Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

September 2, 2021

Genomic analysis of early transmissibility assessment of the D614G mutant strain of SARS-CoV-2 in travelers returning to Taiwan from the United States of America

Ming-Jr Jian, Hsing-Yi Chung, Chih-Kai Chang, Shan-Shan Hsieh, Jung-Chung Lin, Kuo-Ming Yeh, Chien-Wen Chen, Feng-Yee Chang, Kuo-Sheng Hung, Ming-Tsan Liu, Ji-Rong Yang, Tein-Yao Chang, Sheng-Hui Tang, Cherng-Lih Perng, Hung-Sheng Shang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11991 PubMed 34557346

September 15, 2021

Investigation and molecular identification of Eimeria sp. sampled from captive forest musk deer

Ziwei Ren, Dong Yu, Wei Zhao, Yan Luo, Jianguo Cheng, Yin Wang, Zexiao Yang, Xueping Yao, Wei Yang, Xi Wu, Yimeng Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11751

September 6, 2021

VGEA: an RNA viral assembly toolkit

Paul E. Oluniyi, Fehintola Ajogbasile, Judith Oguzie, Jessica Uwanibe, Adeyemi Kayode, Anise Happi, Alphonsus Ugwu, Testimony Olumade, Olusola Ogunsanya, Philomena Ehiaghe Eromon, Onikepe Folarin, Simon D.W. Frost, Jonathan Heeney, Christian T. Happi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12129 PubMed 34567846

September 6, 2021

Investigation of multiple sclerosis-related pathways through the integration of genomic and proteomic data

Elif Everest, Ege Ülgen, Ugur Uygunoglu, Melih Tutuncu, Sabahattin Saip, Osman Uğur Sezerman, Aksel Siva, Eda Tahir Turanli

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11922 PubMed 39544199

September 27, 2021

Evaluation of the molluscicidal activities of arylpyrrole on Oncomelania hupensis, the intermediate host of Schistosoma japonicum

Yuntian Xing, Jiakai Yao, Guoli Qu, Jianrong Dai, Bainian Feng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12209 PubMed 34692251

September 13, 2021

Habitat ephemerality affects the evolution of contrasting growth strategies and cannibalism in anuran larvae

Dogeun Oh, Yongsu Kim, Sohee Yoo, Changku Kang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12172 PubMed 34603854

September 15, 2021

Construction of competing endogenous RNA interaction network as prognostic markers in metastatic melanoma

Zan He, Zijuan Xin, Yongfei Peng, Hua Zhao, Xiangdong Fang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12143 PubMed 34616613

September 17, 2021

Effectiveness, tolerability and safety of Direct Acting Antivirals in Mexican individuals with Hepatitis C virus genotype-1 and previous pegylated interferon and ribavirin therapy

Daniel Melendez-Mena, Miguel Angel Mendoza-Torres, Virginia Sedeño-Monge, Víctor Hugo García y García, Elain Rivera-García, Laura Sánchez-Reza, María del Carmen Baxin Domínguez, Belinda Guzmán-Flores, Ygnacio Martinez-Laguna, José Manuel Coronel Espinoza, Iván Galindo-Santiago, Juan Carlos Flores-Alonso, Verónica Vallejo-Ruiz, Paulina Cortes-Hernandez, Julio Reyes-Leyva, Francisca Sosa-Jurado, Gerardo Santos-López

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12051 PubMed 34616602

September 17, 2021

Assessment of Aleutian mink disease virus (AMDV) prevalence in feral American mink in Iceland. Case study of a pending epizootiological concern in Europe

Remigiusz Panicz, Piotr Eljasik, Jakub Skorupski, Przemysław Śmietana, Róbert A. Stefánsson, Menja von Schmalensee, Magdalena Szenejko

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12060 PubMed 34616603

September 8, 2021

Dendrobaena veneta avoids ethyl pentanoate and ethyl hexanoate, two compounds produced by the soil fungus Geotrichum candidum

Eileen M.S. Reed, Mariel O. O’Connor, Ione C. Johnson, Wayne L. Silver, Cecil J. Saunders

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12148 PubMed 34589308

September 2, 2021

Species diversity and community structure of crustacean zooplankton in the highland small waterbodies in Northwest Yunnan, China

Xing Chen, Qinghua Cai, Lu Tan, Shuoran Liu, Wen Xiao, Lin Ye

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12103 PubMed 34557354

September 13, 2021

Active behaviour of terrestrial caterpillars on the water surface

Masakazu Hayashi, Shinji Sugiura

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11971 PubMed 34603846

September 8, 2021

Inter-element variation in the bone histology of Anteosaurus (Dinocephalia, Anteosauridae) from the Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone of the Karoo Basin of South Africa

Mohd Shafi Bhat, Christen D. Shelton, Anusuya Chinsamy

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12082 PubMed 34589298

September 6, 2021

Comparative analysis morphology, anatomical structure and transcriptional regulatory network of chlorophyll biosynthesis in Oryza longistaminata, O. sativa and their F₁ generation

Zhihang Hu, Xinyu Chen, Liexiang Huangfu, Shaobo Shao, Xiang Tao, Lishuang Song, Wenzhi Tong, Chuan-Deng Yi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12099 PubMed 34567844

September 20, 2021

Caution ahead: reassessing the functional morphology of the respiratory organs in amphibious snails

Guido I. Prieto

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12161 PubMed 34616620

September 21, 2021

LncRNAs specifically overexpressed in endocervical adenocarcinoma are associated with an unfavorable recurrence prognosis and the immune response

Yong Song, Long Nie, Yu-Ting Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12116 PubMed 34616607

September 23, 2021

Dietary effects on fitness in captive-reared Hawaiian tree snails

Evan Strouse, Melissa R. Price, David R. Sischo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11789 PubMed 34631305

September 2, 2021

Hemin attenuates response of primary rat adipocytes to adrenergic stimulation

Tomasz Szkudelski, Karina Frąckowiak, Katarzyna Szkudelska

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12092 PubMed 34557353

September 28, 2021

Genetic diversity across the mitochondrial genome of eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica) in the northern Gulf of Mexico

Chani R. Rue, Jason D. Selwyn, Patricia M. Cockett, Bryan Gillis, Lauren Gurski, Philip Jose, Brandi L. Kutil, Sharon F. Magnuson, Luz Ángela López de Mesa, R Deborah Overath, Delbert Lee Smee, Christopher E. Bird

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12205 PubMed 34692250

September 27, 2021

MINTIA: a metagenomic INserT integrated assembly and annotation tool

Philippe Bardou, Sandrine Laguerre, Sarah Maman Haddad, Sabrina Legoueix Rodriguez, Elisabeth Laville, Claire Dumon, Gabrielle Potocki-Veronese, Christophe Klopp

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11885 PubMed 34692239

September 27, 2021

Heterogeneity in conservation of multifunctional partner enzymes with meiotic importance, CDK2 kinase and BRCA1 ubiquitin ligase

Sergey Matveevsky, Tatiana Grishaeva

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12231 PubMed 34692254

September 24, 2021

Quantitative trait locus mapping analysis of multiple traits when using genotype data with potential errors

Liang Tong, Ying Zhou, Yixing Guo, Hui Ding, Donghai Ji

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12187 PubMed 34631317

September 28, 2021

The light’s in my eyes: optical modeling demonstrates wind is more important than sea surface-reflected sunlight for foraging herons

Holly K.M. Brown, Margaret Rubega, Heidi M. Dierssen