Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

January 20, 2020

Integrated bioinformatics analysis of potential pathway biomarkers using abnormal proteins in clubfoot

Guiquan Cai, Xuan Yang, Ting Chen, Fangchun Jin, Jing Ding, Zhenkai Wu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8422 PubMed 31998564

January 14, 2020

New insights into human hair: SAXS, SEM, TEM and EDX for Alopecia Areata investigations

Adina Coroaba, Anca E. Chiriac, Liviu Sacarescu, Tudor Pinteala, Bogdan Minea, Sorin-Alexandru Ibanescu, Mihaela Pertea, Aurelian Moraru, Irina Esanu, Stelian S. Maier, Anca Chiriac, Mariana Pinteala

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8376 PubMed 31976181

January 2, 2020

Testing marine regional-scale hypotheses along the Yucatan continental shelf using soft-bottom macrofauna

Ivan Hernandez-Avila, Frank A. Ocaña, Daniel Pech

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8227 PubMed 31915571

January 6, 2020

Changes in long non-coding RNA transcriptomic profiles after ischemia-reperfusion injury in rat spinal cord

Zhibin Zhou, Bin Han, Hai Jin, Aimin Chen, Lei Zhu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8293 PubMed 31934506

January 3, 2020

Population genetic structure and variability in Lindera glauca (Lauraceae) indicates low levels of genetic diversity and skewed sex ratios in natural populations in mainland China

Biao Xiong, Limei Zhang, Shubin Dong, Zhixiang Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8304 PubMed 31915585

January 9, 2020

Temporal dynamics of the hummingbird-plant interaction network of a dry forest in Chamela, Mexico: a 30-year follow-up after two hurricanes

Sergio Díaz Infante, Carlos Lara, Maria del Coro Arizmendi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8338 PubMed 31942258

January 9, 2020

New mammalian and avian records from the late Eocene La Meseta and Submeseta formations of Seymour Island, Antarctica

Sarah N. Davis, Christopher R. Torres, Grace M. Musser, James V. Proffitt, Nicholas M.A. Crouch, Ernest L. Lundelius, Matthew C. Lamanna, Julia A. Clarke

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8268 PubMed 31942255

January 2, 2020

Use of environmental DNA (eDNA) in streams to detect feral swine (Sus scrofa)

Amberly N. Hauger, Karmen M. Hollis-Etter, Dwayne R. Etter, Gary J. Roloff, Andrew R. Mahon

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8287 PubMed 31915583

January 29, 2020

Remarks on Mastigodiaptomus (Calanoida: Diaptomidae) from Mexico using integrative taxonomy, with a key of identification and three new species

Martha A. Gutiérrez-Aguirre, Adrián Cervantes-Martínez, Manuel Elías-Gutiérrez, Alfonso Lugo-Vázquez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8416 PubMed 32030323

January 31, 2020

Protein expression profile changes of lung tissue in patients with pulmonary hypertension

Min Wu, Yijin Wu, Jinsong Huang, Yueheng Wu, Hongmei Wu, Benyuan Jiang, Jian Zhuang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8153 PubMed 32030316

January 10, 2020

Identifying model violations under the multispecies coalescent model using P2C2M.SNAPP

Drew J. Duckett, Tara A. Pelletier, Bryan C. Carstens

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8271 PubMed 31949994

January 28, 2020

Long non-coding RNA ERICH3-AS1 is an unfavorable prognostic factor for gastric cancer

Qiongyun Chen, Xiaoqing Huang, Xuan Dong, Jingtong Wu, Fei Teng, Hongzhi Xu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8050 PubMed 32025363

January 31, 2020

Analysis of the genetic diversity of the coastal and island endangered plant species Elaeagnus macrophylla via conserved DNA-derived polymorphism marker

Yi Wang, Yan Ma, Bingyu Jia, Qichao Wu, Dekui Zang, Xiaoyan Yu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8498 PubMed 32042513

January 6, 2020

Blood lactate dynamics in awake and anaesthetized mice after intraperitoneal and subcutaneous injections of lactate—sex matters

Øyvind P. Haugen, Evan M. Vallenari, Imen Belhaj, Milada Cvancarova Småstuen, Jon Storm-Mathisen, Linda H. Bergersen, Ingrid Åmellem

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8328 PubMed 31934509

January 13, 2020

The complete chloroplast genome of Microcycas calocoma (Miq.) A. DC. (Zamiaceae, Cycadales) and evolution in Cycadales

Aimee Caye G. Chang, Qiang Lai, Tao Chen, Tieyao Tu, Yunhua Wang, Esperanza Maribel G. Agoo, Jun Duan, Nan Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8305 PubMed 31976174

January 21, 2020

Global transcriptome analysis of alfalfa reveals six key biological processes of senescent leaves

Jianbo Yuan, Xinbo Sun, Tao Guo, Yuehui Chao, Liebao Han

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8426 PubMed 32002335

January 7, 2020

A pilot study on searching for peri-nuclear NeuN-positive cells

Yun Yu, Meiyu Wu, Nan Zhang, Hua Yin, Bin Shu, Weigang Duan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8254 PubMed 31938576

January 3, 2020

Transcriptional patterns of Coffea arabica L. nitrate reductase, glutamine and asparagine synthetase genes are modulated under nitrogen suppression and coffee leaf rust

Viviane Yumi Baba, Masako Toma Braghini, Tiago Benedito dos Santos, Kenia de Carvalho, João Danillo Moura Soares, Suzana Tiemi Ivamoto-Suzuki, Mirian P. Maluf, Lilian Padilha, Luzia D. Paccola-Meirelles, Luiz Filipe Pereira, Douglas S. Domingues

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8320 PubMed 31915587

January 22, 2020

The effects of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) on the transcriptome of aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) knock-down porcine granulosa cells

Monika Ruszkowska, Agnieszka Sadowska, Anna Nynca, Karina Orlowska, Sylwia Swigonska, Tomasz Molcan, Lukasz Paukszto, Jan P. Jastrzebski, Renata E. Ciereszko

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8371 PubMed 32002328

January 3, 2020

Obesity in the Balinese is associated with FTO rs9939609 and rs1421085 single nucleotide polymorphisms

Lidwina Priliani, Sukma Oktavianthi, Ria Hasnita, Hazrina T. Nussa, Rut C. Inggriani, Clarissa A. Febinia, Anom Bowolaksono, Rini Puspitaningrum, Rully A. Nugroho, Ketut Suastika, Safarina G. Malik

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8327 PubMed 31915589

January 9, 2020

Dendritic complexity change in the triple transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease

Yu Zhang, Zhenlong Xiao, Zhijun He, Junyu Chen, Xin Wang, Liang Jiang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8178 PubMed 31942251

January 2, 2020

Interspecific differences of stridulatory signals in three species of bark beetles from the genus Polygraphus Er. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) inhabiting the island of Sakhalin

Ivan Andreevich Kerchev

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8281 PubMed 31915580

January 20, 2020

Ecology of an ocelot population at the northern edge of the species’ distribution in northern Sonora, Mexico

James C. Rorabaugh, Jan Schipper, Sergio Avila-Villegas, Jessica A. Lamberton-Moreno, Timothy Flood