Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

Dina M. Metwally, Reem Alajmi, Muslimah N. Alsulami, Isra M. Al-Turaiki, Rewaida Abdel-Gaber, Afrah F. Alkhuriji, Haleema H. Albohiri, Khalil Mohamed, Hanadi B. Baghdadi, Manal F. El-Khadragy, Guillermo T. Isaias, Saeed El-Ashram

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12596 PubMed 34966592

December 7, 2021

Foraging ecology of the amphibious mudskipper Periophthalmus chrysospilos (Gobiiformes: Gobiidae)

Quang Minh Dinh, Ton Huu Duc Nguyen, Tran Thi Huyen Lam, Tien Thi Kieu Nguyen, Giang Van Tran, Zeehan Jaafar

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12582 PubMed 34966591

December 7, 2021

Mitochondrial sequence diversity reveals the hybrid origin of invasive gibel carp (Carassius gibelio) populations in Hungary

Szilvia Keszte, Arpad Ferincz, Katalin Tóth-Ihász, Réka Enikő Balogh, Ádám Staszny, Árpád Hegyi, Péter Takács, Bela Urbanyi, Balázs Kovács

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12441 PubMed 34966576

December 14, 2021

Transcriptome analysis identifies candidate genes in the biosynthetic pathway of sex pheromones from a zygaenid moth, Achelura yunnanensis (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae)

Shu-Mei Nuo, An-Jin Yang, Gen-Ceng Li, Hai-Yan Xiao, Nai-Yong Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12641 PubMed 34993022

December 24, 2021

Macrophage immunomodulatory activity of Acanthopanax senticousus polysaccharide nanoemulsion via activation of P65/JNK/ikkαsignaling pathway and regulation of Th1/Th2 Cytokines

Xianghui Li, Zhiqiang Zhang, Zhenhuan Guo, Li Zhao, Yonglu Liu, Xia Ma, Qigai He

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12575 PubMed 35036126

December 17, 2021

Inhibition of LINK-A lncRNA overcomes ibrutinib resistance in mantle cell lymphoma by regulating Akt/Bcl2 pathway

Ye Zhang, Peng Lu, Yan Zhou, Lifei Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12571 PubMed 35003920

December 10, 2021

A fresh look at Cladarosymblema narrienense, a tetrapodomorph fish (Sarcopterygii: Megalichthyidae) from the Carboniferous of Australia, illuminated via X-ray tomography

Alice M. Clement, Richard Cloutier, Jing Lu, Egon Perilli, Anton Maksimenko, John Long

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12597 PubMed 34966593

December 16, 2021

Putative fossil blood cells reinterpreted as diagenetic structures

Dana E. Korneisel, Sterling J. Nesbitt, Sarah Werning, Shuhai Xiao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12651 PubMed 35003935

December 13, 2021

Spatial and temporal distribution patterns of tick-borne diseases (Tick-borne Encephalitis and Lyme Borreliosis) in Germany

Sarah Cunze, Gustav Glock, Sven Klimpel

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12422 PubMed 34993011

December 17, 2021

Metabarcoding prey DNA from fecal samples of adult dragonflies shows no predicted sex differences, and substantial inter-individual variation, in diets

André Morrill, Kari M. Kaunisto, Julia J. Mlynarek, Ella Sippola, Eero J. Vesterinen, Mark R. Forbes

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12634 PubMed 35003931

December 14, 2021

The metabolic core of the prokaryotic community from deep-sea sediments of the southern Gulf of Mexico shows different functional signatures between the continental slope and abyssal plain

Mónica Torres-Beltrán, Lluvia Vargas-Gastélum, Dante Magdaleno-Moncayo, Meritxell Riquelme, Juan Carlos Herguera-García, Alejandra Prieto-Davó, Asunción Lago-Lestón

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12474 PubMed 34993013

December 15, 2021

Transcriptome analysis of ovary culture-induced embryogenesis in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)

Ying Deng, Wenyuan Fu, Bing Tang, Lian Tao, Lu Zhang, Xia Zhou, Qingqing Wang, Ji Li, Jinfeng Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12145 PubMed 35003908

December 9, 2021

Comparative and phylogenomic analyses of mitochondrial genomes in Coccinellidae (Coleoptera: Coccinelloidea)

Xinghao Li, Nan Song, Heng Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12169 PubMed 34966567

December 8, 2021

The cost of a meal: factors influencing prey profitability in Australian fur seals

Nelle Meyers, Cassie N. Speakman, Nicole A.S.-Y. Dorville, Mark A. Hindell, Jayson M. Semmens, Jacquomo Monk, Alistair M.M. Baylis, Daniel Ierodiaconou, Andrew J. Hoskins, Greg J. Marshall, Kyler Abernathy, John P.Y. Arnould

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12608 PubMed 34966597

December 15, 2021

The cnidarian parasite Ceratonova shasta utilizes inherited and recruited venom-like compounds during infection

Benjamin Americus, Nicole Hams, Anna M. L. Klompen, Gema Alama-Bermejo, Tamar Lotan, Jerri L. Bartholomew, Stephen D. Atkinson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12606 PubMed 35003924

December 15, 2021

Genome-wide identification, evolution, and expression analysis of the NPR1-like gene family in pears

Yarui Wei, Shuliang Zhao, Na Liu, Yuxing Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12617 PubMed 35003927

December 9, 2021

Prognostic values of the core components of the mammalian circadian clock in prostate cancer

Wenchang Yue, Xiao Du, Xuhong Wang, Niu Gui, Weijie Zhang, Jiale Sun, Jiawei You, Dong He, Xinyu Geng, Yuhua Huang, Jianquan Hou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12539 PubMed 34966582

December 14, 2021

Comprehensive analysis of ceRNA network of ERCC4 in colorectal cancer

Huixin Hu, Songyi Liu, Aining Chu, Jing Chen, Chengzhong Xing, Jingjing Jing

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12647 PubMed 34993023

December 20, 2021

Inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 infection in human iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes by targeting the Sigma-1 receptor disrupts cytoarchitecture and beating

José Alexandre Salerno, Thayana Torquato, Jairo R. Temerozo, Livia Goto-Silva, Karina Karmirian, Mayara A. Mendes, Carolina Q. Sacramento, Natalia Fintelman-Rodrigues, Letícia R Q. Souza, Isis M. Ornelas, Carla P. Veríssimo, Luiz Guilherme H S. Aragão, Gabriela Vitória, Carolina S G. Pedrosa, Suelen da Silva Gomes Dias, Vinicius Cardoso Soares, Teresa Puig-Pijuan, Vinícius Salazar, Rafael Dariolli, Diogo Biagi, Daniel R. Furtado, Luciana Barreto Chiarini, Helena L. Borges, Patrícia T. Bozza, Marilia Zaluar P. Guimarães, Thiago M.L. Souza, Stevens K. Rehen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12595 PubMed 35036128

December 23, 2021

A journey through the Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis proteome promotes insights into its functional genome

Wanderson Marques da Silva, Nubia Seyffert, Artur Silva, Vasco Azevedo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12456 PubMed 35036114

December 16, 2021

Ammonia-oxidizing bacterial communities are affected by nitrogen fertilization and grass species in native C₄ grassland soils

Jialin Hu, Jonathan D. Richwine, Patrick D. Keyser, Lidong Li, Fei Yao, Sindhu Jagadamma, Jennifer M. DeBruyn

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12592 PubMed 35003922