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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 12, 2018

Genus-level phylogeny of cephalopods using molecular markers: current status and problematic areas

Gustavo Sanchez, Davin H.E. Setiamarga, Surangkana Tuanapaya, Kittichai Tongtherm, Inger E. Winkelmann, Hannah Schmidbaur, Tetsuya Umino, Caroline Albertin, Louise Allcock, Catalina Perales-Raya, Ian Gleadall, Jan M. Strugnell, Oleg Simakov, Jaruwat Nabhitabhata

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4331 PubMed 29456885

February 23, 2018

A striking new genus and species of cave-dwelling frog (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae: Asterophryinae) from Thailand

Chatmongkon Suwannapoom, Montri Sumontha, Jitthep Tunprasert, Thiti Ruangsuwan, Parinya Pawangkhanant, Dmitriy V. Korost, Nikolay A. Poyarkov

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4422 PubMed 29497587

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 2, 2018

Molecular systematics of the subfamily Limenitidinae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

Bidur Dhungel, Niklas Wahlberg

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4311 PubMed 29416955

February 27, 2018

Psychrophrynella glauca sp. n., a new species of terrestrial-breeding frogs (Amphibia, Anura, Strabomantidae) from the montane forests of the Amazonian Andes of Puno, Peru

Alessandro Catenazzi, Alex Ttito

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4444 PubMed 29507835