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June 2018

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Climate change-related threats to the Sicilian pond turtle

Adapted from Fig 1: Predicted habitat suitability for Emys trinacris

June 5, 2018

Climate change-related threats to the Sicilian pond turtle

The pond turtle Emys trinacris is an endangered endemic species of Sicily. In this study, researchers modelled the potential distribution of the species under current and future climatic conditions.

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June 4, 2018

D-GENIES: dot plot large genomes in an interactive, efficient and simple way

Floréal Cabanettes, Christophe Klopp

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4958 PubMed 29888139

June 7, 2018

Beef tenderness and intramuscular fat proteomic biomarkers: muscle type effect

Brigitte Picard, Mohammed Gagaoua, Marwa Al-Jammas, Leanne De Koning, Albéric Valais, Muriel Bonnet

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4891 PubMed 29892502

June 5, 2018

Discovery of digestive enzymes in carnivorous plants with focus on proteases

Rishiesvari Ravee, Faris ‘Imadi Mohd Salleh, Hoe-Han Goh

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4914 PubMed 29888132

June 27, 2018

Transcriptome profiling by RNA-Seq reveals differentially expressed genes related to fruit development and ripening characteristics in strawberries (Fragaria × ananassa)

Panpan Hu, Gang Li, Xia Zhao, Fengli Zhao, Liangjie Li, Houcheng Zhou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4976 PubMed 29967718

June 27, 2018

Pathway analysis identifies altered mitochondrial metabolism, neurotransmission, structural pathways and complement cascade in retina/RPE/ choroid in chick model of form-deprivation myopia

Loretta Giummarra, Sheila G. Crewther, Nina Riddell, Melanie J. Murphy, David P. Crewther

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5048 PubMed 29967729

June 1, 2018

Sexually dimorphic venom proteins in long-jawed orb-weaving spiders (Tetragnatha) comprise novel gene families

Pamela A. Zobel-Thropp, Emily A. Bulger, Matthew H.J. Cordes, Greta J. Binford, Rosemary G. Gillespie, Michael S. Brewer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4691 PubMed 29876146

June 15, 2018

MLSTar: automatic multilocus sequence typing of bacterial genomes in R

Ignacio Ferrés, Gregorio Iraola

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5098 PubMed 29922519

June 14, 2018

Changes in DNA methylation assessed by genomic bisulfite sequencing suggest a role for DNA methylation in cotton fruiting branch development

Quan Sun, Jing Qiao, Sai Zhang, Shibin He, Yuzhen Shi, Youlu Yuan, Xiao Zhang, Yingfan Cai

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4945 PubMed 29915693

June 15, 2018

The use of chloroplast genome sequences to solve phylogenetic incongruences in Polystachya Hook (Orchidaceae Juss)

Narjara Lopes de Abreu, Ruy José Válka Alves, Sérgio Ricardo Sodré Cardoso, Yann J.K. Bertrand, Filipe Sousa, Climbiê Ferreira Hall, Bernard E. Pfeil, Alexandre Antonelli

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4916 PubMed 29922511

June 18, 2018

Availability of Nanopore sequences in the genome taxonomy for Vibrionaceae systematics: Rumoiensis clade species as a test case

Mami Tanaka, Sayaka Mino, Yoshitoshi Ogura, Tetsuya Hayashi, Tomoo Sawabe

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5018 PubMed 29938134

June 5, 2018

The mitochondrial genomes of two walnut pests, Gastrolina depressa depressa and G. depressa thoracica (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), and phylogenetic analyses

Qiqi Wang, Guanghui Tang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4919 PubMed 29888134

June 27, 2018

Two sugar beet chitinase genes, BvSP2 and BvSE2, analysed with SNP Amplifluor-like markers, are highly expressed after Fusarium root rot inoculations and field susceptibility trial

Raushan Yerzhebayeva, Alfiya Abekova, Kerimkul Konysbekov, Sholpan Bastaubayeva, Aynur Kabdrakhmanova, Aiman Absattarova, Yuri Shavrukov

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5127 PubMed 29967753

June 25, 2018

Hi-MC: a novel method for high-throughput mitochondrial haplogroup classification

Sandra Smieszek, Sabrina L. Mitchell, Eric H. Farber-Eger, Olivia J. Veatch, Nicholas R. Wheeler, Robert J. Goodloe, Quinn S. Wells, Deborah G. Murdock, Dana C. Crawford

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5149 PubMed 29967758

June 15, 2018

Horizontally transferred genes in the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi

Alexandra M. Hernandez, Joseph F. Ryan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5067 PubMed 29922518

June 15, 2018

Relationship between Acropora millepora juvenile fluorescence and composition of newly established Symbiodinium assemblage

Kate M. Quigley, Marie E. Strader, Mikhail V. Matz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5022 PubMed 29922515