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August 2023

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

August 21, 2023

Elevational surveys of Sulawesi herpetofauna 1: Gunung Galang, Gunung Dako Nature Reserve

Benjamin R. Karin, Isaac W. Krone, Jeffrey Frederick, Amir Hamidy, Wahyu Tri Laksono, Sina S. Amini, Evy Arida, Umilaela Arifin, Bryan H. Bach, Collin Bos, Charlotte K. Jennings, Awal Riyanto, Simon G. Scarpetta, Alexander L. Stubbs, Jimmy A. McGuire

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15766 PubMed 37637176

August 2, 2023

Estimating plant biomass in agroecosystems using a drop-plate meter

Stephen M. Robertson, Ryan B. Schmid, Jonathan G. Lundgren

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15740 PubMed 37547713

August 22, 2023

Immediate impacts of soybean cover crop on bacterial community composition and diversity in soil under long-term Saccharum monoculture

Himaya Mula-Michel, Paul White, Anna Hale

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15754 PubMed 37637164

August 30, 2023

Sources of intraspecific variation in the isotopic niche of a semi-aquatic predator in a human-modified landscape

André Costa Pereira, Gabriela Bielefeld Nardoto, Guarino Rinaldi Colli

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15915 PubMed 37663285

August 28, 2023

Genome-wide identification of Apetala2 gene family in Hypericum perforatum L and expression profiles in response to different abiotic and hormonal treatments

Yonghui Li, Yao Chen, Ruyi Yi, Xueting Yu, Xiangmeng Guo, Fan YiLin, Xiao-Jun Zhou, Huiyuan Ya, Xiangli Yu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15883 PubMed 37663289

August 30, 2023

Regulation of HDAC11 gene expression in early myogenic differentiation

Qiao Li, Yan Z. Mach, Munerah Hamed, Saadia Khilji, Jihong Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15961 PubMed 37663282

August 9, 2023

BAG3 regulates bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell proliferation by targeting INTS7

Yubo Liu, Renjie Xu, Jinfu Xu, Tiantian Wu, Xiangxin Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15828 PubMed 37576499

August 29, 2023

Histological study of seventeen organs from dugong (Dugong dugon)

Patcharaporn Kaewmong, Pathompong Jongjit, Araya Boonkasemsanti, Kongkiat Kittiwattanawong, Piyamat Kongtueng, Pitchaya Matchimakul, Wasan Tangphokhanon, Prapawadee Pirintr, Jaruwan Khonmee, Songphon Buddhasiri, Promporn Piboon, Sonthaya Umsumarng, Raktham Mektrirat, Korakot Nganvongpanit, Wanpitak Pongkan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15859 PubMed 37663296

August 25, 2023

Characterization of endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation in the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans

Ellen M. Doss, Joshua M. Moore, Bryce H. Harman, Emma H. Doud, Eric M. Rubenstein, Douglas A. Bernstein

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15897 PubMed 37645016

August 23, 2023

Farmers’ perception of the ecosystem services provided by diurnal raptors in arid Rajasthan

Govind Tiwari, Puneet Pandey, Rahul Kaul, Randeep Singh

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15996 PubMed 37637155

August 7, 2023

Tank fouling community enhances coral microfragment growth

Christopher Page, Riley Perry, Claire VA Lager, Jonathan Daly, Jessica Bouwmeester, E. Michael Henley, Mary Hagedorn

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15723 PubMed 37576514

August 11, 2023

Integrated lipidomic and transcriptomic analysis reveals diacylglycerol accumulation in olive of Longnan (China)

Wei Hu, Junyi Ma, Hongjie Zhang, Xin Miu, Xin Miao, Yu Deng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15724 PubMed 37583911

August 14, 2023

Chemical diversity and antifouling activity of geniculate calcareous algae (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) from Brazil

Ellen A. de S. Oliveira, Juliana de A.S. Oliveira, Priscila R. Araújo, Frederico T.S. Tâmega, Ricardo Coutinho, Angelica R. Soares

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15731 PubMed 37601267

August 24, 2023

Signatures of prescribed fire in the microbial communities of Cornus florida are largely undetectable five months post-fire

Beant Kapoor, Aaron Onufrak, William Klingeman III, Jennifer M. DeBruyn, Melissa A. Cregger, Emma Willcox, Robert Trigiano, Denita Hadziabdic

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15822 PubMed 37641599

August 22, 2023

Comparative analysis of the fecal microbiota of healthy and injured common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) from the Beijing Raptor Rescue Center

Yu Guan, Lei Bao, Lei Zhou, Chang Dai, Zhisai Li, Shuai Zhang, Yugang Shang, Wenhui Niu, Yizhuo Zhang, Hongfang Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15789 PubMed 37637157

August 30, 2023

Developing bottom drifters to better understand the stranding locations of cold-stunned sea turtles in Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts

Felicia M. Page, James Manning, Lesley Howard, Ryan Healey, Nancy E. Karraker

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15866 PubMed 37663288

August 8, 2023

Bighorn sheep associations: understanding tradeoffs of sociality and implications for disease transmission

Marie I. Tosa, Mark J. Biel, Tabitha A. Graves

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15625 PubMed 37576510

August 30, 2023

Intestinal GPDH-1 regulates high glucose diet induced lifespan extension in aged worms

Jihao Mo, Zhenzhen Zhang, Xiaowei Wang, Miaomiao Wang, Ning Sun, Lei Wang, Meimei Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15845 PubMed 37663291

August 3, 2023

Earthworms neutralize the influence of components of particulate pollutants on soil extracellular enzymatic functions in subtropical forests

Junbo Yang, Jingzhong Lu, Yinghui Yang, Kai Tian, Xiangshi Kong, Xingjun Tian, Stefan Scheu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15720 PubMed 37551350

August 8, 2023

Data-specific substitution models improve protein-based phylogenetics

João M. Brazão, Peter G. Foster, Cymon J. Cox

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15716 PubMed 37576497

August 3, 2023

Microvertebrate faunal assemblages of the Favel Formation (late Cenomanian-middle Turonian) of Manitoba, Canada

Aaron A. Kilmury, Aaron Anderson, Dhuranka S. Wijesinghe, Ashley F. Verstraete, William Ezeana, Ashley E. Anderson, Kirstin S. Brink

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15493 PubMed 37551349

August 15, 2023

Morphological changes in female reproductive organs in the African monarch butterfly, host to a male-killing Spiroplasma

Jenny Malmberg, Simon H. Martin, Ian J. Gordon, Pasi Sihvonen, Anne Duplouy

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15853 PubMed 37601261

August 14, 2023

Sex-specific differences in symbiotic microorganisms associated with an invasive mealybug (Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley) based on 16S ribosomal DNA

Lu Wang, Xia Liu, Yongming Ruan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15843 PubMed 37601250

August 28, 2023

Identification of Zip8-correlated hub genes in pulmonary hypertension by informatic analysis

FanRong Zhao, Yujing Chen, Yuliang Xie, Shuang Kong, LiaoFan Song, Hanfei Li, Chao Guo, Yanyan Yin, Weifang Zhang, Tiantian Zhu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15939 PubMed 37663293

August 2, 2023

Development of a novel prediction model based on protein structure for identifying RPE65-associated inherited retinal disease (IRDs) of missense variants

Jiawen Wu, Zhongmou Sun, Dao wei Zhang, Hong-Li Liu, Ting Li, Shenghai Zhang, Jihong Wu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15702 PubMed 37547722