Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

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 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 23, 2021

Comparison between cultured and wild Pacific white shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) vitellogenesis: next-generation sequencing and relative expression of genes directly and indirectly related to reproduction

Araceli Lorena Montes-Dominguez, Jesus Arian Avena-Soto, Jorge Luis Lizarraga-Rodriguez, Rodrigo de Jesus Perez-Gala, Stephanie Jimenez-Gutierrez, Jesus Alberto Sotelo-Falomir, Fernando Marino Pinzon-Miranda, Francisco Martinez-Perez, Horacio Alberto Muñoz-Rubi, Dario Chavez-Herrera, Laura Rebeca Jimenez-Gutierrez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10694 PubMed 33665004

February 23, 2021

Hemocyte siRNA uptake is increased by 5′ cholesterol-TEG addition in Biomphalaria glabrata, snail vector of schistosome

Anaïs Portet, Richard Galinier, Damien Lassalle, Alexandre Faille, Benjamin Gourbal, David Duval

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10895 PubMed 33665030

February 23, 2021

Evaluation of key miRNAs during early pregnancy in Kazakh horse using RNA sequencing

LingLing Liu, Chao Fang, YinZe Sun, WuJun Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10796 PubMed 33665012

February 2, 2021

A molecular phylogeny of Geotrochus and Trochomorpha species (Gastropoda: Trochomorphidae) in Sabah, Malaysia reveals convergent evolution of shell morphology driven by environmental influences

Zi-Yuan Chang, Thor-Seng Liew

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10526 PubMed 33604162

February 3, 2021

Social behavior of musk deer during the mating season potentially influences the diversity of their gut microbiome

Jianmei Li, Wei Luo, Yudong Zhu, Qinlong Dai, Guoqi Liu, Chengli Zheng, Lei Zhou, Shengqiang Li, Zhu Chen, Jianming Wang, Dayong Feng, Kunlin Yang, Zhisong Yang, Lifeng Zhu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10860 PubMed 33604195

February 25, 2021

The Doublesex/Mab-3 domain transcription factor DMD-10 regulates ASH-dependent behavioral responses

Julia Durbeck, Celine Breton, Michael Suter, Eric S. Luth, Annette M. McGehee

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10892 PubMed 33665029

February 19, 2021

Regucalcin expression profiles in veal calf testis: validation of histological and molecular tests to detect sex steroids illicit administration

Alessandro Benedetto, Elena Biasibetti, Chiara Beltramo, Valentina Audino, Simone Peletto, Elena Maria Bozzetta, Marzia Pezzolato

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10894 PubMed 33643712