Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

January 25, 2018

Species identification by conservation practitioners using online images: accuracy and agreement between experts

Gail E. Austen, Markus Bindemann, Richard A. Griffiths, David L. Roberts

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4157 PubMed 29379682

January 8, 2018

Is there a link between aging and microbiome diversity in exceptional mammalian longevity?

Graham M. Hughes, John Leech, Sébastien J. Puechmaille, Jose V. Lopez, Emma C. Teeling

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4174 PubMed 29333342

January 16, 2018

Distributional dynamics of a vulnerable species in response to past and future climate change: a window for conservation prospects

Yunjun Bai, Xueping Wei, Xiaoqiang Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4287 PubMed 29362700

January 4, 2018

Characterization and toxicity of citral incorporated with nanostructured lipid carrier

Noraini Nordin, Swee Keong Yeap, Nur Rizi Zamberi, Nadiah Abu, Nurul Elyani Mohamad, Heshu Sulaiman Rahman, Chee Wun How, Mas Jaffri Masarudin, Rasedee Abdullah, Noorjahan Banu Alitheen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3916 PubMed 29312812

January 24, 2018

Isolation and culture of primary adult skin fibroblasts from the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)

Puntita Siengdee, Sarisa Klinhom, Chatchote Thitaram, Korakot Nganvongpanit

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4302 PubMed 29379691

January 2, 2018

Profiling of subgingival plaque biofilm microbiota in female adult patients with clear aligners: a three-month prospective study

Runzhi Guo, Yunfei Zheng, Hao Liu, Xiaobei Li, Lingfei Jia, Weiran Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4207 PubMed 29312828

January 24, 2018

Genomic signal processing for DNA sequence clustering

Gerardo Mendizabal-Ruiz, Israel Román-Godínez, Sulema Torres-Ramos, Ricardo A. Salido-Ruiz, Hugo Vélez-Pérez, J. Alejandro Morales

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4264 PubMed 29379686

January 17, 2018

Expression status and clinical significance of lncRNA APPAT in the progression of atherosclerosis

Fanming Meng, Jie Yan, Qiongshan Ma, Yunjuan Jiao, Luyang Han, Jing Xu, Fan Yang, Junwen Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4246 PubMed 29372117

January 4, 2018

On the exponent in the Von Bertalanffy growth model

Katharina Renner-Martin, Norbert Brunner, Manfred Kühleitner, Werner Georg Nowak, Klaus Scheicher

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4205 PubMed 29312827

January 12, 2018

Crustacean amphipods from marsh ponds: a nutritious feed resource with potential for application in Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture

Pablo Jiménez-Prada, Ismael Hachero-Cruzado, Inmaculada Giráldez, Catalina Fernández-Diaz, César Vilas, José Pedro Cañavate, José Manuel Guerra-García

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4194 PubMed 29340233

January 23, 2018

EU protected area network did not prevent a country wide population decline in a threatened grassland bird

João P. Silva, Ricardo Correia, Hany Alonso, Ricardo C. Martins, Marcello D’Amico, Ana Delgado, Hugo Sampaio, Carlos Godinho, Francisco Moreira

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4284 PubMed 29379687

January 12, 2018

RBiomirGS: an all-in-one miRNA gene set analysis solution featuring target mRNA mapping and expression profile integration

Jing Zhang, Kenneth B. Storey

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4262 PubMed 29340253

January 25, 2018

Characterization of sympatric Platanthera bifolia and Platanthera chlorantha (Orchidaceae) populations with intermediate plants

Fabiana Esposito, Nicolas J. Vereecken, Maddalena Gammella, Rosita Rinaldi, Pascal Laurent, Daniel Tyteca

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4256 PubMed 29379684

January 17, 2018

Social network community structure and the contact-mediated sharing of commensal E. coli among captive rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)

