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abstract：:Synechococcus is among the most important contributors to global primary productivity. The genomes of several strains of this taxon have been previously sequenced in an effort to understand the physiology and ecology of these highly diverse microorganisms. Here we present a comparative study of Synechococcus genomes. ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Coutinho F,Tschoeke DA,Thompson F,Thompson C

更新日期：2016-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The impacts of sea-level rise (SLR) are likely to be the greatest for ecosystems that exist at the land-sea interface, where small changes in sea-level could result in drastic changes in habitat availability. Rocky intertidal ecosystems possess a number of characteristics which make them highly vulnerable to changes i...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Kaplanis NJ,Edwards CB,Eynaud Y,Smith JE

更新日期：2020-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Human population growth has led to biodiversity declines in tropical cities. While habitat loss and fragmentation have been the main drivers of urban biodiversity loss, man-made interventions to reduce health risks have also emerged as an unintentional threat. For instance, insecticide fogging to control mos...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Lee NSM,Clements GR,Ting ASY,Wong ZH,Yek SH

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herbivory and nutrient enrichment are drivers of benthic dynamics of coral reef macroalgae; however, their impact may vary seasonally. In this study we evaluated the effects of herbivore pressure, nutrient availability and potential propagule supply on seasonal recruitment and succession of macroalgal communities on a...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Duran A,Collado-Vides L,Burkepile DE

更新日期：2016-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Biodiversity forecasts are important for conservation, management, and evaluating how well current models characterize natural systems. While the number of forecasts for biodiversity is increasing, there is little information available on how well these forecasts work. Most biodiversity forecasts are not evaluated to ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Harris DJ,Taylor SD,White EP

更新日期：2018-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of age on performance of life-history traits are diverse, but a common outcome is senescence, an irreversible deterioration of physical and physiological capabilities of older individuals. Immune response is potentially bound to senescence. However, little is known about immune response ageing in amphibian...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Zamora-Camacho FJ,Comas M

更新日期：2018-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria are small, energy-producing structures vital to the energy needs of the body. Genetic mutations cause mitochondria to fail to produce the energy needed by cells and organs which can cause severe disease and death. These genetic mutations are likely to be in the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), or possibly in th...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Ahuja AS

更新日期：2018-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The human microbiota plays a key role in health and disease, and bacteriocins, which are small, bacterially produced, antimicrobial peptides, are likely to have an important function in the stability and dynamics of this community. Here we examined the density and distribution of the subclass I lantibiotic m...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Walsh CJ,Guinane CM,O' Toole PW,Cotter PD

更新日期：2017-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Global warming can significantly affect many aspects of the biology of animal species, including their thermal physiology and physiological performance. Thermal performance curves provide a heuristic model to evaluate the impacts of temperature on the ecophysiology of ectotherms. When integrated with other thermal bio...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Cabezas-Cartes F,Fernández JB,Duran F,Kubisch EL

更新日期：2019-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The microRNAs (miRNAs) have been validated as prognostic markers in many cancers. Here, we aimed at developing a miRNA-based signature for predicting the prognosis of esophagus adenocarcinoma (EAC). Methods:The RNA-sequencing data set of EAC was downloaded from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). Eighty-four pa...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Lan T,Lu Y,Xiao Z,Xu H,He J,Hu Z,Mao W

更新日期：2019-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Vitamin D 1α-hydroxylase CYP27B1 is the key factor in the vitamin D pathway. Previously, we analyzed the expression of CYP27B1 in human gingival fibroblasts in vitro. In the present study, we analyzed the gingival expression of CYP27B1 in vivo. Methods:Forty-two patients with periodontitis Stage IV Grade C ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Liu K,Han B,Hou J,Zhang J,Su J,Meng H

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Simao pine (Pinus kesiya Royle ex Gordon var. langbianensis (A. Chev.) Gaussen) is one of the most important tree species in the production of timber and resin in China. However, the genetic diversity of the natural populations has not been assessed to date. In this study, sequence related amplified polymorp...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Wang D,Shen B,Gong H

更新日期：2019-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) method, typically used for polytomous logistic regression, is prone to bias due to both misclassification in outcome and contamination in the design matrix. Hence, robust estimators are needed. In this study, we propose such a method for nominal response data with continuous cov...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Wang X

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sex reversal is a complex biological phenomenon exhibited by Cynoglossus semilaevis. Some genetic females may irreversibly convert to pseudomales, thus increasing aquaculture costs because males grow much more slowly than females. In this study, an integrative analysis of transcriptome and proteome was performed to co...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Ye Z,Wang W,Zhang Y,Wang L,Cui Y,Li H

更新日期：2020-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:In the field of invasion ecology, the determination of a species' environmental tolerance, is a key parameter in the prediction of its potential distribution, particularly in the context of global warming. In poikilothermic species such as insects, temperature is often considered the most important abiotic factor that...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Lefort MC,Brown S,Boyer S,Worner S,Armstrong K

更新日期：2014-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Since 1996, when Vivo questioned how many species of mammals occur in Brazil, there has been a huge effort to assess this biodiversity. In this contribution, we present new records for rare species of the sigmodontine rodent genera Rhagomys and Neusticomys previously unknown to Brazilian Amazon. We provided ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Percequillo AR,Dalapicolla J,Abreu-Júnior EF,Roth PRO,Ferraz KMPMB,Chiquito EA

