PeerJ Preprints - Table of Contents

July 25, 2017 - Version: 1

Benchmark datasets for phylogenomic pipeline validation, applications for foodborne pathogen surveillance

Ruth E Timme, Hugh Rand, Martin Shumway, Eija K Trees, Mustafa Simmons, Richa Agarwala, Steven Davis, Glen Tillman, Stephanie Defibaugh-Chavez, Heather A Carleton, William A Klimke, Lee S Katz

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3107v1

July 17, 2017 - Version: 1

In-silico interaction studies on the efflux pumps suggest polymyxins to be better substrate for RND efflux pumps in multi-drug resistant strains of Acinetobacter baumannii

Privita Verma, Vishvanath Tiwari

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3091v1

July 3, 2017 - Version: 1

Use and misuse of temperature normalisation in meta-analyses of thermal responses of biological traits

Dimitrios - Georgios Kontopoulos, Bernardo García-Carreras, Sofía Sal, Thomas P. Smith, Samraat Pawar

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3068v1

July 4, 2017 - Version: 1

Nuclear pseudogenes of mtDNA (NUMTS) suggest repeated distant inter-species hybridization among direct human ancestors

Konstantin Gunbin, Konstantin Popadin, Leonid Peshkin, Sofia Annis, Zoe Fleischmann, Natasha Markuzon, Yevgenya Kratysberg, Rebecca Ackermann, Konstantin Khrapko

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3071v1

July 31, 2017 - Version: 1

Stem-loop structure preference for site-specific RNA editing by APOBEC3A and APOBEC3G

Shraddha Sharma, Bora E Baysal

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3115v1

July 4, 2017 - Version: 1

Detection and analysis of PM_2.5 microbial aerosol in Chicken Houses in Shandong Province, China

Wenhao Yang, Mengjiao Guo, Guijun Liu, Gaoshui Yu, Peng Wang, Tongjie Chai, Hairong Wang

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3072v1

July 18, 2017 - Version: 1

Are extinction opinions extinct?

Tamsin E Lee, Clive Bowman, David L Roberts

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3095v1

July 21, 2017 - Version: 1

RNA helicase domains of viral origin in proteins of insect retrotransposons: possible source for evolutionary advantages

Sergey Y. Morozov, Ekaterina A. Lazareva, Andrey G. Solovyev

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3101v1

July 11, 2017 - Version: 1

Environmental suitability for Lutzomyia (Nyssomyia) whitmani (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) and the occurrence of American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Brazil

Simone Miranda Costa, José Luis Passos Cordeiro, Elizabeth Ferreira Rangel

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3083v1

July 17, 2017 - Version: 1

lncRNA H19 mediates TGF-β1-induced epithelial to mesenchymal transition in bovine epithelial cells through PI3K/AKT Signaling Pathway

wei yang, xuezhong li, shaopei qi, xueru li, kun zhou, suzhu qing, yong zhang, Mingqing Gao

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3089v1

July 26, 2017 - Version: 1

The role of biomaterials in the treatment of meniscal tears

Crystal O Kean, Robert J Brown, James Chapman

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3111v1

July 3, 2017 - Version: 1

Asymmetric responses to simulated global warming by populations of Colobanthus quitensis along a latitudinal gradient

Ian S. Acuña-Rodríguez, Cristian Torres-Díaz, Rasme Hereme, Marco A. Molina-Montenegro

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3069v1

July 7, 2017 - Version: 1

The effects of allogenic stem cells in a murine model of hind limb diabetic ischemic tissue

Jesús Álvarez García, Soledad García Gómez-Heras, Luis Riera del Moral, Carlota Largo, Damián García-Olmo, Mariano García-Arranz

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3075v1

July 10, 2017 - Version: 1

An identical mechanism governs self-nonself discrimination and effector class regulation

David Usharauli, Tirumalai Kamala

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3081v1

July 7, 2017 - Version: 1

Different definitions of species presence to refine estimates of local species richness

Alejandro Ruete, Tomas Pärt, Åke Berg, Jonas Knape, Debora Arlt

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3077v1

July 1, 2017 - Version: 1

The urban heat island effect is closely related to cicada density in metropolitan Seoul

Hoa Q. Nguyen, Yuseob Kim, Yikweon Jang

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3064v1

July 25, 2017 - Version: 1

The data and analysis underlying NIH’s decision to cap research support lacked rigor and transparency: a commentary

A Cecile JW Janssens, Gary W Miller, K Venkat Narayan

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3106v1

July 23, 2017 - Version: 1

Evaluation of potential reference genes for real-time qPCR analysis in a biparental beetle, Lethrus apterus (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae)

Nikoletta A Nagy, Zoltán Németh, Edit Juhász, Szilárd Póliska, Rita Rácz, András Kosztolányi, Zoltán Barta

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3104v1

July 1, 2017 - Version: 1

Effect of tire leachate on the invasive mosquito Aedes albopictus and the native congener Aedes triseriatus

Oswaldo Villena, Ivana Terry, Kayoko Iwata, Edward Landa, Shannon LaDeau, Paul Leisnham

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3065v1

July 21, 2017 - Version: 1

UTR and non-coding RNA: reconnecting terms to function

adeilton brandao

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3102v1

July 20, 2017 - Version: 1

Ancient mitogenomes of Argentine Patagonia (6070-310 YBP) reveal the early contribution of lineages not previously found in South America

Maria Laura Parolin, Rosa Irene Fregel Lorenzo, Claudio Marcelo Bravi, Fernando Luis Mendez, Silvia Lucrecia Dahinten, Julieta Gómez-Otero, Beth Shapiro, Richard Edward Green, Camila Tamburrini, Nestor Guillermo Basso, Carlos Bustamante

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3098v1

July 3, 2017 - Version: 1

Divergence of HPV16 variants reflects loci undergoing inter-host positive selection, potentially immunologic selection

Chase W. Nelson, Apurva Narechania, Robert D. Burk, Mark Schiffman, Michael Cullen, Joseph F. Boland, Zigui Chen, Nicolas Wentzensen, Qi Yang, Jason Mitchell, David Robertson, Sara Bass, Laurie Burdett, Tina Raine-Bennett, Thomas Lorey, Meredith Yeager, Lisa Mirabello

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3070v1

July 20, 2017 - Version: 1

Tolerance: the forgotten child of plant resistance

Robert K Peterson, Andrea C Varella, Leon G Higley

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3099v1

July 17, 2017 - Version: 1

Patterns of temporal variation in growth rate from a mainland population of Anolis nebulosus (Squamata: Dactyloidae), in the Mexican Pacific Coast

Aurelio Ramírez Bautista, Uriel Hernández-Salinas, Raciel Cruz Elizalde

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3092v1

July 17, 2017 - Version: 1

The role of biotic factors during plant establishment in novel communities assessed with an agent-based simulation model

Janina Radny, Katrin M Meyer