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February 2024

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

February 20, 2024

Activity of biogenic silver nanoparticles in planktonic and biofilm-associated Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis

Laerte Marlon Santos, Daniela Méria Rodrigues, Bianca Vilas Boas Alves, Mauricio Alcântara Kalil, Vasco Azevedo, Debmalya Barh, Roberto Meyer, Nelson Duran, Ljubica Tasic, Ricardo Wagner Portela

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16751 PubMed 38406288

February 29, 2024

Modeling target-density-based cull strategies to contain foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks

Rachel L. Seibel, Amanda J. Meadows, Christopher Mundt, Michael Tildesley

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16998 PubMed 38436010

February 27, 2024

Discovering unknown Madagascar biodiversity: integrative taxonomy of raft spiders (Pisauridae: Dolomedes)

Kuang-Ping Yu, Matjaž Kuntner

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16781 PubMed 38435991

February 8, 2024

Characterization of Amaranthus species: ability in nanoparticles fabrication and the antimicrobial activity against human pathogenic bacteria

Walaa A. Hassan, Afrah E. Mohammed, Najla A. AlShaye, Hana Sonbol, Salma A. Alghamdi, Duilio Iamonico, Shereen M. Korany

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16708 PubMed 38715984

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 7, 2024

Peanut-based intercropping systems altered soil bacterial communities, potential functions, and crop yield

Zhu Liu, Zhenwu Nan, Songming Lin, Weiwei Meng, Liyong Xie, Haiqiu Yu, Zheng Zhang, Shubo Wan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16907 PubMed 38344295

February 27, 2024

The interplay of motor adaptation and groupitizing in numerosity perception: Insights from visual motion adaptation and proprioceptive motor adaptation

Huanyu Yang, Liangzhi Jia, Jun Zhu, Jian Zhang, Mengmeng Li, Chenli Li, Yun Pan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16887 PubMed 38436019

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 8, 2024

Transmission potential of mpox in mainland China, June-July 2023: estimating reproduction number during the initial phase of the epidemic

Andrei R. Akhmetzhanov, Pei-Hsuan Wu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16908 PubMed 38344294

February 9, 2024

Study on pyroptosis-related genes Casp8, Gsdmd and Trem2 in mice with cerebral infarction

Shunli Liang, Linsheng Xu, Xilin Xin, Rongbo Zhang, You Wu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16818 PubMed 38348100

February 29, 2024

Downsizing a heavyweight: factors and methods that revise weight estimates of the giant fossil whale Perucetus colossus

Ryosuke Motani, Nicholas D. Pyenson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16978 PubMed 38436015

February 23, 2024

Drop it all: extraction-free detection of targeted marine species through optimized direct droplet digital PCR

Michelle Scriver, Ulla von Ammon, Cody Youngbull, Xavier Pochon, Jo-Ann L. Stanton, Neil J. Gemmell, Anastasija Zaiko

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16969 PubMed 38410796

February 27, 2024

A review on the traditional uses, nutritive importance, pharmacognostic features, phytochemicals, and pharmacology of Momordica cymbalaria Hook F

Firdous Sayeed Mohammed, Dinesh Babu, Zainab Irfan, Marwa A.A. Fayed

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16928 PubMed 38436002

February 19, 2024

Xenon ameliorates chronic post-surgical pain by regulating mitophagy in microglia and rats mediated by PINK1/Parkin pathway

Hu Lv, Jiaojiao Huang, Xin Zhang, Zhiyong He, Jun Zhang, Wei Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16855 PubMed 38390390

February 21, 2024

DNA mini-barcoding reveals the mislabeling rate of canned cat food in Taiwan

Yu-Chun Wang, Shih-Hui Liu, Hsuan Ching Ho, Hsiao-Yin Su, Chia-Hao Chang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16833 PubMed 38406290

February 29, 2024

Plectronoceratids (Cephalopoda) from the latest Cambrian at Black Mountain, Queensland, reveal complex three-dimensional siphuncle morphology, with major taxonomic implications

Alexander Pohle, Peter Jell, Christian Klug

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17003 PubMed 38436030

February 29, 2024

Construction and validation of m6A-related diagnostic model for psoriasis

Jing Liu, Youlin Wang, Yu Sheng, Limin Cai, Yongchen Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17027 PubMed 38436011

February 26, 2024

Metabarcoding is (usually) more cost effective than seining or qPCR for detecting tidewater gobies and other estuarine fishes

Kevin Lafferty

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16847 PubMed 38426139

February 29, 2024

Genome-wide identification and characterization of FAD family genes in barley

TingTing Cao, QingWei Du, RongChao Ge, RuiFen Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16812 PubMed 38436034

February 28, 2024

Telomere length and dynamics in Astyanax mexicanus cave and surface morphs

Enrico Lunghi, Helena Bilandžija

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16957 PubMed 38435987

February 13, 2024

Expression patterns of E2Fs identify tumor microenvironment features in human gastric cancer

Fanni Li, Jun Yan, Jing Leng, Tianyu Yu, Huayou Zhou, Chang Liu, Wenbo Huang, Qi Sun, Wei Zhao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16911 PubMed 38371373

February 20, 2024

Distribution of rhizosphere fungi of Kobresia humilis on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Jing Guo, Zhanling Xie, Qing Meng, Hongyan Xu, Qingqing Peng, Bao Wang, Deyu Dong, Jiabao Yang, Shunbin Jia

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16620 PubMed 38406296

February 2, 2024

Novel application of the ferroptosis-related genes risk model associated with disulfidptosis in hepatocellular carcinoma prognosis and immune infiltration

Jiayan Wei, Jinsong Wang, Xinyi Chen, Li Zhang, Min Peng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16819 PubMed 38317842