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August 2019

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

New dinosaur found in a South African museum!

Fig 1: Photographs of the skull of BP/1/4779

August 5, 2019

New dinosaur found in a South African museum!

Researchers have unearthed a new species of dinosaur from a 30 year old museum collection in South African. The new species has been named Ngwevu intloko.

August 15, 2019

Molecular taxonomy of endemic coastal Ligia isopods from the Hawaiian Islands: re-description of L. hawaiensis and description of seven novel cryptic species

Carlos A. Santamaria

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7531 PubMed 31435494

August 20, 2019

Genome-wide identification and characterization of the Hsp70 gene family in allopolyploid rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) compared with its diploid progenitors

Ziwei Liang, Mengdi Li, Zhengyi Liu, Jianbo Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7511 PubMed 31497395

August 30, 2019

The adipokinetic hormones and their cognate receptor from the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria: solution structure of endogenous peptides and models of their binding to the receptor

Graham E. Jackson, Elumalai Pavadai, Gerd Gäde, Niels H. Andersen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7514 PubMed 31531269

August 27, 2019

Insights from the proteome profile of Phytophthora capsici in response to the novel fungicide SYP-14288

Meng Cai, Zhiwen Wang, Xiaoxia Ni, Yanhua Hou, Qin Peng, Xiang Gao, Xili Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7626 PubMed 31523524

August 14, 2019

Latitudinal variation in phlorotannin contents from Southwestern Atlantic brown seaweeds

Glaucia Ank, Bernardo Antônio Perez da Gama, Renato Crespo Pereira

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7379 PubMed 31428540

August 2, 2019

Pruning and dormancy breaking make two sustainable grape-cropping productions in a protected environment possible without overlap in a single year

Zhipeng Qiu, Guangzheng Chen, Dongliang Qiu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7412 PubMed 31396448

August 8, 2019

Communities of oil palm flower-visiting insects: investigating the covariation of Elaeidobius kamerunicus and other dominant species

Akhmad Rizali, Bambang Tri Rahardjo, Sri Karindah, Fatma Ramadhani Wahyuningtyas, Nurindah, Bandung Sahari, Yann Clough

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7464 PubMed 31410312

August 16, 2019

Exploring the potential of deep-blue autofluorescence for monitoring amyloid fibril formation and dissociation

Mantas Ziaunys, Tomas Sneideris, Vytautas Smirnovas

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7554 PubMed 31440437

August 20, 2019

Effects of digging by a native and introduced ecosystem engineer on soil physical and chemical properties in temperate grassy woodland

Catherine E. Ross, Nicola T. Munro, Philip S. Barton, Maldwyn J. Evans, John Gillen, Ben C.T. Macdonald, Sue McIntyre, Saul A. Cunningham, Adrian D. Manning

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7506 PubMed 31497393

August 22, 2019

Root tolerance and biochemical response of Chinese lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) genotypes to cadmium stress

Mohammed Mujitaba Dawuda, Weibiao Liao, Linli Hu, Jihua Yu, Jianming Xie, Alejandro Calderón-Urrea, Xin Jin, Yue Wu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7530 PubMed 31497397

August 23, 2019

The complete mitochondrial genome of Pyxicephalus adspersus: high gene rearrangement and phylogenetics of one of the world’s largest frogs

Yin-Yin Cai, Shi-Qi Shen, Li-Xu Lu, Kenneth B. Storey, Dan-Na Yu, Jia-Yong Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7532 PubMed 31497398

August 14, 2019

Variation in denitrifying bacterial communities along a primary succession in the Hailuogou Glacier retreat area, China

Yan Bai, Xiying Huang, Xiangrui Zhou, Quanju Xiang, Ke Zhao, Xiumei Yu, Qiang Chen, Hao Jiang, Tashi Nyima, Xue Gao, Yunfu Gu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7356 PubMed 31428538

August 6, 2019

Application of cell-free DNA sequencing in characterization of bloodborne microbes and the study of microbe-disease interactions

Kuo-Ping Chiu, Alice L. Yu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7426 PubMed 31404440

August 28, 2019

The effect of modulating the quantity of enzymes in a model ethanol pathway on metabolic flux in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Paulina Bartasun, Nicole Prandi, Marko Storch, Yarin Aknin, Mark Bennett, Arianna Palma, Geoff Baldwin, Yumiko Sakuragi, Patrik R. Jones, John Rowland

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7529 PubMed 31523505

August 23, 2019

RFRP3 influences basal lamina degradation, cellular death, and progesterone secretion in cultured preantral ovarian follicles from the domestic cat

Kathryn Wilsterman, George E. Bentley, Pierre Comizzoli

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7540 PubMed 31497402

August 26, 2019

Association between serum uric acid and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in community patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Linxin Xu, Ting Li, Jianhong Yin, Gang Lin, Yali Xu, Yi Ren, Yan Wang, Jing Yang, Liming Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7563 PubMed 31523513

August 27, 2019

Genome-resolved insights into a novel Spiroplasma symbiont of the Wheat Stem Sawfly (Cephus cinctus)

Carl J. Yeoman, Laura M. Brutscher, Özcan C. Esen, Furkan Ibaoglu, Curtis Fowler, A. Murat Eren, Kevin Wanner, David K. Weaver

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7548 PubMed 31523509

August 9, 2019

Musculoskeletal models of a human and bonobo finger: parameter identification and comparison to in vitro experiments

Alexander Synek, Szu-Ching Lu, Evie E. Vereecke, Sandra Nauwelaerts, Tracy L. Kivell, Dieter H. Pahr

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7470 PubMed 31413932

August 13, 2019

Dynamics of a methanol-fed marine denitrifying biofilm: 2—impact of environmental changes on the microbial community

Richard Villemur, Geneviève Payette, Valérie Geoffroy, Florian Mauffrey, Christine Martineau

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7467 PubMed 31423359

August 1, 2019

Complexity of human walking: the attractor complexity index is sensitive to gait synchronization with visual and auditory cues

Philippe Terrier

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7417 PubMed 31396452

August 16, 2019

Group B Streptococcus colonization induces Prevotella and Megasphaera abundance-featured vaginal microbiome compositional change in non-pregnant women

Xiaofeng Mu, Changying Zhao, Junjie Yang, Xiaofang Wei, Jiaming Zhang, Cheng Liang, Zhongtao Gai, Chunling Zhang, Dequan Zhu, Ye Wang, Lei Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7474 PubMed 31440433

August 13, 2019

Grazing effects on woody and herbaceous plant biodiversity on a limestone mountain in northern Tunisia

David Anthony Kirk, Katherine Hébert, Frank Barrie Goldsmith

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7296 PubMed 31428536

August 5, 2019

Binding interactions of epididymal protease inhibitor and semenogelin-1: a homology modeling, docking and molecular dynamics simulation study

Changyu Shan, Hongwei Li, Yuping Zhang, Yuyan Li, Yingchun Chen, Wei He

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7329 PubMed 31404433

August 7, 2019

Gaining insights in the nutritional metabolism of amphibians: analyzing body nutrient profiles of the African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis

Andrea Brenes-Soto, Ellen S. Dierenfeld, Guido Bosch, Wouter H. Hendriks, Geert P.J. Janssens

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7365 PubMed 31410305

August 8, 2019

Image based quantitative comparisons indicate heightened megabenthos diversity and abundance at a site of weak hydrocarbon seepage in the southwestern Barents Sea

Arunima Sen, Cheshtaa Chitkara, Wei-Li Hong, Aivo Lepland, Sabine Cochrane, Rolando di Primio, Harald Brunstad

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7398 PubMed 31410307