Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

April 24, 2023

Mapping the global distribution of invasive pest Drosophila suzukii and parasitoid Leptopilina japonica: implications for biological control

Rahul R. Nair, A. Townsend Peterson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15222 PubMed 37123003

April 14, 2023

New specimens and species of the Oligocene toothed baleen whale Coronodon from South Carolina and the origin of Neoceti

Robert W. Boessenecker, Brian L. Beatty, Jonathan H. Geisler

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14795

April 12, 2023

Comparison of two molecular barcodes for the study of equine strongylid communities with amplicon sequencing

Élise Courtot, Michel Boisseau, Sophie Dhorne-Pollet, Delphine Serreau, Amandine Gesbert, Fabrice Reigner, Marta Basiaga, Tetiana Kuzmina, Jérôme Lluch, Gwenolah Annonay, Claire Kuchly, Irina Diekmann, Jürgen Krücken, Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna, Nuria Mach, Guillaume Sallé

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15124 PubMed 37070089

April 26, 2023

Out of thin air: surveying tropical bat roosts through air sampling of eDNA

Nina R. Garrett, Jonathan Watkins, Charles M. Francis, Nancy B. Simmons, Natalia Ivanova, Amanda Naaum, Andrew Briscoe, Rosie Drinkwater, Elizabeth L. Clare

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14772 PubMed 37128209

April 26, 2023

Differential expression of some termite neuropeptides and insulin/IGF-related hormones and their plausible functions in growth, reproduction and caste determination

Jan A. Veenstra

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15259 PubMed 37128206

April 27, 2023

Expanded sampling of New Zealand glass sponges (Porifera: Hexactinellida) provides new insights into biodiversity, chemodiversity, and phylogeny of the class

Martin Dohrmann, Henry M. Reiswig, Michelle Kelly, Sadie Mills, Simone Schätzle, Miriam Reverter, Natascha Niesse, Sven Rohde, Peter Schupp, Gert Wörheide

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15017 PubMed 37131989

April 7, 2023

Semen quality and seminal plasma metabolites in male rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) under heat stress

Dongwei Huang, Jiawei Cai, Chen Zhang, Rongshuai Jin, Shaocheng Bai, Fan Yao, Haisheng Ding, Bohao Zhao, Yang Chen, Xinsheng Wu, Huiling Zhao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15112 PubMed 37065702

April 25, 2023

Characterization of the populations of upside-down jellyfish in Jardines de la Reina National Park, Cuba

Ramón Damián Morejón-Arrojo, Leandro Rodriguez-Viera

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15254 PubMed 37123002

April 18, 2023

Barnacles as biological flow indicators

Joseph W.N.L. Reustle, Benjamin A. Belgrad, Amberle McKee, Delbert L. Smee

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15018 PubMed 37090116

April 21, 2023

Feeding preferences and the effect of temperature on feeding rates of the graceful kelp crab, Pugettia gracilis

Katrina H. Johnson, Katie A. Dobkowski, Sasha K. Seroy, Shelby Fox, Natalie Meenan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15223 PubMed 37101789

April 21, 2023

Captive breeding in the endangered alpine tree frog, Litoria verreauxii alpina

Laura A. Brannelly, Preeti Sharma, Danielle K. Wallace

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15179 PubMed 37101793

April 13, 2023

Taxonomical and functional analyses of epifaunal polychaetes associated with Mussismilia spp.: the effects of coral growth morphology

Marcos Nogueira, Wagner Magalhães, Eduardo Mariano-Neto, Elizabeth Neves, Rodrigo Johnsson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15144 PubMed 37073277

April 4, 2023

Counter culture: causes, extent and solutions of systematic bias in the analysis of behavioural counts

Joel L. Pick, Nyil Khwaja, Michael A. Spence, Malika Ihle, Shinichi Nakagawa

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15059 PubMed 37033727

April 24, 2023

Personality traits, rank attainment, and siring success throughout the lives of male chimpanzees of Gombe National Park

Alexander Weiss, Joseph T. Feldblum, Drew M. Altschul, David Anthony Collins, Shadrack Kamenya, Deus Mjungu, Steffen Foerster, Ian C. Gilby, Michael L. Wilson, Anne E. Pusey

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15083 PubMed 37123001

April 14, 2023

The skull variation of the olive field mouse Abrothrix olivacea (Cricetidae: Abrotrichini) is localized and correlated to the ecogeographic features of its geographic distribution

Marcial Quiroga-Carmona, Pablo Teta, Guillermo D’Elía

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15200 PubMed 37077313

April 24, 2023

Sex differences in gene expression and alternative splicing in the Chinese horseshoe bat

Wenli Chen, Weiwei Zhou, Qianqian Li, Xiuguang Mao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15231 PubMed 37123006

April 10, 2023

Life cycle evolution in the trilobites Balangia and Duyunaspis from the Cambrian Series 2 (Stage 4) of South China

Zhengpeng Chen, Yuanlong Zhao, Xinglian Yang, Jorge Esteve, Xiong Liu, Shengguang Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15068 PubMed 37065692

April 10, 2023

Enzyme histochemical characterization of orbital glands in fetuses of Indian buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)

Mahendra Pratap Singh Tomar, Neelam Bansal

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15196 PubMed 37065703

April 18, 2023

Gametic cycle and gonadal maturity of Bulimulus bonariensis (Rafinesque, 1833) (Gastropoda: Bulimulidae), in a rural area of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Ana Carolina Díaz, Stella Maris Martin, Alejandra Rumi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15221 PubMed 37090112

April 10, 2023

Odd family reunion: DNA barcoding reveals unexpected relationship between three hydrozoan species

Lara M. Beckmann, Joan J. Soto-Angel, Aino Hosia, Luis Martell

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15118 PubMed 37065693

April 11, 2023

The first Brazilian bovine breed: structure and genetic diversity of the Curraleiro Pé-duro

Mérik Rocha-Silva, José Lindenberg Rocha Sarmento, Fábio Barros Britto, George Vieira do Nascimento, Lilian Silva, Geandro Carvalho, Geovergue Rodrigues de Medeiros

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14768 PubMed 37065705

April 27, 2023

Eastern oysters Crassostrea virginica settle near inlets in a lagoonal estuary: spatial and temporal distribution of recruitment in Mid-Atlantic Coastal Bays (Maryland, USA)

Madeline A. Farmer, Sabrina A. Klick, Daniel W. Cullen, Bradley G. Stevens

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15114 PubMed 37131987

April 27, 2023

Active acoustic surveys reveal coastal fish community resistance to an environmental perturbation in South Florida

Benjamin M. Binder, Guillaume Rieucau, James V. Locascio, J. Christopher Taylor, Kevin M. Boswell

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14888 PubMed 37131991