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December 2017

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

The International Space Station

December 5, 2017

Census of microbial life on the International Space Station

Microbiologists have analyzed swabs taken by astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) and compared them with samples from homes on Earth as well as the Human Microbiome Project. They found that the microbial community in this unique habitat was very diverse and more closely resembled that of homes than of humans.

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December 22, 2017

Exosomal microRNA remodels the tumor microenvironment

Xiaoli Jiang, Song Hu, Qiang Liu, Caiyun Qian, Zhuoqi Liu, Daya Luo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4196 PubMed 29302403

December 22, 2017

Spatial pattern of foot-and-mouth disease in animals in China, 2010–2016

Jun Ma, Jianhua Xiao, Xiang Gao, Boyang Liu, Hao Chen, Hongbin Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4193 PubMed 29302402

December 22, 2017

Phylogenic study of Lemnoideae (duckweeds) through complete chloroplast genomes for eight accessions

Yanqiang Ding, Yang Fang, Ling Guo, Zhidan Li, Kaize He, Yun Zhao, Hai Zhao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4186 PubMed 29302399

December 22, 2017

Effects of perceptual similarity but not semantic association on false recognition in aging

Kayleigh Burnside, Caroline Hope, Emma Gill, Alexa M. Morcom

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4184 PubMed 29302398

December 22, 2017

Agricultural constraints on microbial resource use and niche breadth in drainage ditches

Ellard R. Hunting, S. Henrik Barmentlo, Maarten Schrama, Peter M. van Bodegom, Yujia Zhai, Martina G. Vijver

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4175 PubMed 29302393

December 22, 2017

First Guatemalan record of natural hybridisation between Neotropical species of the Lady’s Slipper orchid (Orchidaceae, Cypripedioideae)

Dariusz L. Szlachetko, Marta Kolanowska, Fred Muller, Jay Vannini, Joanna Rojek, Marcin Górniak

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4162 PubMed 29302391

December 22, 2017

The early Miocene balaenid Morenocetus parvus from Patagonia (Argentina) and the evolution of right whales

Mónica R. Buono, Marta S. Fernández, Mario A. Cozzuol, José I. Cuitiño, Erich M.G. Fitzgerald

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4148 PubMed 29302389

December 22, 2017

Transcriptomic analysis identifies genes and pathways related to myrmecophagy in the Malayan pangolin (Manis javanica)

Jing-E Ma, Lin-Miao Li, Hai-Ying Jiang, Xiu-Juan Zhang, Juan Li, Guan-Yu Li, Li-Hong Yuan, Jun Wu, Jin-Ping Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4140 PubMed 29302388

December 21, 2017

Heightened visual attention does not affect inner ear function as measured by otoacoustic emissions

W. Wiktor Jedrzejczak, Rafal Milner, Lukasz Olszewski, Henryk Skarzynski

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4199 PubMed 29302404

December 21, 2017

The 1.06 frequency ratio in the cochlea: evidence and outlook for a natural musical semitone

Andrew Bell, W. Wiktor Jedrzejczak

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4192 PubMed 29302401

December 21, 2017

Function of JARID2 in bovines during early embryonic development

Yao Fu, Jia-Jun Xu, Xu-Lei Sun, Hao Jiang, Dong-Xu Han, Chang Liu, Yan Gao, Bao Yuan, Jia-Bao Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4189 PubMed 29302400

December 21, 2017

The behavioral effects of antibiotic treatment on the snail Biomphalaria glabrata

Euan R.O. Allan, Michael S. Blouin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4171 PubMed 29302392

December 21, 2017

Evaluation and identification of stem rust resistance genes Sr2, Sr24, Sr25, Sr26, Sr31 and Sr38 in wheat lines from Gansu Province in China

Xiao Feng Xu, Dan Dan Li, Yang Liu, Yue Gao, Zi Yuan Wang, Yu Chen Ma, Shuo Yang, Yuan Yin Cao, Yuan Hu Xuan, Tian Ya Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4146 PubMed 30038849

December 20, 2017

The effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and root interaction on the competition between Trifolium repens and Lolium perenne

Haiyan Ren, Tao Gao, Jian Hu, Gaowen Yang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4183 PubMed 29340232

December 20, 2017

ksrMKL: a novel method for identification of kinase–substrate relationships using multiple kernel learning

Minghui Wang, Tao Wang, Ao Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4182 PubMed 29340231

December 20, 2017

Arbutin increases Caenorhabditis elegans longevity and stress resistance

Lin Zhou, Xueqi Fu, Liyan Jiang, Lu Wang, Shuju Bai, Yan Jiao, Shu Xing, Wannan Li, Junfeng Ma

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4170 PubMed 29340230

December 19, 2017

The first observations of Ischnochiton (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) movement behaviour, with comparison between habitats differing in complexity

Kiran Liversage, Kirsten Benkendorff

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4180 PubMed 29302396

December 19, 2017

Broad spectrum pesticide application alters natural enemy communities and may facilitate secondary pest outbreaks

Matthew P. Hill, Sarina Macfadyen, Michael A. Nash

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4179 PubMed 29302395

December 19, 2017

Profiling soil microbial communities with next-generation sequencing: the influence of DNA kit selection and technician technical expertise

Taha Soliman, Sung-Yin Yang, Tomoko Yamazaki, Holger Jenke-Kodama

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4178 PubMed 29302394

December 19, 2017

Association between genetic polymorphisms of the IL28B gene and leukomonocyte in Chinese hepatitis B virus-infected individuals

Yuzhu Song, Yunsong Shen, Xueshan Xia, A-Mei Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4149 PubMed 29302390

December 19, 2017

Simulations indicate that scores of lionfish (Pterois volitans) colonized the Atlantic Ocean

Jason D. Selwyn, John E. Johnson, Alan M. Downey-Wall, Adam M. Bynum, Rebecca M. Hamner, J. Derek Hogan, Christopher E. Bird

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3996 PubMed 29302383

December 18, 2017

Structure and properties of slow-resorbing nanofibers obtained by (co-axial) electrospinning as tissue scaffolds in regenerative medicine

Andrzej Hudecki, Joanna Gola, Saeid Ghavami, Magdalena Skonieczna, Jarosław Markowski, Wirginia Likus, Magdalena Lewandowska, Wojciech Maziarz, Marek J. Los

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4125 PubMed 29302386

December 15, 2017

Genome-wide characterization and expression profiling of NAC transcription factor genes under abiotic stresses in radish (Raphanus sativus L.)

Bernard Kinuthia Karanja, Liang Xu, Yan Wang, Everlyne M’mbone Muleke, Bashir Mohammed Jabir, Yang Xie, Xianwen Zhu, Wanwan Cheng, Liwang Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4172 PubMed 29259849

December 15, 2017

Multi-scale and multi-site resampling of a study area in spatial genetics: implications for flying insect species

Julien M. Haran, Jean-Pierre Rossi, Juan Pajares, Luis Bonifacio, Pedro Naves, Alain Roques, Géraldine Roux

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4135 PubMed 29259842

December 15, 2017

How many species of mammals are there in Brazil? New records of rare rodents (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) from Amazonia raise the current known diversity

Alexandre R. Percequillo, Jeronymo Dalapicolla, Edson F. Abreu-Júnior, Paulo Ricardo O. Roth, Katia M.P.M.B. Ferraz, Elisandra A. Chiquito