Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

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 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

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 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 28, 2023

Life on the edge—a changing genetic landscape within an iconic American pika metapopulation over the last half century

Kelly B. Klingler, Lyle B. Nichols, Evon R. Hekkala, Joseph A. E. Stewart, Mary M. Peacock

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15962 PubMed 37790628

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 15, 2023

Divergent recovery trajectories of intertidal and subtidal coral communities highlight habitat-specific recovery dynamics following bleaching in an extreme macrotidal reef environment

P. Elias Speelman, Michael Parger, Verena Schoepf

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15987 PubMed 37727686

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

Identification of anthropogenic debris in the stomach and intestines of giant freshwater prawns from the Trang River in southern Thailand

Kanyarat Tee-hor, Thongchai Nitiratsuwan, Siriporn Pradit

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16082 PubMed 37744235

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

Immunosuppressive effect of Plantago major on the innate immunity of Galleria mellonella

Serhat Kaya

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15982 PubMed 37753175

September 22, 2023

Trophic assessment of three sympatric batoid species in the Southern Gulf of California

Arturo Bell Enríquez-García, Víctor Hugo Cruz-Escalona, José D. Carriquiry, Nicolás R. Ehemann, Paola A. Mejía-Falla, Emigdio Marín-Enríquez, Christina Treinen-Crespo, José R. Vélez-Tacuri, Andrés F. Navia

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16117 PubMed 37753172

September 27, 2023

Enhancing survivorship and growth of juvenile Montipora capitata using the Hawaiian collector urchin Tripneustes gratilla

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 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

September 25, 2023

Phenology and predictors of spring emergence for the Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus)

Andrew C. Jesper, Scott A. Eckert, Brian J. Bielema, Scott R. Ballard, Michael J. Dreslik

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16044 PubMed 37780371

September 27, 2023

Ecological engineering in low land rice for brown plant hopper, Nilaparvata lugens (Stål) management

Yogesh Yele, Subhash Chander, Sachin S. Suroshe, Suresh Nebapure, Prabhulinga Tenguri, Arya Pattathanam Sundaran