Submissions from 2018
Dual Gain and Loss of Cullin 3 Function Mediates Familial Hyperkalemic Hypertension, Ryan J. Cornelius, Chang Zhang, Kayla J. Erspamer, Larry N. Agbor, Curt D. Sigmund, Jeffrey Singer, Chao-Ling Yang, and David H. Ellison
Displacement of the Transcription Factor B Reader Domain During Transcription Initiation, Stefan Dexl, Robert Reichelt, Katharina Kraatz, Sarah Schulz, Dina Grohmann, Michael S. Bartlett, and Michael Thomm
Origin, Evolution, and Loss of Bacterial Small RNAs, H. Auguste Dutcher and Rahul Raghavan
Rapid Population Sex-Ratio Changes in the Moss Ceratodon Purpureus, Sarah M. Eppley, Todd Rosenstiel, Matthew Chmielewski, S. Woll, Zoe Shaw, and Erin Shortlidge
Mutant Cullin 3 Causes Familial Hyperkalemic Hypertension Via Dominant Effects, Mohammed Z. Ferdaus, Lauren N. Miller, Larry N. Agbor, Turgay Saritas, Jeffrey D. Singer, Curt D. Sigmund, and James A. McCormick
Multiple Acquisitions of Pathogen-Derived Francisella Endosymbionts in Soft Ticks, Jonathan G. Gerhart, H. Auguste Dutcher, Amanda E. Brenner, Abraham S. Moses, Libor Grubhoffer, and Rahul Raghavan
Comparative Genetic and Genomic Analysis of the Novel Fusellovirus Sulfolobus Spindle-Shaped Virus 10, David Andrew Goodman and Kenneth M. Stedman
Comparative Genetic and Genomic Analysis of the Novel Fusellovirus Sulfolobus Spindle-Shaped Virus 10, David Andrew Goodman and Kenneth M. Stedman
Catching the Wave: Are Biology Graduate Students on Board with Evidence-Based Teaching?, Emma C. Goodwin, Jane N. Cao, Miles Fletcher, Justin L. Flaiban, and Erin E. Shortlidge
Physiological Vagility Affects Population Genetic Structure and Dispersal and Enables Migratory Capacity in Vertebrates, Thomas V. Hancock and Michael S. Hedrick
Density-Dependent Pollination and Germination in the Patchy Vernal Pool Species Lasthenia californica, Elizabeth C. Hendrickson, Pamela G. Thompson, and Mitchell B. Cruzan
Anuran Amphibians as Comparative Models for Understanding Extreme Dehydration Tolerance: A Unique Negative Feedback Lymphatic Mechanism for Blood Volume Regulation, Stanley S. Hillman
Assembly and Analysis of Unmapped Genome Sequence Reads Reveal Novel Sequence and Variation in Dogs, Lindsay Adrian Holden, Meharji Arumilli, Marjo K. Hytönen, Sruthi Hundi, Jarkko Salojärvi, Kim H. Brown, and Hannes Lohi
Baseline mRNA Expression Differs widely Between Common Laboratory Strains of Zebrafish, Lindsay Holden and Kim H. Brown
An Interrogation of Shared and Unique Copy Number Variants Across Genetically Distinct Zebrafish Strains, Lindsay Holden, Charles Wilson, and Zachary Heineman
Constitutive MAP-kinase Activation Suppresses Germline Apoptosis in NTH-1 DNA Glycosylase Deficient C. elegans, Henok Kassahun, Tamina SenGupta, Alfonso Schiavi, Suzanne Estes, Silvia Maglioni, Hanne K. Skjeldam, Katarzyna Arczewska, Nicole L. Brockway, Lars Eide, Natascia Ventura, and Hilde Nilsen
Connecting Chemistry to Community with Deliberative Democracy, Regis Komperda; Jack Barbera; Erin Shortlidge; Gwen Shusterman; and STEM Education and Equity Institute, Portland State University
Sexually Dimorphic Patterns of Cell Proliferation in the Brain Are Linked to Seasonal Life-History Transitions in Red-Sided Garter Snakes, Deborah Lutterschmidt, Ashley R. Lucas, Ritta A. Karam, Vicky T. Nguyen, and Meghann R. Rasmussen
