Preparation, characterization, and antifungal evaluation of a new type of aminourea chitooligosaccharide derivatives - Jun Zhu; Song Liu; Yukun Qin; Rong’e Xing; Huahua Yu; Xiaolin Chen; Pengcheng Li (Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2020)

PI3K/Akt pathway is involved in the activation of RAW 264.7 cells induced by hydroxypropyltrimethyl ammonium chloride chitosan - Yue Yang; Rong’e Xing; Song Liu; Yukun Qin; Kecheng Li; Huahua Yu; Pengcheng Li (Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2020)

How far poleward can the seasonal precipitation maxima over land extend under high obliquity? - Jing Han; Larissa E. Back; Zhengyu Liu; Xinyu Wen (Climate Dynamics, 2020)

Mitogenomic phylogeny of the Naticidae (Gastropoda: Littorinimorpha) reveals monophyly of the Polinicinae - Hongyue Liu; Yi Yang; Shao'e Sun; Lingfeng Kong; Qi Li (Zoologica Scripta, 2020)
The Naticidae is a species‐rich family of predatory marine gastropods with substantial interspecific morphological diversity. The classification of the Naticidae has been traditionally based on morphology data, but the phylogenetic relationships within the family are debated due to conflicting molecular results, especially regarding the monophyly of subfamilies Polinicinae and Naticinae. To further resolve the phylogenetic controversies within the Naticidae, we undertake a phylogenetic approach using 14 newly sequenced complete or nearly complete (only lacking a control region) mitochondrial genomes. Both the maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference analyses supported monophyly of the Polinicinae, but paraphyly of the Naticinae due to the placement of the enigmatic genus Notocochlis . The ancestral character reconstruction suggests that the operculum, a character that currently defines the two subfamilies, evolved from an ancestor with a calcareous operculum in the evolutionary history of naticids. In addition, the chronogram estimates that naticids was originated in late Triassic (about 227 million years ago), consistent with previous hypotheses. Our study highlights the importance of using complete mitochondrial genomes while reconstructing phylogenetic relationships within the Naticidae. The evolution scenario of the naticid operculum contributes new insights into the classification of Naticidae.

Targeting Two Antigens Associated with B-ALL with CD19-CD123 Compound Car T Cell Therapy - Lulu E. Yan; Hongyu Zhang; Masayuki Wada; Liu Fang; Jia Feng; Wenli Zhang; Qi Chen; Yuanzhen Cao; Kevin G. Pinz; Kevin H. Chen; Jessica C. Petrov; Xi Chen; et al. (Stem Cell Reviews and Reports, 2020)

Interaction of APOE, cerebral blood flow, and cortical thickness in the entorhinal cortex predicts memory decline - Chelsea C. Hays; Zvinka Z. Zlatar; M.J. Meloy; Mark W. Bondi; Paul E. Gilbert; Thomas Liu; Jonathan L. Helm; Christina E. Wierenga (Brain Imaging and Behavior, 2020)

Identification of a major dominant gene for race-nonspecific tan spot resistance in wild emmer wheat - Justin D. Faris; Megan E. Overlander; Gayan K. Kariyawasam; Arron Carter; Steven S. Xu; Zhaohui Liu (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2020)

Study of the closure temperature of (U-Th)/He in detrital zircon obtained from natural evolution samples - Chang’e Cai; Nansheng Qiu; Huili Li; Daniel F. Stockli; Jian Chang; Nian Liu (Science China Earth Sciences, 2020)

Biological impacts of phosphomimic AtMYB75 - Anna E. Kreynes; Zhenhua Yong; Xiao-Min Liu; Darren C. J. Wong; Simone D. Castellarin; Brian E. Ellis (Planta, 2020)

A cytokinin-activation enzyme-like gene improves grain yield under various field conditions in rice - Changgui Wang; Guokui Wang; Yang Gao; Guihua Lu; Jeffrey E. Habben; Guanfan Mao; Guangwu Chen; Jiantao Wang; Fan Yang; Xiaoqiang Zhao; Jing Zhang; Hua Mo; et al. (Plant Molecular Biology, 2020)

Correction: Impact of river reconstruction on groundwater flow during bank filtration assessed by transient three-dimensional modelling of flow and heat transport - Wei-shi Wang; Sascha E. Oswald; Thomas Gräff; Hermann-Josef Lensing; Tie Liu; Daniel Strasser; Matthias Munz (Hydrogeology Journal, 2020)

Impact of river reconstruction on groundwater flow during bank filtration assessed by transient three-dimensional modelling of flow and heat transport - Wei-shi Wang; Sascha E. Oswald; Thomas Gräff; Hermann-Josef Lensing; Tie Liu; Daniel Strasser; Matthias Munz (Hydrogeology Journal, 2020)
Bank filtration (BF) is an established indirect water-treatment technology. The quality of water gained via BF depends on the subsurface capture zone, the mixing ratio (river water versus ambient groundwater), spatial and temporal distribution of subsurface travel times, and subsurface temperature patterns. Surface-water infiltration into the adjacent aquifer is determined by the local hydraulic gradient and riverbed permeability, which could be altered by natural clogging, scouring and artificial decolmation processes. The seasonal behaviour of a BF system in Germany, and its development during and about 6 months after decolmation (canal reconstruction), was observed with a long-term monitoring programme. To quantify the spatial and temporal variation in the BF system, a transient flow and heat transport model was implemented and two model scenarios, ‘with’ and ‘without’ canal reconstruction, were generated. Overall, the simulated water heads and temperatures matched those observed. Increased hydraulic connection between the canal and aquifer caused by the canal reconstruction led to an increase of ~23% in the already high share of BF water abstracted by the nearby waterworks. Subsurface travel-time distribution substantially shifted towards shorter travel times. Flow paths with travel times <200 days increased by ~10% and those with <300 days by 15%. Generally, the periodic temperature signal, and the summer and winter temperature extrema, increased and penetrated deeper into the aquifer. The joint hydrological and thermal effects caused by the canal reconstruction might increase the potential of biodegradable compounds to further penetrate into the aquifer, also by potentially affecting the redox zonation in the aquifer.

Arsenic Distribution, Accumulation and Tolerance Mechanisms of Typha angustifolia in Different Phenological Growth Stages - Guiying Yang; Huan Zhong; Xue Liu; Chang’e Liu; Shiyu Li; Lei Hou; Yungen Liu; Yan Wang; Wei Ren; Changqun Duan (Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2020)

Correction to: Microsatellite records for volume 10, issue 2 - Dan Yu; Xueyun Ding; Zhi Zhang; Yu Zeng; Huanzhang Liu; Lin Wang; Ye Gong; Xingtu Liu; Xianguo Lyu; Gregory R. McCracken; Francisca V. Valenzuela-Aguayo; Evelyn M. Habit; et al. (Conservation Genetics Resources, 2020)

Magnetotail dipolarization fronts and particle acceleration: A review - Huishan Fu; Elena E. Grigorenko; Christine Gabrielse; Chengming Liu; San Lu; K. J. Hwang; Xuzhi Zhou; Zhe Wang; Fang Chen (Science China Earth Sciences, 2020)

Record-Setting Ocean Warmth Continued in 2019 - Lijing Cheng; John Abraham; Jiang Zhu; Kevin E. Trenberth; John Fasullo; Tim Boyer; Ricardo Locarnini; Bin Zhang; Fujiang Yu; Liying Wan; Xingrong Chen; Xiangzhou Song; et al. (Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2020)

When to start and when to stop: Effects of climate on breeding in a multi‐brooded songbird - Lei Lv; Yang Liu; Helen L. Osmond; Andrew Cockburn; Loeske E. B. Kruuk (Global Change Biology, 2020)
Climate warming has been shown to affect the timing of the onset of breeding of many bird species across the world. However, for multi‐brooded species, climate may also affect the timing of the end of the breeding season, and hence also its duration, and these effects may have consequences for fitness. We used 28 years of field data to investigate the links between climate, timing of breeding, and breeding success in a cooperatively breeding passerine, the superb fairy‐wren ( Malurus cyaneus ). This multi‐brooded species from southeastern Australia has a long breeding season and high variation in phenology between individuals. By applying a “sliding window” approach, we found that higher minimum temperatures in early spring resulted in an earlier start and a longer duration of breeding, whereas less rainfall and more heatwaves (days > 29°C) in late summer resulted in an earlier end and a shorter duration of breeding. Using a hurdle model analysis, we found that earlier start dates did not predict whether or not females produced any young in a season. However, for successful females who produced at least one young, earlier start dates were associated with higher numbers of young produced in a season. Earlier end dates were associated with a higher probability of producing at least one young, presumably because unsuccessful females kept trying when others had ceased. Despite larger scale trends in climate, climate variables in the windows relevant to this species’ phenology did not change across years, and there were no temporal trends in phenology during our study period. Our results illustrate a scenario in which higher temperatures advanced both start and end dates of individuals’ breeding seasons, but did not generate an overall temporal shift in breeding times. They also suggest that the complexity of selection pressures on breeding phenology in multi‐brooded species may have been underestimated.

Atmospheric mercury accumulation rate in northeastern China during the past 800 years as recorded by the sediments of Tianchi Crater Lake - Tao Zhan; Xin Zhou; Wenhan Cheng; Xiaoqing He; Luyao Tu; Xiaoyan Liu; Junyi Ge; Yuanyun Xie; Jun Zhang; Yongfa Ma; E Li; Yansong Qiao (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020)

Methane production in the oxygenated water column of a perennially ice‐covered Antarctic lake - Wei Li; John E. Dore; August J. Steigmeyer; Yong‐Joon Cho; Ok‐Sun Kim; Yongqin Liu; Rachael M. Morgan‐Kiss; Mark L. Skidmore; John C. Priscu (Limnology and Oceanography, 2020)
Aerobic methane production in aquatic ecosystems impacts the global atmospheric budget of methane, but the extent, mechanism, and taxa responsible for producing this greenhouse gas are not fully understood. Lake Bonney (LB), a perennially ice‐covered Antarctic lake, has cold hypersaline waters underlying an oxygenated freshwater layer. We present temporal methane concentration profiles in LB indicating methane production in the oxygenated (> 200% air saturation) water. Experiments amended with methylphosphonate (MPn) yielded methane generation, suggesting in situ methanogenesis via the carbon‐phosphorus (C‐P) lyase pathway. Enrichment cultures from the lake were used to isolate five bacterial strains capable of generating methane when supplied with MPn as the sole P source. Based on 16S rRNA gene sequencing, the isolates belong to the Proteobacteria (closely related to Marinomonas , Hoeflea , and Marinobacter genera) and Bacteroidetes ( Algoriphagus genus). 16S rRNA metagenomic sequencing confirms the presence of these taxa in LB. None of the isolated species were reported to be capable to produce methane. In addition, orthologs of the phosphoenolpyruvate mutase gene ( PepM ) and methylphosphonate synthase ( MPnS ), enzymes involved in phosphonate and MPn biosynthesis, were widely spread in the LB shotgun metagenomic libraries; genes related to C‐P lyase pathways ( phn gene clusters) were also abundant. 16S rRNA and mcrA genes of anaerobic methanogens were absent in both 16S rRNA and metagenomics libraries. These data reveal that in situ aerobic biological methane production is likely a significant source of methane in LB.

TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access - Jens Kattge; Gerhard Bönisch; Sandra Díaz; Sandra Lavorel; Iain Colin Prentice; Paul Leadley; Susanne Tautenhahn; Gijsbert D. A. Werner; Tuomas Aakala; Mehdi Abedi; Alicia T. R. Acosta; George C. Adamidis; et al. (Global Change Biology, 2020)
Plant traits—the morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological characteristics of plants—determine how plants respond to environmental factors, affect other trophic levels, and influence ecosystem properties and their benefits and detriments to people. Plant trait data thus represent the basis for a vast area of research spanning from evolutionary biology, community and functional ecology, to biodiversity conservation, ecosystem and landscape management, restoration, biogeography and earth system modelling. Since its foundation in 2007, the TRY database of plant traits has grown continuously. It now provides unprecedented data coverage under an open access data policy and is the main plant trait database used by the research community worldwide. Increasingly, the TRY database also supports new frontiers of trait‐based plant research, including the identification of data gaps and the subsequent mobilization or measurement of new data. To support this development, in this article we evaluate the extent of the trait data compiled in TRY and analyse emerging patterns of data coverage and representativeness. Best species coverage is achieved for categorical traits—almost complete coverage for ‘plant growth form’. However, most traits relevant for ecology and vegetation modelling are characterized by continuous intraspecific variation and trait–environmental relationships. These traits have to be measured on individual plants in their respective environment. Despite unprecedented data coverage, we observe a humbling lack of completeness and representativeness of these continuous traits in many aspects. We, therefore, conclude that reducing data gaps and biases in the TRY database remains a key challenge and requires a coordinated approach to data mobilization and trait measurements. This can only be achieved in collaboration with other initiatives.

One bis-indole alkaloid-voacamine from Voacanga africana Stapf: biological activity evaluation of PTP1B in vitro utilizing enzymology method based on SPRi expriment - Yan-Qiu Wang; Hong-Xiang Li; Xiao-Chun Liu; Jin-Shuang Zhao; Rong-Qiang Liu; Wen-ying Huai; Wei-Jun Ding; Tian-E Zhang; Yun Deng (Natural Product Research, 2019)

SOCS-3 contributes to bisphenol a exposure-induced insulin resistance in hepatocytes - Hu-Min Qi; Yue-E Dai; Wei Chen; Qian-Qi Liu (Science China Life Sciences, 2019)

Rosette core fungal resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana - Yanwan Dai; Huw A. Ogilvie; Yuan Liu; Michael Huang; Lye Meng Markillie; Hugh D. Mitchell; Eli J. Borrego; Michael V. Kolomiets; Matthew J. Gaffrey; Galya Orr; E. Wassim Chehab; Wan-Ting Mao; et al. (Planta, 2019)

WormBot, an open-source robotics platform for survival and behavior analysis in C. elegans - Jason N. Pitt; Nolan L. Strait; Elena M. Vayndorf; Benjamin W. Blue; Christina H. Tran; Brendon E. M. Davis; Karen Huang; Brock J. Johnson; Keong Mu Lim; Sophie Liu; Arash Nikjoo; Anuj Vaid; et al. (GeroScience, 2019)

Distinctiveness, speciation and demographic history of the rare endemic conifer Juniperus erectopatens in the eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau - Jingjing Xu; Xinya Song; Markus Ruhsam; Tingxuan Liu; Jialiang Li; Linda E. Neaves; Jibin Miao; Siyu Xie; Qingyu Meng; Kangshan Mao (Conservation Genetics, 2019)

Transcriptome analysis in different chieh-qua cultivars provides new insights into drought-stress response - Min Wang; Xiaoming He; Biao Jiang; Wenrui Liu; Yu’e Lin; Dasen Xie; Zhaojun Liang; Lihui Chen; Qingwu Peng (Plant Biotechnology Reports, 2019)

Proximate Mechanisms of Host Plant Location by a Specialist Phytophagous Insect, the Grape Berry Moth, Paralobesia Viteana - Michael S. Wolfin; Ronald R. Chilson; Jonathan Thrall; Yuxi Liu; Sara Volo; Dong H. Cha; Gregory M. Loeb; Charles E. Linn (Journal of Chemical Ecology, 2019)

Echolocation call divergence in bats: a comparative analysis - Bo Luo; Leith Leiser-Miller; Sharlene E. Santana; Lin Zhang; Tong Liu; Yanhong Xiao; Ying Liu; Jiang Feng (Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2019)

Archaeobotanical investigations at the earliest horse herder site of Botai in Kazakhstan - Giedre Motuzaite Matuzeviciute; E. Lightfoot; X. Liu; J. Jacob; A. K. Outram; V. F. Zaibert; S. Zakharov; M. K. Jones (Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2019)

The effect of substrate grain size on burrowing ability and distribution characteristics of Perinereis aibuhitensis - Tao Sun; Chun’e Liu; Xingzuo Li; Dongzhengyang An; Hairui Yu; Zheng Ma; Feng Liu (Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2019)

Ecological memory of daily carbon exchange across the globe and its importance in drylands - Yao Liu; Christopher R. Schwalm; Kimberly E. Samuels‐Crow; Kiona Ogle (Ecology Letters, 2019)
How do antecedent (past) conditions influence land‐carbon dynamics after those conditions no longer persist? In particular, quantifying such memory effects associated with the influence of past environmental (exogenous) and biological (endogenous) conditions is crucial for understanding and predicting the carbon cycle. Here we show, using data from 42 eddy covariance sites across six major biomes, that ecological memory—decomposed into environmental and biological memory components—of daily net carbon exchange (NEE) is critical for understanding the land‐carbon metabolism, especially in drylands for which memory explains ~ 32% of the variation in NEE. The strong environmental memory in drylands was primarily driven by short‐ and long‐term moisture status. Moreover, the strength of environmental memory scales with increasing water stress. This universal scaling relationship, emerging within and among major biomes, suggests a potential adaptive response to water limitation. Our findings underscore the necessity of considering ecological memory in experiments, observations and modelling.

Supporting Spartina : Interdisciplinary perspective shows Spartina as a distinct solid genus - Alejandro Bortolus; Paul Adam; Janine B. Adams; Malika L. Ainouche; Debra Ayres; Mark D. Bertness; Tjeerd J. Bouma; John F. Bruno; Isabel Caçador; James T. Carlton; Jesus M. Castillo; Cesar S. B. Costa; et al. (Ecology, 2019)
In 2014, a DNA‐based phylogenetic study confirming the paraphyly of the grass subtribe Sporobolinae proposed the creation of a large monophyletic genus Sporobolus , including (among others) species previously included in the genera Spartina , Calamovilfa , and Sporobolus. Spartina species have contributed substantially (and continue contributing) to our knowledge in multiple disciplines, including ecology, evolutionary biology, molecular biology, biogeography, experimental ecology, biological invasions, environmental management, restoration ecology, history, economics, and sociology. There is no rationale so compelling to subsume the name Spartina as a subgenus that could rival the striking, global iconic history and use of the name Spartina for over 200 yr. We do not agree with the subjective arguments underlying the proposal to change Spartina to Sporobolus . We understand the importance of both the objective phylogenetic insights and of the subjective formalized nomenclature and hope that by opening this debate we will encourage positive feedback that will strengthen taxonomic decisions with an interdisciplinary perspective. We consider that the strongly distinct, monophyletic clade Spartina should simply and efficiently be treated as the genus Spartina .

Porous Media Characterization Using Minkowski Functionals: Theories, Applications and Future Directions - Ryan T. Armstrong; James E. McClure; Vanessa Robins; Zhishang Liu; Christoph H. Arns; Steffen Schlüter; Steffen Berg (Transport in Porous Media, 2019)

A Comparison of Isolation Methods for Black Fungi Degrading Aromatic Toxins - Yu Quan; Bert Gerrits van den Ende; Dongmei Shi; Francesc X. Prenafeta-Boldú; Zuoyi Liu; Abdullah M. S. Al-Hatmi; Sarah A. Ahmed; Paul E. Verweij; Yingqian Kang; Sybren de Hoog (Mycopathologia, 2019)

Cryptic phylogeographic history sheds light on the generation of species diversity in sky‐island mountains - Kai He; Eliécer E. Gutiérrez; Neander M. Heming; Klaus‐Peter Koepfli; Tao Wan; Shuiwang He; Wei Jin; Shao‐Ying Liu; Xue‐Long Jiang (Journal of Biogeography, 2019)
Aim The aim of this study was to conduct comprehensive phylogeographic and demographic analyses to examine the degree to which topographic and climatic conditions have affected the patterns of diversification and migration in a strictly montane inhabitant, the montane long‐tailed mole ( Scaptonyx fusicaudus ). Location The mountains of south‐western China and adjacent mountains including Mts. Bashan, Dalou and Qinling also known as the sky islands in south‐western China. Taxon The long‐tailed mole ( S. fusicaudus ), a semi‐fossorial mammal distributed in the sky islands of south‐western China, is a relict species and the sole representative of the tribe Scaptonychini. Methods We sequenced one mitochondrial and six nuclear genes from 113 samples across the species’ range. We estimated phylogenetic relationships and divergence times, conducted genetic structuring and species delimitation using multiple approaches and used Approximate Bayesian Computation to test potential gene flow. We conducted ecological niche modelling to predict the species’ potential distribution in the present, the last glacial maximum and the last interglacial (LIG). Results The species comprises a minimum of 17 operational taxonomic units which are isolated in different mountain ranges. The lowlands and large rivers act as barriers to dispersal, and have isolated evolutionary lineages for up to 11 million years. Long‐distance dispersal is evident among a few discrete montane archipelagos. Suitable climatic conditions during the LIG are limited to only a few sites, thus geographically restricting climatic stable areas across geological periods (from the LIG to the present). Main conclusions For low‐vagility species, the complex topography of the sky islands has promoted exceptional diversification through a combination of eco‐environmental stability as well as geographic fragmentation. The mountains have acted as a buffer against climate change, and have provided continuously suitable habitats for S. fusicaudus since the early Late Miocene, supporting the hypothesis that the sky islands constitute “museums” of ancient lineages. Lowlands and river valleys have acted as barriers preventing gene flow, while the montane archipelagos could have provided stepping stones to facilitate dispersal.

Using aerial imagery and digital photography to monitor growth and yield in winter wheat - Sarah Olanrewaju; Nithya Rajan; Amir M.H. Ibrahim; Jackie C. Rudd; Shuyu Liu; Ruixiu Sui; Kirk E. Jessup; Qingwu Xue (International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2019)

Model-Informed Drug Development Approach Supporting Approval of Adalimumab (HUMIRA) in Adolescent Patients with Hidradenitis Suppurativa: a Regulatory Perspective - Youwei Bi; Jiang Liu; Jie Wang; Roselyn E. Epps; David Kettl; Kendall Marcus; Shirley Seo; Hao Zhu; Yaning Wang (The AAPS Journal, 2019)

A side-by-side comparison of biological nitrogen fixation and yield of four legume crops - Liting Liu; J. Diane Knight; Reynald L. Lemke; Richard E. Farrell (Plant and Soil, 2019)

Development and Characterization of a Dry Powder Formulation for Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Spectinamide 1599 - Ian E. Stewart; Pradeep B. Lukka; Jiuyu Liu; Bernd Meibohm; Mercedes Gonzalez-Juarrero; Miriam S. Braunstein; Richard E. Lee; Anthony J. Hickey (Pharmaceutical Research, 2019)

Intraparticle Connectivity in Sugarcane Bagasse Unveiled by Pore Network Modeling - Daison Yancy-Caballero; Liu Y. Ling; André Fujita; João E. Ferreira; Carlos Driemeier (BioEnergy Research, 2019)

A new depsidone derivative from mangrove sediment derived fungus Lasiodiplodia theobromae - Blessing O. Umeokoli; Weaam Ebrahim; Mona El-Neketi; Werner E. G. Müller; Rainer Kalscheuer; Wenhan Lin; Zhen Liu; Peter Proksch (Natural Product Research, 2019)

The relentless march of mass coral bleaching: a global perspective of changing heat stress - W. J. Skirving; S. F. Heron; B. L. Marsh; G. Liu; J. L. De La Cour; E. F. Geiger; C. M. Eakin (Coral Reefs, 2019)

