Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

January 11, 2024

Plant height variation and genetic diversity between Prunus ledebouriana (Schlecht.) YY Yao and Prunus tenella Batsch based on using SSR markers in East Kazakhstan

Aidyn Orazov, Moldir Yermagambetova, Anar Myrzagaliyeva, Nashtay Mukhitdinov, Shynar Tustubayeva, Yerlan Turuspekov, Shyryn Almerekova

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16735 PubMed 38223754

January 3, 2024

DNA barcoding continues to identify endangered species of shark sold as food in a globally significant shark fin trade hub

Kai-Lin Selena Shen, Jin Jie Cheow, Abigail Belle Cheung, Ryan Jia Rong Koh, Amanda Koh Xiao Mun, Yun Ning Lee, Yan Zhen Lim, Maya Namatame, Eileen Peng, Vladislav Vintenbakh, Elisa X.Y. Lim, Benjamin John Wainwright

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16647 PubMed 38188178

January 30, 2024

Genotyping by sequencing for the construction of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) genetic linkage map and mapping of yield related quantitative trait loci

Fakhrur Razi Mohd Shaha, Pui Ling Liew, Faridah Qamaruz Zaman, Rosimah Nulit, Jakim Barin, Justina Rolland, Hui Yee Yong, Soo Heong Boon

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16570 PubMed 38313025

January 29, 2024

Biology, ecology, and biogeography of eremic praying mantis Blepharopsis mendica (Insecta: Mantodea)

Zohreh Mirzaee, Marianna V.P. Simões, Roberto Battiston, Saber Sadeghi, Martin Wiemers, Thomas Schmitt

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16814 PubMed 38304188

January 31, 2024

A ubiquitination-related risk model for predicting the prognosis and immunotherapy response of gastric adenocarcinoma patients

Shuai Shao, Yang Sun, Dongmei Zhao, Yu Tian, Yifan Yang, Nan Luo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16868 PubMed 38313020

January 17, 2024

Transcriptome analysis of green and purple fruited pepper provides insight into novel regulatory genes in anthocyanin biosynthesis

Huaqiang Tan, Liping Li, Manman Tie, Ronghai Lu, Shaokun Pan, Youwan Tang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16792 PubMed 38250728

January 18, 2024

DoAP2/ERF89 activated the terpene synthase gene DoPAES in Dendrobium officinale and participated in the synthesis of β-patchoulene

Decong Li, Lin Liu, Xiaohong Li, Guo Wei, Yongping Cai, Xu Sun, Honghong Fan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16760 PubMed 38250724

January 19, 2024

Unidirectional hybridization between American paddlefish Polyodon spathula (Walbaum, 1792) and sterlet Acipenser ruthenus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Jenő Káldy, Georgina Fazekas, Balázs Kovács, Mariann Molnár, Bence Lázár, Nóra Pálinkás-Bodzsár, Uroš Ljubobratović, Gyöngyvér Fazekas, Gyula Kovács, Eszter Várkonyi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16717 PubMed 38259665

January 15, 2024

A simulation study evaluating how population survival and genetic diversity in a newly established population can be affected by propagule size, extinction rates, and initial heterozygosity

Iván Vera-Escalona, Antonio Brante

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16628 PubMed 38239294

January 15, 2024

Antimalarial target vulnerability of the putative Plasmodium falciparum methionine synthase

Nirut Leela, Parichat Prommana, Sumalee Kamchonwongpaisan, Tana Taechalertpaisarn, Philip J. Shaw

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16595 PubMed 38239295