Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

Carlos López, Ramón Bosch-Príncep, Guifré Orero, Laia Fontoura Balagueró, Anna Korzynska, Marcial García-Rojo, Gloria Bueno, Maria del Milagro Fernández-Carrobles, Lukasz Roszkowiak, Cristina Callau Casanova, M. Teresa Salvadó-Usach, Joaquín Jaén Martínez, Albert Gibert-Ramos, Albert Roso-Llorach, Andrea Gras Navarro, Marta Berenguer-Poblet, Montse Llobera, Júlia Gil Garcia, Bárbara Tomás, Vanessa Gestí, Eeva Laine, Benoít Plancoulaine, Jordi Baucells, Maryléne Lejeune

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9779 PubMed 32953267

September 22, 2020

A comparison of sex, morphology, physiology and behavior of black-capped chickadees trapped using two common capture methods

Sara M. Burns, Frances Bonier

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10037 PubMed 33024645

September 2, 2020

Simulating highly disturbed vegetation distribution: the case of China’s Jing-Jin-Ji region

Sangui Yi, Jihua Zhou, Liming Lai, Hui Du, Qinglin Sun, Liu Yang, Xin Liu, Benben Liu, Yuanrun Zheng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9839 PubMed 32953272

September 16, 2020

Seasonal variations in leaf and branch trace elements and the influence of a 3-yr 100% rainfall exclusion on Pinus massoniana Lamb

Tian Lin, Xuanmei Zheng, Huaizhou Zheng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9935 PubMed 32995090

September 18, 2020

Genetic variation and selection in the major histocompatibility complex Class II gene in the Guizhou pony

Chang Liu, Hongmei Lei, Xueqin Ran, Jiafu Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9889 PubMed 32999762

September 11, 2020

Two new nematode species (Plectida: Leptolaimidae, Rhadinematidae) from Chatham Rise, New Zealand

Daniel Leduc

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9923 PubMed 32974107

September 18, 2020

Life-history traits and intra-cohort divergence of clearhead icefish (Protosalanx chinensis), indicating cannibalism increased fitness

Fujiang Tang, Wei Liu, Jilong Wang, James Henne

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9900 PubMed 32999764

September 11, 2020

First report of lionfish prey from Western Florida waters as identified by DNA barcoding

Carlos A. Santamaria, James Locascio, Taylor M. Greenan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9922 PubMed 32974106

September 15, 2020

Numerical investigation of microbial quorum sensing under various flow conditions

Heewon Jung, Christof D. Meile

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9942 PubMed 32983649

September 28, 2020

Pyruvate is required for catecholamine-stimulated growth of different strains of Campylobacter jejuni

Meicen Liu, Mark Lyte

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10011 PubMed 33062434

September 24, 2020

Distribution, habitat suitability, conservation state and natural history of endangered salamander Bolitoglossa pandi

Teddy Angarita-Sierra, M. Argenis Bonilla-Gómez, David A. Sánchez, Andres R. Acosta-Galvis, Hefzi Medina-Ovalle, Anggi Solano-Moreno, Simon Ulloa-Rengifo, Daniela Guevara-Guevara, Juan J. Torres-Ramirez, Sebastián Curaca-Fierro, Diego M. Cabrera-Amaya, Jhon A. Infante-Betancour, Luisa F. Londoño-Montaño, Diana X. Albarán-Montoya, Lesly R. Peña-Baez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9901 PubMed 33024630

September 30, 2020

Identification of fertility-related genes for maize CMS-S via Bulked Segregant RNA-Seq

Xiner Qin, Wenliang Zhang, Xue Dong, Shike Tian, Panpan Zhang, Yanxin Zhao, Yi Wang, Jianbing Yan, Bing Yue

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10015 PubMed 33062436

September 24, 2020

A model of twenty-three metabolic-related genes predicting overall survival for lung adenocarcinoma

Zhenyu Zhao, Boxue He, Qidong Cai, Pengfei Zhang, Xiong Peng, Yuqian Zhang, Hui Xie, Xiang Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10008 PubMed 33024640

September 24, 2020

Description of the unusual digestive tract of Platax orbicularis and the potential impact of Tenacibaculum maritimum infection

Maud Alix, Eric Gasset, Agnes Bardon-Albaret, Jean Noel, Nelly Pirot, Valérie Perez, Denis Coves, Denis Saulnier, Jehan-Hervé Lignot, Patricia N. Cucchi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9966 PubMed 33024633

September 22, 2020

Dichocarpum hagiangense—a new species and an updated checklist of Ranunculaceae in Vietnam

Minh Ty Nguyen, Ngoc Bon Trinh, Thanh Thi Viet Tran, Tran Duc Thanh, Long Ke Phan, Van The Pham

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9874 PubMed 33024628

September 14, 2020

Rediscovery of Cyperus flavescens (Cyperaceae) on the northeast periphery of its range in Europe

Paweł Marciniuk, Jolanta Marciniuk, Andrzej Łysko, Łukasz Krajewski, Justyna Chudecka, Janina Skrzyczyńska, Agnieszka Anna Popiela

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9837 PubMed 32983639

September 17, 2020

Jatropha curcas ortholog of tomato MADS-box gene 6 (JcTM6) promoter exhibits floral-specific activity in Arabidopsis thaliana

Jing-Xian Wang, Xin Ming, Yan-Bin Tao, Zeng-Fu Xu