Follow the Rain? Environmental Drivers of Tyrannus Migration across the New World, Maggie P. MacPherson, Alex E. Jahn, Michael T. Murphy, Daniel H. Kim, Victor R. Cueto, Diego T. Tuero, and Elliot D. Hill
Selective Differentiation During the Colonization and Establishment of a Newly Invasive Species, Gina L. Marchini, Tina M. Arredondo, and Mitchell B. Cruzan
Replication Rapidly Recovers and Continues in the Presence of Hydroxyurea in Escherichia coli, Samvel A. Nazaretyan, Neda Savic, Michael Sadek, Brandy J. Hackert, Justin Courcelle, and Charmain T. Courcelle
Divergence in Life-History and Developmental Traits in Silvery-Thread Moss (Bryum argenteum Hedw.) Genotypes between Golf Course Putting Greens and Native Habitats, Zane Raudenbush, Joshua L. Greenwood, D. Nicholas McLetchie, Sarah M. Eppley, Steven J. Keeley, Richard C. Castetter, and Lloyd R. Stark
Draft Genome Sequence of a Dictyoglomus sp. from an Enrichment Culture of a New Zealand Geothermal Spring, Anna-Louise Reysenbach, John A. Donaho, John F. Kelley, Emily St. John, Christina Turner, Mircea Podar, and Matthew B. Stott
Small Non-coding RNA Expression and Vertebrate Anoxia Tolerance, Claire L. Riggs, Amanda Summers, Daniel E. Warren, Göran E. Nilsson, Sjannie Lefevre, W. W. Dowd, Sarah Milton, and Jason E. Podrabsky
Small Noncoding RNA Profiles along Alternative Developmental Trajectories in an Annual Killifish, Amie L. Romney and Jason E. Podrabsky
Temperature-dependent Vitamin D Signaling Regulates Developmental Trajectory Associated with Diapause in an Annual Killifish, Amie L.T. Romney, Erin M. Davis, Meranda M. Corona, Josiah T. Wagner, and Jason Podrabsky
Dietary Specialization in Mutualistic Acacia-ants Affects Relative Abundance but not Identity of Host-associated Bacteria, Benjamin E.R. Rubin, Stephanie Kautz, Brian D. Wray, and Corrie S. Moreau
The Trade-off between Graduate Student Research and Teaching: A Myth?, Erin E. Shortlidge and Sarah L. Eddy
Viral Recombination: Ecology, Evolution, and Pathogenesis, Kenneth M. Stedman
A New Symbiotic Nanoarchaeote (Candidatus Nanoclepta Minutus) and its Host (Zestosphaera Tikiterensis gen. nov., sp. nov.) From a New Zealand Hot Spring, Emily St. John, Yitai Liu, Mircea Podar, Matthew B. Stott, Jennifer Meneghin, Zhiqiang Chen, Kirill Lagutin, Kevin Mitchell, and Anna-Louise Reysenbach
Diversity Patterns and Isolation of Planctomycetes Associated with Metalliferous Deposits from Hydrothermal Vent Fields Along the Valu Fa Ridge (SW Pacific), Julie Endresen Storesund, Anders Lanzèn, Antonio Garcìa-Moyano, Anna-Louise Reysenbach, and Lise Øvreås
Dynamics of Prochlorococcus Diversity and Photoacclimation During Short-Term Shifts in Water Column Stratification at Station ALOHA, Anne W. Thompson, Ger van den Engh, Nathan A. Ahlgren, Kathleen Kouba, Samantha Ward, Samuel T. Wilson, and David M. Karl
Taxonomy Based on Science is Necessary for Global Conservation, Scott A. Thomson, Richard L. Pyle, Shane T. Ahyong, Miguel Alonso-Zarazaga, Joe Ammirati, Luis A. Ruedas, and multiple additional authors
