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November 2019

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

November 4, 2019

Squirrel monkey responses to information from social demonstration and individual exploration using touchscreen and object choice tasks

Elizabeth Renner, Mark Atkinson, Christine A. Caldwell

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7960 PubMed 31720107

November 22, 2019

Accumulation of di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate from polyvinyl chloride flooring into settled house dust and the effect on the bacterial community

Samantha Velazquez, Chenyang Bi, Jeff Kline, Susie Nunez, Rich Corsi, Ying Xu, Suzanne L. Ishaq

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8147 PubMed 31772847

November 5, 2019

Screening of reference genes for expression analysis in the study of soldier caste differentiation of Formosan subterranean termite Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki

He Du, Wenjing Wu, Xueyi Huang, Zhiqiang Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7981 PubMed 31720111

November 25, 2019

Peripheral blood bovine lymphocytes and MAP show distinctly different proteome changes and immune pathways in host-pathogen interaction

Kristina J.H. Kleinwort, Stefanie M. Hauck, Roxane L. Degroote, Armin M. Scholz, Christina Hölzel, Erwin P. Maertlbauer, Cornelia Deeg

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8130 PubMed 31788366

November 4, 2019

Geographic origin and timing of colonization of the Pacific Coast of North America by the rocky shore gastropod Littorina sitkana

Peter B. Marko, Nadezhda I. Zaslavskaya

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7987 PubMed 31720112

November 15, 2019

Single-molecule real-time sequencing identifies massive full-length cDNAs and alternative-splicing events that facilitate comparative and functional genomics study in the hexaploid crop sweet potato

Na Ding, Huihui Cui, Ying Miao, Jun Tang, Qinghe Cao, Yonghai Luo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7933 PubMed 31741783

November 25, 2019

Characteristics of the complete mitochondrial genome of the monotypic genus Arctictis (Family: Viverridae) and its phylogenetic implications

Siuli Mitra, Vaishnavi Kunteepuram, Klaus-Peter Koepfli, Neha Mehra, Wajeeda Tabasum, Ara Sreenivas, Ajay Gaur

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8033 PubMed 31788354

November 12, 2019

Kinetic analysis of felines landing from different heights

Meizi Wang, Yang Song, Stephanie Valentin, Julien S. Baker, Yaodong Gu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8007 PubMed 31737447

November 11, 2019

Another look at the eigenvalues of a population matrix model

Brenda Hanley, Patrick Connelly, Brian Dennis

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8018 PubMed 31737449

November 15, 2019

Characterization of preferential flow in soils near Zarqa river (Jordan) using in situ tension infiltrometer measurements

Michel Rahbeh

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8057 PubMed 31741803

November 22, 2019

Comparative morphology and trophic ecology in a population of the polymorphic lizard Sceloporus minor (Squamata: Phrynosomatidae) from central Mexico

Aaron García-Rosales, Aurelio Ramírez-Bautista, Barry P. Stephenson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8099 PubMed 31772844

November 13, 2019

Limits to load-lifting performance in a passerine bird: the effects of intraspecific variation in morphological and kinematic parameters

Yang Wang, Yuan Yin, Shiyong Ge, Mo Li, Qian Zhang, Juyong Li, Yuefeng Wu, Dongming Li, Robert Dudley

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8048 PubMed 31741797

November 6, 2019

Enforced symmetry: the necessity of symmetric waxing and waning

Niklas Hohmann, Emilia Jarochowska

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8011 PubMed 31720120

November 11, 2019

Genomic analyses provide insights into breed-of-origin effects from purebreds on three-way crossbred pigs

Yu Lin, Qianzi Tang, Yan Li, Mengnan He, Long Jin, Jideng Ma, Xun Wang, Keren Long, Zhiqing Huang, Xuewei Li, Yiren Gu, Mingzhou Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8009 PubMed 31737448

November 13, 2019

Brittle stars looking like starfish: the first fossil record of the Astrophiuridae and a remarkable case of convergent evolution

Ben Thuy, Andy Gale, Lea Numberger-Thuy

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8008 PubMed 31741791

November 11, 2019

A combined morphological and molecular approach for hair identification to comply with the European ban on dog and cat fur trade

Alessia Mariacher, Luisa Garofalo, Rita Fanelli, Rita Lorenzini, Rosario Fico

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7955 PubMed 31737444

November 4, 2019

The effect of social information from live demonstrators compared to video playback on blue tit foraging decisions

Liisa Hämäläinen, Hannah M. Rowland, Johanna Mappes, Rose Thorogood

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7998 PubMed 31720117

November 21, 2019

Rehabilitation time has greater influences on soil mechanical composition and erodibility than does rehabilitation land type in the hilly-gully region of the Loess Plateau, China

Leilei Qiao, Wenjing Chen, Yang Wu, Hongfei Liu, Jiaoyang Zhang, Guobin Liu, Sha Xue

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8090 PubMed 31772842

November 4, 2019

MHC class I allele diversity in cynomolgus macaques of Vietnamese origin

Shuting Huang, Xia Huang, Shuang Li, Mingjun Zhu, Min Zhuo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7941 PubMed 31720104

November 29, 2019

Characteristics of the vaginal microbiome in cross-border female sex workers in China: a case-control study

Xiang Hong, Shenghao Fang, Kaiping Huang, Jiechen Yin, Jianshuang Chen, Yan Xuan, Jing Zhu, Jun Ma, Pengfei Qin, Danhong Peng, Ning Wang, Bei Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8131 PubMed 31803537

November 7, 2019

Classifying Oryza sativa accessions into Indica and Japonica using logistic regression model with phenotypic data

Bongsong Kim

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7259 PubMed 31720092

November 25, 2019

Familiarity with visual stimuli boosts recency bias in macaques

Nicolas Brunet, Bharathi Jagadeesh

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8105 PubMed 31788361

November 7, 2019

Idiosyncratic changes in spring arrival dates of Pacific Northwest migratory birds

W. Douglas Robinson, Christina Partipilo, Tyler A. Hallman, Karan Fairchild, James P. Fairchild

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7999 PubMed 31720118

November 20, 2019

First-tier detection of intragenomic 16S rRNA gene variation in culturable endophytic bacteria from cacao seeds

Cleiziane Bispo da Silva, Hellen Ribeiro Martins dos Santos, Phellippe Arthur Santos Marbach, Jorge Teodoro de Souza, Valter Cruz-Magalhães, Ronaldo Costa Argôlo-Filho, Leandro Lopes Loguercio

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7452 PubMed 31768299

November 11, 2019

Development of molecular markers for invasive alien plants in Korea: a case study of a noxious weed, Cenchrus longispinus (Hack.) Fernald, based on next generation sequencing data

JongYoung Hyun, Hoang Dang Khoa Do, Joonhyung Jung, Joo-Hwan Kim

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7965 PubMed 31737445