Proceedings of the fourth international molecular pathological epidemiology (MPE) meeting - Peter T. Campbell; Christine B. Ambrosone; Reiko Nishihara; Hugo J. W. L. Aerts; Melissa Bondy; Nilanjan Chatterjee; Montserrat Garcia-Closas; Marios Giannakis; Jeffrey A. Golden; Yujing J. Heng; N. Sertac Kip; Jill Koshiol; et al. (Cancer Causes & Control, 2019)

Twenty-three unsolved problems in hydrology (UPH) – a community perspective - Günter Blöschl; Marc F.P. Bierkens; Antonio Chambel; Christophe Cudennec; Georgia Destouni; Aldo Fiori; James W. Kirchner; Jeffrey J. McDonnell; Hubert H.G. Savenije; Murugesu Sivapalan; Christine Stumpp; Elena Toth; et al. (Hydrological Sciences Journal, 2019)

Correction to: Disentangling the impact of nutrient load and climate changes on Baltic Sea hypoxia and eutrophication since 1850 - H. E. M. Meier; K. Eilola; E. Almroth-Rosell; S. Schimanke; M. Kniebusch; A. Höglund; P. Pemberton; Y. Liu; G. Väli; S. Saraiva (Climate Dynamics, 2019)

Disentangling the impact of nutrient load and climate changes on Baltic Sea hypoxia and eutrophication since 1850 - H. E. M. Meier; K. Eilola; E. Almroth-Rosell; S. Schimanke; M. Kniebusch; A. Höglund; P. Pemberton; Y. Liu; G. Väli; S. Saraiva (Climate Dynamics, 2019)

Taxonomy of the order Bunyavirales: update 2019 - Abulikemu Abudurexiti; Scott Adkins; Daniela Alioto; Sergey V. Alkhovsky; Tatjana Avšič-Županc; Matthew J. Ballinger; Dennis A. Bente; Martin Beer; Éric Bergeron; Carol D. Blair; Thomas Briese; Michael J. Buchmeier; et al. (Archives of Virology, 2019)

The molecular biogeography of the Indo‐Pacific: Testing hypotheses with multispecies genetic patterns - Eric D. Crandall; Cynthia Riginos; Chris E. Bird; Libby Liggins; Eric Treml; Maria Beger; Paul H. Barber; Sean R. Connolly; Peter F. Cowman; Joseph D. DiBattista; Jeff A. Eble; Sharon F. Magnuson; et al. (Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2019)
Aim To test hypothesized biogeographic partitions of the tropical Indo‐Pacific Ocean with phylogeographic data from 56 taxa, and to evaluate the strength and nature of barriers emerging from this test. Location The Indo‐Pacific Ocean. Time period Pliocene through the Holocene. Major taxa studied Fifty‐six marine species. Methods We tested eight biogeographic hypotheses for partitioning of the Indo‐Pacific using a novel modification to analysis of molecular variance. Putative barriers to gene flow emerging from this analysis were evaluated for pairwise Φ ST , and these Φ ST distributions were compared to distributions from randomized datasets and simple coalescent simulations of vicariance arising from the Last Glacial Maximum. We then weighed the relative contribution of distance versus environmental or geographic barriers to pairwise Φ ST with a distance‐based redundancy analysis (dbRDA). Results We observed a diversity of outcomes, although the majority of species fit a few broad biogeographic regions. Repeated coalescent simulation of a simple vicariance model yielded a wide distribution of pairwise Φ ST that was very similar to empirical distributions observed across five putative barriers to gene flow. Three of these barriers had median Φ ST that were significantly larger than random expectation. Only 21 of 52 species analysed with dbRDA rejected the null model. Among these, 15 had overwater distance as a significant predictor of pairwise Φ ST , while 11 were significant for geographic or environmental barriers other than distance. Main conclusions Although there is support for three previously described barriers, phylogeographic discordance in the Indo‐Pacific Ocean indicates incongruity between processes shaping the distributions of diversity at the species and population levels. Among the many possible causes of this incongruity, genetic drift provides the most compelling explanation: given massive effective population sizes of Indo‐Pacific species, even hard vicariance for tens of thousands of years can yield Φ ST values that range from 0 to nearly 0.5.

Molecular characterization of a novel TaGL3-5A allele and its association with grain length in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) - Jian Yang; Yanjie Zhou; Qiuhong Wu; Yongxing Chen; Panpan Zhang; Yu’e Zhang; Weiguo Hu; Xicheng Wang; Hong Zhao; Lingli Dong; Jun Han; Zhiyong Liu; et al. (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2019)

Overexpression of OsIAAGLU reveals a role for IAA–glucose conjugation in modulating rice plant architecture - Xiao-lu Yu; Hai-yan Wang; David W. M. Leung; Zhi-dan He; Jian-jun Zhang; Xin-xiang Peng; E-e Liu (Plant Cell Reports, 2019)

Intravitreal Ets1 siRNA alleviates choroidal neovascularization in a mouse model of age-related macular degeneration - Manhui Zhu; Li Jiang; You Yuan; Lili Chen; Xiaojuan Liu; Juan Liang; Qiujian Zhu; Dongmei Ding; E. Song (Cell and Tissue Research, 2019)

Biochar application as a tool to decrease soil nitrogen losses ( NH 3 volatilization, N 2 O emissions, and N leaching) from croplands: Options and mitigation strength in a global perspective - Qi Liu; Benjuan Liu; Yanhui Zhang; Tianlong Hu; Zhibin Lin; Gang Liu; Xiaojie Wang; Jing Ma; Hui Wang; Haiyang Jin; Per Ambus; James E. Amonette; et al. (Global Change Biology, 2019)
Biochar application to croplands has been proposed as a potential strategy to decrease losses of soil‐reactive nitrogen (N) to the air and water. However, the extent and spatial variability of biochar function at the global level are still unclear. Using Random Forest regression modelling of machine learning based on data compiled from the literature, we mapped the impacts of different biochar types (derived from wood, straw, or manure), and their interactions with biochar application rates, soil properties, and environmental factors, on soil N losses ( NH 3 volatilization, N 2 O emissions, and N leaching) and crop productivity. The results show that a suitable distribution of biochar across global croplands (i.e., one application of −1 wood biochar for poorly buffered soils, such as those characterized by soil pH 30%; and one application of −1 wood biochar, −1 straw biochar, or −1 manure biochar for other soils) could achieve an increase in global crop yields by 222–766 Tg yr −1 (4%–16% increase), a mitigation of cropland N 2 O emissions by 0.19–0.88 Tg N yr −1 (6%–30% decrease), a decline of cropland N leaching by 3.9–9.2 Tg N yr −1 (12%–29% decrease), but also a fluctuation of cropland NH 3 volatilization by −1.9–4.7 Tg N yr −1 (−12%–31% change). The decreased sum of the three major reactive N losses amount to 1.7–9.4 Tg N yr −1 , which corresponds to 3%–14% of the global cropland total N loss. Biochar generally has a larger potential for decreasing soil N losses but with less benefits to crop production in temperate regions than in tropical regions.

Copy number variation of bovine SHH gene is associated with body conformation traits in Chinese beef cattle - Mei Liu; Bo Li; Tao Shi; Yongzhen Huang; George E. Liu; Xianyong Lan; Chuzhao Lei; Hong Chen (Journal of Applied Genetics, 2019)

Computational detection and experimental validation of segmental duplications and associated copy number variations in water buffalo ( Bubalus bubalis ) - Shuli Liu; Xiaolong Kang; Claudia R. Catacchio; Mei Liu; Lingzhao Fang; Steven G. Schroeder; Wenli Li; Benjamin D. Rosen; Daniela Iamartino; Leopoldo Iannuzzi; Tad S. Sonstegard; Curtis P. Van Tassell; et al. (Functional & Integrative Genomics, 2019)

Epidemiological trends and virological traits of hepatitis B virus infection in pregnant women and neonates - Ting-Ting Peng; Qiu-E Cai; Min Yang; Shao-Ping Chen; Feng Chen; Miao Wang; Ling Peng; Gary Wong; Chen-Guang Shen; Wen-Bing Cheng; Sai-Yun Liu; Ya-Bai Peng; et al. (Archives of Virology, 2019)

Commentary: Reconstructing Four Centuries of Temperature-Induced Coral Bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef - Ove Hoegh-Guldberg; William J. Skirving; Janice M. Lough; Chunying Liu; Michael E. Mann; Simon Donner; C. Mark Eakin; Neal Cantin; Jessica Carilli; Scott Fraser Heron; Sonya Miller; Sophie Dove (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019)

Transcriptomic Changes during Previtellogenic and Vitellogenic Stages of Ovarian Development in Wreckfish (Hāpuku), Polyprion oxygeneios (Perciformes) - Matthew J Wylie; Jane E Symonds; Alvin N Setiawan; Glen W Irvine; Hui Liu; Abigail Elizur; P Mark Lokman (Fishes, 2019)
‘Wreckfish’ a collective of species belonging to the family Polyprionidae, are an important commercial fishery and have significant aquaculture potential. Until now, genomic or transcriptomic information for any species within the genus Polyprion has either remained unpublished or is non-existent. Using Illumina HiSeq, we compared the transcriptomes of hāpuku (Polyprion oxygeneios) ovaries to explore developmental stage-specific variations underlying their reproductive physiology. We sought to identify differentially expressed genes and the associated shifts in biological pathways between previtellogenic and early vitellogenic ovaries. Ovarian tissue was repeatedly biopsied by gonopore cannulation from the same females (n = 3) throughout oogenesis. Reproductive status of initial biopsies was confirmed as being previtellogenic and that in biopsies collected eight weeks later as early vitellogenic. A de novo hāpuku transcriptome was assembled (146,189 transcripts) from RNA-Seq data without a reference genome. On average, each tissue sample contained 17.5 million trimmed reads. Gene annotation was 80% when using BLASTX against Genbank Non Redundant database. Fifty-three transcripts were differentially expressed within the FDR of 0.05 when previtellogenic and early vitellogenic ovaries were compared; this reduced to 35 differentially expressed genes when transcript duplications were pooled. Among these were genes tentatively associated with the electron transport chain, lipid metabolism, steroidogenesis and mineral/solute transportation. These data provide a snap-shot into stage-specific physiological events during oogenesis in the ovary of a teleost and an extensive molecular resource for research on species in the Genus Polyprion.

