Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

Mario H. Yánez-Muñoz, Juan Pablo Reyes-Puig, Diego Batallas-Revelo, Callie Broaddus, Miguel Urgilés-Merchán, Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia, Juan M. Guayasamin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11914 PubMed 34434655

August 31, 2021

Dongsha Atoll is an important stepping-stone that promotes regional genetic connectivity in the South China Sea

Shang Yin Vanson Liu, Jacob Green, Dana Briggs, Ruth Hastings, Ylva Jondelius, Skylar Kensinger, Hannah Leever, Sophia Santos, Trevor Throne, Chi Cheng, Hawis Madduppa, Robert J. Toonen, Michelle R. Gaither, Eric D. Crandall

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12063 PubMed 34540369

August 11, 2021

Small-scale variation in a pristine montane cloud forest: evidence on high soil fungal diversity and biogeochemical heterogeneity

Patricia Velez, Yunuen Tapia-Torres, Felipe García-Oliva, Jaime Gasca-Pineda

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11956 PubMed 34447634

August 19, 2021

A new species of Phrynoglossus Peters, 1867; Dicroglossidae) from southeastern Bangladesh, with comments on the genera Occidozyga and Phrynoglossus

Scott Trageser, Hassan Al-Razi, Marjan Maria, Fahimuzzaman Nobel, Md. Asaduzzaman, Shahriar Caesar Rahman

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11998 PubMed 34466290

August 2, 2021

Exploring plant diversity through soil DNA in Thai national parks for influencing land reform and agriculture planning

Maslin Osathanunkul, Nipitpong Sawongta, Wittaya Pheera, Nikolaos Pechlivanis, Fotis Psomopoulos, Panagiotis Madesis

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11753 PubMed 34414025

August 30, 2021

The distribution of benthic amphipod crustaceans in Indonesian seas

Tri Arfianti, Mark John Costello

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12054 PubMed 34540368

August 6, 2021

Snakes on an African plain: the radiation of Crotaphopeltis and Philothamnus into open habitat (Serpentes: Colubridae)

Hanlie M. Engelbrecht, William R. Branch, Krystal A. Tolley

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11728 PubMed 34434643

August 17, 2021

Non-linear genetic diversity and notable population differentiation caused by low gene flow of bermudagrass [Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.] along longitude gradients

Jing-Xue Zhang, Miaoli Wang, Jibiao Fan, Zhi-Peng Guo, Yongzhuo Guan, Gen Qu, Chuan-Jie Zhang, Yu-Xia Guo, Xuebing Yan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11953 PubMed 34458022

August 25, 2021

Distribution and diversity of myxomycetes in Tiantangzhai National Forest Park, China

Min Li, Gaowei Wang, Yang Gao, Mingzhu Dou, Ziqi Wang, Shuzhen Yan, Shuanglin Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12059 PubMed 34527444

August 24, 2021

Genetic diversity and population structure of Euscaphis japonica, a monotypic species

Wei-Hong Sun, De-Qiang Chen, Rebeca Carballar-Lejarazu, Yi Yang, Shuang Xiang, Meng-Yuan Qiu, Shuang-Quan Zou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12024 PubMed 34513336

August 11, 2021

Muvi schmallenbergi gen. nov., sp. nov. (Crustacea, Tanaidacea) from the southeast Australian coast, with comments on the distribution and habitat preferences of Chondropodinae

Piotr Jóźwiak, Magdalena Błażewicz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11607 PubMed 34447616

August 2, 2021

High genetic diversity and mixing of coastal horseshoe crabs (Tachypleus gigas) across major habitats in Sundaland, Indonesia

Naila Khuril Aini, Yusli Wardiatno, Hefni Effendi, Ali Mashar, Hawis Madduppa

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11739 PubMed 34414023

August 5, 2021

Congruence between morphology-based species and Barcode Index Numbers (BINs) in Neotropical Eumaeini (Lycaenidae)

Carlos Prieto, Christophe Faynel, Robert Robbins, Axel Hausmann

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11843 PubMed 34430077

August 18, 2021

Phylogenetic relationships, origin and historical biogeography of the genus Sprattus (Clupeiformes: Clupeidae)

Cristian B. Canales-Aguirre, Peter A. Ritchie, Sebastián Hernández, Victoria Herrera-Yañez, Sandra Ferrada Fuentes, Fernanda X. Oyarzún, Cristián E. Hernández, Ricardo Galleguillos, Gloria Arratia

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11737 PubMed 34466280

August 30, 2021

When size matters: the first comprehensive anatomical study of a species of “Condylocardiidae”, an extremely miniaturized bivalve

Flávio Dias Passos, Alan Rodrigo Batistão, Rüdiger Bieler

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12108 PubMed 34540376

August 25, 2021

Plantago campestris (Plantaginaceae), a rare new species from southern Brazil, supported by phylogenomic and morphological evidence

Gustavo Hassemer, Elliot M. Gardner, Nina Rønsted

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11848 PubMed 34527433

August 24, 2021

Molecular and morphological evidence for a new species of Leptopus (Phyllanthaceae) from Southeast Yunnan, China

Wenhua Zhang, Xinxin Zhu, Bine Xue, Ende Liu, Yuling Li, Gang Yao