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May 2018

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Blue whale migratory pathways along the Eastern South Pacific

Tracks of five wide-ranging blue whales tagged in Chilean Northern Patagonia.

April 30, 2018

Blue whale migratory pathways along the Eastern South Pacific

Researchers tracked 10 blue whales and documented their individual variations in departure time, northbound migratory routes and potential wintering grounds in the Eastern South Pacific.

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May 28, 2018

Non-biological synthetic spike-in controls and the AMPtk software pipeline improve mycobiome data

Jonathan M. Palmer, Michelle A. Jusino, Mark T. Banik, Daniel L. Lindner

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4925 PubMed 29868296

May 4, 2018

EnzyNet: enzyme classification using 3D convolutional neural networks on spatial representation

Afshine Amidi, Shervine Amidi, Dimitrios Vlachakis, Vasileios Megalooikonomou, Nikos Paragios, Evangelia I. Zacharaki

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4750 PubMed 29740518

May 4, 2018

Candidate genes in gastric cancer identified by constructing a weighted gene co-expression network

Jian Chen, Xiuwen Wang, Bing Hu, Yifu He, Xiaojun Qian, Wei Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4692 PubMed 29740513

May 4, 2018

Bioinformatic analysis and identification of potential prognostic microRNAs and mRNAs in thyroid cancer

Jianing Tang, Deguang Kong, Qiuxia Cui, Kun Wang, Dan Zhang, Qianqian Yuan, Xing Liao, Yan Gong, Gaosong Wu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4674 PubMed 29740512

May 21, 2018

On the efficiency of the genetic code after frameshift mutations

Regine Geyer, Amir Madany Mamlouk

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4825 PubMed 29844977

May 28, 2018

BLAST-based validation of metagenomic sequence assignments

Adam L. Bazinet, Brian D. Ondov, Daniel D. Sommer, Shashikala Ratnayake

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4892 PubMed 29868286

May 23, 2018

Effects of preservation method on canine (Canis lupus familiaris) fecal microbiota

Katti R. Horng, Holly H. Ganz, Jonathan A. Eisen, Stanley L. Marks

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4827 PubMed 29844978

May 11, 2018

A strategy to find novel candidate anti-Alzheimer’s disease drugs by constructing interaction networks between drug targets and natural compounds in medical plants

Bi-Wen Chen, Wen-Xing Li, Guang-Hui Wang, Gong-Hua Li, Jia-Qian Liu, Jun-Juan Zheng, Qian Wang, Hui-Juan Li, Shao-Xing Dai, Jing-Fei Huang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4756 PubMed 29770277

May 9, 2018

Differential expression patterns of housekeeping genes increase diagnostic and prognostic value in lung cancer

Yu-Chun Chang, Yan Ding, Lingsheng Dong, Lang-Jing Zhu, Roderick V. Jensen, Li-Li Hsiao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4719 PubMed 29761043

May 24, 2018

Divergent and convergent evolution of housekeeping genes in human–pig lineage

Kai Wei, Tingting Zhang, Lei Ma

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4840 PubMed 29844985

May 2, 2018

From in silico to in vitro: a trip to reveal flavonoid binding on the Rattus norvegicus Kir6.1 ATP-sensitive inward rectifier potassium channel

Alfonso Trezza, Vittoria Cicaloni, Piera Porciatti, Andrea Langella, Fabio Fusi, Simona Saponara, Ottavia Spiga

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4680 PubMed 29736333

May 29, 2018

MIPhy: identify and quantify rapidly evolving members of large gene families

David M. Curran, John S. Gilleard, James D. Wasmuth

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4873 PubMed 29868279

May 23, 2018

The complete chloroplast genome of Colobanthus apetalus (Labill.) Druce: genome organization and comparison with related species

Piotr Androsiuk, Jan Paweł Jastrzębski, Łukasz Paukszto, Adam Okorski, Agnieszka Pszczółkowska, Katarzyna Joanna Chwedorzewska, Justyna Koc, Ryszard Górecki, Irena Giełwanowska

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4723 PubMed 29844954

May 16, 2018

Integrated bioinformatic changes and analysis of retina with time in diabetic rats

Zekai Cui, Qiaolang Zeng, Yonglong Guo, Shiwei Liu, Jiansu Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4762 PubMed 29785346

May 4, 2018

Temporally-aware algorithms for the classification of anuran sounds

Amalia Luque, Javier Romero-Lemos, Alejandro Carrasco, Luis Gonzalez-Abril

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4732 PubMed 29740517

May 14, 2018

Modulation of transcriptional activity in brain lower grade glioma by alternative splicing

Jin Li, Yang Wang, Xianglian Meng, Hong Liang