Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

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

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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 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

163 downloads

1,193 views

Sergio Díaz Infante, Carlos Lara, Maria del Coro Arizmendi

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

January 29, 2020

A simple and efficient cloning system for CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing in rice

511 downloads

1,051 views

Xiaoli Liu, Xiujuan Zhou, Kang Li, Dehong Wang, Yuanhao Ding, Xianqing Liu, Jie Luo, Chuanying Fang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8491 PubMed 32030327

January 3, 2020

Temporal and spatial variability of terrestrial diatoms at the catchment scale: controls on communities

1 citation

220 downloads

889 views

Jasper Foets, Carlos E. Wetzel, Adriaan J. Teuling, Laurent Pfister

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8296 PubMed 31915584

January 6, 2020

Assessment of a Takagi–Sugeno-Kang fuzzy model assembly for examination of polyphasic loglinear allometry

224 downloads

681 views

Hector A. Echavarria-Heras, Juan R. Castro-Rodriguez, Cecilia Leal-Ramirez, Enrique Villa-Diharce

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8173 PubMed 31934498

January 9, 2020

Effects of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria on co-inoculation with Bradyrhizobium in soybean crop: a meta-analysis of studies from 1987 to 2018

277 downloads

668 views

Douglas M. Zeffa, Lucas H. Fantin, Alessandra Koltun, André L.M. de Oliveira, Maria P.B.A. Nunes, Marcelo G. Canteri, Leandro S.A. Gonçalves

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7905 PubMed 31942248

January 31, 2020

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

504 downloads

651 views

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

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

January 20, 2020

TRANSPARENT TESTA GLABRA 1 participates in flowering time regulation in Arabidopsis thaliana

246 downloads

651 views

Barbara A.M. Paffendorf, Rawan Qassrawi, Andrea M. Meys, Laura Trimborn, Andrea Schrader

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8303 PubMed 31998554

January 17, 2020

Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of NADPH oxidase genes in response to ABA and abiotic stresses, and in fibre formation in Gossypium

1 citation

230 downloads

611 views

Gaofeng Zhang, Caimeng Yue, Tingting Lu, Lirong Sun, Fushun Hao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8404 PubMed 31988810

January 10, 2020

16S rRNA metagenomic analysis of the bacterial community associated with turf grass seeds from low moisture and high moisture climates

218 downloads

596 views

Qiang Chen, William A. Meyer, Qiuwei Zhang, James F. White

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8417 PubMed 31942261

January 10, 2020

Morphological variation of leaf traits in the Ternstroemia lineata species complex (Ericales: Penthaphylacaceae) in response to geographic and climatic variation

237 downloads

587 views

Othón Alcántara-Ayala, Ken Oyama, César A. Ríos-Muñoz, Gerardo Rivas, Santiago Ramirez-Barahona, Isolda Luna-Vega

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8307 PubMed 31942256

January 6, 2020

Comparative analysis of primary metabolites and transcriptome changes between ungrafted and pumpkin-grafted watermelon during fruit development

282 downloads

570 views

Ali Aslam, Shengjie Zhao, Muhammad Azam, Xuqiang Lu, Nan He, Bingbing Li, Junling Dou, Hongju Zhu, Wenge Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8259 PubMed 31934503

January 6, 2020

Comparative analysis of codon usage patterns in chloroplast genomes of six Euphorbiaceae species

188 downloads

550 views

Zhanjun Wang, Beibei Xu, Bao Li, Qingqing Zhou, Guiyi Wang, Xingzhou Jiang, Chenchen Wang, Zhongdong Xu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8251 PubMed 31934501

January 14, 2020

Genome-wide investigation and transcriptional analysis of cytosine-5 DNA methyltransferase and DNA demethylase gene families in tea plant (Camellia sinensis) under abiotic stress and withering processing

249 downloads

541 views

Chen Zhu, Shuting Zhang, Chengzhe Zhou, Lan Chen, Haifeng Fu, Xiaozhen Li, Yuling Lin, Zhongxiong Lai, Yuqiong Guo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8432 PubMed 31976183

January 3, 2020

Phylogeography of the rare and endangered lycophyte Isoetes yunguiensis

220 downloads

535 views

Tao Zheng, Xuanze He, Honghuan Ye, Wei Fu, Maimai Peng, Guangqian Gou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8270 PubMed 31915576

January 14, 2020

Isolation and identification of L-asparaginase-producing endophytic fungi from the Asteraceae family plant species of Iran

201 downloads

518 views

Sareh Hatamzadeh, Kamran Rahnama, Saeed Nasrollahnejad, Khalil Berdi Fotouhifar, Khodayar Hemmati, James F. White, Fakhtak Taliei

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8309 PubMed 31976175

January 20, 2020

Flavonoids from Epimedium pubescens: extraction and mechanism, antioxidant capacity and effects on CAT and GSH-Px of Drosophila melanogaster

120 downloads

472 views

Xiao-Hua Yang, Lu Li, Yao-Bi Xue, Xue-Xue Zhou, Jie-Hua Tang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8361 PubMed 31998556

January 22, 2020

Prehaustorial local resistance to coffee leaf rust in a Mexican cultivar involves expression of salicylic acid-responsive genes

211 downloads

470 views

Edgar Couttolenc-Brenis, Gloria L. Carrión, Luc Villain, Fernando Ortega-Escalona, Daniel Ramírez-Martínez, Martín Mata-Rosas, Alfonso Méndez-Bravo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8345 PubMed 32002327

January 21, 2020

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

129 downloads

456 views

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

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

January 17, 2020

Isolation, sequencing, and expression analysis of 30 AP2/ERF transcription factors in apple

171 downloads

453 views

Huifeng Li, Qinglong Dong, Qiang Zhao, Song Shi, Kun Ran

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8391 PubMed 31988809

January 13, 2020

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

223 downloads

444 views

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 30, 2020

Morpho-physiological traits, biochemical response and phytoextraction potential of short-term copper stress on kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.) seedlings

3 citations

129 downloads

429 views

Muhammad Hamzah Saleem, Shah Fahad, Muzammal Rehman, Shah Saud, Yousaf Jamal, Sajjad Khan, Lijun Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8321 PubMed 32030320

January 9, 2020

Elucidating physiological and biochemical alterations in giant duckweed (Spirodela polyrhiza L. Schleiden) under diethyl phthalate stress: insights into antioxidant defence system

152 downloads

421 views

Ritika Sharma, Rajinder Kaur

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8267 PubMed 31942254

January 3, 2020

Identification of a genome-specific repetitive element in the Gossypium D genome

220 downloads

410 views

Hejun Lu, Xinglei Cui, Yanyan Zhao, Richard Odongo Magwanga, Pengcheng Li, Xiaoyan Cai, Zhongli Zhou, Xingxing Wang, Yuling Liu, Yanchao Xu, Yuqing Hou, Renhai Peng, Kunbo Wang, Fang Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8344 PubMed 31915591

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

171 downloads

410 views

Biao Xiong, Limei Zhang, Shubin Dong, Zhixiang Zhang

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