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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 9, 2019

Whole-genome comparisons of Penicillium spp. reveals secondary metabolic gene clusters and candidate genes associated with fungal aggressiveness during apple fruit decay

Guangxi Wu, Wayne M. Jurick II, Franz J. Lichtner, Hui Peng, Guohua Yin, Verneta L. Gaskins, Yanbin Yin, Sui-Sheng Hua, Kari A. Peter, Joan W. Bennett

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6170 PubMed 30643697

January 24, 2019

Genome-wide characterization and expression analyses of the MYB superfamily genes during developmental stages in Chinese jujube

Ji Qing, Wang Dawei, Zhou Jun, Xu Yulan, Shen Bingqi, Zhou Fan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6353 PubMed 30697496

January 11, 2019

Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of the MYB transcription factor in moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis)

Kebin Yang, Ying Li, Sining Wang, Xiurong Xu, Huayu Sun, Hansheng Zhao, Xueping Li, Zhimin Gao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6242 PubMed 30648007

January 28, 2019

Genome-wide identification of long non-coding RNAs in tomato plants irradiated by neutrons followed by infection with Tomato yellow leaf curl virus

Yujie Zhou, Won Kyong Cho, Hee-Seong Byun, Vivek Chavan, Eui-Joon Kil, Sukchan Lee, Seung-Woo Hong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6286 PubMed 30713817

January 31, 2019

Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of new cytokinin metabolic genes in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Muhammad Shoaib, Wenlong Yang, Qiangqiang Shan, Muhammad Sajjad, Aimin Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6300 PubMed 30723619

January 8, 2019

Defensin-like peptides in wheat analyzed by whole-transcriptome sequencing: a focus on structural diversity and role in induced resistance

Tatyana I. Odintsova, Marina P. Slezina, Ekaterina A. Istomina, Tatyana V. Korostyleva, Artem S. Kasianov, Alexey S. Kovtun, Vsevolod J. Makeev, Larisa A. Shcherbakova, Alexander M. Kudryavtsev

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6125 PubMed 30643692

January 11, 2019

A miniature inverted-repeat transposable element, AddIn-MITE, located inside a WD40 gene is conserved in Andropogoneae grasses

Clicia Grativol, Flavia Thiebaut, Sara Sangi, Patricia Montessoro, Walaci da Silva Santos, Adriana S. Hemerly, Paulo C.G. Ferreira

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6080 PubMed 30648010