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December 2018

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

COI barcoding of plant bugs

External and genital structures as diagnostic characters of three Apolygus species

December 4, 2018

COI barcoding of plant bugs

Researchers evaluated the effectiveness of COI barcoding in identifying 123 species of plant bugs in seven subfamilies of Miridae.

December 3, 2018

Urbanisation and wing asymmetry in the western honey bee (Apis mellifera, Linnaeus 1758) at multiple scales

Ryan J. Leonard, Katie K.Y. Wat, Clare McArthur, Dieter F. Hochuli

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5940 PubMed 30533293

December 21, 2018

Biochemical and growth responses of silver maple (Acer saccharinum L.) to sodium chloride and calcium chloride

Jacek Patykowski, Jeremi Kołodziejek, Mateusz Wala

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5958 PubMed 30613440

December 18, 2018

Nanocontainer designed from an infectious hypodermal and hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHHNV) has excellent physical stability and ability to deliver shrimp tissues

Pauline Kiatmetha, Charoonroj Chotwiwatthanakun, Pitchanee Jariyapong, Wanida Santimanawong, Puey Ounjai, Wattana Weerachatyanukul

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6079 PubMed 30588400

December 10, 2018

Effects of gelsemine on oxidative stress and DNA damage responses of Tetrahymena thermophila

Qiao Ye, Yongyong Feng, Zhenlu Wang, Wenzhao Jiang, Yuexin Qu, Chaonan Zhang, Aiguo Zhou, Shaolin Xie, Jixing Zou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6093 PubMed 30581679

December 11, 2018

Founder effects drive the genetic structure of passively dispersed aquatic invertebrates

Javier Montero-Pau, Africa Gómez, Manuel Serra

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6094 PubMed 30581680

December 20, 2018

Morphology and genome size of Epipactis helleborine (L.) Crantz (Orchidaceae) growing in anthropogenic and natural habitats

Agnieszka Rewicz, Monika Rewers, Iwona Jędrzejczyk, Tomasz Rewicz, Jeremi Kołodziejek, Anna Jakubska-Busse

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5992 PubMed 30595975

December 6, 2018

Density-dependent changes in the distribution of Southern Right Whales (Eubalaena australis) in the breeding ground Peninsula Valdés

Nicolas Sueyro, Enrique Alberto Crespo, Magdalena Arias, Mariano Alberto Coscarella

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5957 PubMed 30564513

December 20, 2018

Undocumented translocations spawn taxonomic inflation in Sri Lankan fire rasboras (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae)

Hiranya Sudasinghe, Jayampathi Herath, Rohan Pethiyagoda, Madhava Meegaskumbura

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6084 PubMed 30595978

December 21, 2018

In vivo antioxidant activity of mackerel (Scomber japonicus) muscle protein hydrolysate

Khawaja Muhammad Imran Bashir, Md. Mohibbullah, Jeong Hyeon An, Ji-Yeon Choi, Yong-Ki Hong, Jae Hak Sohn, Jin-Soo Kim, Jae-Suk Choi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6181 PubMed 30595992

December 6, 2018

Diversity of social-genetic relationships in the socially monogamous pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) breeding in Western Siberia

Vladimir G. Grinkov, Andreas Bauer, Sergey I. Gashkov, Helmut Sternberg, Michael Wink

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6059 PubMed 30564520

December 6, 2018

Development and internal validation of a nine-lncRNA prognostic signature for prediction of overall survival in colorectal cancer patients

Zhiqiao Zhang, Qingbo Liu, Peng Wang, Jing Li, Tingshan He, Yanling Ouyang, Yiyan Huang, Weidong Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6061 PubMed 30564521

December 7, 2018

Dopamine and eye movement control in Parkinson’s disease: deficits in corollary discharge signals?

Henry Railo, Henri Olkoniemi, Enni Eeronheimo, Oona Pääkkönen, Juho Joutsa, Valtteri Kaasinen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6038 PubMed 30568856

December 14, 2018

The Plasmodium knowlesi Pk41 surface protein diversity, natural selection, sub population and geographical clustering: a 6-cysteine protein family member

Md Atique Ahmed, Ki-Back Chu, Fu-Shi Quan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6141 PubMed 30581686

December 21, 2018

Application of insect-proof nets in pesticide-free rice creates an altered microclimate and differential agronomic performance

Guoying Yang, Zhi Guo, Hongting Ji, Jing Sheng, Liugen Chen, Yanwen Zhao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6135 PubMed 30595987

December 17, 2018

Influenced but not determined by historical events: genetic, demographic and morphological differentiation in Heleobia ascotanensis from the Chilean Altiplano

Moisés A. Valladares, Marco A. Méndez, Gonzalo A. Collado

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5802 PubMed 30588392

December 6, 2018

From morphology to molecules: a combined source approach to untangle the taxonomy of Clessinia (Gastropoda, Odontostomidae), endemic land snails from the Dry Chaco ecoregion

Maria Gabriela Cuezzo, Maria Jose Miranda, Roberto Eugenio Vogler, Ariel Anibal Beltramino

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5986 PubMed 30564514

December 4, 2018

COI barcoding of plant bugs (Insecta: Hemiptera: Miridae)

Junggon Kim, Sunghoon Jung

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6070 PubMed 30533322

December 19, 2018

Transposons and pathogenicity in Xanthomonas: acquisition of murein lytic transglycosylases by TnXax1 enhances Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri 306 virulence and fitness

Amanda C.P. Oliveira, Rafael M. Ferreira, Maria Inês T. Ferro, Jesus A. Ferro, Mick Chandler, Alessandro M. Varani

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6111 PubMed 30588403

December 17, 2018

Do longer sequences improve the accuracy of identification of forensically important Calliphoridae species?

Sara Bortolini, Giorgia Giordani, Fabiola Tuccia, Lara Maistrello, Stefano Vanin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5962 PubMed 30588393

December 18, 2018

Effects of dietary supplementation with Lactobacillus acidophilus on the performance, intestinal physical barrier function, and the expression of NOD-like receptors in weaned piglets

Shiqiong Wang, Haihua Li, Chenhong Du, Qian Liu, Dongji Yang, Longbin Chen, Qi Zhu, Zhixiang Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6060 PubMed 30588399

December 14, 2018

Evidence for the Cretaceous shark Cretoxyrhina mantelli feeding on the pterosaur Pteranodon from the Niobrara Formation

David W.E. Hone, Mark P. Witton, Michael B. Habib

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6031 PubMed 30581660

December 17, 2018

Niche modeling for the genus Pogona (Squamata: Agamidae) in Australia: predicting past (late Quaternary) and future (2070) areas of suitable habitat

Julie E. Rej, T. Andrew Joyner

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6128 PubMed 30588407

December 20, 2018

Climatic niche shift and possible future spread of the invasive South African Orchid Disa bracteata in Australia and adjacent areas

Kamil Konowalik, Marta Kolanowska

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6107 PubMed 30595982

December 17, 2018

Transcriptome analysis of oil palm inflorescences revealed candidate genes for an auxin signaling pathway involved in parthenocarpy

Suthasinee Somyong, Kitti Walayaporn, Nukoon Jomchai, Chaiwat Naktang, Tanapong Yodyingyong, Chalermpol Phumichai, Wirulda Pootakham, Sithichoke Tangphatsornruang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5975 PubMed 30588395

December 4, 2018

Coming out in a harsh environment: a new genus and species for a land flatworm (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida) occurring in a ferruginous cave from the Brazilian savanna

Ana M. Leal-Zanchet, Alessandro Damasceno Marques

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6007 PubMed 30533305