Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

October 4, 2019

The impact of artificial intelligence in medicine on the future role of the physician

Abhimanyu S. Ahuja

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7702 PubMed 31592346

October 11, 2019

Adapterama I: universal stubs and primers for 384 unique dual-indexed or 147,456 combinatorially-indexed Illumina libraries (iTru & iNext)

Travis C. Glenn, Roger A. Nilsen, Troy J. Kieran, Jon G. Sanders, Natalia J. Bayona-Vásquez, John W. Finger, Todd W. Pierson, Kerin E. Bentley, Sandra L. Hoffberg, Swarnali Louha, Francisco J. Garcia-De Leon, Miguel Angel del Rio Portilla, Kurt D. Reed, Jennifer L. Anderson, Jennifer K. Meece, Samuel E. Aggrey, Romdhane Rekaya, Magdy Alabady, Myriam Belanger, Kevin Winker, Brant C. Faircloth

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7755 PubMed 31616586

October 7, 2019

Validation of COI metabarcoding primers for terrestrial arthropods

Vasco Elbrecht, Thomas W.A. Braukmann, Natalia V. Ivanova, Sean W.J. Prosser, Mehrdad Hajibabaei, Michael Wright, Evgeny V. Zakharov, Paul D.N. Hebert, Dirk Steinke

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7745 PubMed 31608170

October 11, 2019

Exogenous melatonin confers drought stress by promoting plant growth, photosynthetic capacity and antioxidant defense system of maize seedlings

Shakeel Ahmad, Muhammad Kamran, Ruixia Ding, Xiangping Meng, Haiqi Wang, Irshad Ahmad, Shah Fahad, Qingfang Han

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7793 PubMed 31616591

October 24, 2019

Unfold: an integrated toolbox for overlap correction, non-linear modeling, and regression-based EEG analysis

Benedikt V. Ehinger, Olaf Dimigen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7838 PubMed 31660265

October 11, 2019

Adapterama III: Quadruple-indexed, double/triple-enzyme RADseq libraries (2RAD/3RAD)

Natalia J. Bayona-Vásquez, Travis C. Glenn, Troy J. Kieran, Todd W. Pierson, Sandra L. Hoffberg, Peter A. Scott, Kerin E. Bentley, John W. Finger, Swarnali Louha, Nicholas Troendle, Pindaro Diaz-Jaimes, Rodney Mauricio, Brant C. Faircloth

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7724 PubMed 31616583

October 9, 2019

Solvent polarity mediates phytochemical yield and antioxidant capacity of Isatis tinctoria

Abdul Wakeel, Sohail Ahmad Jan, Ikram Ullah, Zabta Khan Shinwari, Ming Xu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7857 PubMed 31616599

October 8, 2019

Identification of crucial genes in abdominal aortic aneurysm by WGCNA

Siliang Chen, Dan Yang, Chuxiang Lei, Yuan Li, Xiaoning Sun, Mengyin Chen, Xiao Wu, Yuehong Zheng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7873 PubMed 31608184

October 17, 2019

Real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction development for rapid detection of Tomato brown rugose fruit virus and comparison with other techniques

Stefano Panno, Susana Ruiz-Ruiz, Andrea Giovanni Caruso, Ana Alfaro-Fernandez, Maria Isabel Font San Ambrosio, Salvatore Davino

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7928 PubMed 31637144

October 8, 2019

Effects of ferulic acid esterase-producing Lactobacillus fermentum and cellulase additives on the fermentation quality and microbial community of alfalfa silage

Rina Su, Kuikui Ni, Tianwei Wang, Xiaopan Yang, Jie Zhang, Yayong Liu, Weixiong Shi, Liu Yan, Chen Jie, Jin Zhong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7712 PubMed 31608168

October 11, 2019

Adapterama II: universal amplicon sequencing on Illumina platforms (TaggiMatrix)

Travis C. Glenn, Todd W. Pierson, Natalia J. Bayona-Vásquez, Troy J. Kieran, Sandra L. Hoffberg, Jesse C. Thomas IV, Daniel E. Lefever, John W. Finger, Bei Gao, Xiaoming Bian, Swarnali Louha, Ramya T. Kolli, Kerin E. Bentley, Julie Rushmore, Kelvin Wong, Timothy I. Shaw, Michael J. Rothrock Jr, Anna M. McKee, Tai L. Guo, Rodney Mauricio, Marirosa Molina, Brian S. Cummings, Lawrence H. Lash, Kun Lu, Gregory S. Gilbert, Stephen P. Hubbell, Brant C. Faircloth

