Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

Emma E. George, James A. Mullinix, Fanwei Meng, Barbara A. Bailey, Clinton Edwards, Ben Felts, Andreas F. Haas, Aaron C. Hartmann, Benjamin Mueller, Ty N.F. Roach, Peter Salamon, Cynthia Silveira, Mark J.A. Vermeij, Forest Rohwer, Antoni Luque

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11213 PubMed 34249480

June 22, 2021

Elucidating SNP-based genetic diversity and population structure of advanced breeding lines of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Vipin Tomar, Guriqbal Singh Dhillon, Daljit Singh, Ravi Prakash Singh, Jesse Poland, Arun Kumar Joshi, Budhi Sagar Tiwari, Uttam Kumar

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11593 PubMed 34221720

June 14, 2021

Biological control of important fungal diseases of potato and raspberry by two Bacillus velezensis strains

Anzhela Asaturova, Margarita Shternshis, Vera Tsvetkova, Tatyana Shpatova, Vladislava Maslennikova, Natalya Zhevnova, Anna Homyak

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11578 PubMed 34178462

June 15, 2021

Genome-wide identification and characterization of UBP gene family in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Miaoze Xu, Peng Jin, Tingting Liu, Shiqi Gao, Tianye Zhang, Fan Zhang, Xiaolei Han, Long He, Jianping Chen, Jian Yang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11594 PubMed 34178465

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 17, 2021

Application of a multilayer perceptron artificial neural network for identification of peach cultivars based on physical characteristics

Adel M. Al-Saif, Mahmoud Abdel-Sattar, Abdulwahed M. Aboukarima, Dalia H. Eshra

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11529 PubMed 39544201

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 10, 2021

nCov2019: an R package for studying the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic

Tianzhi Wu, Erqiang Hu, Xijin Ge, Guangchuang Yu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11421 PubMed 34178436

June 3, 2021

Transcriptome analysis of Sonneratia caseolaris seedlings under chilling stress

Yong Yang, Chunfang Zheng, Cairong Zhong, Tianxi Lu, Juma Gul, Xiang Jin, Ying Zhang, Qiang Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11506 PubMed 34141477

June 28, 2021

Characterization of the microbiome of the invasive Asian toad in Madagascar across the expansion range and comparison with a native co-occurring species

Bárbara Santos, Molly C. Bletz, Joana Sabino-Pinto, Walter Cocca, Jean Francois Solofoniaina Fidy, Karen LM Freeman, Sven Kuenzel, Serge Ndriantsoa, Jean Noel, Tsanta Rakotonanahary, Miguel Vences, Angelica Crottini

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11532 PubMed 34249488

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 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 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