Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

November 25, 2022

A transitional species of Daspletosaurus Russell, 1970 from the Judith River Formation of eastern Montana

Elías A. Warshaw, Denver W. Fowler

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14461 PubMed 36452080

November 15, 2022

A manager’s guide to using eDNA metabarcoding in marine ecosystems

Zachary Gold, Adam R. Wall, Teia M. Schweizer, N. Dean Pentcheff, Emily E. Curd, Paul H. Barber, Rachel S. Meyer, Robert Wayne, Kevin Stolzenbach, Kat Prickett, Justin Luedy, Regina Wetzer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14071 PubMed 36405018

November 15, 2022

New specimens of Baurutitan britoi and a taxonomic reassessment of the titanosaur dinosaur fauna (Sauropoda) from the Serra da Galga Formation (Late Cretaceous) of Brazil

Julian C. G. Silva Junior, Agustín G. Martinelli, Thiago S. Marinho, João Ismael da Silva, Max C. Langer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14333 PubMed 36405026

November 2, 2022

Cranial osteology, taxonomic reassessment, and phylogenetic relationships of the Early Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) turtle Trinitichelys hiatti (Paracryptodira)

Yann Rollot, Serjoscha W. Evers, Stephanie E. Pierce, Walter G. Joyce

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14138 PubMed 36345484

November 25, 2022

Trends and biases in African large carnivore population assessments: identifying priorities and opportunities from a systematic review of two decades of research

Paolo Strampelli, Liz AD Campbell, Philipp Henschel, Samantha K. Nicholson, David W. Macdonald, Amy J. Dickman

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14354 PubMed 36452072

November 17, 2022

Benthic invertebrates in Svalbard fjords—when metabarcoding does not outperform traditional biodiversity assessment

Endre Willassen, Jon-Ivar Westgaard, Jon Anders Kongsrud, Tanja Hanebrekke, Pål Buhl-Mortensen, Børge Holte

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14321 PubMed 36415859

November 29, 2022

Supplementation of banana peel powder for the development of functional broiler nuggets

Tasleem Akram, Sharmeen Mustafa, Khola Ilyas, Muhammad Rizwan Tariq, Shinawar Waseem Ali, Sajid Ali, Muhammad Shafiq, Maryam Rao, Waseem Safdar, Madiha Iftikhar, Amna Hameed, Mujahid Manzoor, Madiha Akhtar, Zujaja Umer, Zunaira Basharat

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14364 PubMed 36518284

November 2, 2022

Molecular phylogeny of Columbellidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda)

Marta deMaintenon, Ellen E. Strong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13996 PubMed 36345482

November 9, 2022

Evidence of microplastics in water and commercial fish from a high-altitude mountain lake (Lake Titicaca)

Erick Loayza, Amaya C. Trigoso Barrientos, Geert P.J. Janssens

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14112 PubMed 36389423

November 22, 2022

Chronic toxicity of shrimp feed added with silver nanoparticles (Argovit-4®) in Litopenaeus vannamei and immune response to white spot syndrome virus infection

Carlos R. Romo Quiñonez, Píndaro Alvarez-Ruiz, Claudio H. Mejía-Ruiz, Nina Bogdanchikova, Alexey Pestryakov, Carina Gamez-Jimenez, Wenceslao Valenzuela-Quiñonez, Magnolia Montoya-Mejía, Eusebio Nava Pérez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14231 PubMed 36438583

November 9, 2022

Re-evaluation of the morphology and phylogeny of Diplocynodon levantinicum Huene & Nikoloff, 1963 and the stratigraphic age of the West Maritsa coal field (Upper Thrace Basin, Bulgaria)

Tobias Massonne, Madelaine Böhme

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14167 PubMed 36389401

November 11, 2022

Marine or freshwater: the role of ornamental fish keeper’s preferences in the conservation of aquatic organisms in Brazil

Anna Karolina Martins Borges, Tacyana Pereira Ribeiro Oliveira, Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14387 PubMed 36389422

November 2, 2022

Unified methods in collecting, preserving, and archiving coral bleaching and restoration specimens to increase sample utility and interdisciplinary collaboration

