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Holotype and paratype specimens of Micryletta aishani sp. nov. in life.

June 11, 2019

A new species of Micryletta frog

Researchers describe a new species of frog in the microhylid genus Micryletta Dubois, from Northeast India. This validates the presence of genus Micryletta in Northeast India based on genetic evidence, and confirms the extension of its geographical range, westwards from Southeast Asia up to Northeast India.

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June 21, 2019

Analysis of genetic population structure and diversity in Mallotus oblongifolius using ISSR and SRAP markers

Wuping Yan, Juanling Li, Daojun Zheng, Cynthia Friedman, Huafeng Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7173 PubMed 31275758

June 17, 2019

Expanding global commodities trade and consumption place the world’s primates at risk of extinction

Alejandro Estrada, Paul A. Garber, Abhishek Chaudhary

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7068

June 26, 2019

Determination of the evolutionary pressure on Camellia oleifera on Hainan Island using the complete chloroplast genome sequence

Wan Zhang, Yunlin Zhao, Guiyan Yang, Jiao Peng, Shuwen Chen, Zhenggang Xu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7210 PubMed 31289703

June 7, 2019

Reduced thermal variability in cities and its impact on honey bee thermal tolerance

Karina Sánchez-Echeverría, Ignacio Castellanos, Luis Mendoza-Cuenca, Iriana Zuria, Gerardo Sánchez-Rojas

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7060 PubMed 31211017

June 21, 2019

Skin bacterial communities of neotropical treefrogs vary with local environmental conditions at the time of sampling

Angie Estrada, Myra C. Hughey, Daniel Medina, Eria A. Rebollar, Jenifer B. Walke, Reid N. Harris, Lisa K. Belden

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7044 PubMed 31275740

June 10, 2019

A comparison of impact and risk assessment methods based on the IMO Guidelines and EU invasive alien species risk assessment frameworks

Greta Srėbalienė, Sergej Olenin, Dan Minchin, Aleksas Narščius

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6965 PubMed 31218119

June 14, 2019

Reservoir frogs: seasonality of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection in robber frogs in Dominica and Montserrat

Michael A. Hudson, Richard A. Griffiths, Lloyd Martin, Calvin Fenton, Sarah-Louise Adams, Alex Blackman, Machel Sulton, Matthew W. Perkins, Javier Lopez, Gerardo Garcia, Benjamin Tapley, Richard P. Young, Andrew A. Cunningham

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7021 PubMed 31231595

June 10, 2019

In vitro performance in cotton plants with different genetic backgrounds: the case of Gossypium hirsutum in Mexico, and its implications for germplasm conservation

Alejandra Hernández-Terán, Ana Wegier, Mariana Benítez, Rafael Lira, Tania Gabriela Sosa Fuentes, Ana E. Escalante

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7017 PubMed 31218120

June 7, 2019

Antioxidant enzyme cycling over reproductive lunar cycles in Pocillopora damicornis

James W.A. Murphy, Abby C. Collier, Robert H. Richmond

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7020 PubMed 31211013

June 17, 2019

Identification and characterization of Gypsophila paniculata color morphs in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, MI, USA

Marisa L. Yang, Emma Rice, Hailee Leimbach-Maus, Charlyn G. Partridge