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November 2018

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

The most complete enantiornithine from North America and a phylogenetic analysis of the Avisauridae

Reconstruction of a living Mirarce eatoni

November 13, 2018

The most complete enantiornithine from North America and a phylogenetic analysis of the Avisauridae

A 75 million year old bird skeleton from a threatened national monument in Utah represents the most complete skeleton ever found in North America for a long extinct group of birds called enantiornithines. This large, fossilized bird provides important new insight into the evolution of flight. It has several advanced adaptations for flying, which show that the Enantiornithes evolved these features separately from living birds.

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November 30, 2018

The proportion of core species in a community varies with spatial scale and environmental heterogeneity

Molly F. Jenkins, Ethan P. White, Allen H. Hurlbert

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6019 PubMed 30533308

November 30, 2018

Between extreme simplification and ideal optimization: antennal sensilla morphology of miniaturized Megaphragma wasps (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae)

Anna V. Diakova, Anastasia A. Makarova, Alexey A. Polilov

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6005 PubMed 30533303

November 30, 2018

Analyses of long non-coding RNA and mRNA profiling in the spleen of diarrheic piglets caused by Clostridium perfringens type C

Zunqiang Yan, Xiaoyu Huang, Wenyang Sun, Qiaoli Yang, Hairen Shi, Tiantuan Jiang, Shenggui Li, Pengfei Wang, Shuangbao Gun

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5997 PubMed 30533301

November 30, 2018

Genetic assessment of a bighorn sheep population expansion in the Silver Bell Mountains, Arizona

John A. Erwin, Karla Vargas, Brian R. Blais, Kendell Bennett, Julia Muldoon, Sarah Findysz, Courtney Christie, James R. Heffelfinger, Melanie Culver

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5978 PubMed 30533296

November 30, 2018

Anti-predator defences of a bombardier beetle: is bombing essential for successful escape from frogs?

Shinji Sugiura

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5942 PubMed 30533294

November 30, 2018

First occurrence of the enigmatic peccaries Mylohyus elmorei and Prosthennops serus from the Appalachians: latest Hemphillian to Early Blancan of Gray Fossil Site, Tennessee

Evan M. Doughty, Steven C. Wallace, Blaine W. Schubert, Lauren M. Lyon

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5926 PubMed 30533292

November 30, 2018

The double role of pigmentation and convolute leaves in community assemblage of Amazonian epiphytic Lejeuneaceae

Sylvia Mota de Oliveira

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5921 PubMed 30533291

November 30, 2018

Assessing distinct patterns of cognitive aging using tissue-specific brain age prediction based on diffusion tensor imaging and brain morphometry

Geneviève Richard, Knut Kolskår, Anne-Marthe Sanders, Tobias Kaufmann, Anders Petersen, Nhat Trung Doan, Jennifer Monereo Sánchez, Dag Alnæs, Kristine M. Ulrichsen, Erlend S. Dørum, Ole A. Andreassen, Jan Egil Nordvik, Lars T. Westlye

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5908 PubMed 30533290

November 29, 2018

Ecology and life history of Meta bourneti (Araneae: Tetragnathidae) from Monte Albo (Sardinia, Italy)

Enrico Lunghi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6049 PubMed 30519514

November 29, 2018

Nitrogen input by bamboos in neotropical forest: a new perspective

Maíra C.G. Padgurschi, Simone A. Vieira, Edson J.F. Stefani, Gabriela B. Nardoto, Carlos A. Joly

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6024 PubMed 30519513

November 29, 2018

Molecular serotyping of Haemophilus parasuis isolated from diseased pigs and the relationship between serovars and pathological patterns in Taiwan

Wei-Hao Lin, Hsing-Chun Shih, Chuen-Fu Lin, Cheng-Yao Yang, Yung-Fu Chang, Chao-Nan Lin, Ming-Tang Chiou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6017 PubMed 30519512

November 29, 2018

Decline in coral cover and flattening of the reefs around Mauritius (1998–2010)

Jennifer A. Elliott, Mark R. Patterson, Caroline G. Staub, Meera Koonjul, Stephen M. Elliott

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6014 PubMed 30519511

November 29, 2018

The effect of insulin on equine lamellar basal epithelial cells mediated by the insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor

Courtnay L. Baskerville, Subu Chockalingham, Patricia A. Harris, Simon R. Bailey

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5945 PubMed 30519508

November 29, 2018

ShapeGTB: the role of local DNA shape in prioritization of functional variants in human promoters with machine learning

Maja Malkowska, Julian Zubek, Dariusz Plewczynski, Lucjan S. Wyrwicz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5742 PubMed 30519505

November 29, 2018

Disinfection effect of povidone-iodine in aquaculture water of swamp eel (Monopterus albus)

Xuan Chen, Chongde Lai, Yulan Wang, Lili Wei, Qiwang Zhong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5523 PubMed 30519504

November 28, 2018

Chemical analysis and evaluation of antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of fruit fractions of Mauritia flexuosa L. f. (Arecaceae)

Carla de Fatima Alves Nonato, Débora Odília Duarte Leite, Rafael Caldas Pereira, Aline Augusti Boligon, Jaime Ribeiro-Filho, Fabíola Fernandes G. Rodrigues, José Galberto M. da Costa

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5991 PubMed 30519510

November 28, 2018

Taxonomic patterns in the zoonotic potential of mammalian viruses

Alex D. Washburne, Daniel E. Crowley, Daniel J. Becker, Kevin J. Olival, Matthew Taylor, Vincent J. Munster, Raina K. Plowright

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5979 PubMed 30519509

November 28, 2018

Effects of waste stream combinations from brewing industry on performance of Black Soldier Fly, Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)

Shaphan Y. Chia, Chrysantus M. Tanga, Isaac M. Osuga, Samira A. Mohamed, Fathiya M. Khamis, Daisy Salifu, Subramanian Sevgan, Komi K.M. Fiaboe, Saliou Niassy, Joop J.A. van Loon, Marcel Dicke, Sunday Ekesi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5885 PubMed 30519507

November 27, 2018

Cochlear impulse responses resolved into sets of gammatones: the case for beating of closely spaced local resonances

Andrew Bell, Hero P. Wit

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6016 PubMed 30515362

November 27, 2018

Fast cyclic stimulus flashing modulates perception of bi-stable figure

Henrikas Vaitkevicius, Vygandas Vanagas, Alvydas Soliunas, Algimantas Svegzda, Remigijus Bliumas, Rytis Stanikunas, Janus J. Kulikowski

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6011 PubMed 30515361

November 27, 2018

DockerBIO: web application for efficient use of bioinformatics Docker images

ChangHyuk Kwon, Jason Kim, Jaegyoon Ahn