Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

Oswaldo Tellez, Efisio Mattana, Mauricio Diazgranados, Nicola Kühn, Elena Castillo-Lorenzo, Rafael Lira, Leobardo Montes-Leyva, Isela Rodriguez, Cesar Mateo Flores Ortiz, Michael Way, Patricia Dávila, Tiziana Ulian

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9898 PubMed 32999763

September 18, 2020

Endocranial anatomy of the ceratopsid dinosaur Triceratops and interpretations of sensory and motor function

Rina Sakagami, Soichiro Kawabe

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9888 PubMed 32999761

September 3, 2020

Generalized Linear Models outperform commonly used canonical analysis in estimating spatial structure of presence/absence data

Lélis A. Carlos-Júnior, Joel C. Creed, Rob Marrs, Rob J. Lewis, Timothy P. Moulton, Rafael Feijó-Lima, Matthew Spencer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9777 PubMed 32953266

September 28, 2020

No one-size-fits-all solution to clean GBIF

Alexander Zizka, Fernanda Antunes Carvalho, Alice Calvente, Mabel Rocio Baez-Lizarazo, Andressa Cabral, Jéssica Fernanda Ramos Coelho, Matheus Colli-Silva, Mariana Ramos Fantinati, Moabe F. Fernandes, Thais Ferreira-Araújo, Fernanda Gondim Lambert Moreira, Nathália Michellyda Cunha Santos, Tiago Andrade Borges Santos, Renata Clicia dos Santos-Costa, Filipe C. Serrano, Ana Paula Alves da Silva, Arthur de Souza Soares, Paolla Gabryelle Cavalcante de Souza, Eduardo Calisto Tomaz, Valéria Fonseca Vale, Tiago Luiz Vieira, Alexandre Antonelli

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9916 PubMed 33062422

September 8, 2020

Combating SARS-CoV-2: leveraging microbicidal experiences with other emerging/re-emerging viruses

M. Khalid Ijaz, Syed A. Sattar, Joseph R. Rubino, Raymond W. Nims, Charles P. Gerba

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9914 PubMed 33194365

September 25, 2020

Dung beetle species introductions: when an ecosystem service provider transforms into an invasive species

Min R. Pokhrel, Stuart C. Cairns, Nigel R. Andrew

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9872 PubMed 33062417

September 25, 2020

The mechanism and detection of alternative splicing events in circular RNAs

Xiaohan Li, Bing Zhang, Fuyu Li, Kequan Yu, Yunfei Bai

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10032 PubMed 33033662

September 24, 2020

Drought stress strengthens the link between chlorophyll fluorescence parameters and photosynthetic traits

Jie Zhuang, Yonglin Wang, Yonggang Chi, Lei Zhou, Jijing Chen, Wen Zhou, Jun Song, Ning Zhao, Jianxi Ding

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10046 PubMed 33024649

September 22, 2020

No Mow May lawns have higher pollinator richness and abundances: An engaged community provides floral resources for pollinators

Israel Del Toro, Relena R. Ribbons

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10021 PubMed 33024642

September 22, 2020

Species distribution modelling of Bryde’s whales, humpback whales, southern right whales, and sperm whales in the southern African region to inform their conservation in expanding economies

Jean Purdon, Fannie W. Shabangu, Dawit Yemane, Marc Pienaar, Michael J. Somers, Ken Findlay

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9997 PubMed 33024637

September 1, 2020

Genomic diversity and evolution, diagnosis, prevention, and therapeutics of the pandemic COVID-19 disease

M. Nazmul Hoque, Abed Chaudhury, Md Abdul Mannan Akanda, M. Anwar Hossain, Md Tofazzal Islam

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9689 PubMed 33005486

September 9, 2020

KEYLINK: towards a more integrative soil representation for inclusion in ecosystem scale models. I. review and model concept

Gaby Deckmyn, Omar Flores, Mathias Mayer, Xavier Domene, Andrea Schnepf, Katrin Kuka, Kris Van Looy, Daniel P. Rasse, Maria J.I. Briones, Sébastien Barot, Matty Berg, Elena Vanguelova, Ivika Ostonen, Harry Vereecken, Laura M. Suz, Beat Frey, Aline Frossard, Alexei Tiunov, Jan Frouz, Tine Grebenc, Maarja Öpik, Mathieu Javaux, Alexei Uvarov, Olga Vindušková, Paul Henning Krogh, Oskar Franklin, Juan Jiménez, Jorge Curiel Yuste

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9750 PubMed 32974092

September 29, 2020

Identification of hub genes and small molecule therapeutic drugs related to breast cancer with comprehensive bioinformatics analysis

Mingqian Hao, Wencong Liu, Chuanbo Ding, Xiaojuan Peng, Yue Zhang, Huiying Chen, Ling Dong, Xinglong Liu, Yingchun Zhao, Xueyan Chen, Sadia Khatoon, Yinan Zheng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9946 PubMed 33083112

September 8, 2020

Identification of key modules and hub genes associated with lung function in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Yuechong Xia, Cheng Lei, Danhui Yang, Hong Luo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9848 PubMed 33194355

September 24, 2020

The lemur baseline: how lemurs compare to monkeys and apes in the Primate Cognition Test Battery

Claudia Fichtel, Klara Dinter, Peter M. Kappeler

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10025 PubMed 33024643

September 29, 2020

Computational perspectives revealed prospective vaccine candidates from five structural proteins of novel SARS corona virus 2019 (SARS-CoV-2)

Rajesh Anand, Subham Biswal, Renu Bhatt, Bhupendra N. Tiwary

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9855 PubMed 33062414

September 16, 2020

Entomopathogenic fungi decrease Rhizoctonia disease in potato in field conditions

Oksana G. Tomilova, Elena M. Shaldyaeva, Natalia A. Kryukova, Yulia V. Pilipova, Natalia S. Schmidt, Viktor P. Danilov, Vadim Y. Kryukov, Viktor V. Glupov

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9895 PubMed 32995085

September 10, 2020

Evaluation of different culture media to support in vitro growth and biofilm formation of bacterial vaginosis-associated anaerobes

Aliona S. Rosca, Joana Castro, Nuno Cerca

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9917 PubMed 32974104

September 15, 2020

Estimating the impact of mobility patterns on COVID-19 infection rates in 11 European countries

Patrick Bryant, Arne Elofsson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9879 PubMed 32983643

September 3, 2020

Comparative masticatory myology in anteaters and its implications for interpreting morphological convergence in myrmecophagous placentals

Sérgio Ferreira-Cardoso, Pierre-Henri Fabre, Benoit de Thoisy, Frédéric Delsuc, Lionel Hautier