Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

December 10, 2019

Concentration-dependent polymorphism of insulin amyloid fibrils

Andrius Sakalauskas, Mantas Ziaunys, Vytautas Smirnovas

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8208 PubMed 31844588

December 10, 2019

Species recovery and recolonization of past habitats: lessons for science and conservation from sea otters in estuaries

Brent B. Hughes, Kerstin Wasson, M. Tim Tinker, Susan L. Williams, Lilian P. Carswell, Katharyn E. Boyer, Michael W. Beck, Ron Eby, Robert Scoles, Michelle Staedler, Sarah Espinosa, Margot Hessing-Lewis, Erin U. Foster, Kathryn M. Beheshti, Tracy M. Grimes, Benjamin H. Becker, Lisa Needles, Joseph A. Tomoleoni, Jane Rudebusch, Ellen Hines, Brian R. Silliman

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8100 PubMed 31844568

December 2, 2019

The impact of storage conditions on human stool 16S rRNA microbiome composition and diversity

Lauren V. Carruthers, Arinaitwe Moses, Moses Adriko, Christina L. Faust, Edridah M. Tukahebwa, Lindsay J. Hall, Lisa C. Ranford-Cartwright, Poppy H.L. Lamberton

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8133 PubMed 31824766

December 9, 2019

Synthesis of silver nanoparticles using a Mentha spicata extract and evaluation of its anticancer and cytotoxic activity

Yuridia Torres-Martínez, Eder Arredondo-Espinoza, Carlos Puente, Omar González-Santiago, Nayely Pineda-Aguilar, Isaías Balderas-Rentería, Israel López, Mónica A. Ramírez-Cabrera

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8142 PubMed 31844570

December 19, 2019

Comparative analysis of bacterial communities associated with healthy and diseased corals in the Indonesian sea

Wuttichai Mhuantong, Handung Nuryadi, Agus Trianto, Agus Sabdono, Sithichoke Tangphatsornruang, Lily Eurwilaichitr, Pattanop Kanokratana, Verawat Champreda

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8137 PubMed 31875145

December 12, 2019

Identification of key genes in non-small cell lung cancer by bioinformatics analysis

Li Zhang, Rui Peng, Yan Sun, Jia Wang, Xinyu Chong, Zheng Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8215 PubMed 31844590

December 20, 2019

Reduced GRAMD1C expression correlates to poor prognosis and immune infiltrates in kidney renal clear cell carcinoma

Haiyan Hao, Ziheng Wang, Shiqi Ren, Hanyu Shen, Hua Xian, Wenliang Ge, Wei Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8205 PubMed 31875150

December 17, 2019

The interplay between movement, morphology and dispersal in Tetrahymena ciliates

Frank Pennekamp, Jean Clobert, Nicolas Schtickzelle

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8197 PubMed 31871838

December 18, 2019

Evaluating probabilistic programming and fast variational Bayesian inference in phylogenetics

Mathieu Fourment, Aaron E. Darling

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8272 PubMed 31976168

December 17, 2019

Exploring snake occurrence records: Spatial biases and marginal gains from accessible social media

Benjamin M. Marshall, Colin T. Strine

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8059 PubMed 31871833

December 17, 2019

Expression of extraocular opsin genes and light-dependent basal activity of blind cavefish

Noah Simon, Suguru Fujita, Megan Porter, Masato Yoshizawa

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8148 PubMed 31871836

December 3, 2019

The effect of diet on the structure of gut bacterial community of sympatric pair of whitefishes (Coregonus lavaretus): one story more

Mikhail M. Solovyev, Elena N. Kashinskaya, Nickolai A. Bochkarev, Karl B. Andree, Evgeniy Simonov

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8005 PubMed 31824755

December 17, 2019

Prognostic factors and survival outcomes according to tumor subtype in patients with breast cancer lung metastases

Siying Chen, Jin Yang, Yang Liu, Haisheng You, Yalin Dong, Jun Lyu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8298 PubMed 31871847

December 13, 2019

Invasive alien plants in Polish national parks—threats to species diversity

Anna Bomanowska, Wojciech Adamowski, Izabella Kirpluk, Anna Otręba, Agnieszka Rewicz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8034 PubMed 31844565

December 11, 2019

Effect of temperature on pollen germination for several Rosaceae species: influence of freezing conservation time on germination patterns

Roberto Beltrán, Aina Valls, Nuria Cebrián, Carlos Zornoza, Francisco García Breijo, José Reig Armiñana, Alfonso Garmendia, Hugo Merle

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8195 PubMed 31844584

December 3, 2019

Warm temperatures, cool sponges: the effect of increased temperatures on the Antarctic sponge Isodictya sp.

Marcelo González-Aravena, Nathan J. Kenny, Magdalena Osorio, Alejandro Font, Ana Riesgo, César A. Cárdenas

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8088 PubMed 31824760

December 19, 2019

Genetic characteristics of non-familial epilepsy

Kyung Wook Kang, Wonkuk Kim, Yong Won Cho, Sang Kun Lee, Ki-Young Jung, Wonchul Shin, Dong Wook Kim, Won-Joo Kim, Hyang Woon Lee, Woojun Kim, Keuntae Kim, So-Hyun Lee, Seok-Yong Choi, Myeong-Kyu Kim

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8278 PubMed 31875159

December 12, 2019

Molecular phylogeny of mulberries reconstructed from ITS and two cpDNA sequences

Yahui Xuan, Yue Wu, Peng Li, Ruiling Liu, Yiwei Luo, Jianglian Yuan, Zhonghuai Xiang, Ningjia He

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8158 PubMed 31844573

December 10, 2019

Retrospective clinical study of renin-angiotensin system blockers in lung cancer patients with hypertension

Jie Wei, Zhiyang Zhou, Zhijie Xu, Shuangshuang Zeng, Xi Chen, Xiang Wang, Wanli Liu, Min Liu, Zhicheng Gong, Yuanliang Yan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8188 PubMed 31844581

December 17, 2019

Feeding intensity of insect herbivores is associated more closely with key metabolite profiles than phylogenetic relatedness of their potential hosts

Carole B. Rapo, Urs Schaffner, Sanford D. Eigenbrode, Hariet L. Hinz, William J. Price, Matthew Morra, John Gaskin, Mark Schwarzländer