更新日期：2017-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of low-volume high-intensity interval training and continuous low to moderate intensity training on quality of life, functional capacity and cardiovascular disease risk factors in cancer survivors. METHODS:Cancer survivors within 24 months post-diagnosis were r...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Toohey K,Pumpa KL,Arnolda L,Cooke J,Yip D,Craft PS,Semple S

更新日期：2016-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:In species that live in one-male groups, resident males monopolize access to a group of females and are assumed to have higher reproductive success than bachelors. We tested this assumption using genetic, demographic, and behavioral data from 8 groups of wild blue monkeys observed over 10 years to quantify reproductio...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Roberts SJ,Cords M

更新日期：2015-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Current ovarian cancer treatment involves chemotherapy that has serious limitations, such as rapid clearance, unfavorable biodistribution and severe side effects. To overcome these limitations, drug delivery systems (DDS) have been developed to encapsulate chemotherapeutics for delivery to tumor cells. However, no sys...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Raavé R,de Vries RB,Massuger LF,van Kuppevelt TH,Daamen WF

更新日期：2015-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Environmental DNA (eDNA) is an emerging tool for monitoring invasive and imperiled species, particularly at low densities. However, the factors that control eDNA production, transport, and persistence in aquatic systems remain poorly understood. For example, the extent to which carcasses produce detectable eDNA is unk...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Curtis AN,Larson ER

更新日期：2020-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The present study investigated differences in reading and spelling outcomes in Dutch and English as a second language (ESL) in adolescents with a high familial risk of dyslexia, of whom some have developed dyslexia (HRDys) while others have not (HRnonDys), in comparison to a low familial risk control group w...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： van Setten ERH,Tops W,Hakvoort BE,van der Leij A,Maurits NM,Maassen BAM

更新日期：2017-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The structural and material properties of insect cuticle remain largely unexplored, even though they comprise the majority (approximately 80%) of animals. Insect cuticle serves many functions, including protection against predatory attacks, which is especially beneficial to species failing to employ effective running ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Clark AJ,Triblehorn JD

更新日期：2014-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The loss of roost sites is one of the major drivers of the worldwide decline in bat populations and roost site preferences, either natural or artificially provided, are not well known for African bat species specifically. In this study we focus on the preference for different artificial roost sites by insectivorous ba...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Weier SM,Linden VMG,Grass I,Tscharntke T,Taylor PJ

更新日期：2019-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Unworn teeth of herbivorous mammals are not immediately functional. They have to be partially worn to expose enamel ridges which can then act as shear-cutting blades to break the food down. We use the Plains Zebra (Equus quagga) as a hypsodont, herbivorous model organism to investigate how initial wear of the tooth cr...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Winkler DE,Kaiser TM

更新日期：2015-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Foam cells (FCs) play crucial roles in the process of all stages of atherosclerosis. Smooth muscle cells (SMCs) and macrophages are the major sources of FCs. This study aimed to identify the common molecular mechanism in these two types of FCs. Methods:GSE28829, GSE43292, GSE68021, and GSE54666 were include...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Zhang K,Qin X,Zhou X,Zhou J,Wen P,Chen S,Wu M,Wu Y,Zhuang J

更新日期：2020-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements (MITEs) have been associated with genic regions in plant genomes and may play important roles in the regulation of nearby genes via recruitment of small RNAs (sRNA) to the MITEs loci. We identified eight families of MITEs in the sugarcane genome assembly with MITE-Hunter...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Grativol C,Thiebaut F,Sangi S,Montessoro P,Santos WDS,Hemerly AS,Ferreira PCG

更新日期：2019-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Patellofemoral pain (PFP) is often reported as a diffuse pain at the front of the knee during knee-loading activities. A patient's description of pain location and distribution is commonly drawn on paper by clinicians, which is difficult to quantify, report and compare within and between patients. One way of...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Matthews M,Rathleff MS,Vicenzino B,Boudreau SA

更新日期：2018-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated population dynamics, breeding pairs, breeding habitat selection, nest density, distance between neighboring nests, nest survival, reproductive success, and recruitment rate for Black-necked Cranes (BNC, Grus nigricollis) during 2013-2015 in Yanchiwan National Nature Reserve (YCW), Gansu, China. Numbers...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Zhang L,An B,Shu M,Yang X

更新日期：2017-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are among the most widely prescribed class of drugs in the practice of psychiatry. Cytochrome P450 (CYP) 2C19 and CYP2D6 are established as clinically relevant drug metabolizing enzymes (DMEs) that influence the pharmacokinetics of SSRIs and may either be group...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Eugene AR

更新日期：2019-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Burkina Faso, it is not uncommon for mothers to drink alcohol, even during pregnancy. We aimed to study the association between maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy and the child's cognitive performance using the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children, 2nd edition (KABC-II) and the Children's Ca...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Sanou AS,Diallo AH,Holding P,Nankabirwa V,Engebretsen IMS,Ndeezi G,Tumwine JK,Meda N,Tylleskar T,Kashala-Abotnes E

更新日期：2017-06-30 00:00:00