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January 2019

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Descriptive anatomy of the largest known specimen of Protoichthyosaurus prostaxalis

Three-dimensional skull of BMT 1955.G35.1, Protoichthyosaurus prostaxalis.

January 8, 2019

Descriptive anatomy of the largest known specimen of Protoichthyosaurus prostaxalis

Representing one of the first times that medical imaging and three-dimensional reconstruction methods have been applied to a large skull of a marine reptile, researchers describe the partial skeleton of a large ichthyosaur from the Lower Jurassic of Warwickshire, England. The unusual three-dimensional preservation of the specimen permitted computed tomography (CT) scanning of individual braincase elements as well as the entire reassembled skull.

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January 30, 2019

Spatial variability in soil pH and land use as the main influential factor in the red beds of the Nanxiong Basin, China

Ping Yan, Hua Peng, Luobin Yan, Shaoyun Zhang, Aimin Chen, Kairong Lin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6342 PubMed 30723625

January 9, 2019

Efficient generation of human primordial germ cell-like cells from pluripotent stem cells in a methylcellulose-based 3D system at large scale

Xiaoman Wang, Tingting Liao, Cong Wan, Xiaoyu Yang, Jiexiang Zhao, Rui Fu, Zhaokai Yao, Yaping Huang, Yujia Shi, Gang Chang, Yi Zheng, Fang Luo, Zhaoting Liu, Yu Wang, Xinliang Mao, Xiao-Yang Zhao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6143 PubMed 30643676

January 14, 2019

Using lidar to assess the development of structural diversity in forests undergoing passive rewilding in temperate Northern Europe

Henrik Thers, Peder Klith Bøcher, Jens-Christian Svenning

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6219 PubMed 30656068

January 31, 2019

Blood parasites in Passeriformes in central Germany: prevalence and lineage diversity of Haemosporida (Haemoproteus, Plasmodium and Leucocytozoon) in six common songbirds

Yvonne R. Schumm, Christine Wecker, Carina Marek, Mareike Wassmuth, Anna Bentele, Hermann Willems, Gerald Reiner, Petra Quillfeldt

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6259 PubMed 30723612

January 25, 2019

Effects of Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis infection on egg production and the immune response of the laying duck Anas platyrhynchos

Yu Zhang, Yang Chen, Tiantian Gu, Qi Xu, Guoqiang Zhu, Guohong Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6359 PubMed 30701142

January 31, 2019

Subjective assessment for super recognition: an evaluation of self-report methods in civilian and police participants

Sarah Bate, Gavin Dudfield

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6330 PubMed 30723622

January 11, 2019

Life history responses of two ephemeral plant species to increased precipitation and nitrogen in the Gurbantunggut Desert

Yanfeng Chen, Lingwei Zhang, Xiang Shi, Huiliang Liu, Daoyuan Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6158 PubMed 30648013

January 9, 2019

Climatic niche evolution in the viviparous Sceloporus torquatus group (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae)

Norberto Martínez-Méndez, Omar Mejía, Jorge Ortega, Fausto Méndez-de la Cruz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6192 PubMed 30643683

January 30, 2019

Kelpie: generating full-length ‘amplicons’ from whole-metagenome datasets

Paul Greenfield, Nai Tran-Dinh, David Midgley

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6174 PubMed 30723610

January 30, 2019

Extraordinary centromeres: differences in the meiotic chromosomes of two rock lizards species Darevskia portschinskii and Darevskia raddei

Victor Spangenberg, Marine Arakelyan, Eduard Galoyan, Mark Pankin, Ruzanna Petrosyan, Ilona Stepanyan, Tatiana Grishaeva, Felix Danielyan, Oxana Kolomiets

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6360 PubMed 30723630

January 4, 2019

Functional polymorphisms of the APOA1/C3/A4/A5-ZPR1-BUD13 gene cluster are associated with dyslipidemia in a sex-specific pattern

Wei Bai, Changgui Kou, Lili Zhang, Yueyue You, Weiying Yu, Wanqing Hua, Yuanyuan Li, Yaqin Yu, Tiancheng Zhao, Yanhua Wu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6175 PubMed 30631647

January 8, 2019

Descriptive anatomy of the largest known specimen of Protoichthyosaurus prostaxalis (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) including computed tomography and digital reconstruction of a three-dimensional skull

Dean R. Lomax, Laura B. Porro, Nigel R. Larkin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6112 PubMed 30643690

