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Relationships between coral planar area, surface area and volume

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February 6, 2018

Relationships between coral planar area, surface area and volume

This study explores the relationship between 2D and 3D metrics of coral size. Researchers used a photogrammetric approach, with open-source software, to estimate the ability of photogrammetry to provide measurement estimates of corals in 3D

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February 2, 2018

A 250 plastome phylogeny of the grass family (Poaceae): topological support under different data partitions

Jeffery M. Saarela, Sean V. Burke, William P. Wysocki, Matthew D. Barrett, Lynn G. Clark, Joseph M. Craine, Paul M. Peterson, Robert J. Soreng, Maria S. Vorontsova, Melvin R. Duvall

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4299 PubMed 29416954

February 2, 2018

Complete mitochondrial genome sequence of the “copper moss” Mielichhoferia elongata reveals independent nad7 gene functionality loss

Denis V. Goryunov, Svetlana V. Goryunova, Oxana I. Kuznetsova, Maria D. Logacheva, Irina A. Milyutina, Alina V. Fedorova, Michael S. Ignatov, Aleksey V. Troitsky

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4350 PubMed 29416956

February 15, 2018

Metagenomic analysis of orange colored protrusions from the muscle of Queen Conch Lobatus gigas (Linnaeus, 1758)

Jaison H. Cuartas, Juan F. Alzate, Claudia X. Moreno-Herrera, Edna J. Marquez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4307 PubMed 29472996

February 7, 2018

Bioreactor virome metagenomics sequencing using DNA spike-ins

Geert Cremers, Lavinia Gambelli, Theo van Alen, Laura van Niftrik, Huub J.M. Op den Camp

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4351 PubMed 29441238