Identification of Novel MITEs (miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements) in Coxiella Burnetii: Implications for Protein and Small RNA Evolution, Shaun Wachter, Rahul Raghavan, Jenny Wachter, and Michael F. Minnick
The Genome of Austrofundulus Limnaeus Offers Insights into Extreme Vertebrate Stress Tolerance and Embryonic Development, Josiah Tad Wagner, Param Priya Singh, Amie L. Romney, Claire L. Riggs, Patrick Minx, Steven Cody Woll, Jake Roush, Wesley C. Warren, Anne Brunet, and Jason E. Podrabsky
Spatio-Temporal Characterization of Pinniped Strandings and Human Interaction Cases in the Pacific Northwest, 1991-2016, Amanda J. Warlick, Deborah A. Duffield, Dyanna M. Lambourn, Steven J. Jeffries, James M. Rice, Joseph K. Gaydos, Jessica L. Huggins, John Calambokidis, Lesanna L. Lahner, Jennifer Olsen, Erin D'Agnese, Victoria Souze, Alysha Elsby, and Stephanie A. Norman
SbcC-SbcD and Exol Process Convergent Forks to Complete Chromosome Replication, Brian Wenderl, Charmain Courcelle, Jessica Cole, and Justin Courcelle
Fungal Endophyte-Infected Leaf Litter Alters In-Stream Microbial Communities and Negatively Influences Aquatic Fungal Sporulation, Emily R. Wolfe, Brett Steven Younginger, and Carri J. LeRoy
Intestinal Microbiota Lipid Metabolism Varies Across Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Phylogeographic Divide, C. C. Yildirimer and Kim H. Brown
LytTR Regulatory Systems: A Potential New Class of Prokaryotic Sensory System, Zhengzhong Zou, Hua Qin, Amanda E. Brenner, Rahul Raghavan, Jess A. Millar, Qiang Gu, Zhoujie Xie, Jens Kreth, and Justin Merritt
Submissions from 2017
Colonization by Nitrogen-fixing Frankia Bacteria Causes Short-Term Increases in Herbivore Susceptibility in Red Alder (Alnus Rubra) Seedlings, Daniel J. Ballhorn, Jacob D. Elias, Mehmet Ali Balkan, Rachel F. Foredyce, and Peter G. Kennedy
Females are the Brighter Sex: Differences in External Fluorescence across Sexes and Life Stages of a Crab Spider, Erin E. Brandt and Susan E. Masta
Adaptive Evolution under Extreme Genetic Drift in Oxidatively Stressed Caenorhabditis elegans, Stephen Fuller Christy, Riana I. Wernick, Michael James Lue, Griselda Velasco, Dana K. Howe, Dee R. Denver, and Suzanne Estes
Rolling Circle Mutagenesis of GST-mCherry to Understand Mutation, Gene Expression, and Regulation, Jessica Cole, Amanda Ferguson, Verónica A. Segarra, and Susan Walsh
Patterns of Stress Responses Shift During Seasonal Life-History Transitions: An Analysis Comparing Baseline, Maximal and Integrated Corticosterone in Female Red-Sided Garter Snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis), Catherine A. Dayger and Deborah I. Lutterschmidt
High Energy or Protein Concentrations in Food as Possible Offsets for Cyanide Consumption by Specialized Bamboo Lemurs in Madagascar, Timothy M. Eppley, Chia L. Tan, Summer J. Arrigo-Nelson, Daniel J. Ballhorn, Giusseppe Donati, and Joerg U. Ganzhorn
Editorial: Genetics, Genomics and –Omics of Thermophiles, Kian Mau Goh, Kok-Gan Chan, Rajesh Kumar Sani, Edgardo Ruben Donati, and Anna-Louise Reysenbach
Plasma Cell Survival in the Absence of B Cell Memory, Erika Hammarlund, Archana Thomas, Ian J. Amanna, Lindsay Holden, Ov D. Slayden, Byung S. Park, Lina Gao, and Mark K. Slifka
