Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

February 8, 2023

Occurrence of microplastics in freshwater gastropods from a tropical river U-Taphao, southern Thailand

Preyanuch Jitkaew, Siriporn Pradit, Prakrit Noppradit, Karnda Sengloyluan, Mathinee Yucharoen, Suvit Suwanno, Varaporn Tanrattanakul, Kittiwara Sornplang, Thongchai Nitiratsuwan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14861 PubMed 36785706

February 10, 2023

Mismatch between IUCN range maps and species interactions data illustrated using the Serengeti food web

Gracielle T. Higino, Francis Banville, Gabriel Dansereau, Norma Rocio Forero Muñoz, Fredric Windsor, Timothée Poisot

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14620 PubMed 36793892

February 6, 2023

Molecular identification of critically endangered European eels (Anguilla anguilla) in US retail outlets

Taylor Ely, Nathaniel Patten, Lewis C. Naisbett-Jones, Erin T. Spencer, Demian A. Willette, Peter B. Marko

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14531 PubMed 36778145

February 6, 2023

Prohexadione calcium enhances rice growth and tillering under NaCl stress

Rongjun Zhang, Dianfeng Zheng, Naijie Feng, Quan-Sheng Qiu, Hang Zhou, Meiling Liu, Yao Li, Fengyan Meng, XiXin Huang, Anqi Huang, Yixiang Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14804 PubMed 36778152

February 2, 2023

Using eDNA sampling for species-specific fish detection in tropical oceanic samples: limitations and recommendations for future use

Giovanna M. Gonzalez Colmenares, Alejandro J. Gonzalez Montes, Chelsea A. Harms-Tuohy, Nikolaos V. Schizas

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14810 PubMed 36751629

February 2, 2023

The contents of essential and toxic metals in coffee beans and soil in Dale Woreda, Sidama Regional State, Southern Ethiopia

Yohannes Seifu Berego, Solomon Sorsa Sota, Mihret Ulsido, Embialle Mengistie Beyene

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14789 PubMed 36751640

February 24, 2023

Evaluating the influence of environmental variables on the length-weight relationship and prediction modelling in flathead grey mullet, Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758

Rejani Chandran, Rajeev K Singh, Achal Singh, Kantharajan Ganesan, Ajith Kumar Thipramalai Thangappan, Kuldeep K Lal, Vindhya Mohindra

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14884 PubMed 36860765

February 24, 2023

The impact of spring wheat species and sowing density on soil biochemical properties, content of secondary plant metabolites and the presence of Oulema ssp.

Jarosław Pobereżny, Elżbieta Wszelaczyńska, Robert Lamparski, Joanna Lemanowicz, Agata Bartkowiak, Małgorzata Szczepanek, Katarzyna Gościnna

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14916 PubMed 36860764

February 7, 2023

Bioinformatic prediction of the molecular links between Alzheimer’s disease and diabetes mellitus

Ricardo Castillo-Velázquez, Flavio Martínez-Morales, Julio E. Castañeda-Delgado, Mariana H. García-Hernández, Verónica Herrera-Mayorga, Francisco A. Paredes-Sánchez, Gildardo Rivera, Bruno Rivas-Santiago, Edgar E. Lara-Ramírez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14738 PubMed 36778155

February 10, 2023

Low-stress livestock handling protects cattle in a five-predator habitat

Naomi X. Louchouarn, Adrian Treves

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14788 PubMed 36793893

February 2, 2023

Differential gene expression analysis and physiological response characteristics of passion fruit (Passiflora edulis) buds under high-temperature stress

Hongli Wang, Jiucheng Zhao, Miao Lai, Yingqing Zhang, Wenwu Qiu, Yanyan Li, Hailian Tu, Qichang Ling, Xinfeng Fu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14839 PubMed 36751639

February 8, 2023

A novel gene signature related to oxidative stress predicts the prognosis in clear cell renal cell carcinoma

