Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

November 27, 2020

Data quantity is more important than its spatial bias for predictive species distribution modelling

Willson Gaul, Dinara Sadykova, Hannah J. White, Lupe Leon-Sanchez, Paul Caplat, Mark C. Emmerson, Jon M. Yearsley

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10411 PubMed 33312769

November 20, 2020

The cranial morphology of Tanystropheus hydroides (Tanystropheidae, Archosauromorpha) as revealed by synchrotron microtomography

Stephan N.F. Spiekman, James M. Neenan, Nicholas C. Fraser, Vincent Fernandez, Olivier Rieppel, Stefania Nosotti, Torsten M. Scheyer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10299 PubMed 33240633

November 10, 2020

A new genus of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) with three new species from montane cloud forests, western Andean cordillera of Colombia and Ecuador

Jorge Brito, Claudia Koch, Alexandre R. Percequillo, Nicolás Tinoco, Marcelo Weksler, C. Miguel Pinto, Ulyses F. J. Pardiñas

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10247 PubMed 33240614

November 5, 2020

Trait differences among discrete morphs of a color polymorphic lizard, Podarcis erhardii

Kinsey M. Brock, Simon Baeckens, Colin M. Donihue, José Martín, Panayiotis Pafilis, Danielle L. Edwards

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10284 PubMed 33194436

November 24, 2020

The paleobiology and paleoecology of South African Lystrosaurus

Jennifer Botha

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10408 PubMed 33282563

November 9, 2020

Integrated analysis of lncRNA and mRNA reveals novel insights into cashmere fineness in Tibetan cashmere goats

Xuefeng Fu, Bingru Zhao, Kechuan Tian, Yujiang Wu, Langda Suo, Gui Ba, Deji Ciren, Ji De, Cuoji Awang, Shuangbao Gun, Bohui Yang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10217 PubMed 33240606

November 23, 2020

Two new species of Tardigrada from moss cushions (Grimmia sp.) in a xerothermic habitat in northeast Tennessee (USA, North America), with the first identification of males in the genus Viridiscus

Diane R. Nelson, Rebecca Adkins Fletcher, Roberto Guidetti, Milena Roszkowska, Daria Grobys, Łukasz Kaczmarek

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10251 PubMed 33282552

November 11, 2020

Age relationships with telomere length, body weight and body length in wild dugong (Dugong dugon)

Phaothep Cherdsukjai, Kittisak Buddhachat, Janine Brown, Manthanee Kaewkool, Anocha Poommouang, Patcharaporn Kaewmong, Kongkiat Kittiwattanawong, Korakot Nganvongpanit

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10319 PubMed 33240643

November 13, 2020

Optimization of high molecular weight DNA extraction methods in shrimp for a long-read sequencing platform

Pacharaporn Angthong, Tanaporn Uengwetwanit, Wirulda Pootakham, Kanchana Sittikankaew, Chutima Sonthirod, Duangjai Sangsrakru, Thippawan Yoocha, Intawat Nookaew, Thidathip Wongsurawat, Piroon Jenjaroenpun, Wanilada Rungrassamee, Nitsara Karoonuthaisiri

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10340 PubMed 33240651

November 25, 2020

Partial revision of the neustonic genus Scapholeberis Schoedler, 1858 (Crustacea: Cladocera): decoding of the barcoding results

Petr G. Garibian, Anna N. Neretina, Derek J. Taylor, Alexey A. Kotov

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10410 PubMed 33304655

November 18, 2020

Behavioural patterns of free roaming wild boar in a spatiotemporal context

Dana Erdtmann, Oliver Keuling

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10409 PubMed 33240682

November 26, 2020

Spatial and temporal activity patterns of Golden takin (Budorcas taxicolor bedfordi) recorded by camera trapping

Jia Li, Yadong Xue, Yu Zhang, Wei Dong, Guoyu Shan, Ruiqian Sun, Charlotte Hacker, Bo Wu, Diqiang Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10353 PubMed 33304652

November 3, 2020

Habitat preference, movements and growth of giant mottled eels, Anguilla marmorata, in a small subtropical Amami-Oshima Island river

Hikaru Itakura, Ryoshiro Wakiya

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10187 PubMed 33194404

November 16, 2020

Diversity of edible insects in a Natural World Heritage Site of India: entomophagy attitudes and implications for food security in the region

Jayanta Kr Das, Arup Kumar Hazarika, Unmilan Kalita, Subhash Khanna, Tarali Kalita, Sangeeta Choudhury

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10248 PubMed 33240615

November 27, 2020

Adaptive evolution at mRNA editing sites in soft-bodied cephalopods

Mikhail Moldovan, Zoe Chervontseva, Georgii Bazykin, Mikhail S. Gelfand

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10456 PubMed 33312772

November 20, 2020

Morph-specific seasonal variation of aggressive behaviour in a polymorphic lizard species

Alan Jioele Coladonato, Marco Mangiacotti, Stefano Scali, Marco A. L. Zuffi, Carlotta Pasquariello, Cristian Matellini, Simone Buratti, Mara Battaiola, Roberto Sacchi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10268 PubMed 33240621

November 2, 2020

Transcriptome and gene expression analysis of Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) during developmental stages

Hongjun Yang, Danping Xu, Zhihang Zhuo, Jiameng Hu, Baoqian Lu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10223 PubMed 33194414

November 17, 2020

Investigation of acute-phase proteins and cytokines response in goats with contagious caprine pleuropneumonia with special reference to their diagnostic accuracy

Wael El-Deeb, Mahmoud Fayez, Ibrahim Elsohaby, Mohamed Salem, Abdulrhman Alhaider, Mahmoud Kandeel

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10394 PubMed 33240679

November 13, 2020

Cytokine RT-qPCR and ddPCR for immunological investigations of the endangered Australian sea lion (Neophoca cinerea) and other mammals

María-Ignacia Meza Cerda, Rachael Gray, Damien P. Higgins