A Metabolic Hypothesis for the Evolution of Temperature Effects on the Arterial PCO2 and pH of Vertebrate Ectotherms, Stanley S. Hillman and Michael Scott Hedrick
Genetic Analysis of the Major Capsid Protein of the Archaeal Fusellovirus SSV1: Mutational Flexibility and Conformational Change, Eric A. Iverson, David A. Goodman, Madeline E. Gorchels, and Kenneth M. Stedman
Extreme Mutation Tolerance: Nearly Half of the Archaeal Fusellovirus Sulfolobus Spindle-Shaped Virus 1 Genes Are Not Required for Virus Function, Including the Minor Capsid Protein Gene vp3, Eric Iverson, David A. Goodman, Madeline E. Gorchels, and Kenneth M. Stedman
An Efficient Pipeline to Generate Data for Studies in Plastid Population Genomics and Phylogeography, Brendan F. Kohrn, Jessica M. Persinger, and Mitchell B. Cruzan
The road less traveled - defining molecular commensalism with Streptococcus sanguinis, Jens Kreth, Rodrigo A. Giacaman, Rahul Raghavan, and Justin Merritt
PCR-Activated Cell Sorting as a General, Cultivation-Free Method for High-Throughput Identification and Enrichment of Virus Hosts, Shaun W. Lim, Shea T. Lance, Kenneth M. Stedman, and Adam R. Abate
Arginine Vasotocin and Neuropeptide Y Vary with Seasonal Life-History Transitions in Garter Snakes, Ashley R. Lucas, Daelyn Y. Richards, Lucy M. Ramirez, and Deborah Lutterschmidt
Use of Gene Editing in USDA Research, Mark R. McLellan, Patsy Brannon, Adriana Campa, Carrie Castille, Steven Daley-Laursen, Roch Gaussoin, Govind Kannan, Mark Lawrence, and Dawn Thilmany
Accumulation and Expression of Multiple Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Arcobacter Cryaerophilus that Thrives in Sewage, Jess A. Millar and Rahul Raghavan
Horizontally Acquired Biosynthesis Genes Boost Coxiella burnetii's Physiology, Abraham S. Moses, Jess A. Millar, Matteo Bonazzi, Paul A. Beare, and Rahul Raghavan
Annual killifishes as model systems for advancing understanding of evolution and developmental biology, Jason E. Podrabsky and Maria Arezo
Embryonic Development of the Annual Killifish Austrofundulus limnaeus: An Emerging Model for Ecological and Evolutionary Developmental Biology Research and Instruction, Jason E. Podrabsky, Claire L. Riggs, Amie L. Romney, S. Cody Woll, Josiah T. Wagner, Kristin M. Culpepper, and Timothy Grant Cleaver
Assessing the Potential of Land Use Modification to Mitigate Ambient NO2 and Its Consequences for Respiratory Health, Meenakshi Rao, Linda A. George, Vivek Shandas, and Todd N. Rosenstiel
Winter Diet of Bobolink, a Long-Distance Migratory Grassland Bird, Inferred from Feather Isotopes, Rosalind B. Renfrew, Jason M. Hill, Daniel H. Kim, Christopher Romanek, and Noah G. Perlut
Mitochondria-derived Small Non-coding RNAs in Extreme Anoxia Tolerance, Claire L. Riggs and Jason E. Podrabsky
Small Noncoding RNA Expression During Extreme Anoxia Tolerance of Annual Killifish (Austrofundulus limnaeus) Embryos, Claire L. Riggs and Jason E. Podrabsky
Epigenetic Regulation of Alternative Developmental Trajectories, Amie L. Romney and Jason E. Podrabsky
Transcriptomic Analysis of Maternally Provisioned Cues for Phenotypic Plasticity in the Annual Killifish, Austrofundulus limnaeus, Amie L. Romney and Jason E. Podrabsky
