Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

January 13, 2021

Geographic potential of the world’s largest hornet, Vespa mandarinia Smith (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), worldwide and particularly in North America

Claudia Nuñez-Penichet, Luis Osorio-Olvera, Victor H. Gonzalez, Marlon E. Cobos, Laura Jiménez, Devon A. DeRaad, Abdelghafar Alkishe, Rusby G. Contreras-Díaz, Angela Nava-Bolaños, Kaera Utsumi, Uzma Ashraf, Adeola Adeboje, A. Townsend Peterson, Jorge Soberon

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10690 PubMed 33520462

January 29, 2021

ATR-FTIR, EDS and SEM evaluations of enamel structure after treatment with hydrogen peroxide bleaching agents loaded with nano-hydroxyapatite particles

Giulia Orilisi, Vincenzo Tosco, Riccardo Monterubbianesi, Valentina Notarstefano, Mutlu Özcan, Angelo Putignano, Giovanna Orsini

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10606 PubMed 33575125

January 22, 2021

Exogenous melatonin improves growth in hulless barley seedlings under cold stress by influencing the expression rhythms of circadian clock genes

Tianliang Chang, Yi Zhao, Hongyan He, Qianqian Xi, Jiayi Fu, Yuwei Zhao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10740 PubMed 33552735

January 21, 2021

A review of the carotid artery and facial nerve canal systems in extant turtles

Yann Rollot, Serjoscha W. Evers, Walter G. Joyce

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10475 PubMed 33552706

January 15, 2021

Overexpressed PLAU and its potential prognostic value in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Zhexuan Li, Changhan Chen, Juncheng Wang, Ming Wei, Guancheng Liu, Yuexiang Qin, Li She, Yong Liu, Donghai Huang, Yongquan Tian, Gangcai Zhu, Xin Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10746 PubMed 33520474

January 18, 2021

Analysis of codon usage patterns of the chloroplast genome in Delphinium grandiflorum L. reveals a preference for AT-ending codons as a result of major selection constraints

Huirong Duan, Qian Zhang, Chunmei Wang, Fang Li, Fuping Tian, Yuan Lu, Yu Hu, Hongshan Yang, Guangxin Cui

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10787 PubMed 33552742

January 21, 2021

Evaluation of two fluorescence immunoassays for the rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2 antigen—new tool to detect infective COVID-19 patients

Lorena Porte, Paulette Legarraga, Mirentxu Iruretagoyena, Valeska Vollrath, Gabriel Pizarro, Jose Munita, Rafael Araos, Thomas Weitzel

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10801 PubMed 33552746

January 19, 2021

Genome-wide analysis of growth-regulating factors (GRFs) in Triticum aestivum

Wendi Huang, Yiqin He, Lei Yang, Chen Lu, Yongxing Zhu, Cai Sun, Dongfang Ma, Junliang Yin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10701 PubMed 33552727

January 4, 2021

Identification and molecular characterization of mutations in nucleocapsid phosphoprotein of SARS-CoV-2

Gajendra Kumar Azad

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10666 PubMed 33505806

January 15, 2021

Prediction of state anxiety by machine learning applied to photoplethysmography data

David Perpetuini, Antonio Maria Chiarelli, Daniela Cardone, Chiara Filippini, Sergio Rinella, Simona Massimino, Francesco Bianco, Valentina Bucciarelli, Vincenzo Vinciguerra, Piero Fallica, Vincenzo Perciavalle, Sabina Gallina, Sabrina Conoci, Arcangelo Merla

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10448 PubMed 33520434

January 11, 2021

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

Mohammad Farhad Vahidi, Javad Gharechahi, Mehrdad Behmanesh, Xue-Zhi Ding, Jian-Lin Han, Ghasem Hosseini Salekdeh

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10463 PubMed 33510967

January 18, 2021

Coding potential of circRNAs: new discoveries and challenges

Qingqing Miao, Bing Ni, Jun Tang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10718 PubMed 33552732

January 11, 2021

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

Xianxin Wu, Qiang Bian, Yue Gao, Xinyu Ni, Yanqiu Sun, Yuanhu Xuan, Yuanyin Cao, Tianya Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10425 PubMed 33510966

January 12, 2021

Present practices and emerging opportunities in bioengineering for slope stabilization in Malaysia: An overview

Deivaseeno Dorairaj, Normaniza Osman

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10477 PubMed 33520435

January 19, 2021

The diverse radiodont fauna from the Marjum Formation of Utah, USA (Cambrian: Drumian)

Stephen Pates, Rudy Lerosey-Aubril, Allison C. Daley, Carlo Kier, Enrico Bonino, Javier Ortega-Hernández

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10509 PubMed 33552709

January 8, 2021

Silk derived formulations for accelerated wound healing in diabetic mice

Muniba Tariq, Hafiz Muhammad Tahir, Samima Asad Butt, Shaukat Ali, Asma Bashir Ahmad, Chand Raza, Muhammad Summer, Ali Hassan, Junaid Nadeem

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10232 PubMed 33510964

January 22, 2021

ACPT gene is inactivated in mammalian lineages that lack enamel or teeth

Yuan Mu, Xin Huang, Rui Liu, Yulin Gai, Na Liang, Daiqing Yin, Lei Shan, Shixia Xu, Guang Yang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10219 PubMed 33552707

January 19, 2021

Knowledge and attitudes towards stem cells and the significance of their medical application among healthcare sciences students of Jouf University

Abdulrahman Almaeen, Farooq Ahmed Wani, Ashokkumar Thirunavukkarasu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10661 PubMed 33552720

January 4, 2021

Aichi Target 18 beyond 2020: mainstreaming Traditional Biodiversity Knowledge in the conservation and sustainable use of marine and coastal ecosystems

Paola Fajardo, David Beauchesne, Alberto Carbajal-López, Rémi M. Daigle, L. Denisse Fierro-Arcos, Jesica Goldsmit, Sabine Zajderman, Juan I. Valdez-Hernández, María Yolanda Terán Maigua, Ronaldo A. Christofoletti

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9616 PubMed 33585077

January 8, 2021

DNA profiling and assessment of genetic diversity of relict species Allium altaicum Pall. on the territory of Altai

Oxana Khapilina, Olesya Raiser, Alevtina Danilova, Vladislav Shevtsov, Ainur Turzhanova, Ruslan Kalendar

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10674 PubMed 33510974

January 14, 2021

A SMRT approach for targeted amplicon sequencing of museum specimens (Lepidoptera)—patterns of nucleotide misincorporation

Jacopo D’Ercole, Sean W.J. Prosser, Paul D.N. Hebert

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10420 PubMed 33520432

January 6, 2021

Does Drosophila sechellia escape parasitoid attack by feeding on a toxic resource?

Laura Salazar-Jaramillo, Bregje Wertheim