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November 2021

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

November 23, 2021

A decrease in reports on road-killed animals based on citizen science during COVID-19 lockdown

Daniel Dörler, Florian Heigl

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12464 PubMed 34900421

November 1, 2021

PLGA-PEG-PLGA hydrogel with NEP1-40 promotes the functional recovery of brachial plexus root avulsion in adult rats

Wenlai Guo, Bingbing Pei, Zehui Li, Xiao Lan Ou, Tianwen Sun, Zhe Zhu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12269 PubMed 34760354

November 17, 2021

Estimating the differences in critical thermal maximum and metabolic rate of Helicoverpa punctigera (Wallengren) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) across life stages

Samuel A. Bawa, Peter C. Gregg, Alice P. Del Soccoro, Cara Miller, Nigel R. Andrew

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12479 PubMed 34820201

November 1, 2021

Concentrations of Mg, Ca, Fe, Cu, Zn, P and anthropometric and biochemical parameters in adults with chronic heart failure

Iwona Gorący, Ewa Rębacz-Maron, Jan Korbecki, Jarosław Gorący

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12207 PubMed 34760349

November 16, 2021

Circ_0030235 knockdown protects H9c2 cells against OGD/R-induced injury via regulation of miR-526b

Yuquan Zhang, Shuzhu Liu, Limin Ding, Dawei Wang, Qiangqiang Li, Dongdong Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11482 PubMed 34820154

November 9, 2021

Transcriptome-based analysis of the hormone regulation mechanism of gender differentiation in Juglans mandshurica Maxim

Baiting Qin, Xiujun Lu, Xiaomei Sun, Jianguo Cui, Jifeng Deng, Lijie Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12328 PubMed 34820167

November 29, 2021

Alexithymia and facial emotion recognition in patients with craniofacial pain and association of alexithymia with anxiety and depression: a systematic review with meta-analysis

Roy La Touche, Alberto García-Salgado, Ferran Cuenca-Martínez, Santiago Angulo-Díaz-Parreño, Alba Paris-Alemany, Luis Suso-Martí, Aida Herranz-Gómez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12545 PubMed 34909277

November 23, 2021

Effect of mesoporous bioactive glass on odontogenic differentiation of human dental pulp stem cells

Lin Zhu, Jingyi Li, Yanmei Dong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12421 PubMed 34900414

November 19, 2021

Toxicity of clothianidin to common Eastern North American fireflies

Kirsten Ann Pearsons, Sarah E. Lower, John F. Tooker

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12495 PubMed 34820205

November 1, 2021

Long-chain fatty acids alter transcription of Helicobacter pylori virulence and regulatory genes

Hilda A. Valdez-Salazar, Miguel A. Ares, Francisco J. Fernández, J Antonio Ibarra, Javier Torres, Víctor H. Bustamante, Miguel A. De la Cruz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12270 PubMed 34760355

November 15, 2021

Integrated population modelling reveals potential drivers of demography from partially aligned data: a case study of snowy plover declines under human stressors

Qing Zhao, Kristen Heath-Acre, Daniel Collins, Warren Conway, Mitch D. Weegman

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12475 PubMed 34820197

November 24, 2021

Genome-wide QTL mapping of yield and agronomic traits in two widely adapted winter wheat cultivars from multiple mega-environments

Smit Dhakal, Xiaoxiao Liu, Chenggen Chu, Yan Yang, Jackie C. Rudd, Amir M.H. Ibrahim, Qingwu Xue, Ravindra N. Devkota, Jason A. Baker, Shannon A. Baker, Bryan E. Simoneaux, Geraldine B. Opena, Russell Sutton, Kirk E. Jessup, Kele Hui, Shichen Wang, Charles D. Johnson, Richard P. Metz, Shuyu Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12350 PubMed 34900409

November 30, 2021

Mapping the hidden diversity of the Geophagus sensu stricto species group (Cichlidae: Geophagini) from the Amazon basin

Aline Mourão Ximenes, Pedro Senna Bittencourt, Valéria Nogueira Machado, Tomas Hrbek, Izeni Pires Farias

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12443 PubMed 34909270

November 26, 2021

Monitoring newt communities in urban area using eDNA metabarcoding

Léo Charvoz, Laure Apothéloz-Perret-Gentil, Emanuela Reo, Jacques Thiébaud, Jan Pawlowski

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12357 PubMed 34900410

November 16, 2021

A workflow for low-cost automated image analysis of myxomycete spore numbers, size and shape

Jan Woyzichovski, Oleg Shchepin, Nikki Heherson Dagamac, Martin Schnittler

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12471 PubMed 34820196

November 30, 2021

EpiCurator: an immunoinformatic workflow to predict and prioritize SARS-CoV-2 epitopes

Cristina S. Ferreira, Yasmmin C. Martins, Rangel Celso Souza, Ana Tereza R. Vasconcelos

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12548 PubMed 34909278

November 2, 2021

Genetic structure of marine and lake forms of Pacific herring Clupea pallasii

Svetlana Yu. Orlova, Sergey Rastorguev, Tatyana Bagno, Denis Kurnosov, Artem Nedoluzhko

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12444 PubMed 34760402

November 8, 2021

Identification of keygenes, miRNAs and miRNA-mRNA regulatory pathways for chemotherapy resistance in ovarian cancer

Wenwen Wang, Wenwen Zhang, Yuanjing Hu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12353 PubMed 34820170

November 25, 2021

Gender specific eRNA TBX5-AS1 as the immunological biomarker for male patients with lung squamous cell carcinoma in pan-cancer screening

Tao Yan, Kai Wang, Qidi Zhao, Junjie Zhuang, Hongchang Shen, Guoyuan Ma, Lei Cong, Jiajun Du

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12536 PubMed 34900441

November 24, 2021

Proteomic profiling of the endogenous peptides of MRSA and MSSA

Haixia Tu, Fei Xu, Yiwei Cheng, Qianglong Pan, Xiao Cai, Shouxing Wang, Shuting Ge, Min Cao, Dongming Su, Yan Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12508 PubMed 34900427

November 15, 2021

Preliminary placement and new records of an overlooked Amazonian tree, Christiana mennegae (Malvaceae)

Rafael G. Barbosa-Silva, Thales Silva Coutinho, Santelmo Vasconcelos, Delmo Fonseca da Silva, Guilherme Oliveira, Daniela C. Zappi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12244 PubMed 34820158

November 16, 2021

Comparative analysis of twelve mitogenomes of Caliscelidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) and their phylogenetic implications

Nian Gong, Lin Yang, Xiangsheng Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12465 PubMed 34820192

November 16, 2021

Evolution of diverse host infection mechanisms delineates an adaptive radiation of lampsiline freshwater mussels centered on their larval ecology

Trevor L. Hewitt, Amanda E. Haponski, Diarmaid Ó. Foighil

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12287 PubMed 34820162

November 12, 2021

Morphological and molecular analyses of parasitic barnacles (Crustacea: Cirripedia: Rhizocephala) in Korea: preliminary data for the taxonomy and host ranges of Korean species

Jibom Jung, Ryuta Yoshida, Damin Lee, Joong-Ki Park

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12281 PubMed 34824903

November 25, 2021

Evaluating whole-genome sequencing quality metrics for enteric pathogen outbreaks

Darlene D. Wagner, Heather A. Carleton, Eija Trees, Lee S. Katz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12446 PubMed 34900416