Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

June 14, 2021

Expanding standards in viromics: in silico evaluation of dsDNA viral genome identification, classification, and auxiliary metabolic gene curation

Akbar Adjie Pratama, Benjamin Bolduc, Ahmed A. Zayed, Zhi-Ping Zhong, Jiarong Guo, Dean R. Vik, Maria Consuelo Gazitúa, James M. Wainaina, Simon Roux, Matthew B. Sullivan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11447 PubMed 34178438

June 1, 2021

Alien plants of Europe: introduction pathways, gateways and time trends

Margarita Arianoutsou, Ioannis Bazos, Anastasia Christopoulou, Yannis Kokkoris, Andreas Zikos, Sevasti Zervou, Pinelopi Delipetrou, Ana Cristina Cardoso, Ivan Deriu, Eugenio Gervasini, Konstantinos Tsiamis

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11270 PubMed 34141463

June 23, 2021

Predicting judging-perceiving of Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) in online social forum

En Jun Choong, Kasturi Dewi Varathan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11382 PubMed 34221705

June 30, 2021

Biosynthesized selenium nanoparticles: characterization, antimicrobial, and antibiofilm activity against Enterococcus faecalis

Sanjay Miglani, Nobuyuki Tani-Ishii

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11653 PubMed 34249505

June 4, 2021

Coupling effects of phosphorus fertilization source and rate on growth and ion accumulation of common bean under salinity stress

Heba I. Mohamed, Adel A. El-Sayed, Mostafa M. Rady, Gianluca Caruso, Agnieszka Sekara, Magdi T. Abdelhamid

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11463 PubMed 34141469

June 11, 2021

Development and validation of ferroptosis-related lncRNAs signature for hepatocellular carcinoma

Jiaying Liang, Yaofeng Zhi, Wenhui Deng, Weige Zhou, Xuejun Li, Zheyou Cai, Zhijian Zhu, Jinxiang Zeng, Wanlan Wu, Ying Dong, Jin Huang, Yuzhuo Zhang, Shichao Xu, Yixin Feng, Fuping Ding, Jin Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11627 PubMed 34178478

June 28, 2021

Genome-wide association study uncovers new genetic loci and candidate genes underlying seed chilling-germination in maize

Yinchao Zhang, Peng Liu, Chen Wang, Na Zhang, Yuxiao Zhu, Chaoying Zou, Guangsheng Yuan, Cong Yang, Shibin Gao, Guangtang Pan, Langlang Ma, Yaou Shen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11707 PubMed 34249517

June 24, 2021

Effects of nitrogen application on phytochemical component levels and anticancer and antioxidant activities of Allium fistulosum

Chen Zhao, Zhongjian Wang, Rongzong Cui, Le Su, Xin Sun, Orlando Borras-Hidalgo, Kunlun Li, Jianlin Wei, Qiulin Yue, Lin Zhao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11706 PubMed 34221743

June 17, 2021

Shifts in gut and vaginal microbiomes are associated with cancer recurrence time in women with ovarian cancer

David Jacobson, Kathleen Moore, Camille Gunderson, Michelle Rowland, Rita Austin, Tanvi Prasad Honap, Jiawu Xu, Christina Warinner, Krithivasan Sankaranarayanan, Cecil M. Lewis Jr

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11574 PubMed 34178459

June 23, 2021

Improving maize’s N uptake and N use efficiency by strengthening roots’ absorption capacity when intercropped with legumes

Benchuan Zheng, Xiaona Zhang, Ping Chen, Qing Du, Ying Zhou, Huan Yang, Xiaochun Wang, Feng Yang, Taiwen Yong, Wenyu Yang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11658 PubMed 34221735

June 30, 2021

Effects of mannan oligosaccharides on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, ruminal fermentation and hematological parameters in sheep

Chen Zheng, Juwang Zhou, Yanqin Zeng, Ting Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11631 PubMed 34249497

June 8, 2021

Characterization of the gut microbiota in Chinese children with overweight and obesity using 16S rRNA gene sequencing

Xiaowei Chen, Dawei Zhang, Haixiang Sun, Fei Jiang, Yan Shen, Pingmin Wei, Xiaobing Shen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11439 PubMed 34164233

