Population genomics reveals a mismatch between management and biological units in green abalone (Haliotis fulgens).

abstract：:The prevalence of pre-diabetes (PD) among US adults has increased substantially over the past two decades. By current estimates, over 34% of US adults fall in the PD category, 84% of whom meet the American Diabetes Association's criteria for impaired fasting glucose (IFG). Low physical activity (PA) and/or sedentary b...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Farni K,Shoham DA,Cao G,Luke AH,Layden J,Cooper RS,Dugas LR

更新日期：2014-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous research has shown that odorants consistently evoke associations with textures and their tactile properties like smoothness and roughness. Also, it has been observed that olfaction can modulate tactile perception. We therefore hypothesized that tactile roughness perception may be biased towards the somatosens...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Koijck LA,Toet A,Van Erp JB

更新日期：2015-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：Background:B-mode ultrasound is one of the most commonly used imaging techniques for evaluating thyroid nodules due to its noninvasive property and excellent performance in terms of discriminating between benign and malignant nodules. However, the accuracy of differential diagnosis strongly depends on the experience of...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Wang J,He X,Ma L,Li M,Sun L,Jiang J,Zhou Q

更新日期：2020-05-04 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：:Circadian rhythms maintain a 24 h oscillation pattern in metabolic, physiological and behavioral processes in all living organisms. Circadian rhythms are organized as biochemical networks located in hypothalamus and peripheral tissues. Rhythmicity in the expression of circadian clock genes plays a vital role in regula...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Hassan A,Ahmad J,Ashraf H,Ali A

更新日期：2018-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Permineralized peat from the central Transantarctic Mountains of Antarctica has provided a wealth of information on plant and fungal diversity in Middle Triassic high-latitude forest paleoecosystems; however, there are no reports as yet of algae or cyanobacteria. The first record of a fossil filamentous cyanobacterium...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Harper CJ,Taylor EL,Krings M

更新日期：2020-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Consumer-grade GPS units are a staple of modern field ecology, but the relatively large error radii reported by manufacturers (up to 10 m) ostensibly precludes their utility in measuring fine-scale movement of small animals such as insects. Here we demonstrate that for data collected at fine spatio-temporal scales, th...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Breed GA,Severns PM

更新日期：2015-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We study the glycosylation processes that convert initially toxic substrates to nutritionally valuable metabolites in the flavonoid biosynthesis pathway of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) seedlings. To estimate the reaction rates we use ordinary differential equations (ODEs) to model the enzyme kinetics. A popular choic...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Astola L,Stigter H,Gomez Roldan MV,van Eeuwijk F,Hall RD,Groenenboom M,Molenaar JJ

更新日期：2016-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of baited remote underwater video (BRUV) for examining and monitoring marine biodiversity in temperate marine environments is rapidly growing, however many aspects of their effectiveness relies on assumptions based on studies from the Southern Hemisphere. The addition of bait to underwater camera systems acts ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Jones RE,Griffin RA,Januchowski-Hartley SR,Unsworth RKF

更新日期：2020-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Loot boxes are items in video games that may be paid for with real-world money, but which contain randomised contents. There is a reliable correlation between loot box spending and problem gambling severity: the more money gamers spend on loot boxes, the more severe their problem gambling tends to be. However, it is u...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Zendle D

更新日期：2019-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Several authors have indicated that excess body weight can modify the electromyographic (EMG) amplitude due to the accumulation of subcutaneous fat. This accumulation of adipose tissue around the muscle would affect the metabolic capacity during functional activities. On the other hand, some authors have not...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Mendez-Rebolledo G,Guzman-Muñoz E,Ramírez-Campillo R,Valdés-Badilla P,Cruz-Montecinos C,Morales-Verdugo J,Berral de la Rosa FJ

更新日期：2019-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Sustained-release formulations of ivermectin (IVM) are useful for controlling parasitic diseases in animals. In this work, an IVM bolus made from microcrystalline cellulose (MCC), starch and low-substituted hydroxypropyl cellulose (LS-HPC) was optimized by response surface methodology. The bolus was dissolved in a cup...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Ruan X,Gao X,Gao Y,Peng L,Ji H,Guo D,Jiang S

更新日期：2018-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Complete chloroplast genome sequences have been very useful for understanding phylogenetic relationships in angiosperms at the family level and above, but there are currently large gaps in coverage. We report the chloroplast genome for Helwingia himalaica, the first in the distinctive family Helwingiaceae and only the...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Yao X,Liu YY,Tan YH,Song Y,Corlett RT

更新日期：2016-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Nephila clavata L Koch, known as the Joro spider and native to East Asia (Japan, China, Korea, and Taiwan), is newly reported from North America. Specimens from several locations in northeast Georgia were collected from around residential properties in Barrow, Jackson, and Madison counties in late October and early No...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Hoebeke ER,Huffmaster W,Freeman BJ

更新日期：2015-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The MYB transcription factor family is one of the largest gene families playing regulatory roles in plant growth and development. The MYB family has been studied in a variety of plant species but has not been reported in Taxus chinensis. Here we identified 72 putative R2R3-MYB genes in T. chinensis using a comprehensi...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Hu X,Zhang L,Wilson I,Shao F,Qiu D

