Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

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 7, 2018

Differential gene expression during early development in recently evolved and sympatric Arctic charr morphs

Jóhannes Guðbrandsson, Sigríður Rut Franzdóttir, Bjarni Kristófer Kristjánsson, Ehsan Pashay Ahi, Valerie Helene Maier, Kalina Hristova Kapralova, Sigurður Sveinn Snorrason, Zophonías Oddur Jónsson, Arnar Pálsson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4345 PubMed 29441236

February 22, 2018

Genome-Enhanced Detection and Identification (GEDI) of plant pathogens

Nicolas Feau, Stéphanie Beauseigle, Marie-Josée Bergeron, Guillaume J. Bilodeau, Inanc Birol, Sandra Cervantes-Arango, Braham Dhillon, Angela L. Dale, Padmini Herath, Steven J.M. Jones, Josyanne Lamarche, Dario I. Ojeda, Monique L. Sakalidis, Greg Taylor, Clement K.M. Tsui, Adnan Uzunovic, Hesther Yueh, Philippe Tanguay, Richard C. Hamelin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4392 PubMed 29492338

February 20, 2018

Genomic evolution, recombination, and inter-strain diversity of chelonid alphaherpesvirus 5 from Florida and Hawaii green sea turtles with fibropapillomatosis

Cheryl L. Morrison, Luke Iwanowicz, Thierry M. Work, Elizabeth Fahsbender, Mya Breitbart, Cynthia Adams, Deb Iwanowicz, Lakyn Sanders, Mathias Ackermann, Robert S. Cornman

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4386 PubMed 29479497

February 19, 2018

Comparative genomic analysis of a new tellurite-resistant Psychrobacter strain isolated from the Antarctic Peninsula

Claudia Melissa Muñoz-Villagrán, Katterinne N. Mendez, Fabian Cornejo, Maximiliano Figueroa, Agustina Undabarrena, Eduardo Hugo Morales, Mauricio Arenas-Salinas, Felipe Alejandro Arenas, Eduardo Castro-Nallar, Claudio Christian Vásquez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4402 PubMed 29479501

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 5, 2018

Relative evolutionary rate inference in HyPhy with LEISR

Stephanie J. Spielman, Sergei L. Kosakovsky Pond

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4339 PubMed 29423346

February 12, 2018

Genomic analysis of morphometric traits in bighorn sheep using the Ovine Infinium^® HD SNP BeadChip

Joshua M. Miller, Marco Festa-Bianchet, David W. Coltman

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4364 PubMed 29473002

February 19, 2018

A comparative bioinformatic analysis of C9orf72

Shalini Iyer, K. Ravi Acharya, Vasanta Subramanian