Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

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

412 downloads

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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 27, 2020

Molecular phylogeny and species delimitation of the freshwater prawn Macrobrachium pilimanus species group, with descriptions of three new species from Thailand

251 downloads

1,012 views

Warut Siriwut, Ekgachai Jeratthitikul, Somsak Panha, Ratmanee Chanabun, Chirasak Sutcharit

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10137 PubMed 33312765

November 12, 2020

The frequency of combined IFITM3 haplotype involving the reference alleles of both rs12252 and rs34481144 is in line with COVID-19 standardized mortality ratio of ethnic groups in England

1 citation

231 downloads

1,538 views

Dimitris Nikoloudis, Dimitrios Kountouras, Asimina Hiona

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10402 PubMed 33240681

November 10, 2020

Genetic loci determining potato starch yield and granule morphology revealed by genome-wide association study (GWAS)

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192 downloads

597 views

Vadim K. Khlestkin, Tatyana V. Erst, Irina V. Rozanova, Vadim M. Efimov, Elena K. Khlestkina

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10286 PubMed 33240629

November 5, 2020

An updated evolutionary study of the Notch family reveals a new ancient origin and novel invariable motifs as potential pharmacological targets

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169 downloads

549 views

Dimitrios Vlachakis, Louis Papageorgiou, Ariadne Papadaki, Maria Georga, Sofia Kossida, Elias Eliopoulos

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10334 PubMed 33194454

November 13, 2020

Temporal expression profiles of lncRNA and mRNA in human embryonic stem cell-derived motor neurons during differentiation

165 downloads

688 views

Xue-Jiao Sun, Ming-Xing Li, Chen-Zi Gong, Jing Chen, Mohammad Nasb, Sayed Zulfiqar Ali Shah, Muhammad Rehan, Ya-Jie Li, Hong Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10075 PubMed 33240592

November 11, 2020

Population genetics of the freshwater fish Prochilodus magdalenae (Characiformes: Prochilodontidae), using species-specific microsatellite loci

164 downloads

1,038 views

Ricardo M. Landínez-García, Juan Carlos Narváez, Edna J. Márquez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10327 PubMed 33240645

November 9, 2020

The genetic diversity and population structure of two endemic Amazonian quillwort (Isoetes L.) species

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162 downloads

1,168 views

Mirella Pupo Santos, João V.S. Rabelo Araujo, Arthur V. Sant’anna Lopes, Julio Cesar Fiorio Vettorazzi, Marcela Santana Bastos Boechat, Fernanda AbreuSantana Arêdes, Naiara Viana Campos, Emiliano Nicolas Calderon, Fernando M. Gomes Santos, Tais Nogueira Fernandes, Rodrigo Nunes da Fonseca, Messias Gonzaga Pereira, Guilherme Oliveira, Daniel Basilio Zandonadi, RodrigoLemes Martins, Francisco de Assis Esteves

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10274 PubMed 33240624

November 11, 2020

The complete mitochondrial genome of Gyps coprotheres (Aves, Accipitridae, Accipitriformes): phylogenetic analysis of mitogenome among raptors

158 downloads

616 views

Emmanuel Oluwasegun Adawaren, Morne Du Plessis, Essa Suleman, Duodane Kindler, Almero O. Oosthuizen, Lillian Mukandiwa, Vinny Naidoo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10034 PubMed 33240589

November 27, 2020

Adaptive evolution at mRNA editing sites in soft-bodied cephalopods

152 downloads

733 views

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

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

November 18, 2020

Evidence of facultative parthenogenesis in three Neotropical pitviper species of the Bothrops atrox group

148 downloads

1,266 views

Sergio D. Cubides-Cubillos, José S.L. Patané, Karina Maria Pereira da Silva, Selma Maria Almeida-Santos, Denise S. Polydoro, Guilherme Guidolin Galassi, Silvia Regina Travaglia Cardoso, Maria José de J. Silva

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10097 PubMed 33240594

November 5, 2020

Nuclear microsatellites reveal population genetic structuring and fine-scale pattern of hybridization in the Japanese mantis shrimp Oratosquilla oratoria

144 downloads

379 views

Jiao Cheng, Nan Zhang, Zhongli Sha

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10270 PubMed 33194430

November 9, 2020

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

140 downloads

453 views

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 18, 2020

Genetic diversity, population structure, and effective population size in two yellow bat species in south Texas

118 downloads

538 views

Austin S. Chipps, Amanda M. Hale, Sara P. Weaver, Dean A. Williams

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10348 PubMed 33240657

November 4, 2020

Tnni1b-ECR183-d2, an 87 bp cardiac enhancer of zebrafish

118 downloads

414 views

Yawen Zhang, Feng Wang, Fang Wu, Youhua Wang, Xu Wang, Yonghao Gui, Qiang Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10289 PubMed 33194440

November 17, 2020

Different analysis strategies of 16S rRNA gene data from rodent studies generate contrasting views of gut bacterial communities associated with diet, health and obesity

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101 downloads

327 views

Jose F. Garcia-Mazcorro, Jorge R. Kawas, Cuauhtemoc Licona Cassani, Susanne Mertens-Talcott, Giuliana Noratto

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10372 PubMed 33240672

November 9, 2020

MutRank: an R shiny web-application for exploratory targeted mutual rank-based coexpression analyses integrated with user-provided supporting information

91 downloads

474 views

Elly Poretsky, Alisa Huffaker

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10264 PubMed 33240618

November 12, 2020

The rs78378222 prevalence and the copy loss of the protective allele A in the tumor tissue of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

81 downloads

320 views

Elena N. Voropaeva, Yuriy L. Orlov, Tatiana I. Pospelova, Anna A. Gurageva, Mikhail I. Voevoda, Vladimir N. Maksimov, Olga B. Seregina, Maria I. Churkina

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10335 PubMed 33240649

November 24, 2020

HIV-1 promoter is gradually silenced when integrated into BACH2 in Jurkat T-cells

79 downloads

371 views

Anne Inderbitzin, Yik Lim Kok, Lisa Jörimann, Audrey Kelley, Kathrin Neumann, Daniel Heinzer, Toni Cathomen, Karin J. Metzner

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10321 PubMed 33282555

November 23, 2020

Determination of the reference genes for qRT-PCR normalization and expression levels of MAT genes under various conditions in Ulocladium

67 downloads

228 views

Li-Guo Ma, Yun Geng