Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

November 17, 2022

Conservation genomics of Agave tequilana Weber var. azul: low genetic differentiation and heterozygote excess in the tequila agave from Jalisco, Mexico

Karen Yazmin Ruiz Mondragon, Erika Aguirre-Planter, Jaime Gasca-Pineda, Anastasia Klimova, Roberto-Emiliano Trejo-Salazar, Marco Antonio Reyes Guerra, Rodrigo A. Medellin, Daniel Piñero, Rafael Lira, Luis E. Eguiarte

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14398 PubMed 36415865

November 8, 2022

ScanFold 2.0: a rapid approach for identifying potential structured RNA targets in genomes and transcriptomes

Ryan J. Andrews, Warren B. Rouse, Collin A. O’Leary, Nicholas J. Booher, Walter N. Moss

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14361 PubMed 36389431

November 30, 2022

Screening of high-risk deleterious missense variations in the CYP1B1 gene implicated in the pathogenesis of primary congenital glaucoma: A comprehensive in silico approach

Muhammad Shahid, Ahmad Azfaralariff, Muhammad Tufail, Nazeer Hussain Khan, Ahmed Abdulkareem Najm, Sabika Firasat, Muhammad Zubair, Shazrul Fazry, Douglas Law

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14132 PubMed 36518267

November 9, 2022

Identification of quantitative trait loci of agronomic traits in bread wheat using a Pamyati Azieva × Paragon mapping population harvested in three regions of Kazakhstan

Akerke Amalova, Kanat Yermekbayev, Simon Griffiths, Saule Abugalieva, Adylkhan Babkenov, Elena Fedorenko, Aigul Abugalieva, Yerlan Turuspekov

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14324 PubMed 36389412

November 21, 2022

Comparative genome-wide methylation analysis reveals epigenetic regulation of muscle development in grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus) fed with whole faba bean

Yichao Li, Bing Fu, Junming Zhang, Guangjun Wang, Jingjing Tian, Hongyan Li, Yun Xia, Jun Xie, Ermeng Yu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14403 PubMed 36438576

November 8, 2022

Genomic, biochemical and expressional properties reveal strong conservation of the CLCA2 gene in birds and mammals

Florian Bartenschlager, Nikolai Klymiuk, Achim D. Gruber, Lars Mundhenk