Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

Aleksander Braczkowski, Ralph Schenk, Dinal Samarasinghe, Duan Biggs, Allie Richardson, Nicholas Swanson, Merlin Swanson, Arjun Dheer, Julien Fattebert

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12307 PubMed 35127275

January 27, 2022

Maple and hickory leaf litter fungal communities reflect pre-senescent leaf communities

Julian A. Liber, Douglas H. Minier, Anna Stouffer-Hopkins, Judson Van Wyk, Reid Longley, Gregory Bonito

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12701 PubMed 35127279

January 27, 2022

Conservation paleobiology on Minami-Daito Island, Okinawa, Japan: anthropogenic extinction of cave-dwelling bats on a tropical oceanic island

Yuri Kimura, Dai Fukui, Mizuko Yoshiyuki, Kazuaki Higashi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12702 PubMed 35127280

January 27, 2022

Metabarcoding of the phytotelmata of Pseudalcantarea grandis (Bromeliaceae) from an arid zone

José Alan Herrera-García, Mahinda Martinez, Pilar Zamora-Tavares, Ofelia Vargas-Ponce, Luis Hernández-Sandoval, Fabián Alejandro Rodríguez-Zaragoza

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12706 PubMed 35127281

January 27, 2022

Beyond RuBisCO: convergent molecular evolution of multiple chloroplast genes in C₄ plants

Claudio Casola, Jingjia Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12791 PubMed 35127287

January 27, 2022

Soil health and nutrient density: preliminary comparison of regenerative and conventional farming

David R. Montgomery, Anne Biklé, Ray Archuleta, Paul Brown, Jazmin Jordan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12848 PubMed 35127297

January 26, 2022

Effects of inorganic mercury exposure in the alveolar bone of rats: an approach of qualitative and morphological aspects

Paula Beatriz de Oliveira Nunes, Maria Karolina Martins Ferreira, Deborah Ribeiro Frazão, Leonardo Oliveira Bittencourt, Victória dos Santos Chemelo, Márcia Cristina Freitas Silva, Armando Lopes Pereira-Neto, Alan Rodrigo Leal Albuquerque, Simone Patricia Aranha Paz, Rômulo Simões Angélica, Sofia Pessanha, Rafael Rodrigues Lima

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12573 PubMed 35127276

January 26, 2022

miR-148a-3p inhibits the proliferation and migration of bladder cancer via regulating the expression of ROCK-1

Chao Xu, Guanwen Zhou, Zhuang Sun, Zhaocun Zhang, Haifeng Zhao, Xianzhou Jiang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12724 PubMed 35127282

January 26, 2022

Comparison of the bleaching susceptibility of coral species by using minimal samples of live corals

Jih-Terng Wang, Chi-Wei Chu, Keryea Soong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12840 PubMed 35127294

January 26, 2022

Potential impacts from simulated vessel noise and sonar on commercially important invertebrates

David M. Hudson, Jason S. Krumholz, Darby L. Pochtar, Natasha C. Dickenson, Georges Dossot, Gillian Phillips, Edward P. Baker, Tara E. Moll

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12841 PubMed 35127295

January 25, 2022

Isolation, identification and characterization of nitrogen fixing endophytic bacteria and their effects on cassava production

Xiao Zhang, Juanjuan Tong, Mengmeng Dong, Kashif Akhtar, Bing He

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12677 PubMed 35127278

January 25, 2022

Diversity and structure of the microbial community in rhizosphere soil of Fritillaria ussuriensis at different health levels

Ning Jiao, Xiaoshuang Song, Ruiqing Song, Dachuan Yin, Xun Deng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12778 PubMed 35127284

January 25, 2022

A newly recognized theropod assemblage from the Lewisville Formation (Woodbine Group; Cenomanian) and its implications for understanding Late Cretaceous Appalachian terrestrial ecosystems

Christopher R. Noto, Domenic C. D’Amore, Stephanie K. Drumheller, Thomas L. Adams

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12782 PubMed 35127286

January 25, 2022

Seasonal and diel variations in the vertical distribution, composition, abundance and biomass of zooplankton in a deep Chilean Patagonian Fjord

Nur Garcia-Herrera, Astrid Cornils, Jürgen Laudien, Barbara Niehoff, Juan Höfer, Günter Försterra, Humberto E. González, Claudio Richter

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12823 PubMed 35127292

January 25, 2022

Identification and validation of a novel signature for prediction the prognosis and immunotherapy benefit in bladder cancer

Yichi Zhang, Yifeng Lin, Daojun Lv, Xiangkun Wu, Wenjie Li, Xueqing Wang, Dongmei Jiang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12843 PubMed 35127296

January 24, 2022

Almost all known sauropod necks are incomplete and distorted

Michael P. Taylor

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12810 PubMed 35127288

January 24, 2022

Impervious surface and local abiotic conditions influence arthropod communities within urban greenspaces

Garrett M. Maher, Graham A. Johnson, Justin D. Burdine

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12818 PubMed 35127289

January 24, 2022

Characterization of transcriptional landscape in bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells treated with aspirin by RNA-seq

Xinpeng Liu, Yuanbo Zhan, Wenxia Xu, Lixue Liu, Xiaoyao Liu, Junlong Da, Kai Zhang, Xinjian Zhang, Jianqun Wang, Ziqi Liu, Han Jin, Bin Zhang, Ying Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12819 PubMed 35127290

January 24, 2022

Retrogene survival is not impacted by linkage relationships

Johnathan Lo, Heath Blackmon

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12822 PubMed 35127291

January 21, 2022

Identification and validation of an epithelial mesenchymal transition-related gene pairs signature for prediction of overall survival in patients with skin cutaneous melanoma

Yucang Shi, Zhanpeng Li, Zhihong Zhou, Simu Liao, Zhiyuan Wu, Jie Li, Jiasheng Yin, Meng Wang, Meilan Weng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12646 PubMed 35116193

January 21, 2022

Antimicrobial peptides properties beyond growth inhibition and bacterial killing

Israel Castillo-Juárez, Blanca Esther Blancas-Luciano, Rodolfo García-Contreras, Ana María Fernández-Presas