Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

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 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 2, 2021

Mitochondrial genomes of eight Scelimeninae species (Orthoptera) and their phylogenetic implications within Tetrigoidea

Ran Li, Xiaoli Ying, Weian Deng, Wantao Rong, Xiaodong Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10523 PubMed 33604160

February 22, 2021

Refining the marine reptile turnover at the Early–Middle Jurassic transition

Valentin Fischer, Robert Weis, Ben Thuy

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10647 PubMed 33665003

February 24, 2021

Evidence of phenotypic plasticity along an altitudinal gradient in the dung beetle Onthophagus proteus

Roisin A. Stanbrook, W. Edwin Harris, Charles P. Wheater, Martin Jones

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10798 PubMed 33665014

February 10, 2021

Marine amphipods as a new live prey for ornamental aquaculture: exploring the potential of Parhyale hawaiensis and Elasmopus pectenicrus

Jorge Arturo Vargas-Abúndez, Humberto Ivan López-Vázquez, Maite Mascaró, Gemma Leticia Martínez-Moreno, Nuno Simões

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10840 PubMed 33614288

February 11, 2021

A new elasmosaurid (Sauropterygia: Plesiosauria) from the non-marine to paralic Dinosaur Park Formation of southern Alberta, Canada

James A. Campbell, Mark T. Mitchell, Michael J. Ryan, Jason S. Anderson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10720 PubMed 33614274

February 17, 2021

Scoping review of distribution models for selected Amblyomma ticks and rickettsial group pathogens

Catherine A. Lippi, Holly D. Gaff, Alexis L. White, Sadie J. Ryan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10596 PubMed 33643699

February 17, 2021

Density estimation of tiger and leopard using spatially explicit capture–recapture framework

Tahir Ali Rather, Sharad Kumar, Jamal Ahmad Khan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10634 PubMed 33643701

February 2, 2021

Tolerance of two anhydrobiotic tardigrades Echiniscus testudo and Milnesium inceptum to hypomagnetic conditions

Weronika Erdmann, Bogdan Idzikowski, Wojciech Kowalski, Jakub Z. Kosicki, Łukasz Kaczmarek

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10630 PubMed 33604170

February 18, 2021

Pseudocnidae of ribbon worms (Nemertea): ultrastructure, maturation, and functional morphology

Timur Yu Magarlamov, James M. Turbeville, Alexei V. Chernyshev

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10912 PubMed 33643715

February 1, 2021

Seasonal patterns in nest survival of a subtropical wading bird, the Hawaiian Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus knudseni)

Kristen C. Harmon, Nathaniel H. Wehr, Melissa R. Price

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10399 PubMed 33585079

February 5, 2021

Assessing red deer hunting management in the Iberian Peninsula: the importance of longitudinal studies

Antonio José Carpio Camargo, Jose Barasona, Pelayo Acevedo, Yolanda Fierro, Christian Gortazar, Carlos Vigal, Ángel Moreno, Joaquin Vicente

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10872 PubMed 33604198

February 17, 2021

The tetrapod fauna of the upper Permian Naobaogou Formation of China: 6. Turfanodon jiufengensis sp. nov. (Dicynodontia)

Jun Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10854 PubMed 33643709

February 3, 2021

Cytochrome P450 monooxygenase genes in the wild silkworm, Bombyx mandarina

Linrong Wan, Anlian Zhou, Wenfu Xiao, Bangxing Zou, Yaming Jiang, Jinshu Xiao, Cao Deng, Youhong Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10818 PubMed 33604192

February 3, 2021

Offspring and adult chemosensory recognition by an amphisbaenian reptile may allow maintaining familiar links in the fossorial environment

José Martín, Ernesto Raya-García, Jesús Ortega, Pilar López

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10780 PubMed 33604182

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 15, 2021

A kingdom in decline: Holocene range contraction of the lion (Panthera leo) modelled with global environmental stratification

David M. Cooper, Andrew J. Dugmore, Andrew C. Kitchener, Marc J. Metzger, Antonio Trabucco

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10504 PubMed 33628628

February 25, 2021

Genetic structure and historical and contemporary gene flow of Astyanaxmexicanus in the Gulf of Mexico slope: a microsatellite-based analysis

Rodolfo Pérez-Rodríguez, Sarai Esquivel-Bobadilla, Adonaji Madeleine Orozco-Ruíz, José Luis Olivas-Hernández, Francisco Javier García-De León