Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

May 22, 2020

Endosymbiotic adaptations in three new bacterial species associated with Dictyostelium discoideum: Paraburkholderia agricolaris sp. nov., Paraburkholderia hayleyella sp. nov., and Paraburkholderia bonniea sp. nov

Debra A. Brock, Suegene Noh, Alicia N.M. Hubert, Tamara S. Haselkorn, Susanne DiSalvo, Melanie K. Suess, Alexander S. Bradley, Mahboubeh Tavakoli-Nezhad, Katherine S. Geist, David C. Queller, Joan E. Strassmann

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9151 PubMed 32509456

May 4, 2020

Fast sequence-based microsatellite genotyping development workflow

Olivier Lepais, Emilie Chancerel, Christophe Boury, Franck Salin, Aurélie Manicki, Laura Taillebois, Cyril Dutech, Abdeldjalil Aissi, Cecile F.E. Bacles, Françoise Daverat, Sophie Launey, Erwan Guichoux

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9085 PubMed 32411534

May 22, 2020

Comparative analysis of four Zantedeschia chloroplast genomes: expansion and contraction of the IR region, phylogenetic analyses and SSR genetic diversity assessment

Shuilian He, Yang Yang, Ziwei Li, Xuejiao Wang, Yanbing Guo, Hongzhi Wu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9132 PubMed 32509453

May 12, 2020

Ontogeny of a sexually selected structure in an extant archosaur Gavialis gangeticus (Pseudosuchia: Crocodylia) with implications for sexual dimorphism in dinosaurs

David Hone, Jordan C. Mallon, Patrick Hennessey, Lawrence M. Witmer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9134 PubMed 32435543

May 26, 2020

Characterization of the bacterial microbiota composition and evolution at different intestinal tract in wild pigs (Sus scrofa ussuricus)

Guangli Yang, Chuanxin Shi, Shuhong Zhang, Yan Liu, Zhiqiang Li, Fengyi Gao, Yanyan Cui, Yongfeng Yan, Ming Li