更新日期：2020-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined whether being aware of the repetition of stimuli in a simple numerosity task could aid the development of automaticity. The numerosity task used in this study was a simple counting task. Thirty-four participants were divided into two groups. One group was instructed that the stimuli would repeat ma...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Speelman CP,Shadbolt E

更新日期：2018-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:We point out complications inherent in biodiversity inventory metrics when applied to large-scale datasets. The number of units of inventory effort (e.g., days of inventory effort) in which a species is detected saturates, such that crucial numbers of detections of rare species approach zero. Any rare errors can then ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Khalighifar A,Jiménez L,Nuñez-Penichet C,Freeman B,Ingenloff K,Jiménez-García D,Peterson T

更新日期：2020-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteogenic cells form mineralized matrices in vitro, as well as in vivo. The formation and shape of the mineralized matrices are highly regulated by the cells. In vitro formation of mineralized matrices by osteogenic cells can be a model for in vivo osteogenesis. In this study, using a three-dimensional (3D) collagen ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Kihara T,Umezu C,Sawada K,Furutani Y

更新日期：2019-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Monkeypox (MPX) is a zoonotic disease similar to smallpox. Its fatality rate is about 11% and it is endemic to the Central and West African countries. In this paper, we analyze a compartmental model of MPX dynamics. Our goal is to see whether MPX can be controlled and eradicated by voluntary vaccinations. We show that...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Bankuru SV,Kossol S,Hou W,Mahmoudi P,Rychtář J,Taylor D

更新日期：2020-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Paratya australiensis Kemp (Decapoda: Atyidae) is a widely distributed freshwater shrimp in eastern Australia. The species has been considered as an important stream organism for studying genetics, dispersal, biology, behaviour and evolution in atyids and is a major food source for stream dwelling fishes. Paratya aust...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Rahman S,Schmidt D,Hughes JM

更新日期：2020-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhizoctonia solani causes the disease peanut sheath blight, involving symptoms of maceration and necrosis of infected tissue, mainly caused by cell-wall-degrading enzymes (CWDEs). This study investigated the production of CWDEs including polygalacturonase (PG), polymethyl-galacturonase (PMG), cellulase (Cx) and β-gluc...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Xue CY,Zhou RJ,Li YJ,Xiao D,Fu JF

更新日期：2018-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The nursery function of coastal habitats is one of the most frequently mentioned and recognized ecosystem services in the valuation of coastal ecosystems. Despite its importance our understanding of the precise habitat parameters and mechanisms that make a habitat important as a nursery area is still limited for many ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Hinz H,Reñones O,Gouraguine A,Johnson AF,Moranta J

更新日期：2019-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Computerised cognitive assessments are a vital tool in the behavioural sciences, but participants often view them as effortful and unengaging. One potential solution is to add gamelike elements to these tasks in order to make them more intrinsically enjoyable, and some researchers have posited that a more engaging tas...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Lumsden J,Skinner A,Woods AT,Lawrence NS,Munafò M

更新日期：2016-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Grazing activity on periphytic mats determines mat structure and spatial heterogeneity. Spatial complexity in stream periphyton is highly divergent and may depend on the functional traits of the different primary consumers species (i.e., grazers) such as mouthpart morphology, feeding behavior, and feeding ac...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Katano I,Doi H

更新日期：2019-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, we map the distribution of scale-rayed wrasse Acantholabrus palloni in eastern Skagerrak based on a combination of verified and personally communicated angling records. Long thought to be occasional vagrants outside its known range in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea, we ask if this rare...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Näslund J,Lundgren M

更新日期：2018-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Spermatological characteristics of species from two monorchiid genera, Opisthomonorchis and Paramonorcheides, have been investigated, for the first time, by means of transmission electron microscopy. The ultrastructural study reveals that the mature spermatozoon of Opisthomonorchis dinema and Paramonorcheides selaris ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Quilichini Y,Bakhoum AJ,Justine JL,Bray RA,Bâ CT,Marchand B

更新日期：2016-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last decades several studies have identified that the directional changes in climate induced by anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases are affecting the ecology of desert ecosystems. In the Southwest United States, the impacts of climate change to plant abundance and distribution have already been report...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Albuquerque F,Benito B,Rodriguez MÁM,Gray C

更新日期：2018-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:In Western countries dogs and cats are the most popular pets, and people are increasingly opposed to their rearing for the fur industry. In 2007, a Regulation of the European Union (EU) banned the use and trade of dog and cat furs, but an official analytical protocol to identify them as source species was not provided...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Garofalo L,Mariacher A,Fanelli R,Fico R,Lorenzini R

更新日期：2018-06-05 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：:In the Western honey bee, Apis mellifera, queens and workers have different longevity although they share the same genome. Queens consume royal jelly (RJ) as the main food throughout their life, including as adults, but workers only eat worker jelly when they are larvae less than 3 days old. In order to explore the ef...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Yang W,Tian Y,Han M,Miao X

更新日期：2017-03-28 00:00:00