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March 2018

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First endemic freshwater Gammarus from Crete

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March 9, 2018

First endemic freshwater Gammarus from Crete

Researchers describe Gammarus plaitisi (a Gammarid amphipod), endemic to Cretan streams. The divergence of the new species is strongly connected to the geological history of the island.

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March 19, 2018

Homology modeling and docking studies of a Δ9-fatty acid desaturase from a Cold-tolerant Pseudomonas sp. AMS8

Lawal Garba, Mohamad Ariff Mohamad Yussoff, Khairul Bariyyah Abd Halim, Siti Nor Hasmah Ishak, Mohd Shukuri Mohamad Ali, Siti Nurbaya Oslan, Raja Noor Zaliha Raja Abd. Rahman

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4347 PubMed 29576935

March 5, 2018

Identification and characterization of the cytosine-5 DNA methyltransferase gene family in Salvia miltiorrhiza

Jiang Li, Caili Li, Shanfa Lu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4461 PubMed 29527415

March 27, 2018

Genetic diversity and molecular evolution of Ornithogalum mosaic virus based on the coat protein gene sequence

Fangluan Gao, Zhenguo Du, Jianguo Shen, Hongkai Yang, Furong Liao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4550 PubMed 29607262

March 5, 2018

Genetic diversity and connectivity of the megamouth shark (Megachasma pelagios)

Shang Yin Vanson Liu, Shoou Jeng Joung, Chi-Ju Yu, Hua-Hsun Hsu, Wen-Pei Tsai, Kwang Ming Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4432 PubMed 29527411

March 13, 2018

Ecosystem functional response across precipitation extremes in a sagebrush steppe

Andrew T. Tredennick, Andrew R. Kleinhesselink, J. Bret Taylor, Peter B. Adler

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4485 PubMed 29576958

March 1, 2018

First insight into the viral community of the cnidarian model metaorganism Aiptasia using RNA-Seq data

Jan D. Brüwer, Christian R. Voolstra

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4449 PubMed 29507840

March 29, 2018

Determining the numbers of a landscape architect species (Tapirus terrestris), using footprints

Danielle O. Moreira, Sky K. Alibhai, Zoe C. Jewell, Cristina J. da Cunha, Jardel B. Seibert, Andressa Gatti

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4591 PubMed 29610711

March 21, 2018

Stable isotopes of Hawaiian spiders reflect substrate properties along a chronosequence

Susan R. Kennedy, Todd E. Dawson, Rosemary G. Gillespie

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4527 PubMed 29576984

March 12, 2018

Molecular cloning and expression analysis of three ThERFs involved in the response to waterlogging stress of Taxodium ‘Zhongshanshan406’, and subcellular localization of the gene products

Wencai Fan, Ying Yang, Zhiquan Wang, Yunlong Yin, Chaoguang Yu, Qin Shi, Jinbo Guo, Lei Xuan, Jianfeng Hua

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4434 PubMed 29576943

March 9, 2018

First endemic freshwater Gammarus from Crete and its evolutionary history—an integrative taxonomy approach

Kamil Hupało, Tomasz Mamos, Weronika Wrzesińska, Michał Grabowski

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4457 PubMed 29568704

March 26, 2018

Description of a Zostera marina catalase gene involved in responses to temperature stress

Yu Zang, Jiao Liu, Xue Xi Tang, Bin Zhou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4532 PubMed 29607258

March 1, 2018

Grazing influences Stipa breviflora seed germination in desert grasslands of the Inner Mongolia Plateau

Wenting Liu, Tianle Wang, Shuang Zhang, Lijun Ding, Zhijun Wei

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4447 PubMed 29507838

March 28, 2018

Limb-use by foraging marine turtles, an evolutionary perspective

Jessica A. Fujii, Don McLeish, Andrew J. Brooks, John Gaskell, Kyle S. Van Houtan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4565 PubMed 29610708

March 27, 2018

Genome rearrangements and phylogeny reconstruction in Yersinia pestis

Olga O. Bochkareva, Natalia O. Dranenko, Elena S. Ocheredko, German M. Kanevsky, Yaroslav N. Lozinsky, Vera A. Khalaycheva, Irena I. Artamonova, Mikhail S. Gelfand

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4545 PubMed 29607260

March 13, 2018

Strong genetic differentiation in tropical seagrass Enhalus acoroides (Hydrocharitaceae) at the Indo-Malay Archipelago revealed by microsatellite DNA

I Nyoman Giri Putra, Yuliana Fitri Syamsuni, Beginer Subhan, Made Pharmawati, Hawis Madduppa

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4315 PubMed 29576933

March 21, 2018

High resolution crystal structures of the receptor-binding domain of Clostridium botulinum neurotoxin serotypes A and FA

Jonathan R. Davies, Gavin S. Hackett, Sai Man Liu, K. Ravi Acharya

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4552 PubMed 29576992

March 27, 2018

Infection by Parorchis acanthus (Trematoda) decreases grazing by the keystone gastropod, Littoraria irrorata

Joseph P. Morton

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4544 PubMed 29607259

March 23, 2018

Tumor immunity landscape in non-small cell lung cancer

Xiaoqing Yu, Xuefeng Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4546 PubMed 29593943

March 5, 2018

Genetic analysis of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma aurantifolia’ associated with witches’ broom on acid lime trees

Aisha G. Al-Ghaithi, Ali M. Al-Subhi, Issa H. Al-Mahmooli, Abdullah M. Al-Sadi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4480 PubMed 29527419

March 7, 2018

Effects of landscape features on population genetic variation of a tropical stream fish, Stone lapping minnow, Garra cambodgiensis, in the upper Nan River drainage basin, northern Thailand

Chaowalee Jaisuk, Wansuk Senanan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4487 PubMed 29568710

March 19, 2018

Proteomic identification of galectin-11 and 14 ligands from Haemonchus contortus

Dhanasekaran Sakthivel, Jaclyn Swan, Sarah Preston, MD Shakif-Azam, Pierre Faou, Yaqing Jiao, Rachael Downs, Harinda Rajapaksha, Robin Gasser, David Piedrafita, Travis Beddoe

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4510 PubMed 29576976

March 22, 2018

Will the California Current lose its nesting Tufted Puffins?

Christopher J. Hart, Ryan P. Kelly, Scott F. Pearson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4519 PubMed 29593940

March 5, 2018

Changes in nutrients and decay rate of Ginkgo biloba leaf litter exposed to elevated O₃ concentration in urban area

Wei Fu, Xingyuan He, Sheng Xu, Wei Chen, Yan Li, Bo Li, Lili Su, Qin Ping

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4453 PubMed 29527413

March 15, 2018

Measuring short distance dispersal of Alliaria petiolata and determining potential long distance dispersal mechanisms

Christopher A. Loebach, Roger C. Anderson