Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

September 30, 2021

Highly comparable metabarcoding results from MGI-Tech and Illumina sequencing platforms

Sten Anslan, Vladimir Mikryukov, Kęstutis Armolaitis, Jelena Ankuda, Dagnija Lazdina, Kristaps Makovskis, Lars Vesterdal, Inger Kappel Schmidt, Leho Tedersoo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12254 PubMed 34703674

September 20, 2021

A comprehensive review and call for studies on firefly larvae

William B. Riley, Simone Policena Rosa, Luiz Felipe Lima da Silveira

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12121 PubMed 34616609

September 17, 2021

Model for finding the number of honey bee colonies needed for the optimal foraging process in a specific geographical location

Olvija Komasilova, Vitalijs Komasilovs, Armands Kviesis, Aleksejs Zacepins

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12178 PubMed 34616624

September 3, 2021

Beetle bombing always deters praying mantises

Shinji Sugiura

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11657 PubMed 34557341

September 28, 2021

Phylogenetic relationships of the genus Mischonyx Bertkau, 1880, with taxonomic changes and three new species description (Opiliones: Gonyleptidae)

Caio Gueratto, Alípio Benedetti, Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11682 PubMed 34692238

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 13, 2021

Sex- and stage-dependent expression patterns of odorant-binding and chemosensory protein genes in Spodoptera exempta

Yonghao Dong, Tong Li, Jin Liu, Meixue Sun, Xingyu Chen, Yongjie Liu, Pengjun Xu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12132 PubMed 34603852

September 8, 2021

Apis mellifera propolis enhances apoptosis and invasion inhibition in head and neck cancer cells

Nattisa Niyomtham, Sittichai Koontongkaew, Boon-ek Yingyongnarongkul, Kusumawadee Utispan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12139 PubMed 34589307

September 24, 2021

Novel real-time PCR based assays for differentiating fall armyworm strains using four single nucleotide polymorphisms

Ashley E. Tessnow, Todd M. Gilligan, Eric Burkness, Caroline Placidi De Bortoli, Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes, Patrick Porter, Danielle Sekula, Gregory A. Sword

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12195 PubMed 34631319

September 16, 2021

Determining relevant traits for selecting landrace accessions of Phaseolus lunatus L. for insect resistance

Roberto Rafael Ruiz-Santiago, Horacio Salómon Ballina-Gómez, Esau Ruiz-Sánchez, Jaime Martínez-Castillo, René Garruña-Hernández, Rubén Humberto Andueza-Noh

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12088 PubMed 34616606

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

Weak spatial-genetic structure in a native invasive, the southern pine beetle (Dendroctonus frontalis), across the eastern United States

Ryan C. Garrick, Ísis C. Arantes, Megan B. Stubbs, Nathan P. Havill

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11947 PubMed 34557344