Changes in retinal and choroidal morphology after cerebrospinal fluid pressure reduction: a Beijing iCOP study - Lu Liu; Xiaoxia Li; Hanspeter E. Killer; Kai Cao; Jing Li; Ningli Wang (Science China Life Sciences, 2019)

Leveraging linkage evidence to identify low-frequency and rare variants on 16p13 associated with blood pressure using TOPMed whole genome sequencing data - Karen Y. He; Xiaoyin Li; Tanika N. Kelly; Jingjing Liang; Brian E. Cade; Themistocles L. Assimes; Lewis C. Becker; Amber L. Beitelshees; Adam P. Bress; Yen-Pei Christy Chang; Yii-Der Ida Chen; Paul S. de Vries; et al. (Human Genetics, 2019)

Adsorption performance and mechanisms of Pb(II), Cd(II), and Mn(II) removal by a β-cyclodextrin derivative - Mengjiao Zhang; Liyun Zhu; Changhua He; Xiaojun Xu; Zhengyang Duan; Shuli Liu; Mingyao Song; Shumin Song; Jiemei Shi; Yu’e Li; Guangzhu Cao (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019)

Development of wheat genotypes expressing a glutamine-specific endoprotease from barley and a prolyl endopeptidase from Flavobacterium meningosepticum or Pyrococcus furiosus as a potential remedy to celiac disease - Claudia E. Osorio; Nuan Wen; Jaime H. Mejias; Bao Liu; Stephen Reinbothe; Diter von Wettstein; Sachin Rustgi (Functional & Integrative Genomics, 2019)

A genome-wide association study for mastitis resistance in phenotypically well-characterized Holstein dairy cattle using a selective genotyping approach - Jacqueline P. Kurz; Zhou Yang; Robert B. Weiss; David J. Wilson; Kerry A. Rood; George E. Liu; Zhongde Wang (Immunogenetics, 2019)

In Search of a Field-Based Relationship Between Benthic Macrofauna and Biogeochemistry in a Modern Brackish Coastal Sea - Mayya Gogina; Marko Lipka; Jana Woelfel; Bo Liu; Claudia Morys; Michael E. Böttcher; Michael L. Zettler (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2018)

Human Ischaemic Cascade Studies Using SH-SY5Y Cells: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis - Ye Liu; Emma D. Eaton; Taryn E. Wills; Sarah K. McCann; Ana Antonic; David W. Howells (Translational Stroke Research, 2018)

Cratons, kimberlites and diamonds: selected papers of the 11th International Kimberlite Conference - Thomas Stachel; D. Graham Pearson; Andrea Giuliani; Casey M. Hetman; Jaroslav (Jarek) Jakubec; Philip E. Janney; Bruce A. Kjarsgaard; Alan F. Kobussen; Jingao Liu; Oded Navon; Roberta Rudnick; David B. Snyder; et al. (Mineralogy and Petrology, 2018)

Cannabis Addiction and the Brain: a Review - Amna Zehra; Jamie Burns; Christopher Kure Liu; Peter Manza; Corinde E. Wiers; Nora D. Volkow; Gene-Jack Wang (Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology, 2018)

Variability of CP4 EPSPS expression in genetically engineered soybean (Glycine max L. Merrill) - Parimala Chinnadurai; Duška Stojšin; Kang Liu; Gregory E. Frierdich; Kevin C. Glenn; Tao Geng; Adam Schapaugh; Keguo Huang; Andrew E. Deffenbaugh; Zi L. Liu; Luis A. Burzio (Transgenic Research, 2018)

Solute Reservoirs Reflect Variability of Early Diagenetic Processes in Temperate Brackish Surface Sediments - Marko Lipka; Jana Woelfel; Mayya Gogina; Jens Kallmeyer; Bo Liu; Claudia Morys; Stefan Forster; Michael E. Böttcher (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2018)

Deficit irrigation: a viable option for sustainable confection sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) production in the semi-arid US - R. Liu; E. A. A. Abdelraouf; B. Bicego; V. R. Joshi; A. Garcia y Garcia (Irrigation Science, 2018)

Genetic modifiers of radon-induced lung cancer risk: a genome-wide interaction study in former uranium miners - Albert Rosenberger; Rayjean J. Hung; David C. Christiani; Neil E. Caporaso; Geoffrey Liu; Stig E. Bojesen; Loic Le Marchand; Ch. A. Haiman; Demetrios Albanes; Melinda C. Aldrich; Adonina Tardon; G. Fernández-Tardón; et al. (International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, 2018)

Widespread tephra layers in the Bering Sea sediments: distal clues to large explosive eruptions from the Aleutian volcanic arc - A. N. Derkachev; V. V. Ponomareva; M. V. Portnyagin; S. A. Gorbarenko; N. A. Nikolaeva; M. I. Malakhov; E. A. Zelenin; D. Nürnberg; Yanguang Liu (Bulletin of Volcanology, 2018)

Assimilation of ancient organic carbon by zooplankton in Tibetan Plateau lakes is depending on watershed characteristics - Y. Su; E. Hu; Z. Liu; E. Jeppesen; J. J. Middelburg (Limnology and Oceanography, 2018)
Ancient (i.e., radiocarbon depleted) organic carbon (OC) is exported from ice sheet, glacier, and permafrost systems and may be buried, respired, or assimilated in downstream aquatic systems. Few studies have explored the potential use of this ancient OC in lake food webs. We combined natural abundance radiocarbon and stable carbon isotope data (Δ 14 C and δ 13 C) to study ancient OC utilization by zooplankton in six lakes covering a large climate gradient on the central and peripheral Tibetan Plateau. A depleted Δ 14 C signature of dissolved and particulate OC was found in the inflowing streams and lakes, ranging from – 49‰ to – 569‰, corresponding to radiocarbon ages between 403 yr and 6757 yr. The Δ 14 C values for zooplankton in the lakes ranged from – 45‰ to – 264‰, reflecting that zooplankton obtain 14 C‐depleted signatures through assimilation of ancient OC and/or indirectly through consumption of phytoplankton or aquatic plant utilizing 14 C‐depleted inorganic carbon. Moreover, ancient OC from inflowing streams contributed more to zooplankton diets in the temperate glacier area than in the cold glacier area. Assimilation of ancient OC by zooplankton in lakes is not only affected by drainage basin characteristics, such as the recharge coefficient of the lake, but also by the biogeochemical properties of OC. Use of ancient OC by zooplankton in high‐altitude lakes may constitute an important link between the contemporary aquatic food webs and the glaciated watersheds. Our findings have important implications for the contribution of ancient carbon to the modern lake food webs of high‐altitude and polar lakes.

Acuminatispora palmarum gen. et sp. nov. from mangrove habitats - Sheng-Nan Zhang; Kevin D. Hyde; E. B. Gareth Jones; Ratchadawan Cheewangkoon; Jian-Kui (Jack) Liu (Mycological Progress, 2018)

Production of membrane proteins for characterisation of their pheromone-sensing and antimicrobial resistance functions - Aalishaa A. Azam; Jean M. Kinder; G. Nasir Khan; Ade Alase; Pikyee Ma; Yang Liu; James R. Ault; Peter J. F. Henderson; Babur Z. Chowdhry; Bruce D. Alexander; Stephen E. Harding; Mary K. Phillips-Jones (European Biophysics Journal, 2018)

Long-Term Mean Circulation of the Baltic Sea as Represented by Various Ocean Circulation Models - Manja Placke; H. E. Markus Meier; Ulf Gräwe; Thomas Neumann; Claudia Frauen; Ye Liu (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2018)

Responses of rainbow trout intestinal epithelial cells to different kinds of nutritional deprivation - Patrick G. Pumputis; Vivian R. Dayeh; Lucy E. J. Lee; Phuc H. Pham; Zhenzhen Liu; Senthuri Viththiyapaskaran; Niels C. Bols (Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 2018)

Genetic analysis and QTL mapping of fruit-related traits in wax gourd (Benincasa hispida) - Wenrui Liu; Biao Jiang; Qingwu Peng; Xiaoming He; Yu’e Lin; Min Wang; Zhaojun Liang; Dasen Xie; Kailin Hu (Euphytica, 2018)

Climate research priorities for policy-makers, practitioners, and scientists in Georgia, USA - Murray A. Rudd; Althea F. P. Moore; Daniel Rochberg; Lisa Bianchi-Fossati; Marilyn A. Brown; David D’Onofrio; Carrie A. Furman; Jairo Garcia; Ben Jordan; Jennifer Kline; L. Mark Risse; Patricia L. Yager; et al. (Environmental Management, 2018)

The vertical distributions and spawning site choices of red and yellow bluefin killifish Lucania goodei colour morphs - Chia‐Hao Chang; Jessica E. Schult; Jonathan Sanders; Shih‐Hui Liu; Rebecca C. Fuller (Journal of Fish Biology, 2018)
A genetic colour polymorphism is present in bluefin killifish Lucania goodei , where red and yellow anal‐fin morphs coexist in clear springs, but the source of balancing selection is unknown. In a field study, vertical distributions did not differ between the morphs and there was little evidence that light environments differed qualitatively over the 200 cm at which fish were collected. A greenhouse study showed that both morphs preferred to spawn at shallow depths and hence vertical distribution and spawning site choice are unlikely to explain the maintenance of the colour polymorphism.

Shifting metabolic priorities among key protistan taxa within and below the euphotic zone - Sarah K. Hu; Zhenfeng Liu; Harriet Alexander; Victoria Campbell; Paige E. Connell; Sonya T. Dyhrman; Karla B. Heidelberg; David A. Caron (Environmental Microbiology, 2018)
Summary A metatranscriptome study targeting the protistan community was conducted off the coast of Southern California, at the San Pedro Ocean Time‐series station at the surface, 150 m (oxycline), and 890 m to link putative metabolic patterns to distinct protistan lineages. Comparison of relative transcript abundances revealed depth‐related shifts in the nutritional modes of key taxonomic groups. Eukaryotic gene expression in the sunlit surface environment was dominated by phototrophs, such as diatoms and chlorophytes, and high abundances of transcripts associated with synthesis pathways (e.g., photosynthesis, carbon fixation, fatty acid synthesis). Sub‐euphotic depths (150 and 890 m) exhibited strong contributions from dinoflagellates and ciliates, and were characterized by transcripts relating to digestion or intracellular nutrient recycling (e.g., breakdown of fatty acids and V‐type ATPases). These transcriptional patterns underlie the distinct nutritional modes of ecologically important protistan lineages that drive marine food webs, and provide a framework to investigate trophic dynamics across diverse protistan communities.

Correction to: Strategies of Drug Transporter Quantitation by LC-MS: Importance of Peptide Selection and Digestion Efficiency - Buyun Chen; Liling Liu; Hoangdung Ho; Yuan Chen; Ze Yang; Xiaorong Liang; Jian Payandeh; Brian Dean; Cornelis E. C. A. Hop; Yuzhong Deng (The AAPS Journal, 2018)

The coexistence of copy number variations (CNVs) and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) at a locus can result in distorted calculations of the significance in associating SNPs to disease - Jiaqi Liu; Yangzhong Zhou; Sen Liu; Xiaofei Song; Xin-Zhuang Yang; Yanhui Fan; Weisheng Chen; Zeynep Coban Akdemir; Zihui Yan; Yuzhi Zuo; Renqian Du; Zhenlei Liu; et al. (Human Genetics, 2018)

Bacterial wilt symptoms are impacted by host age and involve net downward movement of Erwinia tracheiphila in muskmelon - Q. Liu; G. A. Beattie; E. Saalau Rojas; Mark L. Gleason (European Journal of Plant Pathology, 2018)

Avian prenatal auditory stimulation: progress and perspectives - Moises Rivera; Matthew I. M. Louder; Sonia Kleindorfer; Wan-chun Liu; Mark E. Hauber (Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2018)

Front Cover - James A. Lutz; Tucker J. Furniss; Daniel J. Johnson; Stuart J. Davies; David Allen; Alfonso Alonso; Kristina J. Anderson‐Teixeira; Ana Andrade; Jennifer Baltzer; Kendall M. L. Becker; Erika M. Blomdahl; Norman A. Bourg; et al. (Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2018)

Global importance of large‐diameter trees - James A. Lutz; Tucker J. Furniss; Daniel J. Johnson; Stuart J. Davies; David Allen; Alfonso Alonso; Kristina J. Anderson‐Teixeira; Ana Andrade; Jennifer Baltzer; Kendall M. L. Becker; Erika M. Blomdahl; Norman A. Bourg; et al. (Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2018)
Aim To examine the contribution of large‐diameter trees to biomass, stand structure, and species richness across forest biomes. Location Global. Time period Early 21st century. Major taxa studied Woody plants. Methods We examined the contribution of large trees to forest density, richness and biomass using a global network of 48 large (from 2 to 60 ha) forest plots representing 5,601,473 stems across 9,298 species and 210 plant families. This contribution was assessed using three metrics: the largest 1% of trees ≥ 1 cm diameter at breast height (DBH), all trees ≥ 60 cm DBH, and those rank‐ordered largest trees that cumulatively comprise 50% of forest biomass. Results Averaged across these 48 forest plots, the largest 1% of trees ≥ 1 cm DBH comprised 50% of aboveground live biomass, with hectare‐scale standard deviation of 26%. Trees ≥ 60 cm DBH comprised 41% of aboveground live tree biomass. The size of the largest trees correlated with total forest biomass ( r 2 = .62, p r 2 = .45, p r 2 = .33, p r 2 = .17, p = .002). The concentration of biomass in the largest 1% of trees declined with increasing absolute latitude ( r 2 = .46, p r 2 = .31, p r 2 = .26, p Main conclusions Because large‐diameter trees constitute roughly half of the mature forest biomass worldwide, their dynamics and sensitivities to environmental change represent potentially large controls on global forest carbon cycling. We recommend managing forests for conservation of existing large‐diameter trees or those that can soon reach large diameters as a simple way to conserve and potentially enhance ecosystem services.

