Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

August 20, 2021

Measurement error using a SeeMaLab structured light 3D scanner against a Microscribe 3D digitizer

Dolores Messer, Michelle S. Svendsen, Anders Galatius, Morten T. Olsen, Vedrana A. Dahl, Knut Conradsen, Anders B. Dahl

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11804 PubMed 34484981

August 25, 2021

Distribution and diversity of myxomycetes in Tiantangzhai National Forest Park, China

Min Li, Gaowei Wang, Yang Gao, Mingzhu Dou, Ziqi Wang, Shuzhen Yan, Shuanglin Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12059 PubMed 34527444

August 31, 2021

Investigation of inhibition effect of daidzein on osteosarcoma cells based on experimental validation and systematic pharmacology analysis

Yufan Zhu, Zhiqiang Yang, Yuanlong Xie, Min Yang, Yufeng Zhang, Zhouming Deng, Lin Cai

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12072 PubMed 34540371

August 3, 2021

DOG1 is commonly expressed in pancreatic adenocarcinoma but unrelated to cancer aggressiveness

Kristina Jansen, Franziska Büscheck, Katharina Moeller, Martina Kluth, Claudia Hube-Magg, Niclas Christian Blessin, Daniel Perez, Jakob Izbicki, Michael Neipp, Hamid Mofid, Thies Daniels, Ulf Nahrstedt, Christoph Fraune, Frank Jacobsen, Christian Bernreuther, Patrick Lebok, Guido Sauter, Ria Uhlig, Waldemar Wilczak, Ronald Simon, Stefan Steurer, Eike Burandt, Andreas Marx, Till Krech, Till Clauditz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11905 PubMed 34414034

August 10, 2021

Potential oxygen consumption and community composition of sediment bacteria in a seasonally hypoxic enclosed bay

Fumiaki Mori, Yu Umezawa, Ryuji Kondo, Gregory N. Nishihara, Minoru Wada

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11836 PubMed 34434647

August 17, 2021

Reproductive aspects of the poorly known and critically endangered freshwater snail Heleobia atacamensis (Gastropoda: Truncatelloidea)

Gonzalo A. Collado, Elizabeth Chihuailaf, Natalia Muñoz-Herrera, Manuel Contreras, Fernando Novoa, Moisés A. Valladares

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11550 PubMed 34458016

August 31, 2021

Exploring private land conservation non-adopters’ attendance at outreach events in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, USA

Daniel J. Read, Alexandra Carroll, Lisa A. Wainger

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11959 PubMed 34540362

August 19, 2021

Prevalence of abnormal urinary cadmium and risk of albuminuria as a primary bioindicator for kidney problems among a healthy population

Mohd Faizal Madrim, Mohd Hasni Ja’afar, Rozita Hod

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12014 PubMed 34466292

August 12, 2021

Development of a multiplex qPCR assay for the simultaneous detection of Mycoplasma bovis, Mycoplasma species, and Acholeplasma laidlawii in milk

Kanika Chauhan, Sharif S. Aly, Terry W. Lehenbauer, Karen H. Tonooka, Kathy Glenn, Paul Rossitto, Maria L. Marco

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11881 PubMed 34447623

August 2, 2021

Exploring plant diversity through soil DNA in Thai national parks for influencing land reform and agriculture planning

Maslin Osathanunkul, Nipitpong Sawongta, Wittaya Pheera, Nikolaos Pechlivanis, Fotis Psomopoulos, Panagiotis Madesis

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11753 PubMed 34414025

August 10, 2021

Formalized classification of ephemeral wetland vegetation (Isoëto-Nanojuncetea class) in Poland (Central Europe)

Zygmunt Kącki, Andrzej Łysko, Zygmunt Dajdok, Piotr Kobierski, Rafał Krawczyk, Arkadiusz Nowak, Stanisław Rosadziński, Agnieszka Anna Popiela

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11703 PubMed 34434642

August 11, 2021

Herbivory and misidentification of target habitat constrain region-wide restoration success of spekboom (Portulacaria afra) in South African subtropical succulent thicket

