Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

Andrew R. Barrows, Joshua R. Hancock, David L. Cohen, Patrick Gorong, Matthew Lewis, Sean Louie, Lani Musselman, Carlo Caruso, Spencer Miller, Crawford Drury

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16113 PubMed 37790625

September 28, 2023

Time-calibrated phylogeny and full mitogenome sequence of the Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) from scat DNA

Pacarina Asadobay, Diego O. Urquía, Sven Künzel, Sebastian A. Espinoza-Ulloa, Miguel Vences, Diego Páez-Rosas

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16047 PubMed 37790631

September 8, 2023

Evolution of fertilization ability in obligatorily outcrossing populations of Caenorhabditis elegans

Joanna K. Palka, Alicja Dyba, Julia Brzozowska, Weronika Antoł, Karolina Sychta, Zofia M. Prokop

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15825 PubMed 37701823

September 7, 2023

Appendage abnormalities in spiders induced by an alternating temperature protocol in the context of recent advances in molecular spider embryology

Teresa Napiórkowska, Julita Templin, Paweł Napiórkowski, Mark A. Townley

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16011 PubMed 37701827

September 25, 2023

Claw shape variation in oribatid mites of the genera Carabodes and Caleremaeus: exploring the interplay of habitat, ecology and phylogenetics

Michaela Kerschbaumer, Sylvia Schäffer, Tobias Pfingstl

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16021 PubMed 37780373

September 18, 2023

A new gnathosaurine (Pterosauria, Archaeopterodactyloidea) from the Late Jurassic of Portugal

Alexandra E. Fernandes, Victor Beccari, Alexander W. A. Kellner, Octávio Mateus

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16048 PubMed 37744218

September 25, 2023

Habitat suitability of four threatened Himalayan species: Asiatic black bear, common leopard, musk deer, and snow leopard

Rajesh Malla, Saroj Panthi, Hari Adhikari, Shiva Pariyar, Rishi Baral, Rukmagat Subedi, Bishnu Prasad Adhikari, Mahesh Poudel, Nischal Sedhai, Megharaj Poudel

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16085 PubMed 37780372

September 25, 2023

Combined effects of temperature, photoperiod, and salinity on reproduction of the brine shrimp Artemia sinica (Crustacea: Anostraca)

Jing-Yu Yang, Shi-Chun Sun

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15945 PubMed 37780379

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 1, 2023

Improving the success of reinforcement programs: effects of a two-week confinement in a field enclosure on the anti-predator behaviour of captive-bred European hamsters

Julie Fleitz, Manfred R. Enstipp, Emilie Parent, Jonathan Jumeau, Yves Handrich, Mathilde L. Tissier

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15812 PubMed 37671364

September 4, 2023

A novel signaling transduction pathway of melatonin on lactose synthesis in cows via melatonin receptor 1 (MT1) and prolactin receptor (PRLR)

Yunjie Liu, Songyang Yao, Qinggeng Meng, Xuening Liu, Huigang Han, Chunli Kan, Tiankun Wang, Wenjuan Wei, Shujing Li, Wenli Yu, Zengyuan Zhao, Changwang He, Guoshi Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15932 PubMed 37692118

September 22, 2023

Integrating chromatin conformation information in a self-supervised learning model improves metagenome binning

Harrison Ho, Mansi Chovatia, Rob Egan, Guifen He, Yuko Yoshinaga, Ivan Liachko, Ronan O’Malley, Zhong Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16129 PubMed 37753177

September 21, 2023

Combining passive acoustic data from a towed hydrophone array with visual line transect data to estimate abundance and availability bias of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus)

Douglas B. Sigourney, Annamaria DeAngelis, Danielle Cholewiak, Debra Palka

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15850 PubMed 37750078