Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

Use of necrophagous insects as evidence of cadaver relocation: myth or reality?

Dermestid beetles and flies on a skeletonized human skull

August 1, 2017

Use of necrophagous insects as evidence of cadaver relocation: myth or reality?

Researchers conducted an extensive review to determine whether (and under which conditions) insects can be used as evidence to tell if a body has been moved.

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August 2, 2017

A comparison of two common sample preparation techniques for lipid and fatty acid analysis in three different coral morphotypes reveals quantitative and qualitative differences

Jessica A. Conlan, Melissa M. Rocker, David S. Francis

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3645 PubMed 28785524

August 14, 2017

Pyrrolizidine alkaloid variation in Senecio vulgaris populations from native and invasive ranges

Dandan Cheng, Viet-Thang Nguyen, Noel Ndihokubwayo, Jiwen Ge, Patrick P.J. Mulder

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3686 PubMed 28828276

August 15, 2017

Biological effects of carbon nanotubes generated in forest wildfire ecosystems rich in resinous trees on native plants

Javier Lara-Romero, Jesús Campos-García, Nabanita Dasgupta-Schubert, Salomón Borjas-García, DK Tiwari, Francisco Paraguay-Delgado, Sergio Jiménez-Sandoval, Gabriel Alonso-Nuñez, Mariela Gómez-Romero, Roberto Lindig-Cisneros, Homero Reyes De la Cruz, Javier A. Villegas

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3658 PubMed 28828256

August 16, 2017

Changes in zooplankton community, and seston and zooplankton fatty acid profiles at the freshwater/saltwater interface of the Chowan River, North Carolina

Deborah A. Lichti, Jacques Rinchard, David G. Kimmel

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3667 PubMed 28828262

August 22, 2017

Acetylation of N-terminus and two internal amino acids is dispensable for degradation of a protein that aberrantly engages the endoplasmic reticulum translocon

Sarah M. Engle, Justin J. Crowder, Sheldon G. Watts, Christopher J. Indovina, Samuel Z. Coffey, Eric M. Rubenstein

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3728 PubMed 28848693