Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

September 12, 2023

Microbiome analysis of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) larvae exposed to Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) endotoxins

Yuliana Castañeda-Molina, Sandra María Marulanda-Moreno, Clara Saldamando-Benjumea, Howard Junca, Claudia Ximena Moreno-Herrera, Gloria Cadavid-Restrepo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15916 PubMed 37719127

September 20, 2023

Genome-wide identification of putative dihydroflavonol 4-reductase (DFR) gene family in eight Solanaceae species and expression analysis in Solanum lycopersicum

Wenjing Li, Yiming Zhang, Hualiang Liu, Qiuping Wang, Xue Feng, Congyan Wang, Yanxiang Sun, Xinye Zhang, Shu Zhu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16124

September 25, 2023

DeepMethylation: a deep learning based framework with GloVe and Transformer encoder for DNA methylation prediction

Zhe Wang, Sen Xiang, Chao Zhou, Qing Xu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16125 PubMed 37780374

September 1, 2023

Microbial signature profiles of Penaeus vannamei larvae in low-survival hatchery tanks affected by vibriosis

Guillermo Reyes, Betsy Andrade, Irma Betancourt, Fanny Panchana, Ramiro Solórzano, Cristhian Preciado, Lita Sorroza, Luis E. Trujillo, Bonny Bayot

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15795 PubMed 37671363

September 15, 2023

Progress in the mechanism of autophagy and traditional Chinese medicine herb involved in alcohol-related liver disease

Wenwen Han, Haiyu Li, Hanqi Jiang, Hang Xu, Yifeng Lin, Jiahuan Chen, Chenchen Bi, Zheng Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15977 PubMed 37727691

September 7, 2023

The evolution of SARS-CoV-2 and the COVID-19 pandemic

Yuanfang Si, Weidong Wu, Xia Xue, Xiangdong Sun, Yaping Qin, Ya Li, Chunjing Qiu, Yingying Li, Ziran Zhuo, Yang Mi, Pengyuan Zheng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15990 PubMed 37701824

September 25, 2023

Comparative analysis of codon usage patterns and phylogenetic implications of five mitochondrial genomes of the genus Japanagallia Ishihara, 1955 (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Megophthalminae)

Min Li, Jiajia Wang, Renhuai Dai, Guy Smagghe, Xianyi Wang, Siying You

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16058 PubMed 37780390

September 27, 2023

Rivaroxaban, a direct inhibitor of coagulation factor Xa, attenuates adverse cardiac remodeling in rats by regulating the PAR-2 and TGF-β1 signaling pathways

Qian Zhang, Zhongfan Zhang, Weiwei Chen, Haikuo Zheng, Daoyuan Si, Wenqi Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16097 PubMed 37786576

September 18, 2023

Performance of multigene testing in cytologically indeterminate thyroid nodules and molecular risk stratification

Yuanyuan Zhou, Xinping Wu, Yuzhi Zhang, Zhiqiang Li, Xia Ge, Hao Chen, Yuan Mao, Wenbo Ding

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16054 PubMed 37744220

September 22, 2023

Genome-wide analysis of the heat shock transcription factor family reveals saline-alkali stress responses in Xanthoceras sorbifolium

Lulu Li, Yiqian Ju, Cuiping Zhang, Boqiang Tong, Yizeng Lu, Xiaoman Xie, Wei Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15929 PubMed 37753174

September 28, 2023

A metagenomic comparison of clearwater, probiotic, and Rapid BFT^TM on Pacific whiteleg shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei cultures

Khor Waiho, Muhammad Syafiq Abd Razak, Mohd Zaidy Abdul Rahman, Zainah Zaid, Mhd Ikhwanuddin, Hanafiah Fazhan, Alexander Chong Shu-Chien, Nyok-Sean Lau, Ghazali Azmie, Ahmad Najmi Ishak, Mohammad Syahnon, Nor Azman Kasan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15758 PubMed 37790619

September 28, 2023

Areas of spatial overlap between common bottlenose dolphin, recreational boating, and small-scale fishery: management insights from modelling exercises

Gabriella La Manna, Fabio Ronchetti, Francesco Perretti, Giulia Ceccherelli

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16111 PubMed 37790616

September 29, 2023

Genome-wide identification and analysis of Lateral Organ Boundaries Domain (LBD) transcription factor gene family in melon (Cucumis melo L.)

Ebru Derelli Tufekci

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16020 PubMed 37790611

September 28, 2023

Identification of CDT1 as a prognostic marker in human lung adenocarcinoma using bioinformatics approaches

Jing Jiang, Yu Zhang, Jun Wang, Xuefei Yang, Xingchang Ren, Hai Huang, Jue Wang, Jinhua Lu, Yazhen Zhong, Zechen Lin, Xianlei Lin, Yewei Jia, Shengyou Lin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16166 PubMed 37790630

September 26, 2023

Numbers of fish species, higher taxa, and phylogenetic similarity decrease with latitude and depth, and deep-sea assemblages are unique

Han-Yang Lin, Shane Wright, Mark John Costello

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16116 PubMed 37780369

September 20, 2023

YAP1 affects the prognosis through the regulation of stemness in endometrial cancer