Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

June 1, 2021

Oyster farms are the main spawning grounds of the black sea bream Acanthopagrus schlegelii in Hiroshima Bay, Japan

Kentaro Kawai, Hiroki Fujita, Gustavo Sanchez, Tetsuya Umino

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11475 PubMed 34131521

June 30, 2021

Whole blood fatty acid concentrations in the San Cristóbal Galápagos tortoise (Chelonoidis chathamensis)

Khushboo Dass, Gregory A. Lewbart, Juan Pablo Muñoz-Pérez, Maryuri I. Yépez, Andrea Loyola, Emile Chen, Diego Páez-Rosas

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11582 PubMed 34249492

June 24, 2021

Using an integrative taxonomic approach to delimit a sibling species, Mycetomoellerius mikromelanos sp. nov. (Formicidae: Attini: Attina)

Cody Raul Cardenas, Amy Rongyan Luo, Tappey H. Jones, Ted R. Schultz, Rachelle M.M. Adams

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11622 PubMed 34221725

June 25, 2021

Feasibility of melting fingerprint obtained from ISSR-HRM curves for marine mammal species identification

Wannapimol Kriangwanich, Kittisak Buddhachat, Anocha Poommouang, Siriwadee Chomdej, Chatchote Thitaram, Patcharaporn Kaewmong, Kongkiat Kittiwattanawong, Korakot Nganvongpanit

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11689 PubMed 34239781

June 30, 2021

The impact of PIT tags on the growth and survival of pythons is insignificant in randomised controlled trial

Patrick L. Taggart, Stephen Morris, Charles G.B. Caraguel

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11531 PubMed 34249487

June 3, 2021

Multiscale patterns of isolation by ecology and fine-scale population structure in Texas bobcats

Imogene A. Cancellare, Elizabeth M. Kierepka, Jan Janecka, Byron Weckworth, Richard T. Kazmaier, Rocky Ward

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11498 PubMed 34141475

June 24, 2021

Malagasy Polka Dot Moths (Noctuoidea: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Syntomini) of Ambohitantely—endemism in the most important relict of Central Plateau rainforest in Madagascar

Marcin Wiorek, Kamila Malik, David Lees, Łukasz Przybyłowicz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11688 PubMed 34239780

June 25, 2021

Insect taxonomy can be difficult: a noctuid moth (Agaristinae: Aletopus imperialis) and a geometrid moth (Sterrhinae: Cartaletis dargei) combined into a cryptic species complex in eastern Africa (Lepidoptera)

Pasi Sihvonen, Leidys Murillo-Ramos, Niklas Wahlberg, Axel Hausmann, Alberto Zilli, Michael Ochse, Hermann S. Staude

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11613 PubMed 34277147

June 23, 2021

Identification and expression pattern analysis of miRNAs in pectoral muscle during pigeon (Columba livia) development

Xun Wang, Peiqi Yan, Siyuan Feng, Yi Luo, Jiyuan Liang, Ling Zhao, Haifeng Liu, Qianzi Tang, Keren Long, Long Jin, Jideng Ma, Anan Jiang, Surong Shuai, Mingzhou Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11438 PubMed 34221709

June 1, 2021

Early maternal separation is not associated with changes in telomere length in domestic kittens (Felis catus)

Mikel Delgado, C.A. Tony Buffington, Melissa Bain, Dana L. Smith, Karen Vernau

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11394 PubMed 34141465

June 2, 2021

Bite force estimates in juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex based on simulated puncture marks

Joseph E. Peterson, Z. Jack Tseng, Shannon Brink

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11450 PubMed 34141468

June 24, 2021

Genomic evidence of adaptive evolution in the reptilian SOCS gene family

Tian Xia, Lei Zhang, Guolei Sun, Xiufeng Yang, Honghai Zhang