Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

November 6, 2017

Composition, diversity and function of intestinal microbiota in pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) at different culture stages

Shenzheng Zeng, Zhijian Huang, Dongwei Hou, Jian Liu, Shaoping Weng, Jianguo He

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3986 PubMed 29134144

November 7, 2017

Male sex pheromone components in Heliconius butterflies released by the androconia affect female choice

Kathy Darragh, Sohini Vanjari, Florian Mann, Maria F. Gonzalez-Rojas, Colin R. Morrison, Camilo Salazar, Carolina Pardo-Diaz, Richard M. Merrill, W. Owen McMillan, Stefan Schulz, Chris D. Jiggins

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3953 PubMed 29134139

November 29, 2017

DNA barcoding reveals the mislabeling of fish in a popular tourist destination in Brazil

Clisten Fátima Staffen, Mari Dalva Staffen, Mariana Londero Becker, Sara Emelie Löfgren, Yara Costa Netto Muniz, Renato Hajenius Aché de Freitas, Andrea Rita Marrero

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4006 PubMed 29201560

November 8, 2017

Genome-wide identification and characterization of GRAS transcription factors in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)

Yiling Niu, Tingting Zhao, Xiangyang Xu, Jingfu Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3955 PubMed 29134140

November 10, 2017

Foliar microbiome transplants confer disease resistance in a critically-endangered plant

Geoffrey Zahn, Anthony S. Amend

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4020 PubMed 29134155

November 24, 2017

Forelimb muscle and joint actions in Archosauria: insights from Crocodylus johnstoni (Pseudosuchia) and Mussaurus patagonicus (Sauropodomorpha)

Alejandro Otero, Vivian Allen, Diego Pol, John R. Hutchinson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3976 PubMed 29188140

November 2, 2017

Comparative analysis of the microRNA transcriptome between yak and cattle provides insight into high-altitude adaptation

Jiuqiang Guan, Keren Long, Jideng Ma, Jinwei Zhang, Dafang He, Long Jin, Qianzi Tang, Anan Jiang, Xun Wang, Yaodong Hu, Shilin Tian, Zhi Jiang, Mingzhou Li, Xiaolin Luo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3959 PubMed 29109913

November 30, 2017

Ordinary kriging vs inverse distance weighting: spatial interpolation of the sessile community of Madagascar reef, Gulf of Mexico

Salvador Zarco-Perello, Nuno Simões

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4078 PubMed 29204321

November 14, 2017

Zebrafish swimming in the flow: a particle image velocimetry study

Violet Mwaffo, Peng Zhang, Sebastián Romero Cruz, Maurizio Porfiri

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4041 PubMed 29158978

November 16, 2017

Antimicrobial consumption on Austrian dairy farms: an observational study of udder disease treatments based on veterinary medication records

Clair L. Firth, Annemarie Käsbohrer, Corina Schleicher, Klemens Fuchs, Christa Egger-Danner, Martin Mayerhofer, Hermann Schobesberger, Josef Köfer, Walter Obritzhauser

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4072 PubMed 29158993

November 21, 2017

Genome-wide survey of single-nucleotide polymorphisms reveals fine-scale population structure and signs of selection in the threatened Caribbean elkhorn coral, Acropora palmata

Meghann K. Devlin-Durante, Iliana B. Baums

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4077 PubMed 29181279

November 7, 2017

Metabarcoding analysis of the stomach contents of the Antarctic Toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) collected in the Antarctic Ocean

Tae-Ho Yoon, Hye-Eun Kang, Soo Rin Lee, Jae-Bong Lee, Gun Wook Baeck, Hyun Park, Hyun-Woo Kim

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3977 PubMed 29134141

November 16, 2017

Gene and genome-centric analyses of koala and wombat fecal microbiomes point to metabolic specialization for Eucalyptus digestion

Miriam E. Shiffman, Rochelle M. Soo, Paul G. Dennis, Mark Morrison, Gene W. Tyson, Philip Hugenholtz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4075 PubMed 29177117

November 28, 2017

Phylogeographic and population insights of the Asian common toad (Bufo gargarizans) in Korea and China: population isolation and expansions as response to the ice ages

Amaël Borzée, Joana L. Santos, Santiago Sánchez-RamÍrez, Yoonhyuk Bae, Kyongman Heo, Yikweon Jang, Michael Joseph Jowers

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4044 PubMed 29201561

November 3, 2017

Increasing evidence that bats actively forage at wind turbines

Cecily F. Foo, Victoria J. Bennett, Amanda M. Hale, Jennifer M. Korstian, Alison J. Schildt, Dean A. Williams

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3985 PubMed 29114441

November 2, 2017

Genome-wide association study of pigmentary traits (skin and iris color) in individuals of East Asian ancestry

Lida Rawofi, Melissa Edwards, S Krithika, Phuong Le, David Cha, Zhaohui Yang, Yanyun Ma, Jiucun Wang, Bing Su, Li Jin, Heather L. Norton, Esteban J. Parra

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3951 PubMed 29109912

November 20, 2017

PBxplore: a tool to analyze local protein structure and deformability with Protein Blocks

Jonathan Barnoud, Hubert Santuz, Pierrick Craveur, Agnel Praveen Joseph, Vincent Jallu, Alexandre G. de Brevern, Pierre Poulain

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4013 PubMed 29177113

November 17, 2017

Coral-associated viral communities show high levels of diversity and host auxiliary functions

Karen D. Weynberg, Patrick W. Laffy, Elisha M. Wood-Charlson, Dmitrij Turaev, Thomas Rattei, Nicole S. Webster, Madeleine J.H. van Oppen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4054 PubMed 29158985

November 21, 2017

Diversity of bacterial communities on the facial skin of different age-group Thai males

Alisa Wilantho, Pamornya Deekaew, Chutika Srisuttiyakorn, Sissades Tongsima, Naraporn Somboonna

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4084 PubMed 29177119

November 15, 2017

Lowland extirpation of anuran populations on a tropical mountain

Marconi Campos-Cerqueira, T. Mitchell Aide

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4059 PubMed 29158987

November 22, 2017

Assessment of brain functional connectome alternations and correlation with depression and anxiety in major depressive disorders

Vincent Chin-Hung Chen, Chao-Yu Shen, Sophie Hsin-Yi Liang, Zhen-Hui Li, Ming-Hong Hsieh, Yeu-Sheng Tyan, Mong-Liang Lu, Yena Lee, Roger S. McIntyre, Jun-Cheng Weng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3147 PubMed 29181274

November 16, 2017

Sediment tolerance mechanisms identified in sponges using advanced imaging techniques

Brian W. Strehlow, Mari-Carmen Pineda, Alan Duckworth, Gary A. Kendrick, Michael Renton, Muhammad Azmi Abdul Wahab, Nicole S. Webster, Peta L. Clode

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3904 PubMed 29158962

November 29, 2017

An exceptionally preserved armored dinosaur reveals the morphology and allometry of osteoderms and their horny epidermal coverings

Caleb M. Brown

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4066 PubMed 29201564

November 29, 2017

Genomic characterization of a new endophytic Streptomyces kebangsaanensis identifies biosynthetic pathway gene clusters for novel phenazine antibiotic production

Juwairiah Remali, Nurul ‘Izzah Mohd Sarmin, Chyan Leong Ng, John J.L. Tiong, Wan M. Aizat, Loke Kok Keong, Noraziah Mohamad Zin