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• Does Drosophila sechellia escape parasitoid attack by feeding on a toxic resource?

  Authors:Laura Salazar-Jaramillo and Bregje WertheimFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 6, 20216,994 words Report 1490LHost shifts can drastically change the selective pressures that animals experience from their environment. Drosophila sechellia is a species restricted to the Seychelles islands, where it specializes on the fruit Morinda...

• Genomic diversity of Escherichia coli from healthy children in rural Gambia.

  Authors:Ebenezer Foster-Nyarko, Nabil-Fareed Alikhan, Usman N. Ikumapayi, Golam Sarwar, Catherine Okoi, Peggy-Estelle Maguiagueu Tientcheu, et al.From:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 6, 20219,299 words Article 1470LLittle is known about the genomic diversity of Escherichia coli in healthy children from sub-Saharan Africa, even though this is pertinent to understanding bacterial evolution and ecology and their role in infection. We...

• Biochemical characterization and inhibition of thermolabile hemolysin from Vibrio parahaemolyticus by phenolic compounds.

  Authors:Luis E. Vazquez-Morado, Ramon E. Robles-Zepeda, Adrian Ochoa-Leyva, Aldo A. Arvizu-Flores, Adriana Garibay-Escobar, Francisco Castillo-Yañez, et al.From:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 6, 20219,997 words Article 1370LVibrio parahaemolyticus (Vp), a typical microorganism inhabiting marine ecosystems, uses pathogenic virulence molecules such as hemolysins to cause bacterial infections of both human and marine animals. The thermolabile...

• A novel similarity score based on gene ranks to reveal genetic relationships among diseases.

  Authors:Dongmei Luo, Chengdong Zhang, Liwan Fu, Yuening Zhang, and Yue-Qing HuFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 6, 20219,504 words Article 1690LKnowledge of similarities among diseases can contribute to uncovering common genetic mechanisms. Based on ranked gene lists, a couple of similarity measures were proposed in the literature. Notice that they may suffer...

• Health status of Polychrus gutturosus based on physical examination, hematology and biochemistry parameters in Costa Rica.

  Authors:Randall Arguedas, Lizbeth Ovares, Viviana P. Arguedas, Rodolfo Vargas, and Marco D. BarqueroFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 6, 20217,934 words Article 1360LStudies evaluating the health status and characteristics of free-ranging wildlife populations are scarce or absent for most species. Saurian health assessments are usually performed in species that have conservation...