Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

June 18, 2021

Evolutionary and ecological processes influencing chemical defense variation in an aposematic and mimetic Heliconius butterfly

Anniina L. K. Mattila, Chris D. Jiggins, Øystein H. Opedal, Gabriela Montejo-Kovacevich, Érika C. Pinheiro de castro, W. Owen McMillan, Caroline Bacquet, Marjo Saastamoinen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11523 PubMed 34178447

June 18, 2021

Chemical defense in developmental stages and adult of the sea star Echinaster (Othilia) brasiliensis

Renato Crespo Pereira, Daniela Bueno Sudatti, Thaise S.G. Moreira, Carlos Renato R. Ventura

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11503 PubMed 34178443

June 24, 2021

Alpha- and beta- adrenergic receptors regulate inflammatory responses to acute and chronic sleep fragmentation in mice

Nicholas D. Wheeler, David C. Ensminger, Megan M. Rowe, Zachary S. Wriedt, Noah T. Ashley

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11616 PubMed 34221721

June 2, 2021

Dynamic residue interaction network analysis of the oseltamivir binding site of N1 neuraminidase and its H274Y mutation site conferring drug resistance in influenza A virus

Mohini Yadav, Manabu Igarashi, Norifumi Yamamoto

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11552 PubMed 34141489

June 1, 2021

Population structure, adaptation and divergence of the meadow spittlebug, Philaenus spumarius (Hemiptera, Aphrophoridae), revealed by genomic and morphological data

Sofia G. Seabra, Ana S.B. Rodrigues, Sara E. Silva, Ana Carina Neto, Francisco Pina-Martins, Eduardo Marabuto, Vinton Thompson, Michael R. Wilson, Selçuk Yurtsever, Antti Halkka, Maria Teresa Rebelo, Paulo A.V. Borges, José A. Quartau, Chris D. Jiggins, Octávio S. Paulo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11425 PubMed 34131518

June 3, 2021

Freshwater-adapted sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax feeding frequency impact in a lettuce Lactuca sativa aquaponics system

Paraskevi Stathopoulou, Panagiotis Berillis, Nikolaos Vlahos, Eleni Nikouli, Konstantinos A. Kormas, Efi Levizou, Nikolaos Katsoulas, Eleni Mente

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11522 PubMed 34141483

June 25, 2021

Farming practices affect the amino acid profiles of the aquaculture Chinese mitten crab

Qingfei Zeng, Yuxia Xu, Erik Jeppesen, Xiaohong Gu, Zhigang Mao, Huihui Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11605 PubMed 34239778

June 2, 2021

The gut microbiome of the Sunda pangolin (Manis javanica) reveals its adaptation to specialized myrmecophagy

Fuhua Zhang, Na Xu, Wenhua Wang, Yishuang Yu, Shibao Wu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11490 PubMed 34141474

June 8, 2021

Effects of short-term grazing prohibition on soil physical and chemical properties of meadows in Southwest China

Guiqing Zhu, Chaoxiang Yuan, Hede Gong, Yanling Peng, Changjiang Huang, Chuansheng Wu, Huachao Duan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11598 PubMed 34164237

June 14, 2021

Wnt signaling related transcripts and their relationship to energy metabolism in C2C12 myoblasts under temperature stress

Marua Abu Risha, Asghar Ali, Puntita Siengdee, Nares Trakooljul, Fiete Haack, Dirk Dannenberger, Klaus Wimmers, Siriluck Ponsuksili

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11625 PubMed 34178477

June 24, 2021

Intra-subject sample size effects in plantar pressure analyses

Juliet McClymont, Russell Savage, Todd C. Pataky, Robin Crompton, James Charles, Karl T. Bates

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11660 PubMed 34221737

June 1, 2021

High PHD Finger Protein 19 (PHF19) expression predicts poor prognosis in colorectal cancer: a retrospective study

Pengfei Li, Jie Sun, Yuanyuan Ruan, Lujun Song

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11551 PubMed 34141488

June 29, 2021

Identification of pathogen(s) in infectious diseases using shotgun metagenomic sequencing and conventional culture: a comparative study

Huan Chen, Jun Li, Shanshan Yan, Hui Sun, Chuyi Tan, Meidong Liu, Ke Liu, Huali Zhang, Mingxiang Zou, Xianzhong Xiao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11699 PubMed 34249516

June 10, 2021

Comparative sera proteomics analysis of differentially expressed proteins in oral squamous cell carcinoma

Yin-Ling Wong, Anand Ramanathan, Kar Mun Yuen, Wan Mahadzir Wan Mustafa, Mannil Thomas Abraham, Keng Kiong Tay, Zainal Ariff Abdul Rahman, Yeng Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11548 PubMed 34178453

June 22, 2021

Spatial-temporal variability of Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck 1819 populations and their accumulated sediment in northern Portugal

Catarina Ramos-Oliveira, Leandro Sampaio, Marcos Rubal, Puri Veiga

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11499 PubMed 34221711

June 22, 2021

Host migration and environmental temperature influence avian haemosporidians prevalence: a molecular survey in a Brazilian Atlantic rainforest

Raquel A. Rodrigues, Gabriel M.F. Felix, Mauro Pichorim, Patricia A. Moreira, Erika M. Braga

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11555 PubMed 34221715

June 8, 2021

Unsupervised learning of satellite images enhances discovery of late Miocene fossil sites in the Urema Rift, Gorongosa, Mozambique

João d’Oliveira Coelho, Robert L. Anemone, Susana Carvalho

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11573 PubMed 34164235

June 18, 2021

Dynamics of rumen bacterial composition of yak (Bos grunniens) in response to dietary supplements during the cold season

Anum Ali Ahmad, Jian Bo Zhang, Zeyi Liang, Chao Yang, Qudratullah Kalwar, Tariq Shah, Mei Du, Ishaq Muhammad, Juanshan Zheng, Ping Yan, Xue-Zhi Ding, Ruijun Long

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11520 PubMed 34178446

June 1, 2021

T-complex protein 1 subunit zeta-2 (CCT6B) deficiency induces murine teratospermia

Peiyin Yang, Wenjing Tang, Huiling Li, Rong Hua, Yan Yuan, Yue Zhang, Yunfei Zhu, Yiqiang Cui, Jiahao Sha

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11545 PubMed 34141486

June 29, 2021

Integrated mRNA-seq and miRNA-seq analysis of goat fibroblasts response to Brucella Melitensis strain M5-90

Baobao Li, Si Chen, Chengqiang Wang, Qiaoling Chen, Churiga Man, Qi An, Zhenxing Zhang, Zhiyong Liu, Li Du, Fengyang Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11679 PubMed 34249510

June 29, 2021

Forecasting the COVID-19 transmission in Italy based on the minimum spanning tree of dynamic region network

Min Dong, Xuhang Zhang, Kun Yang, Rui Liu, Pei Chen