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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 16, 2018

Characterization of the salivary microbiome in people with obesity

Yujia Wu, Xiaopei Chi, Qian Zhang, Feng Chen, Xuliang Deng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4458 PubMed 29576948

March 20, 2018

Squeezing water from a stone: high-throughput sequencing from a 145-year old holotype resolves (barely) a cryptic species problem in flying lizards

Jimmy A. McGuire, Darko D. Cotoras, Brendan O’Connell, Shobi Z.S. Lawalata, Cynthia Y. Wang-Claypool, Alexander Stubbs, Xiaoting Huang, Guinevere O.U. Wogan, Sarah M. Hykin, Sean B. Reilly, Ke Bi, Awal Riyanto, Evy Arida, Lydia L. Smith, Heather Milne, Jeffrey W. Streicher, Djoko T. Iskandar

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4470 PubMed 29576952

March 5, 2018

Effects of xylo-oligosaccharide and flavomycin on the immune function of broiler chickens

Lin Yuan, Wanli Li, Qianqian Huo, Chenhong Du, Zhixiang Wang, Baodi Yi, Mingfa Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4435 PubMed 29527412

March 14, 2018

Characterization of the basic helix–loop–helix gene family and its tissue-differential expression in response to salt stress in poplar

Kai Zhao, Shuxuan Li, Wenjing Yao, Boru Zhou, Renhua Li, Tingbo Jiang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4502 PubMed 29576971

March 30, 2018

Comparative genome analysis of 24 bovine-associated Staphylococcus isolates with special focus on the putative virulence genes

Silja Åvall-Jääskeläinen, Suvi Taponen, Ravi Kant, Lars Paulin, Jochen Blom, Airi Palva, Joanna Koort

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4560 PubMed 29610707

March 6, 2018

Genome-wide identification and characterization of Dof transcription factors in eggplant (Solanum melongena L.)

Qingzhen Wei, Wuhong Wang, Tianhua Hu, Haijiao Hu, Weihai Mao, Qinmei Zhu, Chonglai Bao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4481 PubMed 29527420

March 6, 2018

Global analysis of A-to-I RNA editing reveals association with common disease variants

Oscar Franzén, Raili Ermel, Katyayani Sukhavasi, Rajeev Jain, Anamika Jain, Christer Betsholtz, Chiara Giannarelli, Jason C. Kovacic, Arno Ruusalepp, Josefin Skogsberg, Ke Hao, Eric E. Schadt, Johan L.M. Björkegren

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4466 PubMed 29527417

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 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 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 14, 2018

A genome-wide investigation of microsatellite mismatches and the association with body mass among bird species

Haiying Fan, Weibin Guo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4495 PubMed 29576965