Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

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 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 1, 2021

Vibrio alginolyticus influences quorum sensing-controlled phenotypes of acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease-causing Vibrio parahaemolyticus

Panida Paopradit, Natta Tansila, Komwit Surachat, Pimonsri Mittraparp-arthorn

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11567 PubMed 34141494

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 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 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 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 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 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