Focusing quorum sensing signalling by nano‐magnetic assembly - Yongguang Guan; Chen‐Yu Tsao; David N. Quan; Ying Li; Lei Mei; Yingying Song; Boce Zhang; Yi Liu; Gregory F. Payne; William E. Bentley; Qin Wang (Environmental Microbiology, 2018)
Summary Quorum sensing (QS) exists widely among bacteria, enabling a transition to multicellular behaviour after bacterial populations reach a particular density. The coordination of multicellularity enables biotechnological application, dissolution of biofilms, coordination of virulence, and so forth. Here, a method to elicit and subsequently disperse multicellular behaviour among QS‐negative cells is developed using magnetic nanoparticle assembly. We fabricated magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs, ∼5 nm) that electrostatically collect wild‐type (WT) Escherichia coli BL21 cells and brings them into proximity of bioengineered E. coli [CT104 (W3110 lsrFG − luxS − pCT6 + pET‐DsRed)] reporter cells that exhibit a QS response after receiving autoinducer‐2 (AI‐2). By shortening the distance between WT and reporter cells (e.g., increasing local available AI‐2 concentrations), the QS response signalling was amplified four‐fold compared to that in native conditions without assembly. This study suggests potential applications in facilitating intercellular communication and modulating multicellular behaviours based on user‐specified designs.

Evolution of interspecies unilateral incompatibility in the relatives of Arabidopsis thaliana - Ling Li; Bo Liu; Xiaomei Deng; Hainan Zhao; Hongyan Li; Shilai Xing; Della D. Fetzer; Mengya Li; Mikhail E. Nasrallah; June B. Nasrallah; Pei Liu (Molecular Ecology, 2018)
The evolutionary concurrence of intraspecies self‐incompatibility ( SI ) and explosive angiosperm radiation in the Cretaceous have led to the hypothesis that SI was one of the predominant drivers of rapid speciation in angiosperms. Interspecies unilateral incompatibility ( UI ) usually occurs when pollen from a self‐compatible ( SC ) species is rejected by the pistils of a SI species, while the reciprocal pollination is compatible ( UC ). Although this SI × SC type UI is most prevalent and viewed as a prezygotic isolation barrier to promote incipient speciation of angiosperms, comparative evidence to support such a role is lacking. We show that SI × SI type UI in SI species pairs is also common in the well‐characterized accessions representing the four major lineages of the Arabidopsis genus and is developmentally regulated. This allowed us to reveal a strong correlation between UI strength and species divergence in these representative accessions. In addition, analyses of a SC accession and the pseudo‐self‐compatible ( psc ) spontaneous mutant of Arabidopsis lyrata indicate that UI shares, at least, common pollen rejection pathway with SI . Furthermore, genetic and genomic analyses of SI × SI type UI in A. lyrata × A. arenosa species pair showed that two major‐effect quantitative trait loci are the stigma and pollen‐side determinant of UI , respectively, which could be involved in heterospecies pollen discrimination. By revealing a close link between UI and SI pathway, particularly between UI and species divergence in these representative accessions, our findings establish a connection between SI and speciation. Thus, the pre‐existence of SI system would have facilitated the evolution of UI and accordingly promote speciation.

Mapping of new quantitative trait loci for sudden death syndrome and soybean cyst nematode resistance in two soybean populations - Sivakumar Swaminathan; Nilwala S. Abeysekara; Joshua M. Knight; Min Liu; Jia Dong; Matthew E. Hudson; Madan K. Bhattacharyya; Silvia R. Cianzio (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2018)

How does biochar influence soil N cycle? A meta-analysis - Qi Liu; Yanhui Zhang; Benjuan Liu; James E. Amonette; Zhibin Lin; Gang Liu; Per Ambus; Zubin Xie (Plant and Soil, 2018)

Overexpression of VpPR10.1 by an efficient transformation method enhances downy mildew resistance in V. vinifera - Hang Su; Yun-Tong Jiao; Fang-Fang Wang; Yue-E Liu; Wei-Li Niu; Guo-Tian Liu; Yan Xu (Plant Cell Reports, 2018)

In vitro prebiotic effects of seaweed polysaccharides - Xiaolin Chen; Yuhao Sun; Linfeng Hu; Song Liu; Huahua Yu; Rong’e Xing; Rongfeng Li; Xueqin Wang; Pengcheng Li (Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2018)

Strong evidence for changing fish reproductive phenology under climate warming on the Tibetan Plateau - Juan Tao; Dekui He; Mark J. Kennard; Chengzhi Ding; Stuart E. Bunn; Chunlong Liu; Yintao Jia; Rongxiao Che; Yifeng Chen (Global Change Biology, 2018)
Phenological responses to climate change have been widely observed and have profound and lasting effects on ecosystems and biodiversity. However, compared to terrestrial ecosystems, the long‐term effects of climate change on species’ phenology are poorly understood in aquatic ecosystems. Understanding the long‐term changes in fish reproductive phenology is essential for predicting population dynamics and for informing management strategies, but is currently hampered by the requirement for intensive field observations and larval identification. In this study, a very low‐frequency sampling of juveniles and adults combined with otolith measurements (long axis length of the first annulus; LAFA ) of an endemic Tibetan Plateau fish ( Gymnocypris selincuoensis ) was used to examine changes in reproductive phenology associated with climate changes from the 1970s to 2000s. Assigning individual fish to their appropriate calendar year class was assisted by dendrochronological methods (crossdating). The results demonstrated that LAFA was significantly and positively associated with temperature and growing season length. To separate the effects of temperature and the growing season length on LAFA growth, measurements of larval otoliths from different sites were conducted and revealed that daily increment additions were the main contributor (46.3%), while temperature contributed less (12.0%). Using constructed water‐air temperature relationships and historical air temperature records, we found that the reproductive phenology of G. selincuoensis was strongly advanced in the spring during the 1970s and 1990s, while the increased growing season length in the 2000s was mainly due to a delayed onset of winter. The reproductive phenology of G. selincuoensis advanced 2.9 days per decade on average from the 1970s to 2000s, and may have effects on recruitment success and population dynamics of this species and other biota in the ecosystem via the food web. The methods used in this study are applicable for studying reproductive phenological changes across a wide range of species and ecosystems.

Impacts of Agricultural and Reclamation Practices on Wetlands in the Amur River Basin, Northeastern China - Yuanchun Zou; Luying Wang; Zhenshan Xue; Mingju E; Ming Jiang; Xianguo Lu; Shengda Yang; Xiangjin Shen; Zhengmao Liu; Guangzhi Sun; Xiaofei Yu (Wetlands, 2018)

Effects of particle size of mono-disperse granular flows impacting a rigid barrier - Yifei Cui; Clarence E. Choi; Luis H. D. Liu; Charles W. W. Ng (Natural Hazards, 2018)

Long-term (≥20 years) application of fertilizers and straw return enhances soil carbon storage: a meta-analysis - Yu’e Li; Shengwei Shi; Muhammad Ahmed Waqas; Xiaoxia Zhou; Jianling Li; Yunfan Wan; Xiaobo Qin; Qingzhu Gao; Shuo Liu; Andreas Wilkes (Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 2018)

Predicting Heat Stress to Inform Reef Management: NOAA Coral Reef Watch's 4-Month Coral Bleaching Outlook - Gang Liu; C. Mark Eakin; Mingyue Chen; Arun Kumar; Jacqueline L. De La Cour; Scott F. Heron; Erick F. Geiger; William J. Skirving; Kyle V. Tirak; Alan E. Strong (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2018)

Gene structure, expression pattern and interaction of Nuclear Factor-Y family in castor bean (Ricinus communis) - Yue Wang; Wei Xu; Zexi Chen; Bing Han; Mohammad E. Haque; Aizhong Liu (Planta, 2018)

Photoactivation and relaxation studies on the cyanobacterial orange carotenoid protein in the presence of copper ion - Haijun Liu; Yue Lu; Benjamin Wolf; Rafael Saer; Jeremy D. King; Robert E. Blankenship (Photosynthesis Research, 2018)

Estrogen deficiency compromised the β2AR-Gs/Gi coupling: implications for arrhythmia and cardiac injury - Hongjian Hou; Zhiwei Zhao; Jeremiah Ong’achwa Machuki; Lin Zhang; Yan Zhang; Lu Fu; Jinxia Wu; Yuyu Liu; Sian E. Harding; Hong Sun (Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology, 2018)

The genesis of the Hashitu porphyry molybdenum deposit, Inner Mongolia, NE China: constraints from mineralogical, fluid inclusion, and multiple isotope (H, O, S, Mo, Pb) studies - Degao Zhai; Jiajun Liu; Stylianos Tombros; Anthony E. Williams-Jones (Mineralium Deposita, 2018)

Quantifying the Effect of Salinity Stratification on Phytoplankton Density Patterns in Estuaries - Bo Liu; Huib E. de Swart (Estuaries and Coasts, 2018)

Transient receptor potential vanilloid-3 (TRPV3) activation plays a central role in cardiac fibrosis induced by pressure overload in rats via TGF-β1 pathway - Yan Liu; Hanping Qi; Mingyao E; Pilong Shi; Qianhui Zhang; Shuzhi Li; Ye Wang; Yonggang Cao; Yunping Chen; Lina Ba; Jingquan Gao; Wei Huang; et al. (Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology, 2018)

Reduced deep regional cerebral venous oxygen saturation in hemodialysis patients using quantitative susceptibility mapping - Chao Chai; Saifeng Liu; Linlin Fan; Lei Liu; Jinping Li; Chao Zuo; Tianyi Qian; E. Mark Haacke; Wen Shen; Shuang Xia (Metabolic Brain Disease, 2018)

Refinement on non-hydrostatic shallow granular flow model in a global Cartesian coordinate system - L. Yuan; W. Liu; J. Zhai; S. F. Wu; A. K. Patra; E. B. Pitman (Computational Geosciences, 2018)

Brain-specific HIV Nef identified in multiple patients with neurological disease - Susanna L. Lamers; Gary B. Fogel; Enoch S. Liu; Andrew E. Barbier; Christopher W. Rodriguez; Elyse J. Singer; David J. Nolan; Rebecca Rose; Michael S. McGrath (Journal of NeuroVirology, 2018)

AAV-mediated gene delivery of the calreticulin anti-angiogenic domain inhibits ocular neovascularization - Leilei Tu; Jiang-Hui Wang; Veluchamy A. Barathi; Selwyn M. Prea; Zheng He; Jia Hui Lee; James Bender; Anna E. King; Grant J. Logan; Ian E. Alexander; Youn-Shen Bee; Ming-Hong Tai; et al. (Angiogenesis, 2018)

RNF43 is mutated less frequently in Lynch Syndrome compared with sporadic microsatellite unstable colorectal cancers - Lochlan J. Fennell; Mark Clendenning; Diane M. McKeone; Saara H. Jamieson; Samanthy Balachandran; Jennifer Borowsky; John Liu; Futoshi Kawamata; Catherine E. Bond; Christophe Rosty; Matthew E. Burge; Daniel D. Buchanan; et al. (Familial Cancer, 2018)

Air pollutant exposure field modeling using air quality model-data fusion methods and comparison with satellite AOD-derived fields: application over North Carolina, USA - Ran Huang; Xinxin Zhai; Cesunica E. Ivey; Mariel D. Friberg; Xuefei Hu; Yang Liu; Qian Di; Joel Schwartz; James A. Mulholland; Armistead G. Russell (Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health, 2018)