Krishna Balasubramaniam, Brianne Beisner, Jiahui Guan, Jessica Vandeleest, Hsieh Fushing, Edward Atwill, Brenda McCowan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4271 PubMed 29372120

January 3, 2018

Formononetin inhibits lipopolysaccharide-induced release of high mobility group box 1 by upregulating SIRT1 in a PPARδ-dependent manner

Jung Seok Hwang, Eun Sil Kang, Sung Gu Han, Dae-Seog Lim, Kyung Shin Paek, Chi-Ho Lee, Han Geuk Seo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4208 PubMed 29312829

January 26, 2018

Identification by shape-based virtual screening and evaluation of new tyrosinase inhibitors

Qi Li, Hongyu Yang, Jun Mo, Yao Chen, Yue Wu, Chen Kang, Yuan Sun, Haopeng Sun

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4206 PubMed 29383286

January 16, 2018

Population genetic structure of Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) in the Southeast Pacific and Southwest Atlantic Ocean

Cristian B. Canales-Aguirre, Sandra Ferrada-Fuentes, Ricardo Galleguillos, Fernanda X. Oyarzun, Cristián E. Hernández

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4173 PubMed 29362690

January 11, 2018

Positive selection on human gamete-recognition genes

Michael W. Hart, Daryn A. Stover, Vanessa Guerra, Sahar V. Mozaffari, Carole Ober, Carina F. Mugal, Ingemar Kaj

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4259 PubMed 29340252

January 30, 2018

Development of an RNA interference (RNAi) gene knockdown protocol in the anaerobic gut fungus Pecoramyces ruminantium strain C1A

Shelby S. Calkins, Nicole C. Elledge, Katherine E. Mueller, Stephen M. Marek, MB Couger, Mostafa S. Elshahed, Noha H. Youssef

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4276 PubMed 29404209

January 29, 2018

Intra-colonial diversity in the scleractinian coral, Acropora millepora: identifying the nutritional gradients underlying physiological integration and compartmentalised functioning

Jessica A. Conlan, Craig A. Humphrey, Andrea Severati, David S. Francis

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4239 PubMed 29404204

January 30, 2018

Ant mosaics in Bornean primary rain forest high canopy depend on spatial scale, time of day, and sampling method

Kalsum M. Yusah, William A. Foster, Glen Reynolds, Tom M. Fayle

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4231 PubMed 29423344

January 17, 2018

Effects of chronic exposure to thiamethoxam on larvae of the hoverfly Eristalis tenax (Diptera, Syrphidae)

Kate Basley, Balin Davenport, Kate Vogiatzis, Dave Goulson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4258 PubMed 29372118

January 4, 2018

First record of Phormia regina (Meigen, 1826) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) from mummies at the Sant’Antonio Abate Cathedral of Castelsardo, Sardinia, Italy

Giorgia Giordani, Fabiola Tuccia, Ignazio Floris, Stefano Vanin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4176 PubMed 29312816

January 5, 2018

Activities concentration of radiocesium in wild mushroom collected in Ukraine 30 years after the Chernobyl power plant accident

Makiko Orita, Yuko Kimura, Yasuyuki Taira, Toshiki Fukuda, Jumpei Takahashi, Oleksandr Gutevych, Serghii Chornyi, Takashi Kudo, Shunichi Yamashita, Noboru Takamura

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4222 PubMed 29312835

January 29, 2018

Cost-benefit analysis for invasive species control: the case of greater Canada goose Branta canadensis in Flanders (northern Belgium)

Nikolaas Reyns, Jim Casaer, Lieven De Smet, Koen Devos, Frank Huysentruyt, Peter A. Robertson, Tom Verbeke, Tim Adriaens

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4283 PubMed 29404211

January 2018

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Refining amino acid hydrophobicity for dynamics simulation of membrane proteins

January 2018

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Figure 4

Refining amino acid hydrophobicity for dynamics simulation of membrane proteins

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Refining amino acid hydrophobicity for dynamics simulation of membrane proteins

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