Marius L. van der Vyver, Anthony J. Mills, Mark Difford, Richard M. Cowling

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11944 PubMed 34447631

August 30, 2021

The distribution of benthic amphipod crustaceans in Indonesian seas

Tri Arfianti, Mark John Costello

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12054 PubMed 34540368

August 20, 2021

Phylogeography of high Andean killifishes Orestias (Teleostei: Cyprinodontidae) in Caquena and Lauca sub-basins of the Altiplano (Chile): mitochondrial and nuclear analysis of an endangered fish

Violeta Cárcamo-Tejer, Irma Vila, Francisco Llanquín-Rosas, Alberto Sáez-Arteaga, Claudia Guerrero-Jiménez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11917 PubMed 34484986

August 10, 2021

Icaritin protects SH-SY5Y cells transfected with TDP-43 by alleviating mitochondrial damage and oxidative stress

Yongjian Zhou, Nanqu Huang, Yuanyuan Li, Zhisheng Ba, Yanjun Zhou, Yong Luo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11978 PubMed 34434670

August 30, 2021

Ciprofloxacin reduces tenocyte viability and proteoglycan synthesis in short-term explant cultures of equine tendon

Stuart James, Johannes Schuijers, John Daffy, Jill Cook, Tom Samiric

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12003 PubMed 34540363

August 6, 2021

Validation and analysis of the geographical origin of Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels using multi-element and stable isotopes

Shanjia Li, Hui Wang, Ling Jin, James F. White, Kathryn L. Kingsley, Wei Gou, Lijuan Cui, Fuxiang Wang, Zihao Wang, Guoqiang Wu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11928 PubMed 34434658

August 24, 2021

In silico predictions of protein interactions between Zika virus and human host

João Luiz de Lemos Padilha Pitta, Crhisllane Rafaele dos Santos Vasconcelos, Gabriel da Luz Wallau, Túlio de Lima Campos, Antonio Mauro Rezende

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11770 PubMed 34513323

August 6, 2021

Snakes on an African plain: the radiation of Crotaphopeltis and Philothamnus into open habitat (Serpentes: Colubridae)

Hanlie M. Engelbrecht, William R. Branch, Krystal A. Tolley

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11728 PubMed 34434643

August 27, 2021

The stability of soil organic carbon across topographies in a tropical rainforest

Yamin Jiang, Huai Yang, Qiu Yang, Wenjie Liu, Zhaolei Li, Wei Mao, Xu Wang, Zhenghong Tan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12057 PubMed 34532159

August 17, 2021

Non-linear genetic diversity and notable population differentiation caused by low gene flow of bermudagrass [Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.] along longitude gradients

Jing-Xue Zhang, Miaoli Wang, Jibiao Fan, Zhi-Peng Guo, Yongzhuo Guan, Gen Qu, Chuan-Jie Zhang, Yu-Xia Guo, Xuebing Yan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11953 PubMed 34458022

August 25, 2021

Identifying transcript 5′ capped ends in Plasmodium falciparum

Philip J. Shaw, Jittima Piriyapongsa, Pavita Kaewprommal, Chayaphat Wongsombat, Chadapohn Chaosrikul, Krirkwit Teeravajanadet, Manon Boonbangyang, Chairat Uthaipibull, Sumalee Kamchonwongpaisan, Sissades Tongsima

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11983 PubMed 34527439

August 27, 2021

Differential regulation of antioxidant enzymes in Frankliniella occidentalis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) exposed to thermal stress

Jia-Wen Yuan, Yutao Zheng, Ya-Wen Chang, Jing Bai, Jing Qin, Yu-Zhou Du

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12089 PubMed 34532162

August 3, 2021

Identification of key genes and crucial pathways for major depressive disorder using peripheral blood samples and chronic unpredictable mild stress rat models

Jun He, Zhenkui Ren, Wansong Xia, Cao Zhou, Bin Bi, Wenfeng Yu, Li Zuo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11694 PubMed 34414022

August 11, 2021

Exploring the role of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 in fibroblast-like synovial cells in rheumatoid arthritis

Xiang Tong, Dongdong Yu, Li Yu, Weiqian Chen, Yanling Wen, Pengcheng Gu