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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 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 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 8, 2018

Fine grained compositional analysis of Port Everglades Inlet microbiome using high throughput DNA sequencing

Lauren O’Connell, Song Gao, Donald McCorquodale, Jay Fleisher, Jose V. Lopez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4671 PubMed 29761039

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 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 29, 2018

Genomic analysis of red-tide water bloomed with Heterosigma akashiwo in Geoje

Hye-Eun Kang, Tae-Ho Yoon, Sunyoung Yoon, Hak Jun Kim, Hyun Park, Chang-Keun Kang, Hyun-Woo Kim

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4854 PubMed 29868269

May 4, 2018

Candidate genes associated with red colour formation revealed by comparative genomic variant analysis of red- and green-skinned fruits of Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)

Xiaopeng Ni, Song Xue, Shahid Iqbal, Wanxu Wang, Zhaojun Ni, Muhammad Khalil-ur-Rehman, Zhihong Gao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4625 PubMed 29740511

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 11, 2018

Westwards and northwards dispersal of Triosteum himalayanum (Caprifoliaceae) from the Hengduan Mountains region based on chloroplast DNA phylogeography

Hai-rui Liu, Qing-bo Gao, Fa-qi Zhang, Gulzar Khan, Shi-long Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4748 PubMed 29770273

May 7, 2018

Low bacterial community diversity in two introduced aphid pests revealed with 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing

Francisca Zepeda-Paulo, Sebastían Ortiz-Martínez, Andrea X. Silva, Blas Lavandero

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4725 PubMed 29761046

May 16, 2018

Identification of potential crucial genes and pathways associated with vein graft restenosis based on gene expression analysis in experimental rabbits

Qiang Liu, Xiujie Yin, Mingzhu Li, Li Wan, Liqiao Liu, Xiang Zhong, Zhuoqi Liu, Qun Wang