Different environmental gradients affect different measures of snake β-diversity in the Amazon rainforests.

abstract：Introduction:Whole-metagenome sequencing can be a rich source of information about the structure and function of entire metagenomic communities, but getting accurate and reliable results from these datasets can be challenging. Analysis of these datasets is founded on the mapping of sequencing reads onto known genomic r...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Greenfield P,Tran-Dinh N,Midgley D

更新日期：2019-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:As a vector of Xylella fastidiosa (Wells, 1987) in Europe, the meadow spittlebug Philaenus spumarius (Linnaeus, 1758) (Hemiptera, Aphrophoridae) is a species of major concern. Therefore, tools and agents to control this ubiquitous insect that develops and feeds on hundreds of plant species are wanted. We conducted a f...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Mesmin X,Chartois M,Genson G,Rossi JP,Cruaud A,Rasplus JY

更新日期：2020-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The current cultivation and plant breeding of Honeybush tea (produced from members of Cyclopia Vent.) do not consider the genetic diversity nor structuring of wild populations. Thus, wild populations may be at risk of genetic contamination if cultivated plants are grown in the same landscape. Here, we invest...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Galuszynski NC,Potts AJ

更新日期：2020-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：Background:In the predator-sea urchin-macrophyte trophic cascade, the ecological effect of sea urchins as grazers depends both on their density and the changes in foraging activity, which are influenced by various disturbing factors. However, the complete duration of the alarm reactions of echinoids has not been studie...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Zhadan PM,Vaschenko MA

更新日期：2019-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：Introduction:Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI) worldwide. Despite recommendations for HPV vaccination of young women from health authorities, parental concerns were raised whether vaccination could induce unsafe sexual behaviour in young women. Therefore, the primary aim...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Soudeyns C,Speybroeck N,Brisson M,Mossong J,Latsuzbaia A

更新日期：2020-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) populations have experienced dramatic declines since the mid-19th century along the southern portion of the species range, leading citizen groups to petition the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to list the species as endangered in the contiguous US. While there remai...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Hart CJ,Kelly RP,Pearson SF

更新日期：2018-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) is a cryptic species complex, including members that are pests of global importance. This study presents a screening of B. tabaci species in China for infection by the primary endosymbiont, Portiera aleyrodidarum, and two secondary endosymbionts, Arsenop...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Tang XT,Cai L,Shen Y,Du YZ

更新日期：2018-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The threatened status (both ecologically and legally) of Caribbean staghorn coral, Acropora cervicornis, has prompted rapidly expanding efforts in culture and restocking, although tissue loss diseases continue to affect populations. In this study, disease surveillance and histopathological characterization were used t...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Miller MW,Lohr KE,Cameron CM,Williams DE,Peters EC

更新日期：2014-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Zika virus (ZIKV) transmission has been reported in 67 countries/territories in the Oceania region and the Americas since 2015, prompting the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare ZIKV as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern in February 2016, due to its strong association with medical comp...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Hsieh YH

更新日期：2017-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Ontario, Canada is home to eight native species of turtles; all eight are federally listed as Species At Risk, due to anthropogenic threats. However, until recently, reports of infectious disease have been lacking. Ranavirus is seen as an emerging threat for ectotherms globally, with mass die-offs most often...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Carstairs SJ

更新日期：2019-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Dengue is a major and rapidly increasing public health problem. In Argentina, the southern extreme of its distribution in the Americas, epidemic transmission takes place during the warm season. Since its re-emergence in 1998 two major outbreaks have occurred, the biggest during 2016. To identify the environm...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Carbajo AE,Cardo MV,Guimarey PC,Lizuain AA,Buyayisqui MP,Varela T,Utgés ME,Giovacchini CM,Santini MS

更新日期：2018-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Cedecea neteri is a very rare human pathogen. We have isolated a strain of C. neteri SSMD04 from pickled mackerel sashimi identified using molecular and phenotypics approaches. Using the biosensor Chromobacterium violaceum CV026, we have demonstrated the presence of short chain N-acyl-homoserine lactone (AHL) type quo...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Tan KH,Tan JY,Yin WF,Chan KG

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Hepatitis B infection is one of the most severe hepatic diseases in China. Thus, understanding the genetic pathogenesis of hepatitis B virus (HBV)-infected individuals is important. Although no consistent result is obtained in different populations, HBV treatment effect is reportedly associated with the IL28...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Song Y,Shen Y,Xia X,Zhang AM

更新日期：2017-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Lysyl oxidases (LOX) have been extensively studied in mammals, whereas properties and functions of recently found homologues in prokaryotic genomes remain enigmatic. Methods:LOX open reading frame was cloned from Haloterrigena turkmenica in an E. coli expression vector. Recombinant Haloterrigena turkmenica ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Pestov NB,Kalinovsky DV,Larionova TD,Zakirova AZ,Modyanov NN,Okkelman IA,Korneenko TV

更新日期：2019-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to identify the facets influencing job satisfaction and intention to quit of nurses employed in Turkey. Using a non-probability sampling technique, 417 nurses from six large private hospitals were surveyed from March 2014 to June 2014. The nurses' demographic data, their job-related satisfact...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Masum AK,Azad MA,Hoque KE,Beh LS,Wanke P,Arslan Ö

更新日期：2016-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Protection of honey bees is of great economic importance because of their role in pollination. Crucial steps towards this goal are epidemiological surveys of pathogens connected with honey bee losses. In this study deformed wing virus (DWV), chronic bee paralysis virus (CBPV), acute bee paralysis virus (ABPV) and sacb...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Cirkovic D,Stevanovic J,Glavinic U,Aleksic N,Djuric S,Aleksic J,Stanimirovic Z

