large variability of biological tissue, machine learning techniques have shown superior performance over conventional image processing methods. Here, researchers present a deep neural network-based approach for segmentation and classification of glands in tissue of benign and malignant colorectal cancer.

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October 31, 2017

Land snails of Leptopoma Pfeiffer, 1847 in Sabah, Northern Borneo (Caenogastropoda: Cyclophoridae): an analysis of molecular phylogeny and geographical variations in shell form

2 citations

384 downloads

1,661 views

Chee-Chean Phung, Pooi-San Heng, Thor-Seng Liew

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3981 PubMed 29104827

October 27, 2017

Skin and fur bacterial diversity and community structure on American southwestern bats: effects of habitat, geography and bat traits

5 citations

546 downloads

2,363 views

Ara S. Winter, Jennifer J.M. Hathaway, Jason C. Kimble, Debbie C. Buecher, Ernest W. Valdez, Andrea Porras-Alfaro, Jesse M. Young, Kaitlyn J.H. Read, Diana E. Northup

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3944 PubMed 29093998

October 27, 2017

Ancient divergence time estimates in Eutropis rugifera support the existence of Pleistocene barriers on the exposed Sunda Shelf

1 citation

325 downloads

1,641 views

Benjamin R. Karin, Indraneil Das, Todd R. Jackman, Aaron M. Bauer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3762 PubMed 29093993

October 20, 2017

Influence of current climate, historical climate stability and topography on species richness and endemism in Mesoamerican geophyte plants

10 citations

453 downloads