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7786 PubMed 31616589

October 16, 2019

The bZIP gene family in watermelon: genome-wide identification and expression analysis under cold stress and root-knot nematode infection

Youxin Yang, Jingwen Li, Hao Li, Yingui Yang, Yelan Guang, Yong Zhou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7878 PubMed 31637131

October 15, 2019

Downregulated miR-383-5p contributes to the proliferation and migration of gastric cancer cells and is associated with poor prognosis

Chao Wei, Jian-Jun Gao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7882 PubMed 31637133

October 28, 2019

The effect of external lateral stabilization on the use of foot placement to control mediolateral stability in walking and running

Mohammadreza Mahaki, Sjoerd M. Bruijn, Jaap H. van Dieën

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7939 PubMed 31681515

October 24, 2019

Selection of appropriate reference genes for RT-qPCR analysis under abiotic stress and hormone treatment in celery

Kai Feng, Jie-xia Liu, Guo-Ming Xing, Sheng Sun, Sen Li, Ao-Qi Duan, Feng Wang, Meng-Yao Li, Zhi-Sheng Xu, Ai-Sheng Xiong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7925 PubMed 31660275

October 1, 2019

Soil bacterial biodiversity is driven by long-term pasture management, poultry litter, and cattle manure inputs

Yichao Yang, Amanda J. Ashworth, Jennifer M. DeBruyn, Cammy Willett, Lisa M. Durso, Kim Cook, Jr., Philip A. Moore, Phillip R. Owens

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7839 PubMed 31592358

October 4, 2019

The clinical significance of collagen family gene expression in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Jieling Li, Xiao Wang, Kai Zheng, Ying Liu, Junjun Li, Shaoqi Wang, Kaisheng Liu, Xun Song, Nan Li, Shouxia Xie, Shaoxiang Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7705 PubMed 31598423

October 18, 2019

Combining simulation modeling and stable isotope analyses to reconstruct the last known movements of one of Nature’s giants

Clive N. Trueman, Andrew L. Jackson, Katharyn S. Chadwick, Ellen J. Coombs, Laura J. Feyrer, Sarah Magozzi, Richard C. Sabin, Natalie Cooper

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7912 PubMed 31637141

October 7, 2019

Integrative transcriptome data mining for identification of core lncRNAs in breast cancer

Xiaoming Zhang, Jing Zhuang, Lijuan Liu, Zhengguo He, Cun Liu, Xiaoran Ma, Jie Li, Xia Ding, Changgang Sun

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7821 PubMed 31608179

October 31, 2019

High expression of HSP90 is associated with poor prognosis in patients with colorectal cancer

Shuming Zhang, Shichao Guo, Zhangfu Li, Dan Li, Qimin Zhan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7946 PubMed 31687275

October 14, 2019

Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of the WRKY genes in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) under alkaline stress

Guo-Qiang Wu, Zhi-Qiang Li, Han Cao, Jin-Long Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7817 PubMed 31632850

October 15, 2019

Phylogeny and biogeography of the African Bathyergidae: a review of patterns and processes

Jacobus H. Visser, Nigel C. Bennett, Bettine Jansen van Vuuren

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7730 PubMed 31637115

October 16, 2019

Transcriptome analysis of the induction of somatic embryogenesis in Coffea canephora and the participation of ARF and Aux/IAA genes

Ana O. Quintana-Escobar, Geovanny I. Nic-Can, Rosa María Galaz Avalos, Víctor M. Loyola-Vargas, Elsa Gongora-Castillo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7752 PubMed 31637116

October 11, 2019

Isolation and molecular characterization of the indigenous Staphylococcus aureus strain K1 with the ability to reduce hexavalent chromium for its application in bioremediation of metal-contaminated sites

Muhammad Tariq, Muhammad Waseem, Muhammad Hidayat Rasool, Muhammad Asif Zahoor, Irshad Hussain

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7726 PubMed 31616584

October 7, 2019

In vivo acute toxicity evaluation and in vitro molecular mechanism study of antiproliferative activity of a novel indole Schiff base β-diiminato manganese^III complex in hormone-dependent and triple negative breast cancer cells

Reyhaneh Farghadani, Maryam Seifaddinipour, Jayakumar Rajarajeswaran, Mahmood Ameen Abdulla, Najihah Binti Mohd Hashim, Si Lay Khaing, Nur’ain Binti Salehen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7686 PubMed 31608167

October 2019

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Male Eupalaestrus weijenberghi

Kinematics of male tarantula locomotion

October 2019

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Male Eupalaestrus weijenberghi

Kinematics of male tarantula locomotion

Male Eupalaestrus weijenberghi

Kinematics of male tarantula locomotion

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