更新日期：2018-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The genus Pseudostegana (Okada, 1978) currently contains thirty-nine described species. A number of Pseudostegana were collected from the fieldwork in southwestern China from 2010 to 2017. Eleven new species were discovered and are described from southwestern China: Pseudostegana alpina Zhang & Chen, sp. nov.; Pseudos...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Lu J,Zhang Y,Chen H

更新日期：2018-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Wearable activity trackers are regarded as a new opportunity to deliver health promotion interventions. Indeed, while the prediction of active behaviors is currently primarily relying on the processing of accelerometer sensor data, the emergence of smart clothes with multi-sensing capacities is offering new ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Ren D,Aubert-Kato N,Anzai E,Ohta Y,Tripette J

更新日期：2020-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Tyrosine phosphorylation has emerged as an important regulator of plasma membrane-localized immune receptors activity. Here, we investigate the role of tyrosine phosphorylation in the regulation of rice XANTHOMONAS RESISTANCE 21 (XA21)-mediated immunity. We demonstrate that the juxtamembrane and kinase domain of Esche...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Caddell DF,Wei T,Sharma S,Oh MH,Park CJ,Canlas P,Huber SC,Ronald PC

更新日期：2018-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Mega-journals are a new kind of scholarly journal made possible by electronic publishing. They are open access (OA) and funded by charges, which authors pay for the publishing services. What distinguishes mega-journals from other OA journals is, in particular, a peer review focusing only on scientific trustworthiness....

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Björk BC

更新日期：2018-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The octopus fauna from the southern Caribbean is an understudied field. However, recent taxonomic work in the Colombian Caribbean has led to the discovery of several new species in the family Octopodidae. To provide molecular evidence for recent descriptions in the area (i.e., Octopus taganga, O. tayrona and Macrotrit...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Ritschard EA,Guerrero-Kommritz J,Sanchez JA

更新日期：2019-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Species interactions are a key component of ecosystems but we generally have an incomplete picture of who-eats-who in a given community. Different techniques have been devised to predict species interactions using theoretical models or abundances. Here, we explore the K nearest neighbour approach, with a special empha...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Desjardins-Proulx P,Laigle I,Poisot T,Gravel D

更新日期：2017-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmid vectors based on bacteriophage integrases are important tools in molecular microbiology for the introduction of foreign DNA, especially into bacterial species where other systems for genetic manipulation are limited. Site specific integrases catalyze recombination between phage and bacterial attachment sites (...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Herisse M,Porter JL,Guerillot R,Tomita T,Goncalves Da Silva A,Seemann T,Howden BP,Stinear TP,Pidot SJ

更新日期：2018-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:As the most widely distributed snake in Eurasia, the adder (Vipera berus) has been extensively investigated in Europe but poorly understood in Asia. The Southern Altay Mountains represent the adder's southern distribution limit in Central Asia, whereas its population status has never been assessed. We conducted, for t...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Cui S,Luo X,Chen D,Sun J,Chu H,Li C,Jiang Z

更新日期：2016-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Mountain ranges in the tropics are characterised by high levels of localised endemism, often-aberrant evolutionary trajectories, and some of the world's most diverse regional biotas. Here we investigate the evolution of montane endemism, ecology and body size in a clade of direct-developing frogs (Choerophryne, Mi...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Oliver PM,Iannella A,Richards SJ,Lee MS

更新日期：2017-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Although C-type cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS-C) is one of the most attractive tools for maize hybrid seed production, the detailed regulation network of the male sterility remains unclear. In order to identify the CMS-C sterility associated genes and/or pathways, the comparison of the transcriptomes between the CMS...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Li C,Zhao Z,Liu Y,Liang B,Guan S,Lan H,Wang J,Lu Y,Cao M

更新日期：2017-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The cryptic species that make up the Euwallacea fornicatus species complex can be readily distinguished via their DNA sequences. Until recently, it was believed that the Hawaiian Islands had been invaded by only one of these cryptic species, E. perbrevis (tea shot hole borer; TSHB). However, following the 2016 deposit...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Rugman-Jones PF,Au M,Ebrahimi V,Eskalen A,Gillett CPDT,Honsberger D,Husein D,Wright MG,Yousuf F,Stouthamer R

更新日期：2020-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Variation in management across elephant camps likely has differential effects on the well-being of elephants. Methods:This study calculated body condition, foot health and skin wound scores (WSs) for 122 elephants from 15 elephant camps in Chiang Mai province, and examined relationships to management factor...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Bansiddhi P,Nganvongpanit K,Brown JL,Punyapornwithaya V,Pongsopawijit P,Thitaram C

更新日期：2019-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The evolution of the modern human (Homo sapiens) cranium is characterized by a reduction in the size of the feeding system, including reductions in the size of the facial skeleton, postcanine teeth, and the muscles involved in biting and chewing. The conventional view hypothesizes that gracilization of the human feedi...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Ledogar JA,Dechow PC,Wang Q,Gharpure PH,Gordon AD,Baab KL,Smith AL,Weber GW,Grosse IR,Ross CF,Richmond BG,Wright BW,Byron C,Wroe S,Strait DS

更新日期：2016-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Bird communities in lowland Neotropical forests exhibit temporal and spatial variation in species composition and abundance at multiple scales. Detecting and explaining such variation requires adequate methods for sampling those bird communities but counting birds in highly diverse lowland forests of the Neotropics ca...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Blake JG

更新日期：2021-01-13 00:00:00