Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

January 28, 2020

The Global Museum: natural history collections and the future of evolutionary science and public education

Freek T. Bakker, Alexandre Antonelli, Julia A. Clarke, Joseph A. Cook, Scott V. Edwards, Per G.P. Ericson, Søren Faurby, Nuno Ferrand, Magnus Gelang, Rosemary G. Gillespie, Martin Irestedt, Kennet Lundin, Ellen Larsson, Pável Matos-Maraví, Johannes Müller, Ted von Proschwitz, George K. Roderick, Alexander Schliep, Niklas Wahlberg, John Wiedenhoeft, Mari Källersjö

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8225 PubMed 32025365

January 14, 2020

Alteration of the gut microbiota associated with childhood obesity by 16S rRNA gene sequencing

Xiaowei Chen, Haixiang Sun, Fei Jiang, Yan Shen, Xin Li, Xueju Hu, Xiaobing Shen, Pingmin Wei

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8317 PubMed 31976177

January 30, 2020

Morpho-physiological traits, biochemical response and phytoextraction potential of short-term copper stress on kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.) seedlings

Muhammad Hamzah Saleem, Shah Fahad, Muzammal Rehman, Shah Saud, Yousaf Jamal, Sajjad Khan, Lijun Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8321 PubMed 32030320

January 9, 2020

Effects of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria on co-inoculation with Bradyrhizobium in soybean crop: a meta-analysis of studies from 1987 to 2018

Douglas M. Zeffa, Lucas H. Fantin, Alessandra Koltun, André L.M. de Oliveira, Maria P.B.A. Nunes, Marcelo G. Canteri, Leandro S.A. Gonçalves

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7905 PubMed 31942248

January 6, 2020

Comparative analysis of codon usage patterns in chloroplast genomes of six Euphorbiaceae species

Zhanjun Wang, Beibei Xu, Bao Li, Qingqing Zhou, Guiyi Wang, Xingzhou Jiang, Chenchen Wang, Zhongdong Xu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8251 PubMed 31934501

January 17, 2020

Identification of key biomarkers and immune infiltration in the synovial tissue of osteoarthritis by bioinformatics analysis

Weisong Cai, Haohuan Li, Yubiao Zhang, Guangtao Han

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8390 PubMed 31988808

January 14, 2020

Isolation and identification of L-asparaginase-producing endophytic fungi from the Asteraceae family plant species of Iran

Sareh Hatamzadeh, Kamran Rahnama, Saeed Nasrollahnejad, Khalil Berdi Fotouhifar, Khodayar Hemmati, James F. White, Fakhtak Taliei

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8309 PubMed 31976175

January 7, 2020

Development of an autophagy-related gene prognostic signature in lung adenocarcinoma and lung squamous cell carcinoma

Jie Zhu, Min Wang, Daixing Hu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8288 PubMed 31938577

January 21, 2020

Predicting hedgehog mortality risks on British roads using habitat suitability modelling

Patrick G.R. Wright, Frazer G. Coomber, Chloe C. Bellamy, Sarah E. Perkins, Fiona Mathews

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8154 PubMed 31998548

January 6, 2020

Cas9/gRNA-mediated genome editing of yeast mitochondria and Chlamydomonas chloroplasts

Byung-Chun Yoo, Narendra S. Yadav, Emil M. Orozco, Hajime Sakai

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8362 PubMed 31934513

January 29, 2020

Alternative splicing in tea plants was extensively triggered by drought, heat and their combined stresses

Yiqian Ding, Yu Wang, Chen Qiu, Wenjun Qian, Hui Xie, Zhaotang Ding

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8258 PubMed 32030318

January 13, 2020

Response of total phenols, flavonoids, minerals, and amino acids of four edible fern species to four shading treatments

Yanlin Wang, Shanshan Gao, Xingyuan He, Yan Li, Yue Zhang, Wei Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8354 PubMed 31976179

January 14, 2020

Genome-wide investigation and transcriptional analysis of cytosine-5 DNA methyltransferase and DNA demethylase gene families in tea plant (Camellia sinensis) under abiotic stress and withering processing

