Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

March 21, 2022

An issue of concern: unique truncated ORF8 protein variants of SARS-CoV-2

Sk. Sarif Hassan, Vaishnavi Kodakandla, Elrashdy M. Redwan, Kenneth Lundstrom, Pabitra Pal Choudhury, Tarek Mohamed Abd El-Aziz, Kazuo Takayama, Ramesh Kandimalla, Amos Lal, Ángel Serrano-Aroca, Gajendra Kumar Azad, Alaa A.A. Aljabali, Giorgio Palù, Gaurav Chauhan, Parise Adadi, Murtaza Tambuwala, Adam M. Brufsky, Wagner Baetas-da-Cruz, Debmalya Barh, Vasco Azevedo, Nikolas G. Bazan, Bruno Silva Andrade, Raner José Santana Silva, Vladimir N. Uversky

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13136 PubMed 35341060

March 10, 2022

Dissection of genetic architecture for tiller angle in rice (Oryza sativa. L) by multiple genome-wide association analyses

Muhammad Abdul Rehman Rashid, Rana Muhammad Atif, Yan Zhao, Farrukh Azeem, Hafiz Ghulam Muhu-Din Ahmed, Yinghua Pan, Danting Li, Yong Zhao, Zhanying Zhang, Hongliang Zhang, Jinjie Li, Zichao Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12674

March 31, 2022

A spotlight on non-host resistance to plant viruses

Avanish Rai, Palaiyur N. Sivalingam, Muthappa Senthil-Kumar

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12996 PubMed 35382007

March 22, 2022

E-Volve: understanding the impact of mutations in SARS-CoV-2 variants spike protein on antibodies and ACE2 affinity through patterns of chemical interactions at protein interfaces

Vitor Pimentel Dos Santos, André Rodrigues, Gabriel Dutra, Luana Bastos, Diego Mariano, José Gutembergue Mendonça, Yan Jerônimo Gomes Lobo, Eduardo Mendes, Giovana Maia, Karina dos Santos Machado, Adriano Velasque Werhli, Gerd Rocha, Leonardo Henrique França de Lima, Raquel de Melo-Minardi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13099 PubMed 35341044

March 2, 2022

Relationship between the distribution of vegetation and the environment in the coastal embryo dunes of Jalisco, México

Héctor Gerardo Frías-Ureña, José Ariel Ruiz-Corral, Miguel Ángel Macías-Rodríguez, Noé Durán, Diego Gonzalez, Fabio De Albuquerque, José Pablo Torres Morán

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13015 PubMed 35256920

March 23, 2022

A flexible and accurate method for electroencephalography rhythms extraction based on circulant singular spectrum analysis

Hai Hu, Zihang Pu, Peng Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13096 PubMed 35345585

March 31, 2022

Potential roles of melatonin and ABA on apple dwarfing in semi-arid area of Xinjiang China

Tianci Yan, Chuang Mei, Handong Song, Dongqian Shan, Yanzhao Sun, Zehui Hu, Lin Wang, Tong Zhang, Jixun Wang, Jin Kong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13008 PubMed 35382008

March 9, 2022

Three new species of Microlaimus (Nematoda: Microlaimidae) from the South Atlantic

Rita C. Lima, Patrícia F. Neres, André M. Esteves

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12734 PubMed 35287342

March 14, 2022

Identification of key microorganisms in facultative stabilization ponds from dairy industries, using metagenomics

Jose M. Irazoqui, Maria F. Eberhardt, Maria M. Adjad, Ariel F. Amadio

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12772 PubMed 35310160

March 9, 2022

Expression of connexin-43 in surgical resections of primary tumor and lymph node metastases of squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma of the lung: a retrospective study

Ivana Savic, Petar Milovanovic, Svetlana Opric, Nebojsa Ivanovic, Dejan Oprić

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13055 PubMed 35287344

March 30, 2022

Continuous mutation of SARS-CoV-2 during migration via three routes at the beginning of the pandemic

Tomokazu Konishi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12681 PubMed 35378929

March 29, 2022

Responsiveness of domesticated goats towards various stressors following long-term cognitive test exposure

Katrina Rosenberger, Michael Simmler, Jan Langbein, Christian Nawroth, Nina Keil

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12893 PubMed 35368331

March 28, 2022

The relationship between distal trunk morphology and object grasping in the African savannah elephant (Loxodonta africana)

Julie Soppelsa, Emmanuelle Pouydebat, Maëlle Lefeuvre, Baptiste Mulot, Céline Houssin, Raphaël Cornette

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13108 PubMed 35368332

March 3, 2022

Overexpression of the Tectona grandis TgNAC01 regulates growth, leaf senescence and confer salt stress tolerance in transgenic tobacco plants

Fernando Matias, Perla Novais de Oliveira, Olman Gómez-Espinoza, Esteban Galeano, Helaine Carrer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13039 PubMed 35261823

March 2, 2022

Physiological stress and higher reproductive success in bumblebees are both associated with intensive agriculture

Tatjana Krama, Ronalds Krams, Maris Munkevics, Jonathan Willow, Sergejs Popovs, Didzis Elferts, Linda Dobkeviča, Patrīcija Raibarte, Markus Rantala, Jorge Contreras-Garduño, Indrikis A. Krams

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12953 PubMed 35256917

March 11, 2022

Stage 2 registered report: investigating a preference for certainty in conversation among autistic adults

Alexander C. Wilson, Dorothy V.M. Bishop

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13110 PubMed 35295559

March 29, 2022

Comprehensive analysis of the correlations of S100B with hypoxia response and immune infiltration in hepatocellular carcinoma

Jia Yan, Ya jun Huang, Qing yu Huang, Peng Xia Liu, Chang Shan Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13201 PubMed 35368338

March 24, 2022

A prognostic risk model based on DNA methylation levels of genes and lncRNAs in lung squamous cell carcinoma

Weiqing Wang, Ming Xiang, Hui Liu, Xiao Chu, Zhaoyun Sun, Liang Feng