Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

February 5, 2021

Syncmers are more sensitive than minimizers for selecting conserved k‑mers in biological sequences

Robert Edgar

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10805 PubMed 33604186

February 25, 2021

A community perspective on the concept of marine holobionts: current status, challenges, and future directions

Simon M. Dittami, Enrique Arboleda, Jean-Christophe Auguet, Arite Bigalke, Enora Briand, Paco Cárdenas, Ulisse Cardini, Johan Decelle, Aschwin H. Engelen, Damien Eveillard, Claire M.M. Gachon, Sarah M. Griffiths, Tilmann Harder, Ehsan Kayal, Elena Kazamia, François H. Lallier, Mónica Medina, Ezequiel M. Marzinelli, Teresa Maria Morganti, Laura Núñez Pons, Soizic Prado, José Pintado, Mahasweta Saha, Marc-André Selosse, Derek Skillings, Willem Stock, Shinichi Sunagawa, Eve Toulza, Alexey Vorobev, Catherine Leblanc, Fabrice Not

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10911 PubMed 33665032

February 12, 2021

The effect of ethanol concentration on the morphological and molecular preservation of insects for biodiversity studies

Daniel Marquina, Mateusz Buczek, Fredrik Ronquist, Piotr Łukasik

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10799 PubMed 33614282

February 11, 2021

Taxonomic revision of the threatened African genus Pseudohydrosme Engl. (Araceae), with P. ebo, a new, critically endangered species from Ebo, Cameroon

Martin Cheek, Barthélemy Tchiengué, Xander van der Burgt

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10689 PubMed 33614269

February 16, 2021

Sugarcane/peanut intercropping system improves physicochemical properties by changing N and P cycling and organic matter turnover in root zone soil

Xiumei Tang, Yixin Zhang, Jing Jiang, Xiuzhen Meng, Zhipeng Huang, Haining Wu, Liangqiong He, Faqian Xiong, Jing Liu, Ruichun Zhong, Zhuqiang Han, Ronghua Tang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10880 PubMed 33628642

February 5, 2021

Jasmonic acid biosynthesis by fungi: derivatives, first evidence on biochemical pathways and culture conditions for production

Felipe Eng, Jorge Erick Marin, Krzysztof Zienkiewicz, Mariano Gutiérrez-Rojas, Ernesto Favela-Torres, Ivo Feussner

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10873 PubMed 33604199

February 9, 2021

Osmotic stress in banana is relieved by exogenous nitric oxide

Muhammad Asyraf Mohd Amnan, Teen-Lee Pua, Su-Ee Lau, Boon Chin Tan, Hisateru Yamaguchi, Keisuke Hitachi, Kunihiro Tsuchida, Setsuko Komatsu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10879 PubMed 33614294

February 15, 2021

Evaluation of full-length nanopore 16S sequencing for detection of pathogens in microbial keratitis

Liying Low, Pablo Fuentes-Utrilla, James Hodson, John D. O’Neil, Amanda E. Rossiter, Ghazala Begum, Kusy Suleiman, Philip I. Murray, Graham R. Wallace, Nicholas J. Loman, Saaeha Rauz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10778 PubMed 33628638

February 25, 2021

Comparison of machine learning approaches for enhancing Alzheimer’s disease classification

Qi Li, Mary Qu Yang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10549 PubMed 33665002

February 3, 2021

Ginsenoside Rb1, salvianolic acid B and their combination modulate gut microbiota and improve glucolipid metabolism in high-fat diet induced obese mice

Ying Bai, Xueli Bao, Qianqian Mu, Xin Fang, Ruyuan Zhu, Chenyue Liu, Fangfang Mo, Dongwei Zhang, Guangjian Jiang, Ping Li, Sihua Gao, Dandan Zhao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10598 PubMed 33604164

February 12, 2021

Gut bacterial communities in the freshwater snail Planorbella trivolvis and their modification by a non-herbivorous diet

Zongfu Hu, Qing Tong, Jie Chang, Jianhua Yu, Shuguo Li, Huaxin Niu, Deying Ma

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10716 PubMed 33614273

February 24, 2021

Extremely low nucleotide diversity among thirty-six new chloroplast genome sequences from Aldama (Heliantheae, Asteraceae) and comparative chloroplast genomics analyses with closely related genera

Benoit Loeuille, Verônica Thode, Carolina Siniscalchi, Sonia Andrade, Magdalena Rossi, José Rubens Pirani

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10886 PubMed 33665028

February 1, 2021

Unexpected mitochondrial lineage diversity within the genus Alonella Sars, 1862 (Crustacea: Cladocera) across the Northern Hemisphere

Anna N. Neretina, Dmitry P. Karabanov, Veronika Sacherova, Alexey A. Kotov

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10804 PubMed 33585083

February 16, 2021

Historical and current distribution ranges and loss of mega-herbivores and carnivores of Asia

Tariq Mahmood, Tuong Thuy Vu, Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz, Faraz Akrim, Shaista Andleeb, Muhammad Farooq, Abdul Hamid, Nadeem Munawar, Muhammad Waseem, Abid Hussain, Hira Fatima, Muhammad Raza Khan, Sajid Mahmood

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10738 PubMed 33628635

February 9, 2021

Detection and monitoring of insect traces in bioaerosols

Panyapon Pumkaeo, Junko Takahashi, Hitoshi Iwahashi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10862 PubMed 33614291

February 2, 2021

Local dynamics of a white syndrome outbreak and changes in the microbial community associated with colonies of the scleractinian brain coral Pseudodiploria strigosa

Patricia E. Thome, Jacqueline Rivera-Ortega, Jenny C. Rodríguez-Villalobos, Daniel Cerqueda-García, Edgar O. Guzmán-Urieta, José Q. García-Maldonado, Natalia Carabantes, Eric Jordán-Dahlgren

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10695 PubMed 33604172

February 16, 2021

Lower Locus Coeruleus MRI intensity in patients with late-life major depression

Andrés Guinea-Izquierdo, Mónica Giménez, Ignacio Martínez-Zalacaín, Inés del Cerro, Pol Canal-Noguer, Gerard Blasco, Jordi Gascón, Ramon Reñé, Inmaculada Rico, Angels Camins, Carlos Aguilera, Mikel Urretavizcaya, Isidre Ferrer, José Manuel Menchón, Virginia Soria, Carles Soriano-Mas

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10828 PubMed 33628639

February 9, 2021

Incomplete lineage sorting and ancient admixture, and speciation without morphological change in ghost-worm cryptic species

José Cerca, Angel G. Rivera-Colón, Mafalda S. Ferreira, Mark Ravinet, Michael D. Nowak, Julian M. Catchen, Torsten H. Struck

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10896 PubMed 33614296

February 5, 2021

Quantifying upper limb motor impairment in people with Parkinson’s disease: a physiological profiling approach

Lewis A. Ingram, Vincent K. Carroll, Annie A. Butler, Matthew A. Brodie, Simon C. Gandevia, Stephen R. Lord

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10735 PubMed 33604177

February 17, 2021

Comprehensive analysis of AHL gene family and their expression under drought stress and ABA treatment in Populus trichocarpa

Hanzeng Wang, Xue Leng, Jia Yang, Mengqiu Zhang, Minzhen Zeng, Xuemei Xu, Fude Wang, Chenghao Li