Sheng Ma, Yue Ge, Zezhong Xiong, Yanan Wang, Le Li, Zheng Chao, Beining Li, Junbiao Zhang, Siquan Ma, Jun Xiao, Bo Liu, Zhihua Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14784 PubMed 36785707

February 2, 2023

FGF19 promotes cell autophagy and cisplatin chemoresistance by activating MAPK signaling in ovarian cancer

Wei Zhu, Meiyuan Huang, Abhimanyu Thakur, Yuanliang Yan, Xiaoying Wu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14827 PubMed 36751636

February 15, 2023

Metabolic turnover rate, digestive enzyme activities, and bacterial communities in the white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei under compensatory growth

Jorge Giovanni Quintino-Rivera, Regina Elizondo-González, Julián Gamboa-Delgado, Laura Teresa Guzmán-Villanueva, Alberto Peña-Rodriguez

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14747 PubMed 36819994

February 27, 2023

Benthic biogeographic patterns on the deep Brazilian margin

Daniela Y. Gaurisas, Angelo F. Bernardino

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14585 PubMed 36874960

February 27, 2023

Is Xenopus laevis introduction linked with Ranavirus incursion, persistence and spread in Chile?

Alexandra Peñafiel-Ricaurte, Stephen J. Price, William T.M. Leung, Mario Alvarado-Rybak, Andrés Espinoza-Zambrano, Catalina Valdivia, Andrew A. Cunningham, Claudio Azat

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14497 PubMed 36874973

February 21, 2023

The polarization of microglia and infiltrated macrophages in the injured mice spinal cords: a dynamic analysis

Jing-Lu Li, Gui-Qiang Fu, Yang-Yang Wang, Ming-Ming Bian, Yao-Mei Xu, Lin Zhang, Yu-Qing Chen, Nan Zhang, Shu-Qin Ding, Rui Wang, Rui Fang, Jie Tang, Jian-Guo Hu, He-Zuo Lü

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14929 PubMed 36846458

February 21, 2023

Effects of foliar fertilizer application on the growth and fruit quality of commercial melon varieties grown in a soilless culture system

Thanet Khomphet, Athakorn Promwee, Shams Shaila Islam

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14900 PubMed 36846450

February 3, 2023

Hidden impacts of conservation management on fertility of the critically endangered kākāpō

Andrew Digby, Daryl Eason, Alejandro Catalina, Michael Lierz, Stephanie Galla, Lara Urban, Marissa F. Le Lec, Joseph Guhlin, Tammy E. Steeves, Peter K. Dearden, Tineke Joustra, Caroline Lees, Tane Davis, Bruce C. Robertson, Fiona Robertson, Deidre Vercoe

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14675 PubMed 36755872

February 13, 2023

Variable level of genetic dominance controls important agronomic traits in rice populations under water deficit condition

Hamada M. Hassan, Adel A. Hadifa, Sara A. El-leithy, Maria Batool, Ahmed Sherif, Ibrahim Al-Ashkar, Akihiro Ueda, Md Atikur Rahman, Mohammad Anwar Hossain, Ayman Elsabagh

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14833 PubMed 36815980

February 27, 2023

PrismEXP: gene annotation prediction from stratified gene-gene co-expression matrices

Alexander Lachmann, Kaeli A. Rizzo, Alon Bartal, Minji Jeon, Daniel J. B. Clarke, Avi Ma’ayan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14927 PubMed 36874981

February 8, 2023

Integrated metabolomic and transcriptomic analysis reveal the effect of mechanical stress on sugar metabolism in tea leaves (Camellia sinensis) post-harvest

Zhilong Hao, Yanping Tan, Jiao Feng, Hongzheng Lin, Zhilin Sun, Jia Yun Zhuang, Qianlian Chen, Xinyi Jin, Yun Sun

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14869 PubMed 36785711

February 2, 2023

Establishment and verification of a nomogram model for predicting the risk of post-stroke depression

Shihang Luo, Wenrui Zhang, Rui Mao, Xia Huang, Fan Liu, Qiao Liao, Dongren Sun, Hengshu Chen, Jingyuan Zhang, Fafa Tian