Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

February 28, 2024

Relationship between accelerometer-measured sleep duration and Stroop performance: a functional near-infrared spectroscopy study among young adults

Yanwei You, Jianxiu Liu, Xingtian Li, Peng Wang, Ruidong Liu, Xindong Ma

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17057 PubMed 38436025

February 26, 2024

TICI: a taxon-independent community index for eDNA-based ecological health assessment

Shaun P. Wilkinson, Amy A. Gault, Susan A. Welsh, Joshua P. Smith, Bruno O. David, Andy S. Hicks, Daniel R. Fake, Alastair M. Suren, Megan R. Shaffer, Simon N. Jarman, Michael Bunce

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16963 PubMed 38426140

February 16, 2024

Thoracic SMARCA4-deficient tumors: a clinicopathological analysis of 52 cases with SMARCA4-deficient non-small cell lung cancer and 20 cases with thoracic SMARCA4-deficient undifferentiated tumor

Ping Zhou, Yiyun Fu, Yuan Tang, Lili Jiang, Weiya Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16923 PubMed 38374950

February 8, 2024

3D bioprinting in bioremediation: a comprehensive review of principles, applications, and future directions

Abraham Samuel Finny

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16897 PubMed 38344299

February 22, 2024

AMMI and GGE biplot analysis for genotype × environment interactions affecting the yield and quality characteristics of sugar beet

Xinwang Dang, Xiaohang Hu, Yahuai Ma, Yanli Li, Wenliang Kan, Xinjiu Dong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16882 PubMed 38406295

February 22, 2024

Beneficial endophytic fungi improve the yield and quality of Salvia miltiorrhiza by performing different ecological functions

Xiaoyu Li, Yali Lin, Yong Qin, Guiqi Han, Hai Wang, Zhuyun Yan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16959 PubMed 38406278

February 27, 2024

Does it pay to pay? A comparison of the benefits of open-access publishing across various sub-fields in biology

Amanda D. Clark, Tanner C. Myers, Todd D. Steury, Ali Krzton, Julio Yanes, Angela Barber, Jacqueline Barry, Subarna Barua, Katherine Eaton, Devadatta Gosavi, Rebecca Nance, Zahida Pervaiz, Chidozie Ugochukwu, Patricia Hartman, Laurie S. Stevison

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16824 PubMed 38436005

February 26, 2024

How to account for behavioral states in step-selection analysis: a model comparison

Jennifer Pohle, Johannes Signer, Jana A. Eccard, Melanie Dammhahn, Ulrike E. Schlägel

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16509 PubMed 38426131

February 21, 2024

Exotic and native plants play equally important roles in supporting and structuring plant-hummingbird networks within urban green spaces

Monserrat Sánchez Sánchez, Carlos Lara

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16996 PubMed 38406283

February 1, 2024

In silico and in vitro evaluation of the anti-virulence potential of patuletin, a natural methoxy flavone, against Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Ahmed Metwaly, Moustafa M. Saleh, Aisha Alsfouk, Ibrahim M. Ibrahim, Muhamad Abd-Elraouf, Eslam Elkaeed, Hazem Elkady, Ibrahim Eissa

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16826 PubMed 38313021

February 14, 2024

Biomarker selection depends on gene function and organ: the case of the cytochrome P450 family genes in freshwater fish exposed to chronic pollution

Jorge Cortés-Miranda, Noemí Rojas-Hernández, Gigliola Muñoz, Sylvia Copaja, Claudio Quezada-Romegialli, David Veliz, Caren Vega-Retter

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16925 PubMed 38371375

February 29, 2024

Transformation of the pectoral girdle in pennaraptorans: critical steps in the formation of the modern avian shoulder joint

Qian Wu, Jingmai K. O’Connor, Shiying Wang, Zhonghe Zhou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16960 PubMed 38436017

February 26, 2024

Emergent trees in Colophospermum mopane woodland: influence of elephant density on persistence versus attrition

Timothy O’Connor, Angela Ferguson, Bruce W. Clegg, Nita Pallett, Jeremy J. Midgley, Julius Shimbani

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16961 PubMed 38426137

February 29, 2024

Molecular cloning and characterization of farnesyl diphosphate synthase from Rosa rugosa Thunb associated with salinity stress

Guo Wei, Yudie Chen, Jianwen Wang, Liguo Feng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16929 PubMed 38435988

February 20, 2024

Oral bacteriophages: metagenomic clues to interpret microbiomes

Maryam Banar, Dinesh Rokaya, Reza Azizian, Zohaib Khurshid, Morteza Banakar

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16947 PubMed 38406289

February 29, 2024

Enhancing medical image segmentation with a multi-transformer U-Net

Yongping Dan, Weishou Jin, Xuebin Yue, Zhida Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17005 PubMed 38435997

February 21, 2024

MX1 and UBE2L6 are potential metaflammation gene targets in both diabetes and atherosclerosis

Guisheng Wang, Rongrong Hua, Xiaoxia Chen, Xucheng He, Yao Dingming, Hua Chen, Buhuan Zhang, Yuru Dong, Muqing Liu, Jiaxiong Liu, Ting Liu, Jingwei Zhao, Yu Qiong Zhao, Li Qiao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16975 PubMed 38406276

February 28, 2024

triact package for R: analyzing the lying behavior of cows from accelerometer data

Michael Simmler, Stijn P. Brouwers

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17036 PubMed 38436021

February 29, 2024

Prognostic value of RNA methylation-related genes in gastric adenocarcinoma based on bioinformatics

Xionghui He, Xiang Chen, Changcheng Yang, Wei Wang, Hening Sun, Junjie Wang, Jincheng Fu, Huaying Dong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16951 PubMed 38436027

February 21, 2024

Identification of quantitative trait loci (QTLs) regulating leaf SPAD value and trichome density in mungbean (Vigna radiata L.) using genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) approach

Nikki Kumari, Gyan Prakash Mishra, Harsh Kumar Dikshit, Soma Gupta, Anirban Roy, Subodh Kumar Sinha, Dwijesh C. Mishra, Shouvik Das, Ranjeet R. Kumar, Ramakrishnan Madhavan Nair, Muraleedhar Aski

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16722 PubMed 38406271

February 13, 2024

Population structure and fecundity of the Xanthid crab Leptodius exaratus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834) on the rocky shore of Gujarat state, India

Krupal Patel, Heris Patel, Swapnil Gosavi, Kauresh Vachhrajani, Jigneshkumar Trivedi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16916 PubMed 38371378

February 21, 2024

Heavy metal movement through insect food chains in pristine thermal springs of Yellowstone National Park

Braymond Adams, John Bowley, Monica Rohwer, Erik Oberg, Kelly Willemssens, Wendy Wintersteen, Robert K.D. Peterson, Leon G. Higley

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16827 PubMed 38406272

February 29, 2024

Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of the MADS gene family in sweet orange (Citrus sinensis) infested with pathogenic bacteria

Xiuyao Yang, Mengjie Zhang, Dengxian Xi, Tuo Yin, Ling Zhu, Xiujia Yang, Xianyan Zhou, Hanyao Zhang, Xiaozhen Liu