Improved Neuroimaging Atlas of the Dentate Nucleus - Naying He; Jason Langley; Daniel E. Huddleston; Huawei Ling; Hongmin Xu; Chunlei Liu; Fuhua Yan; Xiaoping P. Hu (The Cerebellum, 2017)

Inhibition of P2X7 receptors improves outcomes after traumatic brain injury in rats - Xiaofeng Liu; Zhengqing Zhao; Ruihua Ji; Jiao Zhu; Qian-Qian Sui; Gillian E. Knight; Geoffrey Burnstock; Cheng He; Hongbin Yuan; Zhenghua Xiang (Purinergic Signalling, 2017)

A new compound, methylbergenin along with eight known compounds with cytotoxicity and anti-inflammatory activity from Ardisia japonica - Ke-Yun Yu; Wei Wu; Shang-Zhen Li; Li-Li Dou; Le-Le Liu; Ping Li; E-Hu Liu (Natural Product Research, 2017)

New Botanical Anxiolytics for Use in Companion Animals and Humans - Rui Liu; Fida Ahmed; Christian Cayer; Martha Mullally; Ana Francis Carballo; Marco Otarola Rojas; Mario Garcia; John Baker; Aleksandar Masic; Pablo E Sanchez; Luis Poveda; Zul Merali; et al. (The AAPS Journal, 2017)

Subcellular pigment distribution is altered under far-red light acclimation in cyanobacteria that contain chlorophyll f - Erica L.-W. Majumder; Benjamin M. Wolf; Haijun Liu; R. Howard Berg; Jerilyn A. Timlin; Min Chen; Robert E. Blankenship (Photosynthesis Research, 2017)

SLCO1B1 521T > C polymorphism associated with rosuvastatin-induced myotoxicity in Chinese coronary artery disease patients: a nested case–control study - Ju-E Liu; Xiao-Ying Liu; Sheng Chen; Yan Zhang; Li-Yun Cai; Min Yang; Wei-Hua Lai; Bin Ren; Shi-Long Zhong (European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2017)

Characterization of electrocorticogram high-gamma signal in response to varying upper extremity movement velocity - Po T. Wang; Colin M. McCrimmon; Christine E. King; Susan J. Shaw; David E. Millett; Hui Gong; Luis A. Chui; Charles Y. Liu; Zoran Nenadic; An H. Do (Brain Structure and Function, 2017)

Multimodal Neuroimaging in Schizophrenia: Description and Dissemination - C. J. Aine; H. J. Bockholt; J. R. Bustillo; J. M. Cañive; A. Caprihan; C. Gasparovic; F. M. Hanlon; J. M. Houck; R. E. Jung; J. Lauriello; J. Liu; A. R. Mayer; et al. (Neuroinformatics, 2017)

Pancreas specific expression of oncogenes in a porcine model - Martin F. Berthelsen; Morten M. Callesen; Tanja S. Østergaard; Ying Liu; Rong Li; Henrik Callesen; Frederik Dagnæs-Hansen; Stephen Hamilton-Dutoit; Jannik E. Jakobsen; Martin K. Thomsen (Transgenic Research, 2017)

Contrasting mechanisms of magma fragmentation during coeval magmatic and hydromagmatic activity: the Hverfjall Fires fissure eruption, Iceland - E. J. Liu; K. V. Cashman; A. C. Rust; A. Höskuldsson (Bulletin of Volcanology, 2017)

Lessons from the First Generation of Marine Ecological Forecast Products - Mark R. Payne; Alistair J. Hobday; Brian R. MacKenzie; Desiree Tommasi; Danielle P. Dempsey; Sascha M. M. Fässler; Alan C. Haynie; Rubao Ji; Gang Liu; Patrick D. Lynch; Daniela Matei; Anna K. Miesner; et al. (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2017)

Development and validation of KASP markers for the greenbug resistance gene Gb7 and the Hessian fly resistance gene H32 in wheat - Chor-Tee Tan; Hangjin Yu; Yan Yang; Xiangyang Xu; Mingshun Chen; Jackie C. Rudd; Qingwu Xue; Amir M. H. Ibrahim; Lisa Garza; Shichen Wang; Mark E. Sorrells; Shuyu Liu (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2017)

Strategies of Drug Transporter Quantitation by LC-MS: Importance of Peptide Selection and Digestion Efficiency - Buyun Chen; Liling Liu; Hoangdung Ho; Yuan Chen; Ze Yang; Xiaorong Liang; Jian Payandeh; Brian Dean; Cornelis E. C. A. Hop; Yuzhong Deng (The AAPS Journal, 2017)

Glucocorticoid-Potentiated Spinal Microglia Activation Contributes to Preoperative Anxiety-Induced Postoperative Hyperalgesia - Rao Sun; Zhibin Zhao; Jiying Feng; Jinhua Bo; Hui Rong; Yishan Lei; Cui’e Lu; Xiaobao Zhang; Bailing Hou; Yu’e Sun; Yue Liu; Zhengliang Ma; et al. (Molecular Neurobiology, 2017)

A new method to approximate load–displacement relationships of spinal motion segments for patient-specific multi-body models of scoliotic spine - Athena Jalalian; Francis E. H. Tay; Soheil Arastehfar; Gabriel Liu (Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, 2017)

Trans-ethnic fine-mapping of genetic loci for body mass index in the diverse ancestral populations of the Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology (PAGE) Study reveals evidence for multiple signals at established loci - Lindsay Fernández-Rhodes; Jian Gong; Jeffrey Haessler; Nora Franceschini; Mariaelisa Graff; Katherine K. Nishimura; Yujie Wang; Heather M. Highland; Sachiko Yoneyama; William S. Bush; Robert Goodloe; Marylyn D. Ritchie; et al. (Human Genetics, 2017)

Aquatic species dominate organic matter in Qinghai Lake during the Holocene: Evidence from eolian deposits around the lake - Fangming Zeng; Xiangjun Liu; Xiangzhong Li; Chongyi E (Journal of Earth Science, 2017)

In Situ Enzymatic Conversion of Nannochloropsis oceanica IMET1 Biomass into Fatty Acid Methyl Esters - Yao Wang; Yi-Ying Lee; Tonya M. Santaus; Charles E. Newcomb; Jin Liu; Chris D. Geddes; Chengwu Zhang; Qiang Hu; Yantao Li (BioEnergy Research, 2017)

Functional genes and thermophilic microorganisms responsible for arsenite oxidation from the shallow sediment of an untraversed hot spring outlet - Ye Yang; Yao Mu; Xian-Chun Zeng; Weiwei Wu; Jie Yuan; Yichen Liu; E. Guoji; Feng Luo; Xiaoming Chen; Hao Li; Jianing Wang (Ecotoxicology, 2017)

High-sensitivity immunochromatographic assay for fumonisin B1 based on indirect antibody labeling - Alexandr E. Urusov; Alina V. Petrakova; Milyausha K. Gubaydullina; Anatoly V. Zherdev; Sergei A. Eremin; Dezhao Kong; Liqiang Liu; Chuanlai Xu; Boris B. Dzantiev (Biotechnology Letters, 2017)

Activation of dioxygen by copper metalloproteins and insights from model complexes - David A. Quist; Daniel E. Diaz; Jeffrey J. Liu; Kenneth D. Karlin (JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 2017)

Impacts of potassium ferrate(VI) on the growth and organic matter accumulation, production, and structural changes in the cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa - Shu-yu Liu; Jingling Xu; Wen-li Chen; Berthold E. David; Minghong Wu; Fang Ma (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2017)

Erratum to: A comparison of changes in river runoff from multiple global and catchment-scale hydrological models under global warming scenarios of 1 °C, 2 °C and 3 °C - Simon N. Gosling; Jamal Zaherpour; Nick J. Mount; Fred F. Hattermann; Rutger Dankers; Berit Arheimer; Lutz Breuer; Jie Ding; Ingjerd Haddeland; Rohini Kumar; Dipangkar Kundu; Junguo Liu; et al. (Climatic Change, 2017)

A comparison of changes in river runoff from multiple global and catchment-scale hydrological models under global warming scenarios of 1 °C, 2 °C and 3 °C - Simon N. Gosling; Jamal Zaherpour; Nick J. Mount; Fred F. Hattermann; Rutger Dankers; Berit Arheimer; Lutz Breuer; Jie Ding; Ingjerd Haddeland; Rohini Kumar; Dipangkar Kundu; Junguo Liu; et al. (Climatic Change, 2017)

Slope aspect influences arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus communities in arid ecosystems of the Daqingshan Mountains, Inner Mongolia, North China - Min Liu; Rong Zheng; Shulan Bai; Yv′e Bai; Jugang Wang (Mycorrhiza, 2017)

Clinical pharmacokinetics of magnesium sulfate in the treatment of children with severe acute asthma - Joseph E. Rower; Xiaoxi Liu; Tian Yu; Michael Mundorff; Catherine M.T. Sherwin; Michael D. Johnson (European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2017)

Gaps in seed banking are compromising the GSPC’s Target 8 in a megadiverse country - Alberto L. Teixido; Peter E. Toorop; Udayangani Liu; Guilherme V. T. Ribeiro; Lisieux F. Fuzessy; Tadeu J. Guerra; Fernando A. O. Silveira (Biodiversity and Conservation, 2017)

Parental cooperation in a changing climate: fluctuating environments predict shifts in care division - Orsolya Vincze; András Kosztolányi; Zoltán Barta; Clemens Küpper; Monif Alrashidi; Juan A. Amat; Araceli Argüelles Ticó; Fiona Burns; John Cavitt; Warren C. Conway; Medardo Cruz‐López; Atahualpa Eduardo Desucre‐Medrano; et al. (Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2017)
Aim Parental care improves the survival of offspring and therefore has a major impact on reproductive success. It is increasingly recognized that coordinated biparental care is necessary to ensure the survival of offspring in hostile environments, but little is known about the influence of environmental fluctuations on parental cooperation. Assessing the impacts of environmental stochasticity, however, is essential for understanding how populations will respond to climate change and the associated increasing frequencies of extreme weather events. Here we investigate the influence of environmental stochasticity on biparental incubation in a cosmopolitan ground‐nesting avian genus. Location Global. Methods We assembled data on biparental care in 36 plover populations ( Charadrius spp.) from six continents, collected between 1981 and 2012. Using a space‐for‐time approach we investigate how average temperature, temperature stochasticity (i.e. year‐to‐year variation) and seasonal temperature variation during the breeding season influence parental cooperation during incubation. Results We show that both average ambient temperature and its fluctuations influence parental cooperation during incubation. Male care relative to female care increases with both mean ambient temperature and temperature stochasticity. Local climatic conditions explain within‐species population differences in parental cooperation, probably reflecting phenotypic plasticity of behaviour. Main conclusions The degree of flexibility in parental cooperation is likely to mediate the impacts of climate change on the demography and reproductive behaviour of wild animal populations.

Influence of Major Storm Events on the Quantity and Composition of Particulate Organic Matter and the Phytoplankton Community in a Subtropical Estuary, Texas - Nicolas E. Reyna; Amber K. Hardison; Zhanfei Liu (Frontiers in Marine Science, 2017)

Assessing uncertainties in land cover projections - Peter Alexander; Reinhard Prestele; Peter H. Verburg; Almut Arneth; Claudia Baranzelli; Filipe Batista e Silva; Calum Brown; Adam Butler; Katherine Calvin; Nicolas Dendoncker; Jonathan C. Doelman; Robert Dunford; et al. (Global Change Biology, 2017)
Understanding uncertainties in land cover projections is critical to investigating land‐based climate mitigation policies, assessing the potential of climate adaptation strategies and quantifying the impacts of land cover change on the climate system. Here, we identify and quantify uncertainties in global and European land cover projections over a diverse range of model types and scenarios, extending the analysis beyond the agro‐economic models included in previous comparisons. The results from 75 simulations over 18 models are analysed and show a large range in land cover area projections, with the highest variability occurring in future cropland areas. We demonstrate systematic differences in land cover areas associated with the characteristics of the modelling approach, which is at least as great as the differences attributed to the scenario variations. The results lead us to conclude that a higher degree of uncertainty exists in land use projections than currently included in climate or earth system projections. To account for land use uncertainty, it is recommended to use a diverse set of models and approaches when assessing the potential impacts of land cover change on future climate. Additionally, further work is needed to better understand the assumptions driving land use model results and reveal the causes of uncertainty in more depth, to help reduce model uncertainty and improve the projections of land cover.

