Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

Ralf T.S. Cordeiro, Ágatha Nascimento Carpinelli, Ronaldo B. Francini-Filho, Barbara de Moura Neves, Carlos D. Pérez, Umberto de Oliveira, Paulo Sumida, Henrique Maranhão, Leonardo H.U. Monteiro, Pedro Carneiro, Marcelo V. Kitahara

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14347 PubMed 36540794

December 20, 2022

Opening the black box of bird-window collisions: passive video recordings in a residential backyard

Brendon Samuels, Brock Fenton, Esteban Fernández-Juricic, Scott A. MacDougall-Shackleton

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14604 PubMed 36570015

December 12, 2022

Miocene Cupressinoxylon from Gökçeada (Imbros), Turkey with Protophytobia cambium mining and the study of ecological signals of wood anatomy

Dimitra Mantzouka, Ünal Akkemik, Yıldırım Güngör

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14212 PubMed 36530400

December 19, 2022

Genetic analysis of DNA methylation in dyslipidemia: a case-control study

Shuai Liu, Yang Li, Xian Wei, Dilare Adi, Yong-Tao Wang, Min Han, Fen Liu, Bang-Dang Chen, Xiao-Mei Li, Yi-Ning Yang, Zhen-Yan Fu, Yi-Tong Ma

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14590 PubMed 36570009

December 5, 2022

Combined use of karyotyping and copy number variation sequencing technology in prenatal diagnosis

Suhua Zhang, Yuexin Xu, Dan Lu, Dan Fu, Yan Zhao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14400 PubMed 36523456

December 2, 2022

Cathepsin B plays a role in spermatogenesis and sperm maturation through regulating autophagy and apoptosis in mice

Zongzhuang Wen, Haixia Zhu, Bin Wu, Aizhen Zhang, Hongxiang Wang, Yin Cheng, Hui Zhao, Jianyuan Li, Min Liu, Jiangang Gao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14472 PubMed 36518274

December 5, 2022

Effects of cleaning sports mouthguards with ethylene-vinyl acetate on oral bacteria

Hiroki Hayashi, Yoshikazu Naiki, Masahiro Murakami, Akihiro Oishi, Rihoko Takeuchi, Masayoshi Nakagawa, Suguru Kimoto, Yoshiaki Hasegawa, Akizumi Araki

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14480 PubMed 36523462

December 8, 2022

Generation of raptor diversity in Europe: linking speciation with climate changes and the ability to migrate

Juan J. Negro, Eduardo J. Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Airam Rodríguez, Keith Bildstein

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14505 PubMed 36523450

December 16, 2022

Mitochondria and chloroplasts function in microalgae energy production

Diego F. Gomez-Casati, Julieta Barchiesi, Maria V. Busi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14576 PubMed 36545385

December 6, 2022

Multi-dimensional feature recognition model based on capsule network for ubiquitination site prediction

Weimin Li, Jie Wang, Yin Luo, Tsigabu Teame Bezabih

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14427 PubMed 36523471

December 1, 2022

Differential responses of the seed germination of three functional groups to low temperature and darkness in a typical steppe, Northern China

Mengzhou Liu, Ning Qiao, Bing Zhang, Fengying Liu, Yuan Miao, Ji Chen, Yanfeng Sun, Peng Wang, Dong Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14485 PubMed 36518269

December 1, 2022

Litter inputs and standing stocks in riparian zones and streams under secondary forest and managed and abandoned cocoa agroforestry systems

Haialla Carolina Rialli Santos Brandão, Camila Andrade Coqueiro Moraes, Ana Paula Silva, José Francisco Gonçalves Júnior, Renan de Souza Rezende, Daniela Mariano Lopes da Silva

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13787 PubMed 36518290

December 2, 2022

The effects of a set amount of regular maternal exercise during pregnancy on gut microbiota are diet-dependent in mice and do not cause significant diversity changes

Xia Duan, Jingjing Xu, Ping Yang, Xinyuan Liang, Zichun Zeng, Huijuan Luo, Xiaomei Tang, Xin Wu, Xiaomin Xiao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14459 PubMed 36518263

December 15, 2022

Patch and matrix characteristics determine the outcome of ecosystem engineering by mole rats in dry grasslands

Orsolya Valkó, András Kelemen, Orsolya Kiss, Balázs Deák

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14582 PubMed 36540798

December 12, 2022

Identification of nutritional components in unripe and ripe Docynia delavayi (Franch.) Schneid fruit by widely targeted metabolomics

Can Chen, Xi Xia, Dawei Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14441 PubMed 36530411

December 6, 2022

Mitochondrial genomes assembled from non-invasive eDNA metagenomic scat samples in the endangered Amur tiger Panthera tigris altaica

J. Antonio Baeza

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14428 PubMed 36523460

December 9, 2022

Anti-Acanthamoeba activity of a semi-synthetic mangostin derivative and its ability in removal of Acanthamoeba triangularis WU19001 on contact lens

Julalak Chuprom, Suthinee Sangkanu, Watcharapong Mitsuwan, Rachasak Boonhok, Wilawan Mahabusarakam, L. Ravithej Singh, Ekachai Dumkliang, Kritamorn Jitrangsri, Alok K. Paul, Sirirat Surinkaew, Polrat Wilairatana, Maria de Lourdes Pereira, Mohammed Rahmatullah, Christophe Wiart, Sonia Marlene Rodrigues Oliveira, Veeranoot Nissapatorn

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14468 PubMed 36523474

December 12, 2022

DNA barcoding unveils a high diversity of caddisflies (Trichoptera) in the Mount Halimun Salak National Park (West Java; Indonesia)

Isabel C. Kilian, Marianne Espeland, Wolfram Mey, Daisy Wowor, Renny K. Hadiaty, Thomas von Rintelen, Fabian Herder

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14182 PubMed 36530410

December 19, 2022

Does plastic type matter? Insights into non-indigenous marine larvae recruitment under controlled conditions

François Audrézet, Anastasija Zaiko, Patrick Cahill, Olivier Champeau, Louis A. Tremblay, Dawn Smith, Susanna A. Wood, Gavin Lear, Xavier Pochon

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14549 PubMed 36570004

December 19, 2022

Transcriptome-wide identification of NAC (no apical meristem/Arabidopsis transcription activation factor/cup-shaped cotyledon) transcription factors potentially involved in salt stress response in garlic

Guang-Long Wang, Ya-Hong An, Cheng-Ling Zhou, Zhen-Zhu Hu, Xu-Qin Ren, Ai-Sheng Xiong