Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

May 7, 2021

Transgenerational effects on development following microplastic exposure in Drosophila melanogaster

Eva Jimenez-Guri, Katherine E. Roberts, Francisca C. García, Maximiliano Tourmente, Ben Longdon, Brendan J. Godley

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11369 PubMed 34012729

May 4, 2021

Evaluation of cellulose degrading bacteria isolated from the gut-system of cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera and their potential values in biomass conversion

Mudasir A. Dar, Afrin F. Shaikh, Kiran D. Pawar, Rongrong Xie, Jianzhong Sun, Sabariswaran Kandasamy, Radhakrishna S. Pandit

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11254

May 6, 2021

First complete mitogenomes of Diamesinae, Orthocladiinae, Prodiamesinae, Tanypodinae (Diptera: Chironomidae) and their implication in phylogenetics

Chen-Guang Zheng, Xiu-Xiu Zhu, Li-Ping Yan, Yuan Yao, Wen-Jun Bu, Xin-Hua Wang, Xiao-Long Lin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11294 PubMed 33996279

May 3, 2021

Coverage and quality of DNA barcode references for Central and Northern European Odonata

Matthias Geiger, Stephan Koblmüller, Giacomo Assandri, Andreas Chovanec, Torbjørn Ekrem, Iris Fischer, Andrea Galimberti, Michał Grabowski, Elisabeth Haring, Axel Hausmann, Lars Hendrich, Stefan Koch, Tomasz Mamos, Udo Rothe, Björn Rulik, Tomasz Rewicz, Marcia Sittenthaler, Elisabeth Stur, Grzegorz Tończyk, Lukas Zangl, Jerome Moriniere

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11192 PubMed 33986985

May 26, 2021

Integrative species delimitation based on COI, ITS, and morphological evidence illustrates a unique evolutionary history of the genus Paracercion (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)

Haiguang Zhang, Xin Ning, Xin Yu, Wen-Jun Bu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11459 PubMed 34123590

May 18, 2021

Description of three new species of Geometridae (Lepidoptera) using species delimitation in an integrative taxonomy approach for a cryptic species complex

Simeão S. Moraes, Ygor Montebello, Mariana A. Stanton, Lydia Fumiko Yamaguchi, Massuo J. Kato, André V.L. Freitas

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11304 PubMed 34046252

May 20, 2021

Efficacy of an improved method to screen semiochemicals of insect

Chongyang Li, Jianmin Cao, Xiufang Wang, Pengjun Xu, Xinwei Wang, Guangwei Ren