June 30, 2021

Microbial metagenome-assembled genomes of the Fram Strait from short and long read sequencing platforms

Taylor Priest, Luis H. Orellana, Bruno Huettel, Bernhard M. Fuchs, Rudolf Amann

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11721 PubMed 34249520

June 25, 2021

Knowledge gaps hamper understanding the relationship between fragmentation and biodiversity loss: the case of Atlantic Forest fruit-feeding butterflies

Thadeu Sobral-Souza, Juliana Stropp, Jessie Pereira Santos, Victor Mateus Prasniewski, Neucir Szinwelski, Bruno Vilela, André Victor Lucci Freitas, Milton Cezar Ribeiro, Joaquín Hortal

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11673 PubMed 34239779

June 22, 2021

Increasing 28 mitogenomes of Ephemeroptera, Odonata and Plecoptera support the Chiastomyaria hypothesis with three different outgroup combinations

Dan-Na Yu, Pan-Pan Yu, Le-Ping Zhang, Kenneth B. Storey, Xin-Yan Gao, Jia-Yong Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11402 PubMed 34221707

June 24, 2021

Genome-wide analysis, identification, evolution and genomic organization of dehydration responsive element-binding (DREB) gene family in Solanum tuberosum

Nida Mushtaq, Faiza Munir, Alvina Gul, Rabia Amir, Rehan Zafar Paracha

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11647 PubMed 34221730

June 21, 2021

Grab what you can—an evaluation of spatial replication to decrease heterogeneity in sediment eDNA metabarcoding

Jon T. Hestetun, Anders Lanzén, Thomas G. Dahlgren

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11619 PubMed 34221724

June 4, 2021

Computational-approach understanding the structure-function prophecy of Fibrinolytic Protease RFEA1 from Bacillus cereus RSA1

Chhavi Sharma, Arti Nigam, Rajni Singh

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11570 PubMed 34141495

June 3, 2021

iTRAQ-based quantitative proteomic analysis of heat stress-induced mechanisms in pepper seedlings

Jing Wang, Chengliang Liang, Sha Yang, Jingshuang Song, Xuefeng Li, Xiongze Dai, Fei Wang, Niran Juntawong, Fangjun Tan, Xilu Zhang, Chunhai Jiao, Xuexiao Zou, Wenchao Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11509 PubMed 34141478

June 8, 2021

Sex- and age-specific variation of gut microbiota in Brandt’s voles

Xiaoming Xu, Zhibin Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11434 PubMed 34164232

June 21, 2021

Retinal dysfunction induced in a mouse model of unilateral common carotid artery occlusion

Deokho Lee, Heonuk Jeong, Yukihiro Miwa, Ari Shinojima, Yusaku Katada, Kazuo Tsubota, Toshihide Kurihara

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11665 PubMed 34221738

June 17, 2021

A diverse Late Cretaceous vertebrate tracksite from the Winton Formation of Queensland, Australia

Stephen F. Poropat, Matt A. White, Tim Ziegler, Adele H. Pentland, Samantha L. Rigby, Ruairidh J. Duncan, Trish Sloan, David A. Elliott

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11544 PubMed 34178452

June 3, 2021

Spatial patterns and associations of tree species at different developmental stages in a montane secondary temperate forest of northeastern China

Jia Liu, Xuejiao Bai, You Yin, Wenguang Wang, Zhiqiang Li, Pengyu Ma

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11517 PubMed 34141481

June 22, 2021

Characterization of auxin transporter AUX, PIN and PILS gene families in pineapple and evaluation of expression profiles during reproductive development and under abiotic stresses

Heming Zhao, Yan Maokai, Han Cheng, Mingliang Guo, Yanhui Liu, Lulu Wang, Shi Chao, Minqian Zhang, Linyi Lai, Yuan Qin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11410 PubMed 34221708

June 24, 2021

Expression of thermophilic two-domain laccase from Catenuloplanes japonicus in Escherichia coli and its activity against triarylmethane and azo dyes

Liubov Igorevna Trubitsina, Azat Vadimovich Abdullatypov, Anna Petrovna Larionova, Ivan Vasilyevich Trubitsin, Sergey Valerievich Alferov, Olga Nikolaevna Ponamoreva, Alexey Arkadyevich Leontievsky

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11646 PubMed 34221729

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