Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

March 18, 2022

Two new glassfrogs (Centrolenidae: Hyalinobatrachium) from Ecuador, with comments on the endangered biodiversity of the Andes

Juan M. Guayasamin, Rebecca M. Brunner, Anyelet Valencia-Aguilar, Daniela Franco-Mena, Eva Ringler, Anderson Medina Armijos, Carlos Morochz, Lucas Bustamante, Ross J. Maynard, Jaime Culebras

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13109 PubMed 35321409

March 8, 2022

Comparison of the composition and function of gut microbes between adult and juvenile Cipangopaludina chinensis in the rice snail system

Kangqi Zhou, Junqi Qin, Haifeng Pang, Zhong Chen, Yin Huang, Wenhong Li, Xuesong Du, Luting Wen, Xianhui Pan, Yong Lin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13042 PubMed 35282274

March 9, 2022

Environmental enrichment changes rabbits’ behavior, serum hormone level and further affects cecal microbiota

Yang Feng, Huimei Fan, Xue Liang, Xiaofeng Wang, Guoyan Gao, Shuangbao Gun

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13068 PubMed 35287345

March 30, 2022

Oviducal gland transcriptomics of Octopus maya through physiological stages and the negative effects of temperature on fertilization

Oscar E. Juárez, Lousiana Arreola-Meraz, Edna Sánchez-Castrejón, Omar Hernando Avila-Poveda, Laura L. López-Galindo, Carlos Rosas, Clara E. Galindo-Sánchez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12895 PubMed 35378931

March 30, 2022

Expression profiles and transcript properties of fast-twitch and slow-twitch muscles in a deep-sea highly migratory fish, Pseudocaranx dentex

Huan Wang, Busu Li, Long Yang, Chen Jiang, Tao Zhang, Shufang Liu, Zhimeng Zhuang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12720 PubMed 35378928

March 7, 2022

Growth, maturity, and diet of the pearl whipray (Fontitrygon margaritella) from the Bijagós Archipelago, Guinea-Bissau

Owen N. Clements, Guido Leurs, Rob Witbaard, Ido Pen, Yvonne I. Verkuil, Laura L. Govers

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12894 PubMed 35282275

March 7, 2022

A new Amazonian species of Allobates Zimmermann & Zimmermann, 1988 (Aromobatidae) with a trilled advertisement call

Leandro A. Silva, Ricardo Marques, Henrique Folly, Diego J. Santana