Evaluation and Optimization of Chemical Treatments for Reducing Yellow Discoloration of Channel Catfish ( Ictalurus punctatus ) Fillets During Cold Storage - Yilin Li; Yifen Wang; Claude E. Boyd; Terrill R. Hanson; Shaoyang Liu (Journal of Aquatic Food Product Technology, 2017)

Characterizing the Climate-Driven Collapses and Expansions of Wetland Habitats with a Fully Integrated Surface–Subsurface Hydrologic Model - Ganming Liu; Franklin W. Schwartz; Christopher K. Wright; Nancy E. McIntyre (Wetlands, 2016)

Effect of warming and nitrogen addition on evapotranspiration and water use efficiency in a wheat-soybean/fallow rotation from 2010 to 2014 - Liting Liu; Chunsheng Hu; Jørgen E. Olesen; Zhaoqiang Ju; Xiying Zhang (Climatic Change, 2016)

Composite modification mechanism of cationic modifier to amphoteric modified kaolin and its effects on surface characteristics - W. B. Li; Z. Liu; Z. F. Meng; S. Ren; S. E. Xu; Y. Zhang; M. Y. Wang (International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2016)

Design and Modular Construction of a Polymeric Nanoparticle for Targeted Atherosclerosis Positron Emission Tomography Imaging: A Story of 25% 64Cu-CANF-Comb - Pamela K. Woodard; Yongjian Liu; Eric D. Pressly; Hannah P. Luehmann; Lisa Detering; Deborah E. Sultan; Richard Laforest; Alaina J. McGrath; Robert J. Gropler; Craig J. Hawker (Pharmaceutical Research, 2016)

Novel chaetosphaeriaceous hyphomycetes from aquatic habitats - Jian-Kui Liu; Jing Yang; Sajeewa S. N. Maharachchikumbura; Eric H. C. McKenzie; E. B. Gareth Jones; Kevin D. Hyde; Zuo-Yi Liu (Mycological Progress, 2016)

Topography and age mediate the growth responses of Smith fir to climate warming in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau - B. Liu; Y. Wang; H. Zhu; E. Liang; J. J. Camarero (International Journal of Biometeorology, 2016)

Evaluation of site-specific tactics using bifenazate and Neoseiulus californicus for management of Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae) in strawberries - Ruohan Liu; Teresia W. Nyoike; Oscar E. Liburd (Experimental and Applied Acarology, 2016)

Nocardioides, Sediminibacterium, Aquabacterium, Variovorax, and Pseudomonas linked to carbon uptake during aerobic vinyl chloride biodegradation - Fernanda Paes Wilson; Xikun Liu; Timothy E. Mattes; Alison M. Cupples (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2016)

Nonlinear fault detection threshold optimization method for RAIM algorithm using a heuristic approach - Pan He; Gang Liu; Chun Tan; Yan-e Lu (GPS Solutions, 2016)

Basin-Scale Study on the Multiphase Distribution, Source Apportionment and Risk Assessment of PAHs in the Hai River Water System - Rufeng Li; Xian’e Zhang; Yanzhen Liu; Su Yin; Jingling Liu; Chenghong Feng (Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2016)

Characterization of a trichome-specific promoter of the aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 (ALDH1) gene in Artemisia annua - Meng Liu; Pu Shi; Xueqing Fu; Peter E. Brodelius; Qian Shen; Weimin Jiang; Qian He; Kexuan Tang (Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 2016)

Estimating Maximal In Vitro Skin Permeation Flux from Studies Using Non-sink Receptor Phase Conditions - Shereen Yousef; Xin Liu; Ahmed Mostafa; Yousuf Mohammed; Jeffrey E. Grice; Yuri G. Anissimov; Wedad Sakran; Michael S. Roberts (Pharmaceutical Research, 2016)

Characteristics of metal-tolerant plant growth-promoting yeast (Cryptococcus sp. NSE1) and its influence on Cd hyperaccumulator Sedum plumbizincicola - Wuxing Liu; Beibei Wang; Qingling Wang; Jinyu Hou; Longhua Wu; Jennifer L. Wood; Yongming Luo; Ashley E. Franks (Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2016)

Multiscale Modeling in the Clinic: Drug Design and Development - Colleen E. Clancy; Gary An; William R. Cannon; Yaling Liu; Elebeoba E. May; Peter Ortoleva; Aleksander S. Popel; James P. Sluka; Jing Su; Paolo Vicini; Xiaobo Zhou; David M. Eckmann (Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2016)

Pore-scale and continuum simulations of solute transport micromodel benchmark experiments - M. Oostrom; Y. Mehmani; P. Romero-Gomez; Y. Tang; H. Liu; H. Yoon; Q. Kang; V. Joekar-Niasar; M. T. Balhoff; T. Dewers; G. D. Tartakovsky; E. A. Leist; et al. (Computational Geosciences, 2016)

Attenuated Reactive Gliosis and Enhanced Functional Recovery Following Spinal Cord Injury in Null Mutant Mice of Platelet-Activating Factor Receptor - Yuanyi Wang; Zhongwen Gao; Yiping Zhang; Shi-Qing Feng; Yulong Liu; Lisa B. E. Shields; Ying-Zheng Zhao; Qingsan Zhu; David Gozal; Christopher B. Shields; Jun Cai (Molecular Neurobiology, 2016)

Manganese-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging Reflects Brain Pathology During Progressive HIV-1 Infection of Humanized Mice - Aditya N. Bade; Santhi Gorantla; Prasanta K. Dash; Edward Makarov; Balasrinivasa R. Sajja; Larisa Y. Poluektova; Jiangtao Luo; Howard E. Gendelman; Michael D. Boska; Yutong Liu (Molecular Neurobiology, 2016)

Characterization of a New Wheat- Aegilops biuncialis 1M b (1B) Substitution Line with Good Quality-associated HMW Glutenin Subunit - J. P. Zhou; Y. Cheng; L. L. Zang; E. N. Yang; C. Liu; X. L. Zheng; K. J. Deng; Y. Q. Zhu; Y. Zhang (Cereal Research Communications, 2016)

Microsatellite records for volume 8, issue 2 - Dareen Almojil; Maria Cristina Arias; Rochelle R. Beasley; Yiyong Chen; Rulon W. Clark; Yinghui Dong; Zhiguo Dong; Natalie Forsdick; Elaine Françoso; E. González-Ortegón; A. M. González-Tizón; Linsheng Gui; et al. (Conservation Genetics Resources, 2016)

The role of exogenous electron donors for accelerating 2,4,6-trichlorophenol biotransformation and mineralization - Ning Yan; Rongjie Li; Hua Xu; Ling Li; Lihui Yang; Yongming Zhang; Rui Liu; Bruce E. Rittmann (Biodegradation, 2016)

Over-expression of a WRKY transcription factor gene BoWRKY6 enhances resistance to downy mildew in transgenic broccoli plants - Ming Jiang; Qing-e Liu; Zhen-Ning Liu; Jin-Zhi Li; Cai-Ming He (Australasian Plant Pathology, 2016)

Tissue Penetration of a Novel Spectinamide Antibiotic for the Treatment of Tuberculosis - Dora Babu Madhura; Ashit Trivedi; Jiuyu Liu; Vincent A. Boyd; Cynthia Jeffries; Vivian Loveless; Richard E. Lee; Bernd Meibohm (The AAPS Journal, 2016)

EPMA-World Congress 2015 - Jella-Andrea Abraham; Olga Golubnitschaja; Ildar Akhmetov; Russell J. Andrews; Leonidas Quintana; Russell J. Andrews; Babak Baban; Jun Yao Liu; Xu Qin; Tailing Wang; Mahmood S. Mozaffari; Viktoriia V. Bati; et al. (EPMA Journal, 2016)

Mesoscale numerical simulation study of warm fog dissipation by salt particles seeding - Hui He; Xueliang Guo; Xiang’e Liu; Qian Gao; Xingcan Jia (Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2016)

Calcium transcriptionally regulates the biofilm machinery of Xylella fastidiosa to promote continued biofilm development in batch cultures - Jennifer K. Parker; Hongyu Chen; Sara E. McCarty; Lawrence Y. Liu; Leonardo De La Fuente (Environmental Microbiology, 2016)
Summary The functions of calcium (Ca) in bacteria are less characterized than in eukaryotes, where its role has been studied extensively. The plant‐pathogenic bacterium Xylella fastidiosa has several virulence features that are enhanced by increased Ca concentrations, including biofilm formation. However, the specific mechanisms driving modulation of this feature are unclear. Characterization of biofilm formation over time showed that 4 mM Ca supplementation produced denser biofilms that were still developing at 96 h, while biofilm in non‐supplemented media had reached the dispersal stage by 72 h. To identify changes in global gene expression in X. fastidiosa grown in supplemental Ca, RNA‐Seq of batch culture biofilm cells was conducted at three 24‐h time intervals. Results indicate that a variety of genes are differentially expressed in response to Ca, including genes related to attachment, motility, exopolysaccharide synthesis, biofilm formation, peptidoglycan synthesis, regulatory functions, iron homeostasis, and phages. Collectively, results demonstrate that Ca supplementation induces a transcriptional response that promotes continued biofilm development, while biofilm cells in nonsupplemented media are driven towards dispersion of cells from the biofilm structure. These results have important implications for disease progression in planta, where xylem sap is the source of Ca and other nutrients for X. fastidiosa .

Mechanisms of elevation-dependent warming over the Tibetan plateau in quadrupled CO2 experiments - Libin Yan; Zhengyu Liu; Guangshan Chen; J. E. Kutzbach; Xiaodong Liu (Climatic Change, 2016)

Generation and Disease Model Relevance of a Manganese Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Based NOD/scid-IL-2Rγ c null Mouse Brain Atlas - Balasrinivasa R. Sajja; Aditya N. Bade; Biyun Zhou; Mariano G. Uberti; Santhi Gorantla; Howard E. Gendelman; Michael D. Boska; Yutong Liu (Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology, 2016)

Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae induced ventilator-associated pneumonia in mechanically ventilated patients in China - Q. Yan; M. Zhou; M. Zou; W.-e. Liu (European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 2016)

Up‐and‐down shift in residence depth of slickheads (Alepocephalidae) revealed by otolith stable oxygen isotopic composition - J. C. Shiao; E. Y. Liu; T. D. Sui (Journal of Fish Biology, 2016)
Otolith δ 18 O profiles for four slickhead species (Alepocephalidae) suggested that Alepocephalus umbriceps , Talismania okinawensis and Rouleina watasei migrated hundreds of metres to shallower depths during the juvenile to young stages before returning to their original depth or even deeper waters. Xenodermichthys nodulosus gradually shifted residence depth from shallow to deeper water during their life. These migratory patterns indicated that the slickheads examined had allopatric residence depths at different life stages, which might enhance the pelagic survival and growth rates of the juvenile and young fishes.

