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• Diversity of microbes colonizing forages of varying lignocellulose properties in the sheep rumen.

  Authors:Mohammad Farhad Vahidi, Javad Gharechahi, Mehrdad Behmanesh, Xue-Zhi Ding, Jian-Lin Han, and Ghasem Hosseini SalekdehFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 11, 202111,429 words Article 1480LBackground The rumen microbiota contributes strongly to the degradation of ingested plant materials. There is limited knowledge about the diversity of taxa involved in the breakdown of lignocellulosic biomasses with...

• Assessment of the efficacy of using taurine supplements to improve growth and feed utilization of juvenile starry flounder (Platichthys stellatus) given diets based on soy-protein.

  Authors:Peiyu Li, Hongyi Bu, Baoshan Li, Yongzhi Sun, Meiqi Wang, and Zhidong SongFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 11, 20217,571 words Article 1520LA feeding trial was conducted to assess the feasibility of supplementing taurine in soy-based diets for juvenile starry flounder Platichthys stellatus. The basal diet (Crude protein 66.5%, crude lipid 8.5%) was...

• The 2020 elephant die-off in Botswana.

  Authors:Rudi J. van Aarde, Stuart L. Pimm, Robert Guldemond, Ryan Huang, and Celesté MaréFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 11, 20215,227 words Article 1280LThe cause of deaths of 350 elephants in 2020 in a relatively small unprotected area of northern Botswana is unknown, and may never be known. Media speculations about it ignore ecological realities. Worse, they make...

• Associations between self-reported and objective face recognition abilities are only evident in above- and below-average recognisers.

  Authors:Alejandro J. Estudillo and Hoo Keat WongFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 11, 20215,381 words Article 1290LThe 20-Item Prosopagnosia Items (PI-20) was recently introduced as a self-report measure of face recognition abilities and as an instrument to help the diagnosis of prosopagnosia. In general, studies using this...

• Evaluation of resistance to powdery mildew and identification of resistance genes in wheat cultivars.

  Authors:Xianxin Wu, Qiang Bian, Yue Gao, Xinyu Ni, Yanqiu Sun, Yuanhu Xuan, et al.From:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 11, 20215,826 words Article 1400LWheat powdery mildew, caused by the biotrophic fungus Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici (Bgt), is a serious disease of wheat worldwide that can cause significant yield losses. Growing resistant cultivars is the most...

• SMARTAR: an R package for designing and analyzing Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trials.

  Authors:Xiaobo Zhong, Bin Cheng, Xinru Wang, and Ying Kuen CheungFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 11, 202111,137 words Article 1380LThis article introduces an R package, SMARTAR (Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial with Adaptive Randomization), by which clinical investigators can design and analyze a sequential multiple assignment...

• New distributional records of the Samana least gecko (Sphaerodactylus samanensis, Cochran, 1932) with comments on its morphological variation and conservation status.

  Authors:Germán Chávez, Miguel A. Landestoy T, Gail S. Ross, and Joaquín A. Ugarte-NúñezFrom:PeerJ (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 11, 20214,254 words Article 1430LWe report here five new localities across the distribution of the lizard Sphaerodactylus samanensis, extending its current geographic range to the west, in the Cordillera Central of Hispaniola. We also report phenotypic...