Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

July 28, 2020

Identification of 10 Hub genes related to the progression of colorectal cancer by co-expression analysis

Jie Meng, Rui Su, Yun Liao, Yanyan Li, Ling Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9633 PubMed 33240582

July 17, 2020

Biodiversity of carapace epibiont diatoms in loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta Linnaeus 1758) in the Aegean Sea Turkish coast

Aydın Kaleli, Ana Car, Andrzej Witkowski, Marta Krzywda, Catherine Riaux-Gobin, Cüneyt Nadir Solak, Yakup Kaska, Izabela Zgłobicka, Tomasz Płociński, Rafał Wróbel, Krzysztof Kurzydłowski

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9406 PubMed 32742770

July 7, 2020

Integrating population genetic structure, microbiome, and pathogens presence data in Dermacentor variabilis

Paula Lado, Bo Luan, Michelle E.J. Allerdice, Christopher D. Paddock, Sandor E. Karpathy, Hans Klompen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9367 PubMed 32704442

July 16, 2020

Genetic variation of the Chilean endemic long-haired mouse Abrothrix longipilis (Rodentia, Supramyomorpha, Cricetidae) in a geographical and environmental context

Lourdes Valdez, Marcial Quiroga-Carmona, Guillermo D’Elía

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9517 PubMed 32742796

July 28, 2020

Proteomic analysis of human cervical adenocarcinoma mucus to identify potential protein biomarkers

Zhifang Ma, Jie Chen, Ting Luan, Chengzhuo Chu, Wangfei Wu, Yichao Zhu, Yun Gu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9527 PubMed 33194326

July 27, 2020

Identification and validation of prognostic signature for breast cancer based on genes potentially involved in autophagy

Shanliang Zhong, Huanwen Chen, Sujin Yang, Jifeng Feng, Siying Zhou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9621 PubMed 33194339

July 15, 2020

Canine SOD1 harboring E40K or T18S mutations promotes protein aggregation without reducing the global structural stability

Shintaro Kimura, Yuji O. Kamatari, Yukina Kuwahara, Hideaki Hara, Osamu Yamato, Sadatoshi Maeda, Hiroaki Kamishina, Ryo Honda

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9512 PubMed 32742795

July 16, 2020

Whole mitochondrial genome sequence and phylogenetic relationships of Williams’s jerboa (Scarturus williamsi) from Turkey

Osman İbiş

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9569 PubMed 32742814

July 7, 2020

Safety evaluation of four faba bean extracts used as dietary supplements in grass carp culture based on hematological indices, hepatopancreatic function and nutritional condition

Lingling Ma, Gen Kaneko, Jun Xie, Guangjun Wang, Zhifei Li, Jingjing Tian, Kai Zhang, Yun Xia, Wangbao Gong, Haihang Li, Ermeng Yu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9516 PubMed 32704454

July 17, 2020

Mechanisms behind bottom-up effects: eutrophication increases fecundity by shortening the interspawning interval in stickleback

Anne Saarinen, Ulrika Candolin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9521 PubMed 32742798

July 29, 2020

Identification of viruses infecting six plum cultivars in Korea by RNA-sequencing

Yeonhwa Jo, Hoseong Choi, Sen Lian, Jin Kyong Cho, Hyosub Chu, Won Kyong Cho

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9588 PubMed 32821540

July 6, 2020

Novel circulating protein biomarkers for thyroid cancer determined through data-independent acquisition mass spectrometry

Dandan Li, Jie Wu, Zhongjuan Liu, Ling Qiu, Yimin Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9507 PubMed 32704452

July 27, 2020

Viable bacterial communities on hospital window components in patient rooms

Patrick F. Horve, Leslie G. Dietz, Suzanne L. Ishaq, Jeff Kline, Mark Fretz, Kevin G. Van Den Wymelenberg

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9580 PubMed 33194331

July 8, 2020

The metabolic profile of Asinara (albino) and Sardo donkeys (pigmented) (Equus asinus L., 1758) points to unequivocal breed assignment of individuals

Maria Grazia Cappai, Corrado Dimauro, Giovanni Paolo Biggio, Raffaele Cherchi, Francesca Accioni, Flavia Pudda, Gianpiero Boatto, Walter Pinna

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9297 PubMed 32714654

July 9, 2020

Prognostic value of complementary biomarkers of neurodegeneration in a mixed memory clinic cohort

Mathias Holsey Gramkow, Le Gjerum, Juha Koikkalainen, Jyrki Lötjönen, Ian Law, Steen Gregers Hasselbalch, Gunhild Waldemar, Kristian Steen Frederiksen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9498 PubMed 32714664

July 9, 2020

A collection of hexactinellids (Porifera) from the deep South Atlantic and North Pacific: new genus, new species and new records

Cristiana Castello-Branco, Allen G. Collins, Eduardo Hajdu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9431 PubMed 32714660

July 1, 2020

Bioindicator potential of Ricinus communis to simulated rainfall containing potassium fluoride

Douglas Almeida Rodrigues, Juliana de Fátima Sales, Sebastião Carvalho Vasconcelos Filho, Arthur Almeida Rodrigues, Eduardo Matheus Guimarães Teles, Alan Carlos Costa, Efraim Lázaro Reis, Thais Andrade de Carvalho Silva, Caroline Müller

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9445 PubMed 32676226

July 10, 2020

First report of begomoviruses infecting Cucumis sativus L. in North America and identification of a proposed new begomovirus species

Sarahi Sanchez-Chavez, Carlos Fernando Regla-Marquez, Zugey Elizabeth Cardenas-Conejo, Daniel Alejandro Garcia-Rodriguez, Sara Centeno-Leija, Hugo Serrano-Posada, Andromeda Liñan-Rico, Brenda Lizet Partida-Palacios, Yair Cardenas-Conejo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9245 PubMed 32728488

July 31, 2020

Heritability of the extra-pair mating behaviour of the pied flycatcher in Western Siberia

Vladimir G. Grinkov, Andreas Bauer, Helmut Sternberg, Michael Wink

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9571 PubMed 32821536

July 10, 2020

Effect of sodium (S)-2-hydroxyglutarate in male, and succinic acid in female Wistar rats against renal ischemia-reperfusion injury, suggesting a role of the HIF-1 pathway

Eduardo Cienfuegos-Pecina, Tannya R. Ibarra-Rivera, Alma L. Saucedo, Luis A. Ramírez-Martínez, Deanna Esquivel-Figueroa, Ixel Domínguez-Vázquez, Karina J. Alcántara-Solano, Diana P. Moreno-Peña, Gabriela Alarcon-Galvan, Diana Raquel Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Liliana Torres-González, Linda E. Muñoz-Espinosa, Edelmiro Pérez-Rodríguez, Paula Cordero-Pérez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9438 PubMed 32728491

July 1, 2020

Habitat association in the critically endangered Mangshan pit viper (Protobothrops mangshanensis), a species endemic to China

Bing Zhang, Bingxian Wu, Daode Yang, Xiaqiu Tao, Mu Zhang, Shousheng Hu, Jun Chen, Ming Zheng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9439 PubMed 32676224

July 7, 2020

Universality vs experience: a cross-cultural pilot study on the consonance effect in music at different altitudes

Giulia Prete, Danilo Bondi, Vittore Verratti, Anna Maria Aloisi, Prabin Rai, Luca Tommasi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9344 PubMed 32704441

July 23, 2020

Outstanding performance of an invasive alien tree Bischofia javanica relative to native tree species and implications for management of insular primary forests

Tetsuto Abe, Nobuyuki Tanaka, Yoshikazu Shimizu