Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

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 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

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 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 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 22, 2021

Comparative anatomical and transcriptomic analyses of the color variation of leaves in Aquilaria sinensis

Jiaqi Gao, Tong Chen, Chao Jiang, Tielin Wang, Ou Huang, Xiang Zhang, Juan Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11586 PubMed 34221719

June 24, 2021

Genomic evidence of adaptive evolution in the reptilian SOCS gene family

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