Rebecca Vega Thurber, Emily R. Schmeltzer, Andréa G. Grottoli, Robert van Woesik, Robert J. Toonen, Mark Warner, Kerri L. Dobson, Rowan H. McLachlan, Katie Barott, Daniel J. Barshis, Justin Baumann, Leila Chapron, David J. Combosch, Adrienne MS Correa, Thomas M. DeCarlo, Mary Hagedorn, Laetitia Hédouin, Kenneth Hoadley, Thomas Felis, Christine Ferrier-Pagès, Carly Kenkel, Ilsa B. Kuffner, Jennifer Matthews, Mónica Medina, Christopher Meyer, Corinna Oster, James Price, Hollie M. Putnam, Yvonne Sawall

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14176 PubMed 36345483

November 8, 2022

Description of a new Pangasius (Valenciennes, 1840) species, from the Cauvery River extends distribution range of the genus up to South Western Ghats in peninsular India

Kathirvelpandian P.V. Ayyathurai, Paramasivam Kodeeswaran, Vindhya Mohindra, Rajeev K. Singh, Charan Ravi, Rahul Kumar, BasheerSaidmuhammed Valaparambil, Ajith Kumar Thipramalai Thangappan, Joykrushna Jena, Kuldeep K. Lal

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14258 PubMed 36389433

November 21, 2022

Ear your heart: transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation on heart rate variability in healthy young participants

Giuseppe Forte, Francesca Favieri, Erik Leemhuis, Maria Luisa De Martino, Anna Maria Giannini, Luigi De Gennaro, Maria Casagrande, Mariella Pazzaglia

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14447 PubMed 36438582

November 17, 2022

Extending the vibroscape to agroecosystems: investigating the influence of abiotic factors and monitoring insect vibrational signaling

Imane Akassou, Livia Zapponi, Vincenzo Verrastro, Marco Ciolli, Valerio Mazzoni

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14143 PubMed 36415862

November 29, 2022

Insights into the vaginal microbiome in a diverse group of women of African, Asian and European ancestries

Orville St. E. Roachford, Angela T. Alleyne, Karen E. Nelson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14449 PubMed 36518275

November 21, 2022

A new species and new records species of Pluteus from Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China

Zheng-xiang Qi, Ke-qing Qian, Jia-jun Hu, Yang Wang, Dong-mei Wu, Neng Gao, Pei-Song Jia, Zhen-hao Zhang, Bo Zhang, Yu Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14298 PubMed 36438581

November 29, 2022

Anatomy and behavior of Laternula elliptica, a keystone species of the Antarctic benthos (Bivalvia: Anomalodesmata: Laternulidae)

Flávio Dias Passos, André Fernando Sartori, Osmar Domaneschi, Rüdiger Bieler

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14380 PubMed 36523477

November 2, 2022

Elasmobranch-associated microbiota: a scientometric literature review

Ivana Correia Costa, Mariene Amorim de Oliveira, Natascha Wosnick, Rachel Ann Hauser-Davis, Salvatore Siciliano, Jorge Luiz Silva Nunes

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14255 PubMed 36345481

November 10, 2022

bestDEG: a web-based application automatically combines various tools to precisely predict differentially expressed genes (DEGs) from RNA-Seq data

Unitsa Sangket, Prasert Yodsawat, Jiratchaya Nuanpirom, Ponsit Sathapondecha

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14344 PubMed 36389403

November 7, 2022

AAA+ proteases: the first line of defense against mitochondrial damage

Gautam Pareek

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14350 PubMed 36389399

November 25, 2022

Canopy spectral reflectance indices correlate with yield traits variability in bread wheat genotypes under drought stress

Mohammed Mohi-Ud-Din, Md. Alamgir Hossain, Md. Motiar Rohman, Md. Nesar Uddin, Md. Sabibul Haque, Jalal Uddin Ahmed, Hasan Muhammad Abdullah, Mohammad Anwar Hossain, Mohammad Pessarakli

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14421 PubMed 36452074

November 14, 2022

Detection and characterization of ESBL-producing Escherichia coli and additional co-existence with mcr genes from river water in northern Thailand

Kamonnaree Chotinantakul, Pattranuch Chusri, Seiji Okada

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14408 PubMed 36405029

November 23, 2022

Augmented anticancer effect and antibacterial activity of silver nanoparticles synthesized by using Taxus wallichiana leaf extract

Aliya Yousaf, Muhammad Waseem, Aneela Javed, Sofia Baig, Bushra Ismail, Ayesha Baig, Irum Shahzadi, Shamyla Nawazish, Iftikhar Zaman

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14391 PubMed 36444381