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August 2017

Table of Contents - PeerJ Preprints

August 22, 2017 - Version: 1

Development of an RNA interference (RNAi) gene knockdown protocol in the anaerobic gut fungus Pecoramyces ruminantium strain C1A

Shelby S Calkins, Nicole C Elledge, Stephen M. Marek, M B. Couger, Mostafa S Elshahed, Noha H Youssef

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3177v1

August 30, 2017 - Version: 1

Prevalence and temporal trends of overweight and obesity among children and adolescents in Jilin, Northeast China, 2011-2015

Yan Li, Zhijun Li, Qing Sun, Mengying Wang, Meng Jiang, Yutong Zhou, Guanyu Wu, Yali Qi

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3207v1

August 22, 2017 - Version: 1

Pheromones of three ambrosia beetles in the Euwallacea fornicatus species complex: ratios and preferences

Miriam F Cooperband, Allard A Cossé, Tappey H Jones, Daniel Carrillo, Kaitlin Cleary, Isaiah Canlas, Richard Stouthamer

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3175v1

August 9, 2017 - Version: 2

On the connection between supersaturation in the upper airways and «humid-rainy» and «cold-dry» seasonal patterns of influenza

Aleksandr N Ishmatov

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.2859v2

August 11, 2017 - Version: 1

Genetic evaluation and core collection construction of crape myrtle accessions using newly developed EST-SSR markers

Yuanjun Ye, Lu Feng, Yiqian Ju, Ming Cai, Tangren Cheng, Jia Wang, Qixiang Zhang, Huitang Pan

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3141v1

August 29, 2017 - Version: 2

Bored bones from the terrestrial middle Cretaceous Kem-Kem beds of southeast Morocco

Christina Shears-Ozeki

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3200v2

August 24, 2017 - Version: 1

Parameters tuning boosts hyperSMURF predictions of rare deleterious non-coding genetic variants

Alessandro Petrini, Max Schubach, Matteo Re, Marco Frasca, Marco Mesiti, Giuliano Grossi, Tiziana Castrignanò, Peter N Robinson, Giorgio Valentini

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3185v1

August 7, 2017 - Version: 1

Geraniales Phylogeny Poster (GPP)

Julius Jeiter, Theodor C H Cole, Hartmut H Hilger

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3127v1

August 16, 2017 - Version: 1

Identification and analysis of CYP450 genes from transcriptome of Lonicera japonica and expression analysis of chlorogenic acid biosynthesis related CYP450s

Xiwu Qi, Xu Yu, Daohua Xu, Hailing Fang, Ke Dong, Weilin Li, Chengyuan Liang

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3155v1

August 12, 2017 - Version: 1

Involving undergraduates in genomics research to narrow the education-research gap

Serghei Mangul, Lana Martin, Eleazar Eskin

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3149v1

August 11, 2017 - Version: 1

PGxO: A very lite ontology to reconcile pharmacogenomic knowledge units

Pierre Monnin, Clément Jonquet, Joël Legrand, Amedeo Napoli, Adrien Coulet

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3140v1

August 21, 2017 - Version: 1

Phylogenetic relationships and genetic diversity of the Polypedates leucomystax complex in Thailand

Kittisak Buddhachat, Chatmongkon Suwannapoom

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3173v1

August 28, 2017 - Version: 1

Disparities in availability of essential medicines to treat non-communicable diseases in Uganda: a Poisson analysis using the Service Availability and Readiness Assessment

Mari Armstrong-Hough, Sandeep Kishore, Sarah Byakika, Gerald Mutungi, Marcella Nunez-Smith, Jeremy Schwartz

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3197v1

August 22, 2017 - Version: 1

Comparative skull biomechanics in Varanus and Salvator ‘Tupinambis’

Hugo Dutel, Alana C Sharp, Marc E H Jones, Susan E Evans, Micheal J Fagan, Flora Gröning

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3176v1

August 18, 2017 - Version: 1

Using a fast clustering method for viral segment lineage determination, applied to the H9 influenza hemagglutinin.

Andrew Dalby, Lorna Tinworth, Joshua Sealy, Munir Iqbal

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3166v1

August 9, 2017 - Version: 1

Evolution of body size in Crocodylomorpha in a multi-regime evolutionary landscape

Pedro L Godoy, Roger B J Benson, Mario Bronzati, Richard J Butler

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3134v1

August 9, 2017 - Version: 1

The role of the submentalis muscle in the feeding biomechanics of the marine toad, Rhinella marina

Dan Puljan, Curt Anderson

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3131v1

August 16, 2017 - Version: 1

Preprints as medium for communicating new ideas, hypotheses, data, analysis and beyond

Wenfa Ng

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3154v1

August 3, 2017 - Version: 1

Seasonality of cellulitis: evidence from Google Trends

Xin Zhang, Shuangsuo Dang, Fanpu Ji, Xiongxiong Bao, Wenjun Wang

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3124v1

August 16, 2017 - Version: 1

Cryptic biodiversity and phylogeographic patterns of Seychellois Ligia isopods

Carlos A Santamaria, Joanna K Bluemel, Nancy Bunbury, Melinda Curran

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3156v1

August 11, 2017 - Version: 1

Reviewing the vertebrate fossil record

Darren Naish

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3145v1

August 8, 2017 - Version: 1

Facilitative and competitive interaction components among New England salt marsh plants

John F Bruno, Tatyana A Rand, Nancy C Emery, Mark D Bertness

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3129v1

August 31, 2017 - Version: 1

Kinematic parameters of goats walking on different slopes and biomimetic walking mechanisms

Fu Zhang, Yafei Wang, Wei Wang

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3213v1

August 17, 2017 - Version: 1

Impact of litter quantity on the soil bacteria community during the decomposition of Quercus wutaishanica litter

Quanchao Zeng, Yang Liu, Shaoshan An

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3161v1

August 14, 2017 - Version: 1

Virulence test using nematodes to prescreen Nocardia species capable of inducing neurodegeneration and behavioral disorders

Bernardin-Souibgui Claire, Zoropogui Anthony, Voisin Jeremy, Ribun Sebastien, Vasselon Valentin, Pujic Petar, Rodriguez-Nava Veronica, Belly Patrick, Cournoyer Benoit, Didier Blaha

https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3152v1