Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

November 2, 2021

Going rogue: what scientists can learn about Twitter communication from “alt” government accounts

Matthew J. Wilson, Elizabeth K. Perkin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12407 PubMed 34760391

November 9, 2021

Immediate pools of malaria infections at diagnosis combined with targeted deep sequencing accurately quantifies frequency of drug resistance mutations

Ozkan Aydemir, Benedicta Mensah, Patrick W. Marsh, Benjamin Abuaku, James Leslie Myers-Hansen, Jeffrey A. Bailey, Anita Ghansah

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11794 PubMed 34820155

November 3, 2021

Genomic diversity of SARS-CoV-2 in Malaysia

Noorliza Mohamad Noordin, Joon Liang Tan, Chee Kheong Chong, Yu Kie Chem, Norazimah Tajudin, Rehan Shuhada Abu Bakar, Selvanesan Sengol, Hannah Yik Phing Phoon, Nurul Aina Murni Che Azid, W Nur Afiza W Mohd Arifin, Zirwatul Adilah Aziz, Hani Hussin, Nurul Syahida Ibrahim, Aziyati Omar, Ushananthiny Ravi, Kamal Hisham Kamarul Zaman, Mohd Asri Yamin, Yun Fong Ngeow

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12449 PubMed 34760404

November 2, 2021

Characterizing the spatial distribution of coral reefs in the South-Central Coast region of Viet Nam using Planetscope imagery

Khanh V. Nguyen, Vinh C. Duong, Kinh T. Kieu, Thuong V. Tran, Cho-ying Huang, Ruth Reef, Thien M. Hoang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12413 PubMed 34760393

November 15, 2021

Can harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) discriminate familiar conspecific calls after long periods of separation?

Mila Varola, Laura Verga, Marlene Gunda Ursel Sroka, Stella Villanueva, Isabelle Charrier, Andrea Ravignani

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12431 PubMed 34820184

November 11, 2021

Temperature-induced changes in egg white antimicrobial concentrations during pre-incubation do not influence bacterial trans-shell penetration but do affect hatchling phenotype in Mallards

Jana Svobodová, Jakub Kreisinger, Veronika Gvoždíková Javůrková

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12401 PubMed 34824913

November 1, 2021

Shedding light on the bacterial resistance to toxic UV filters: a comparative genomic study

Clément Lozano, Philippe Lebaron, Sabine Matallana-Surget

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12278 PubMed 34760358

November 2, 2021

Distribution of clones among hosts for the lizard malaria parasite Plasmodium mexicanum

Allison T. Neal

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12448 PubMed 34760403

November 23, 2021

Risk factors associated with prolonged viral clearance in patients with a refractory course of COVID-19: a retrospective study

Weitao Zhuang, Shujie Huang, Dongya Wang, Lulu Zha, Wei Xu, Guibin Qiao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12535 PubMed 34900440

November 8, 2021

Horsenettle (Solanum carolinense) fruit bacterial communities are not variable across fine spatial scales

Ariel R. Heminger, Lisa K. Belden, Jacob N. Barney, Brian D. Badgley, David C. Haak

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12359 PubMed 34820171

November 9, 2021

Fine-scale plasticity in nest placement can compensate for poor quality junipers as nesting trees for gray vireos

Jonathan Harris, Loren Smith, Scott McMurry

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12477 PubMed 34820199

November 3, 2021

A chimeric vector for dual use in cyanobacteria and Escherichia coli, tested with cystatin, a nonfluorescent reporter protein

Mojca Juteršek, Marko Dolinar

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12199 PubMed 34760347

November 2, 2021

On the enigma of Palaenigma wrangeli (Schmidt), a conulariid with a partly non-mineralized skeleton

Björn Kröger, Olev Vinn, Ursula Toom, Ian J. Corfe, Jukka Kuva, Michał Zatoń

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12374 PubMed 34760382

November 17, 2021

Childhood parasitic infections and gastrointestinal illness in indigenous communities at Lake Atitlán, Guatemala

Amber Roegner, Mónica N. Orozco, Claudia Jarquin, William Boegel, Clara Secaira, Marlin E. Caballeros, Lujain Al-Saleh, Eliška Rejmánková

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12331 PubMed 34820168

November 11, 2021

Environmental changes in Yellow River Delta with terrace construction and agricultural cropping

Dongxiao He, Jianmin Chu, Hongxiao Yang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12469 PubMed 34824918

November 19, 2021

Both landscape heterogeneity and configuration determine Woodlarks (Lullula arborea) breeding territories

Marlies Resch, Marcela Suarez-Rubio

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12476 PubMed 34820198

November 12, 2021

Treatment with sodium (S)-2-hydroxyglutarate prevents liver injury in an ischemia-reperfusion model in female Wistar rats

Eduardo Cienfuegos-Pecina, Diana P. Moreno-Peña, Liliana Torres-González, Diana Raquel Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Diana Garza-Villarreal, Oscar H. Mendoza-Hernández, Raul Alejandro Flores-Cantú, Brenda Alejandra Samaniego Sáenz, Gabriela Alarcon-Galvan, Linda E. Muñoz-Espinosa, Tannya R. Ibarra-Rivera, Alma L. Saucedo, Paula Cordero-Pérez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12426 PubMed 34824916

November 9, 2021

Population growth of microcrustaceans in water from habitats with differing salinities

Christopher J. Breen, Abigail E. Cahill

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12378 PubMed 34820173

November 9, 2021

Biologically-oriented mud volcano database: muddy_db

Alexei Remizovschi, Rahela Carpa

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12463 PubMed 34820191

November 10, 2021

Polygamous breeding system identified in the distylous genus Psychotria: P. manillensis in the Ryukyu archipelago, Japan

Kenta Watanabe, Akira Shimizu, Takashi Sugawara