January 14, 2019

Method for the quantitative evaluation of ecosystem services in coastal regions

Tomonari Okada, Yugo Mito, Erina Iseri, Toshiyuki Takahashi, Takanori Sugano, Yoshihiro B. Akiyama, Kenta Watanabe, Toko Tanaya, Hiroaki Sugino, Kanae Tokunaga, Takahiro Kubo, Tomohiro Kuwae

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6234 PubMed 30671289

January 29, 2019

Improving the efficiency of the Fukui trap as a capture tool for the invasive European green crab (Carcinus maenas) in Newfoundland, Canada

Jonathan A. Bergshoeff, Cynthia H. McKenzie, Brett Favaro

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6308 PubMed 30713818

January 16, 2019

The expression of chondrogenesis-related and arthritis-related genes in human ONFH cartilage with different Ficat stages

Gaoyang Chen, Lei Zhong, Qingyu Wang, Zhaoyan Li, Jing Shang, Qiwei Yang, Zhenwu Du, Jincheng Wang, Yang Song, Guizhen Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6306 PubMed 30671313

January 25, 2019

Increased tooth brushing frequency is associated with reduced gingival pocket bacterial diversity in patients with intracranial aneurysms

Mikko J. Pyysalo, Pashupati P. Mishra, Kati Sundström, Terho Lehtimäki, Pekka J. Karhunen, Tanja Pessi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6316 PubMed 30701137

January 25, 2019

Nonconventional opponents: a review of malaria and leishmaniasis among United States Armed Forces

Kaylin J. Beiter, Zachariah J. Wentlent, Adrian R. Hamouda, Bolaji N. Thomas

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6313 PubMed 30701136

January 29, 2019

EGFR deficiency leads to impaired self-renewal and pluripotency of mouse embryonic stem cells

Miaoying Yu, Yinghui Wei, Kui Xu, Shasha Liu, Lei Ma, Yangli Pei, Yanqing Hu, Zhiguo Liu, Xue Zhang, Bingyuan Wang, Yulian Mu, Kui Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6314 PubMed 30713819

January 17, 2019

Phylogeography and population genetics of the endemic Malagasy bat, Macronycteris commersoni s.s. (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae)

Andrinajoro R. Rakotoarivelo, Steven M. Goodman, M. Corrie Schoeman, Sandi Willows-Munro

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5866 PubMed 30671293

January 28, 2019

Gastric Helicobacter pylori infection perturbs human oral microbiota

Eng-Guan Chua, Ju-Yee Chong, Binit Lamichhane, K. Mary Webberley, Barry J. Marshall, Michael J. Wise, Chin-Yen Tay

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6336 PubMed 30713820

January 14, 2019

Effect of agricultural land-use change on ant dominance hierarchy and food preferences in a temperate oak forest

Citlalli Castillo-Guevara, Mariana Cuautle, Carlos Lara, Brenda Juárez-Juárez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6255 PubMed 30656073

January 24, 2019

Intraspecific divergences and phylogeography of Panzerina lanata (Lamiaceae) in northwest China

Yanfen Zhao, Hongxiang Zhang, Borong Pan, Mingli Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6264 PubMed 30697480

January 9, 2019

Influence of substrate types and morphological traits on movement behavior in a toad and newt species

Audrey Trochet, Hugo Le Chevalier, Olivier Calvez, Alexandre Ribéron, Romain Bertrand, Simon Blanchet

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6053 PubMed 30643673

January 25, 2019

Isolation of wheat bran-colonizing and metabolizing species from the human fecal microbiota

Kim De Paepe, Joran Verspreet, Mohammad Naser Rezaei, Silvia Hidalgo Martinez, Filip Meysman, Davy Van de Walle, Koen Dewettinck, Jeroen Raes, Christophe Courtin, Tom Van de Wiele

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6293 PubMed 30701133

January 18, 2019

Photosynthesis, yield and raw material quality of sugarcane injured by multiple pests

José A.S. Rossato Jr, Leonardo L. Madaleno, Márcia J.R. Mutton, Leon G. Higley, Odair A. Fernandes

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6166 PubMed 30687588

January 2019

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Three-dimensional skull of BMT 1955.G35.1, Protoichthyosaurus prostaxalis.

Descriptive anatomy of the largest known specimen of Protoichthyosaurus prostaxalis

Three-dimensional skull of BMT 1955.G35.1, Protoichthyosaurus prostaxalis.

Descriptive anatomy of the largest known specimen of Protoichthyosaurus prostaxalis

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