Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

July 20, 2020

The timing mega-study: comparing a range of experiment generators, both lab-based and online

David Bridges, Alain Pitiot, Michael R. MacAskill, Jonathan W. Peirce

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9414 PubMed 33005482

July 27, 2020

Epitope-based chimeric peptide vaccine design against S, M and E proteins of SARS-CoV-2, the etiologic agent of COVID-19 pandemic: an in silico approach

M. Shaminur Rahman, M. Nazmul Hoque, M. Rafiul Islam, Salma Akter, A. S. M. Rubayet Ul Alam, Mohammad Anwar Siddique, Otun Saha, Md. Mizanur Rahaman, Munawar Sultana, Keith A. Crandall, M. Anwar Hossain

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9572 PubMed 33194329

July 14, 2020

Utilization of brewery wastes in food industry

Kamila Rachwał, Adam Waśko, Klaudia Gustaw, Magdalena Polak-Berecka

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9427 PubMed 32742775

July 29, 2020

Altered gut microbiota associated with symptom severity in schizophrenia

Shijia Li, Min Zhuo, Xia Huang, Yuanyuan Huang, Jing Zhou, Dongsheng Xiong, Jiahui Li, Ya Liu, Zhilin Pan, Hehua Li, Jun Chen, Xiaobo Li, Zhiming Xiang, Fengchun Wu, Kai Wu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9574 PubMed 32821537

July 6, 2020

Melatonin improves the germination rate of cotton seeds under drought stress by opening pores in the seed coat

Yandan Bai, Shuang Xiao, Zichen Zhang, Yongjiang Zhang, Hongchun Sun, Ke Zhang, Xiaodan Wang, Zhiying Bai, Cundong Li, Liantao Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9450 PubMed 32704446

July 3, 2020

Identification of novel mutations in RNA-dependent RNA polymerases of SARS-CoV-2 and their implications on its protein structure

Gyanendra Bahadur Chand, Atanu Banerjee, Gajendra Kumar Azad

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9492 PubMed 32685291

July 21, 2020

RdRp mutations are associated with SARS-CoV-2 genome evolution

Doğa Eskier, Gökhan Karakülah, Aslı Suner, Yavuz Oktay

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9587 PubMed 32742818

July 29, 2020

Metagenomic next-generation sequencing for the clinical diagnosis and prognosis of acute respiratory distress syndrome caused by severe pneumonia: a retrospective study

Peng Zhang, Yan Chen, Shuyun Li, Chaoliang Li, Shuang Zhang, Weihao Zheng, Yantang Chen, Jie Ma, Xin Zhang, Yanming Huang, Shengming Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9623 PubMed 32821543

July 9, 2020

Sharing for science: high-resolution trophic interactions revealed rapidly by social media

Robin A. Maritz, Bryan Maritz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9485 PubMed 32714662

July 3, 2020

A little frog leaps a long way: compounded colonizations of the Indian Subcontinent discovered in the tiny Oriental frog genus Microhyla (Amphibia: Microhylidae)

Vladislav A. Gorin, Evgeniya N. Solovyeva, Mahmudul Hasan, Hisanori Okamiya, D.M.S. Suranjan Karunarathna, Parinya Pawangkhanant, Anslem de Silva, Watinee Juthong, Konstantin D. Milto, Luan Thanh Nguyen, Chatmongkon Suwannapoom, Alexander Haas, David P. Bickford, Indraneil Das, Nikolay A. Poyarkov

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9411 PubMed 32685285

July 23, 2020

Plastid genomics of Nicotiana (Solanaceae): insights into molecular evolution, positive selection and the origin of the maternal genome of Aztec tobacco (Nicotiana rustica)

Furrukh Mehmood, Abdullah, Zartasha Ubaid, Iram Shahzadi, Ibrar Ahmed, Mohammad Tahir Waheed, Peter Poczai, Bushra Mirza

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9552 PubMed 32775052

July 10, 2020

Arthropod IGF, relaxin and gonadulin, putative orthologs of Drosophila insulin-like peptides 6, 7 and 8, likely originated from an ancient gene triplication

Jan A. Veenstra

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9534 PubMed 32728497

July 24, 2020

The effects of humic substances on DNA isolation from soils

Ewa Wnuk, Adam Waśko, Anna Walkiewicz, Piotr Bartmiński, Romualda Bejger, Lilla Mielnik, Andrzej Bieganowski

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9378 PubMed 32775047

July 7, 2020

Small molecule therapeutics for COVID-19: repurposing of inhaled furosemide

Zhiyu Wang, Yanfei Wang, Prachi Vilekar, Seung-Pil Yang, Mayuri Gupta, Myong In Oh, Autumn Meek, Lisa Doyle, Laura Villar, Anja Brennecke, Imindu Liyanage, Mark Reed, Christopher Barden, Donald F. Weaver

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9533 PubMed 32704455

July 28, 2020

Differential expression between drought-tolerant and drought-sensitive sugarcane under mild and moderate water stress as revealed by a comparative analysis of leaf transcriptome

Wanapinun Nawae, Jeremy R. Shearman, Sithichoke Tangphatsornruang, Prapat Punpee, Thippawan Yoocha, Duangjai Sangsrakru, Chaiwat Naktang, Chutima Sonthirod, Warodom Wirojsirasak, Kittipat Ukoskit, Klanarong Sriroth, Peeraya Klomsa-ard, Wirulda Pootakham

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9608 PubMed 33240580

July 2, 2020

Elephants in the neighborhood: patterns of crop-raiding by Asian elephants within a fragmented landscape of Eastern India

Dipanjan Naha, Suraj Kumar Dash, Abhisek Chettri, Akashdeep Roy, Sambandam Sathyakumar

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9399 PubMed 32676222

July 20, 2020

Quantifying local ecological knowledge to model historical abundance of long-lived, heavily-exploited fauna

Michelle-María Early-Capistrán, Elena Solana-Arellano, F. Alberto Abreu-Grobois, Nemer E. Narchi, Gerardo Garibay-Melo, Jeffrey A. Seminoff, Volker Koch, Andrea Saenz-Arroyo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9494 PubMed 32742788

July 24, 2020

Effectiveness of non-lethal predator deterrents to reduce livestock losses to leopard attacks within a multiple-use landscape of the Himalayan region

Dipanjan Naha, Pooja Chaudhary, Gaurav Sonker, Sambandam Sathyakumar

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9544 PubMed 32775051

July 1, 2020

Effects of microbial evolution dominate those of experimental host-mediated indirect selection

Jigyasa Arora, Margaret A. Mars Brisbin, Alexander S. Mikheyev

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9350 PubMed 32676220

July 16, 2020

Endophytic Burkholderia sp. SSG as a potential biofertilizer promoting boxwood growth

Ping Kong, Chuanxue Hong