Choice of models for QTL mapping with multiple families and design of the training set for prediction of Fusarium resistance traits in maize - Sen Han; H. Friedrich Utz; Wenxin Liu; Tobias A. Schrag; Michael Stange; Tobias Würschum; Thomas Miedaner; Eva Bauer; Chris-Carolin Schön; Albrecht E. Melchinger (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2016)

Construction area expansion in relation to economic-demographic development and land resource in the Pearl River Delta of China - Zhijia Liu; Heqing Huang; Saskia E. Werners; Dan Yan (Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2016)

UV photolysis for enhanced phenol biodegradation in the presence of 2,4,6-trichlorophenol (TCP) - Jiaxiu Song; Wenbing Wang; Rongjie Li; Jun Zhu; Yongming Zhang; Rui Liu; Bruce E. Rittmann (Biodegradation, 2016)

Meta-studies in land use science: Current coverage and prospects - Jasper van Vliet; Nicholas R. Magliocca; Bianka Büchner; Elizabeth Cook; José M. Rey Benayas; Erle C. Ellis; Andreas Heinimann; Eric Keys; Tien Ming Lee; Jianguo Liu; Ole Mertz; Patrick Meyfroidt; et al. (Ambio, 2016)

Tristratiperidium microsporum gen. et sp. nov. (Xylariales) on dead leaves of Arundo plinii - D. A. Daranagama; E. Camporesi; X. Z. Liu; D. J. Bhat; S. Chamyuang; A. H. Bahkali; M. Stadler; K. D. Hyde (Mycological Progress, 2016)

The contribution of germination functional traits to population dynamics of a desert plant community - Zhenying Huang; Shuangshuang Liu; Kent J. Bradford; Travis E. Huxman; D. Lawrence Venable (Ecology, 2016)
Early life‐cycle events play critical roles in determining the population and community dynamics of plants. The ecology of seeds and their germination patterns can determine range limits, adaptation to environmental variation, species diversity, and community responses to climate change. Understanding the adaptive consequences and environmental filtering of such functional traits will allow us to explain and predict ecological dynamics. Here we quantify key functional aspects of germination physiology and relate them to an existing functional ecology framework to explain long‐term population dynamics for 13 species of desert annuals near Tucson, Arizona, USA. Our goal was to assess the extent to which germination functional biology contributes to long‐term population processes in nature. Some of the species differences in base, optimum, and maximum temperatures for germination, thermal times to germination, and base water potentials for germination were strongly related to 20‐yr mean germination fractions, 25‐yr average germination dates, seed size, and long‐term demographic variation. Comparisons of germination fraction, survival, and fecundity vs. yearly changes in population size found significant roles for all three factors, although in varying proportions for different species. Relationships between species’ germination physiologies and relative germination fractions varied across years, with fast‐germinating species being favored in years with warm temperatures during rainfall events in the germination season. Species with low germination fractions and high demographic variance have low integrated water‐use efficiency, higher vegetative growth rates, and smaller, slower‐germinating seeds. We have identified and quantified a number of functional traits associated with germination biology that play critical roles in ecological population dynamics.

Fine mapping of qhir8 affecting in vivo haploid induction in maize - Chenxu Liu; Wei Li; Yu Zhong; Xin Dong; Haixiao Hu; Xiaolong Tian; Lele Wang; Baojian Chen; Chen Chen; Albrecht E. Melchinger; Shaojiang Chen (Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2015)

Functional Interaction Between Na/K-ATPase and NMDA Receptor in Cerebellar Neurons - Evgeny E. Akkuratov; Olga M. Lopacheva; Markus Kruusmägi; Alexandr V. Lopachev; Zahoor A. Shah; Alexander A. Boldyrev; Lijun Liu (Molecular Neurobiology, 2015)

Maternal Exposure to Synthetic Chemicals and Obesity in the Offspring: Recent Findings - Yun Liu; Karen E. Peterson (Current Environmental Health Reports, 2015)

One step bioconversion of waste precious metals into Serratia biofilm-immobilized catalyst for Cr(VI) reduction - P. Yong; W. Liu; Z. Zhang; D. Beauregard; M. L. Johns; L. E. Macaskie (Biotechnology Letters, 2015)

A new Ordovician arthropod from the Winneshiek Lagerstätte of Iowa (USA) reveals the ground plan of eurypterids and chasmataspidids - James C. Lamsdell; Derek E. G. Briggs; Huaibao P. Liu; Brian J. Witzke; Robert M. McKay (The Science of Nature, 2015)

Changes in the abundance and structure of bacterial communities under long-term fertilization treatments in a peanut monocropping system - Wuxing Liu; Qingling Wang; Baozhan Wang; Xiaobing Wang; Ashley E. Franks; Ying Teng; Zhengao Li; Yongming Luo (Plant and Soil, 2015)

Clinical characteristics of 154 patients suspected of having Ebola virus disease in the Ebola holding center of Jui Government Hospital in Sierra Leone during the 2014 Ebola outbreak - T. Yan; J. Mu; E. Qin; Y. Wang; L. Liu; D. Wu; H. Jia; Z. Li; T. Guo; X. Wang; Y. Qin; Y. Li; et al. (European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 2015)

Extreme variation of sulfur isotopic compositions in pyrite from the Qiuling sediment-hosted gold deposit, West Qinling orogen, central China: an in situ SIMS study with implications for the source of sulfur - Lei Chen; Xian-hua Li; Jian-wei Li; Albert H. Hofstra; Yu Liu; Alan E. Koenig (Mineralium Deposita, 2015)

Genetics of skin color variation in Europeans: genome-wide association studies with functional follow-up - Fan Liu; Mijke Visser; David L. Duffy; Pirro G. Hysi; Leonie C. Jacobs; Oscar Lao; Kaiyin Zhong; Susan Walsh; Lakshmi Chaitanya; Andreas Wollstein; Gu Zhu; Grant W. Montgomery; et al. (Human Genetics, 2015)

Connectivity of the bay scallop ( Argopecten irradians ) in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, U.S.A. - Chang Liu; Geoffrey W. Cowles; James H. Churchill; Kevin D. E. Stokesbury (Fisheries Oceanography, 2015)
The harvest of bay scallops ( Argopecten irradians ) from Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, U.S.A. undergoes large interannual fluctuations, varying by more than an order of magnitude in successive years. To investigate the extent to which these fluctuations may be due to yearly variations in the transport of scallop larvae from spawning areas to suitable juvenile habitat (settlement zones), a high‐resolution hydrodynamic model was used to drive an individual‐based model of scallop larval transport. Model results revealed that scallop spawning in Buzzards Bay occurs during a time when nearshore bay currents were principally directed up‐bay in response to a persistent southwesterly sea breeze. This nearshore flow results in the substantial transport of larvae from lower‐bay spawning areas to settlement zones further up‐bay. Averaged over the entire bay, the spawning‐to‐settlement zone connectivity exhibits little interannual variation. However, connectivities between individual spawning and settlement zones vary by up to an order of magnitude. The model results identified spawning areas that have the greatest probability of transporting larvae to juvenile habitat. Because managers may aim to increase scallop populations either locally or broadly, the high‐connectivity spawning areas were divided into: (i) high larval retention and relatively little larval transport to adjoining settlement areas, (ii) both significant larval retention and transport to more distant settlement areas, and (iii) little larval retention but significant transport to distant settlement areas.

Arsenic Removal and Transformation by Pseudomonas sp. Strain GE-1-Induced Ferrihydrite: Co-precipitation Versus Adsorption - Wei Xiu; Huaming Guo; Qiong Liu; Zeyun Liu; Yan’e Zou; Baogang Zhang (Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2015)

Near infrared radiation protects against oxygen-glucose deprivation-induced neurotoxicity by down-regulating neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) activity in vitro - Zhanyang Yu; Zhaoyu Li; Ning Liu; Yunneng Jizhang; Thomas J. McCarthy; Clark E. Tedford; Eng H. Lo; Xiaoying Wang (Metabolic Brain Disease, 2015)

Identification of Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism Markers Associated with Cortisol Response to Crowding in Rainbow Trout - Sixin Liu; Roger L. Vallejo; Guangtu Gao; Yniv Palti; Gregory M. Weber; Alvaro Hernandez; Caird E. Rexroad (Marine Biotechnology, 2015)

Erratum to: Differential positive selection of malaria resistance genes in three indigenous populations of Peninsular Malaysia - Xuanyao Liu; Yushimah Yunus; Dongsheng Lu; Farhang Aghakhanian; Woei‑Yuh Saw; Lian Deng; Mohammad Ali; Xu Wang; Fadzilah Mohd Nor; Thuhairah Abdul Rahman; Shahrul Azlin Shaari; Mohd Zaki Salleh; et al. (Human Genetics, 2015)

Erratum to: Use of a whole-cell bioreporter, Acinetobacter baylyi, to estimate the genotoxicity and bioavailability of chromium(VI)-contaminated soils - Bo Jiang; Di Zhu; Yizhi Song; Dayi Zhang; Zengjun Liu; Xu Zhang; Wei E. Huang; Guanghe Li (Biotechnology Letters, 2015)

Heterologous biosynthesis of costunolide in Escherichia coli and yield improvement - Hua Yin; Yi-bin Zhuang; E-e Li; Hui-ping Bi; Wei Zhou; Tao Liu (Biotechnology Letters, 2015)

Hydrocarbon accumulation in the northwest Chaluhe Fault Depression, Yitong Basin, North China - C. E. Cai; Z. Liu; N. S. Qiu; J. L. He; S. H. Xu (Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 2015)

Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria enhance the growth and Cd uptake of Sedum plumbizincicola in a Cd-contaminated soil - Wuxing Liu; Qingling Wang; Beibei Wang; Jinyu Hou; Yongming Luo; Caixian Tang; Ashley E. Franks (Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2015)

Screening and transcriptome analysis of water deficiency tolerant germplasms in peanut (Arachis hypogaea) - Yi Shen; E. Zhiguo; Xiaojun Zhang; Yonghui Liu; Zhide Chen (Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2015)

Near infrared radiation rescues mitochondrial dysfunction in cortical neurons after oxygen-glucose deprivation - Zhanyang Yu; Ning Liu; Jianhua Zhao; Yadan Li; Thomas J. McCarthy; Clark E. Tedford; Eng H. Lo; Xiaoying Wang (Metabolic Brain Disease, 2015)

Differential positive selection of malaria resistance genes in three indigenous populations of Peninsular Malaysia - Xuanyao Liu; Yushimah Yunus; Dongsheng Lu; Farhang Aghakhanian; Woei-Yuh Saw; Lian Deng; Mohammad Ali; Xu Wang; Fadzilah Ghazali; Thuhairah Abdul Rahman; Shahrul Azlin Shaari; Mohd Zaki Salleh; et al. (Human Genetics, 2015)

Mechanistic Aspects of the Photodynamic Inactivation of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Mediated by 5-Aminolevulinic Acid and 5-Aminolevulinic Acid Methyl Ester - Chengcheng Liu; Yingli Zhou; Li Wang; Lei Han; Jin’e Lei; Hafiz Muhammad Ishaq; Jiru Xu (Current Microbiology, 2015)

BioEarth: Envisioning and developing a new regional earth system model to inform natural and agricultural resource management - Jennifer C. Adam; Jennie C. Stephens; Serena H. Chung; Michael P. Brady; R. David Evans; Chad E. Kruger; Brian K. Lamb; Mingliang Liu; Claudio O. Stöckle; Joseph K. Vaughan; Kirti Rajagopalan; John A. Harrison; et al. (Climatic Change, 2015)

Overuse Activity in the Presence of Scapular Dyskinesis Leads to Shoulder Tendon Damage in a Rat Model - Katherine E. Reuther; Stephen J. Thomas; Jennica J. Tucker; Rameen P. Vafa; Joshua A. Gordon; Stephen S. Liu; Adam C. Caro; Sarah M. Yannascoli; Andrew F. Kuntz; Louis J. Soslowsky (Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2015)

Effects of Perturbation-Based Slip Training Using a Virtual Reality Environment on Slip-induced Falls - Prakriti Parijat; Thurmon E. Lockhart; Jian Liu (Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2015)