Chen Zhu, Shuting Zhang, Chengzhe Zhou, Lan Chen, Haifeng Fu, Xiaozhen Li, Yuling Lin, Zhongxiong Lai, Yuqiong Guo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8432 PubMed 31976183

January 22, 2020

Shifts in soil nutrient concentrations and C:N:P stoichiometry during long-term natural vegetation restoration

Rentian Ma, Feinan Hu, Jingfang Liu, Chunli Wang, Zilong Wang, Gang Liu, Shiwei Zhao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8382 PubMed 32002329

January 6, 2020

The Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) degradation activities and genome analysis of a novel strain Stenotrophomonas sp. Pemsol isolated from Mexico

Temidayo O. Elufisan, Isabel C. Rodríguez-Luna, Omotayo Opemipo Oyedara, Alejandro Sánchez-Varela, Armando Hernández-Mendoza, Edgar Dantán Gonzalez, Alma D. Paz-González, Kashif Muhammad, Gildardo Rivera, Miguel Angel Villalobos-Lopez, Xianwu Guo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8102 PubMed 31934497

January 10, 2020

Morphological variation of leaf traits in the Ternstroemia lineata species complex (Ericales: Penthaphylacaceae) in response to geographic and climatic variation

Othón Alcántara-Ayala, Ken Oyama, César A. Ríos-Muñoz, Gerardo Rivas, Santiago Ramirez-Barahona, Isolda Luna-Vega

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8307 PubMed 31942256

January 3, 2020

Identification and validation of a three-gene signature as a candidate prognostic biomarker for lower grade glioma

Kai Xiao, Qing Liu, Gang Peng, Jun Su, Chao-Ying Qin, Xiang-Yu Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8312 PubMed 31921517

January 21, 2020

Clinical characteristics and prognostic value of MEX3A mRNA in liver cancer

Dingquan Yang, Yan Jiao, Yanqing Li, Xuedong Fang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8252 PubMed 31998552

January 20, 2020

Flavonoids from Epimedium pubescens: extraction and mechanism, antioxidant capacity and effects on CAT and GSH-Px of Drosophila melanogaster

Xiao-Hua Yang, Lu Li, Yao-Bi Xue, Xue-Xue Zhou, Jie-Hua Tang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8361 PubMed 31998556

January 17, 2020

Deli Mao, Zhe Zhang, Xin Zhao, Xiaoqiang Dong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8383 PubMed 31988807

January 28, 2020

Metabolic response of Scapharca subcrenata to heat stress using GC/MS-based metabolomics

Yazhou Jiang, Haifeng Jiao, Peng Sun, Fei Yin, Baojun Tang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8445 PubMed 32025378

January 6, 2020

Comparative analysis of primary metabolites and transcriptome changes between ungrafted and pumpkin-grafted watermelon during fruit development

Ali Aslam, Shengjie Zhao, Muhammad Azam, Xuqiang Lu, Nan He, Bingbing Li, Junling Dou, Hongju Zhu, Wenge Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8259 PubMed 31934503

January 3, 2020

Morphological descriptions and morphometric discriminant function analysis reveal an additional four groups of Scylla spp

Hanafiah Fazhan, Khor Waiho, Emilia Quinitio, Juliana C. Baylon, Yushinta Fujaya, Nita Rukminasari, Mohammad Farhan Darin Azri, Md. Sheriff Shahreza, Hongyu Ma, Mhd Ikhwanuddin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8066 PubMed 31915566

January 2, 2020

Questioning the proverb ‘more haste, less speed’: classic versus metabarcoding approaches for the diet study of a remote island endemic gecko

Vanessa Gil, Catarina J. Pinho, Carlos A.S. Aguiar, Carolina Jardim, Rui Rebelo, Raquel Vasconcelos

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8084 PubMed 31915567

January 27, 2020

Airborne microbial biodiversity and seasonality in Northern and Southern Sweden

Edvin Karlsson, Anna-Mia Johansson, Jon Ahlinder, Moa J. Lundkvist, Navinder J. Singh, Tomas Brodin, Mats Forsman, Per Stenberg

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8424 PubMed 32025374