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 18, 2019
Review of the ant genus Meranoplus Smith, 1853 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Arabian Peninsula with description of a new species M. mosalahi sp. n. from Oman
4 citations
736 downloads
5,972 views
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biodiversity
entomology
taxonomy
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6287 PubMed 30687589
January 4, 2019
Phylogeny of Paleozoic limbed vertebrates reassessed through revision and expansion of the largest published relevant data matrix
29 citations
1,943 downloads
4,613 views
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biodiversity
ecology
evolutionary-studies
paleontology
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5565 PubMed 30631641
January 22, 2019
Shifting faunal baselines through the Quaternary revealed by cave fossils of eastern Australia
2 citations
622 downloads
2,989 views
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biodiversity
paleontology
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6099 PubMed 30697475
January 8, 2019
The origin of exotic pet sugar gliders (Petaurus breviceps) kept in the United States of America
3 citations
1,328 downloads
2,690 views
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biodiversity
conservation-biology
ecology
genetics
population-biology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6180 PubMed 30643698
January 3, 2019
The existence and evolution of morphotypes in Anolis lizards: coexistence patterns, not adaptive radiations, distinguish mainland and island faunas
6 citations
617 downloads
2,356 views
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biodiversity
ecology
evolutionary-studies
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6040 PubMed 30627481
January 3, 2019
Polyphasic evaluation of key cyanobacteria in biocrusts from the most arid region in Europe
11 citations
499 downloads
2,167 views
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biodiversity
microbiology
soil-science
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6169 PubMed 30627491
January 31, 2019
A new species of Escallonia (Escalloniaceae) from the inter-Andean tropical dry forests of Bolivia
433 downloads
1,958 views
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biodiversity
taxonomy
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6328 PubMed 30723621
January 28, 2019
Gastric Helicobacter pylori infection perturbs human oral microbiota
1 citation
441 downloads
1,846 views
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biodiversity
bioinformatics
microbiology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6336 PubMed 30713820
January 7, 2019
Diversity analysis of the rhizospheric and endophytic bacterial communities of Senecio vulgaris L. (Asteraceae) in an invasive range
4 citations
548 downloads
1,805 views
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biodiversity
ecology
microbiology
plant-science
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6162 PubMed 30643678
January 9, 2019
Amelioration of drought effects in wheat and cucumber by the combined application of super absorbent polymer and potential biofertilizer
12 citations
849 downloads
1,757 views
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agricultural-science
biodiversity
microbiology
plant-science
soil-science
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6073 PubMed 30643688
January 24, 2019
Accessible molecular phylogenomics at no cost: obtaining 14 new mitogenomes for the ant subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae from public data
9 citations
495 downloads
1,704 views
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biodiversity
bioinformatics
entomology
evolutionary-studies
genomics
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6271 PubMed 30697483
January 10, 2019
Different ecological processes determined the alpha and beta components of taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity for plant communities in dryland regions of Northwest China
5 citations
612 downloads
1,683 views
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biodiversity
biogeography
ecology
plant-science
forestry
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6220 PubMed 30648001
January 11, 2019
Anuran diversity indicates that Caatinga relictual Neotropical forests are more related to the Atlantic Forest than to the Amazon
524 downloads
1,598 views
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biodiversity
biogeography
ecology
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6208 PubMed 30647999
January 16, 2019
Putatively asexual chrysophytes have meiotic genes: evidence from transcriptomic data
5 citations
223 downloads
1,539 views
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biodiversity
evolutionary-studies
microbiology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5894 PubMed 30671284
January 25, 2019
Convergent origin of the narrowly lanceolate leaf in the genus Aster—with special reference to an unexpected discovery of a new Aster species from East China
368 downloads
1,519 views
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biodiversity
evolutionary-studies
plant-science
taxonomy
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6288 PubMed 30701132
January 11, 2019
Characterizing ecomorphological patterns in hyenids: a multivariate approach using postcanine dentition
2 citations
491 downloads
1,511 views
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biodiversity
evolutionary-studies
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6238 PubMed 30648005
January 14, 2019
Effect of agricultural land-use change on ant dominance hierarchy and food preferences in a temperate oak forest
4 citations
397 downloads
1,494 views
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animal-behavior
biodiversity
conservation-biology
ecology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6255 PubMed 30656073
January 14, 2019
Global genomic similarity and core genome sequence diversity of the Streptococcus genus as a toolkit to identify closely related bacterial species in complex environments
4 citations
536 downloads
1,483 views
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biodiversity
bioinformatics
genomics
microbiology
molecular-biology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6233 PubMed 30656069
January 8, 2019
Defensin-like peptides in wheat analyzed by whole-transcriptome sequencing: a focus on structural diversity and role in induced resistance
7 citations
591 downloads
1,426 views
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agricultural-science
biodiversity
bioinformatics
genomics
plant-science
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6125 PubMed 30643692
January 22, 2019
Effects of dredging on the vegetation in a small lowland river
3 citations
392 downloads
1,382 views
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biodiversity
conservation-biology
ecology
plant-science
environmental-impacts
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6282 PubMed 30697485
January 11, 2019
Genetic diversity and its conservation implications of Vitex rotundifolia (Lamiaceae) populations in East Asia
5 citations
628 downloads
1,368 views
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biodiversity
biogeography
conservation-biology
evolutionary-studies
plant-science
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6194 PubMed 30648018
January 11, 2019
Grazing by large savanna herbivores indirectly alters ant diversity and promotes resource monopolisation
2 citations
289 downloads
1,284 views
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biodiversity
conservation-biology
ecology
entomology
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6226 PubMed 30648021
January 9, 2019
Influence of substrate types and morphological traits on movement behavior in a toad and newt species
5 citations
306 downloads
1,249 views
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animal-behavior
biodiversity
conservation-biology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6053 PubMed 30643673
January 24, 2019
Dietary analysis of an uncharacteristic population of the Mountain Pygmy-possum (Burramys parvus) in the Kosciuszko National Park, New South Wales, Australia
1 citation
309 downloads
1,157 views
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biodiversity
conservation-biology
ecology
zoology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6307 PubMed 30697490
January 9, 2019
First record of Phyllorhiza sp. (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) in a Chinese coastal aquaculture pond
1 citation
302 downloads
1,063 views
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aquaculture-fisheries-and-fish-science
biodiversity
marine-biology
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6191 PubMed 30643699
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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