Cephalopod Biodiversity in the Vicinity of Bear Seamount, Western North Atlantic Based on Exploratory Trawling From 2000 to 2014, Elizabeth K. Shea, Heather Judkins, Michelle D. Staudinger, and Valerie H. Dimkovikj
Each to Their Own CURE: Faculty Who Teach Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences Report Why You Too Should Teach a CURE, Erin E. Shortlidge, Gita Bangera, and Sara Brownell
Passive Warming Reduces Stress and Shifts Reproductive Effort in the Antarctic Moss, Polytrichastrum alpinum, Erin E. Shortlidge, Sarah M. Eppley, Hans Kohler, Todd N. Rosenstiel, Gustavo E. Zúñiga, and Angélica Casanova-Katny
Experimental Evolution with Caenorhabditis Nematodes, Henrique Teotónio, Suzanne Estes, Patrick C. Phillips, and Charles F. Baer
Robustness of a model microbial community emerges from population structure among single cells of a clonal population, Anne W. Thompson, Serdar Turkarslan, Christina E. Arens, Adrian Lopez Garcia de Lomana, Arjun V. Raman, David A. Stahl, and Nitin S. Baliga
Dynamics of Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus at Station ALOHA Revealed through Flow Cytometry and High-Resolution Vertical Sampling, Ger J. van den Engh, Joseph K. Doggett, Anne W. Thompson, Martina A. Doblin, Carla N.G. Gimpel, and David M. Karl
Insulin-Like Growth Factor Signaling Regulates Developmental Trajectory Associated with Diapause in Embryos of the Annual Killifish Austrofundulus limnaeus, S. Cody Woll and Jason E. Podrabsky
Fungal Endophyte Communities in the Temperate Fern Polystichum munitum Show Early Colonization and Extensive Temporal Turnover, Brett Steven Younginger and Daniel J. Ballhorn
Is Biomass a Reliable Estimate of Plant Fitness?, Brett Steven Younginger, Dagmara Sirova, Mitchell B. Cruzan, and Daniel J. Ballhorn
Submissions from 2016
Bayesian Methods for Comparing Species Physiological and Ecological Response Curves, Michael B. Ashcroft, Angélica Casanova-Katny, Kerrie Mengersen, Todd N. Rosenstiel, Johanna D. Turnbull, Jane Wasley, Melinda J. Waterman, Gustavo E. Zúñiga, and Sharon A. Robinson
Scientific Engagement at FDA: A Report to the FDA Science Board from the Scientific Engagement Subcommittee, Anthony Bahinski, Maria C. Friere, Mark R. McLellan, Bruce M. Psaty, Dan M. Roden, and Scott J. Steele
Herbivore Damage Induces a Transgenerational Increase of Cyanogenesis in Wild Lima Bean (Phaseolus lunatus), Daniel J. Ballhorn, Stefanie Kautz, and Jessie May Lauman
Coevolution of Cyanogenic Bamboos and Bamboo Lemurs on Madagascar, Daniel J. Ballhorn, Fanny Patrika Rakotoarivelo, and Stefanie Kautz
Friend or Foe—Light Availability Determines the Relationship between Mycorrhizal Fungi, Rhizobia and Lima Bean (Phaseolus lunatus L.), Daniel J. Ballhorn, Martin Schädler, Jacob D. Elias, Jess A. Millar, and Stefanie Kautz
Spatial Patterns of Extra-pair Paternity for Spotted Towhees Pipilo Maculatus in Urban Parks, Sarah Bartos Smith, Jenny E. McKay, Michael T. Murphy, and Deborah A. Duffield
Demography of a Ground Nesting Bird in an Urban System: Are Populations Self-Sustaining?, Sarah Bartos Smith, Jenny E. McKay, Jennifer K. Richardson, Amy A. Shipley, and Michael T. Murphy
Reproductive Output of Mosses Under Experimental Warming on Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, Maritime Antarctica, Angélica Casanova-Katny, G. A. Torres-Mellado, and Sarah M. Eppley
