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March 2023

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

March 16, 2023

Structure and characteristics of the plant-frugivore bird network from the Guilin Botanical Garden

Guohai Wang, Yang Huang, Wei Yao, Qiuchan Huang, Yongping Huang, Lijuan Wei, Qihai Zhou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15028 PubMed 36945357

March 8, 2023

Mezcal worm in a bottle: DNA evidence suggests a single moth species

Akito Y. Kawahara, Jose I. Martinez, David Plotkin, Amanda Markee, Violet Butterwort, Christian D. Couch, Emmanuel F.A. Toussaint

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14948 PubMed 36915657

March 29, 2023

Atypical ‘long-tailed’ cockroaches arose during Cretaceous in response to angiosperm terrestrial revolution

Xin-Ran Li, Di-Ying Huang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15067 PubMed 37013144

March 15, 2023

Minimal effects of ultraviolet light supplementation on egg production, egg and bone quality, and health during early lay of laying hens

Md Sohel Rana, Jonathon Clay, Prafulla Regmi, Dana L.M. Campbell

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14997 PubMed 36942000

March 1, 2023

Effects of habitat factors on the plant diversity on naturally-restored wind farm slopes

Pengcheng Wang, Hai Yu, Henglin Xiao, Juan Wan, Qiang Ma, Gaoliang Tao, Qin Wang, Weiwei Jiang, Li Ma

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14912 PubMed 36879910

March 7, 2023

Uncertainties regarding the natural mortality of fish can increase due global climate change

Caroline Pereira Campos, Sandro Dimy Barbosa Bitar, Carlos Freitas

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14989 PubMed 36908811

March 30, 2023

Transcriptome of the pygmy grasshopper Formosatettix qinlingensis (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae)

Yuxin Liu, Xuejuan Li, Liliang Lin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15123 PubMed 37016680

March 22, 2023

A new juvenile sauropod specimen from the Middle Jurassic Dongdaqiao Formation of East Tibet

Xianyin An, Xing Xu, Fenglu Han, Corwin Sullivan, Qiyu Wang, Yong Li, Dongbing Wang, Baodi Wang, Jinfeng Hu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14982 PubMed 36974139

March 28, 2023

Functional characterization of the GhNRT2.1e gene reveals its significant role in improving nitrogen use efficiency in Gossypium hirsutum

Xinmiao Zhang, Jiajia Feng, Ruolin Zhao, Hailiang Cheng, Javaria Ashraf, Qiaolian Wang, Limin Lv, Youping Zhang, Guoli Song, Dongyun Zuo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15152 PubMed 37009157

March 1, 2023

Usability and acceptance of crowd-based early warning of harmful algal blooms

Lindung Parningotan Manik, Hatim Albasri, Reny Puspasari, Aris Yaman, Shidiq Al Hakim, Al Hafiz Akbar Maulana Siagian, Siti Kania Kushadiani, Slamet Riyanto, Foni Agus Setiawan, Lolita Thesiana, Meuthia Aula Jabbar, Ramadhona Saville, Masaaki Wada

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14923 PubMed 36879908

March 14, 2023

Cloning, characterization, and expression analysis of the CHITINASE gene family in Helice tientsinensis

Lulu Chen, Yuyan Hua, Wenxuan Ji, Jiayu Wang, Hua Zhao, Zhengfei Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15045 PubMed 36935907

March 13, 2023

Dihydrotanshinone I inhibits hepatocellular carcinoma cells proliferation through DNA damage and EGFR pathway

Linjun Wang, Xiangwei Xu, Dexing Chen, Chenghang Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15022 PubMed 36935927

March 8, 2023

The earliest dipodomyine heteromyid in North America and the phylogenetic relationships of geomorph rodents

Joshua X. Samuels, Jonathan J.-M. Calede, Jr., Robert M. Hunt

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14693 PubMed 36915658

March 2, 2023

SARS-CoV-2 Delta (B.1.617.2) variant replicates and induces syncytia formation in human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived macrophages

Theeradej Thaweerattanasinp, Asawin Wanitchang, Janya Saenboonrueng, Kanjana Srisutthisamphan, Nanchaya Wanasen, Suttipun Sungsuwan, Anan Jongkaewwattana, Thanathom Chailangkarn

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14918 PubMed 36883057

March 6, 2023

Microbial diversity and abundance in loamy sandy soil under renaturalization of former arable land

Audrius Kacergius, Diana Sivojiene

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14761 PubMed 36908818

March 14, 2023

Preliminary study on Bioassay of Capparis spinosa L. seed extract and seed germination

Min Wang, Xiaolu Yuan, Liping Xu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15082 PubMed 36935929

March 23, 2023

Intersexual and body size-related variation in chemical constituents from feces and cloacal products involved in intraspecific communication of a fossorial amphisbaenian

José Martín, Gonzalo Rodríguez-Ruiz, José Javier Cuervo, Pilar López

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15002 PubMed 36987455

March 27, 2023

Plant-exuded chemical signals induce surface attachment of the bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas syringae

Megan R. O’Malley, Eyram Kpenu, Scott C. Peck, Jeffrey C. Anderson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14862 PubMed 37009160

March 15, 2023

Metabolomics combined with clinical analysis explores metabolic changes and potential serum metabolite biomarkers of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis with renal impairment

Siyang Liu, Qing Xu, Yiru Wang, Yongman Lv, Qing quan Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15051 PubMed 36942002

March 14, 2023

An efficient transformation method for tannin-containing sorghum

Yuan Liang, Xuehui Yan, Jingyi Xu, Yanlong Liu, Ke Xie, Jieqin Li, Qiuwen Zhan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15066 PubMed 36935918

March 13, 2023

Brain mechanism of unfamiliar and familiar voice processing: an activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis

YuXiang Sun, Lili Ming, Jiamin Sun, FeiFei Guo, Qiufeng Li, Xueping Hu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14976 PubMed 36935917

March 22, 2023

Epoch and accuracy based empirical study for cardiac MRI segmentation using deep learning technique

Niharika Das, Sujoy Das

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14939 PubMed 36974136

March 7, 2023

RNA-seq reveals Nup62 as a potential regulator for cell division after traumatic brain injury in mice hippocampus

Jianwei Zhao, Weihua Wang, Ke Yan, Haifeng Zhao, Zhen Zhang, Yu Wang, Wenyu Zhu, Shiwen Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14913 PubMed 36908815

March 14, 2023

Response of dung beetle diversity to remediation of soil ecosystems in the Ecuadorian Amazon

Wilmer E. Pozo-Rivera, Carlos Quiloango-Chimarro, Xavier Paredes, Mario Landívar, Carlos Chiriboga, Daniel Hidalgo, Karina García, Jaime Villacís

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14975 PubMed 36935915

March 7, 2023

Functional verification of the JmLFY gene associated with the flowering of Juglans mandshurica Maxim.

Jiayou Cai, Ruoxue Jia, Ying Jiang, Jingqi Fu, Tianyi Dong, Jifeng Deng, Lijie Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14938 PubMed 36908820