Paternal Behaviour in a Socially Monogamous but Sexually Promiscuous Passerine Bird, Christopher M. Chutter, Lucas J. Redmond, Nathan W. Cooper, Amy C. Dolan, Deborah A. Duffield, and Michael T. Murphy
Postpollination Discrimination Between Self and Outcross Pollen Covaries with the Mating System of a Self-Compatible Flowering Plant, Mitchell B. Cruzan and Spencer C. H. Barrett
Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (Micro-UAVs, Drones) in Plant Ecology, Mitchell B. Cruzan, Ben G. Weinstein, Monica R. Grasty, Brendan F. Kohrn, Elizabeth C. Hendrickson, Tina M. Arredondo, and Pamela G. Thompson
Seasonal and Sex Differences in Responsiveness to Adrenocorticotropic Hormone Contribute to Stress Response Plasticity in Red-Sided Garter Snakes (Thamnophis Sirtalis Parietalis), Catherine A. Dayger and Deborah I. Lutterschmidt
Modeling Microvirus Capsid Protein Evolution Utilizing Metagenomic Sequence Data, Geoffrey S. Diemer and Kenneth M. Stedman
Anchored Pseudo-De Novo Assembly of Human Genomes Identifies Extensive Sequence Variation From Unmapped Sequence Reads, Joshua Faber-Hammond and Kim Brown
Pseudo-De Novo Assembly and Analysis of Unmapped Genome Sequence Reads in Wild Zebrafish Reveal Novel Gene Content, Joshua Faber-Hammond and Kim Brown
Distribution Drivers and Physiological Responses in Geothermal Bryophyte Communities, Estefanía Llaneza García, Todd N. Rosenstiel, Camille Brianne Graves, Erin E. Shortlidge, and Sarah M. Eppley
A Francisella-Like Endosymbiont in the Gulf Coast Tick Evolved From a Mammalian Pathogen, Jonathan G. Gerhart, Abraham S. Moses, and Rahul Raghavan
Is Protection Against Florivory Consistent with the Optimal Defense Hypothesis?, Adrienne L. Godschalx, Lauren Stady, Benjamin Watzig, and Daniel J. Ballhorn
Mechanisms of Animal Diapause: Recent Developments from Nematodes, Crustaceans, Insects, and Fish, Steven C. Hand, David L. Denlinger, Jason E. Podrabsky, and Richard Roy
Recumbence Behavior in Zoo Elephants: Determination of Patterns and Frequency of Recumbent Rest and Associated Environmental and Social Factors, Matthew Robert Holdgate, Cheryl L. Meehan, Jennifer N. Hogan, Lance J. Miller, Jeff Rushen, Anne-Marie de Passillé, Josesph Soltis, Jeff Andrews, and David J. Shepherdson
Walking Behavior of Zoo Elephants: Associations between GPS-Measured Daily Walking Distances and Environmental Factors, Social Factors, and Welfare Indicators, Matthew Robert Holdgate, Cheryl L. Meehan, Jennifer N. Hogan, Lance J. Miller, Josesph Soltis, Jeff Andrews, and David J. Shepherdson
Intermediate Filament Aggregates Cause Mitochondrial Dysmotility and Increase Energy Demands in Giant Axonal Neuropathy, Eitan Israeli, Dilyan I. Dryanovski, Paul T. Schumacker, Navdeep S. Chandel, Jeffrey D. Singer, Jean-Pierre Julien, Robert D. Goldman, and Puneet Opal
Office of Regulatory Affairs Strategies for Building an Integrated National Laboratory Network for Food and Feed, Barbara Kowalcyk, Mark R. McLellan, Lynn Goldman, David Goldman, Harvey T. Holmes, and Connie Weaver
Mechanisms of Methane Transport Through Populus trichocarpa, Ellynne Marie Kutschera, M. A. K. Khalil, Andrew Rice, and Todd Rosenstiel