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April 2024

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

April 18, 2024

Transcriptome analysis during 4-vinylcyclohexene diepoxide exposure-induced premature ovarian insufficiency in mice

Yi Li, Ruifen He, Xue Qin, Qinying Zhu, Liangjian Ma, Xiaolei Liang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17251 PubMed 38646488

April 25, 2024

Genome‑wide analysis of the MYB gene family in pumpkin

Minyan Xu, Jingjing Fu, Ying Ni, Chenchen Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17304 PubMed 38680887

April 5, 2024

Exogenous melatonin improves germination rate in buckwheat under high temperature stress by regulating seed physiological and biochemical characteristics

Zemiao Tian, Mengyu Zhao, Junzhen Wang, Qian Yang, Yini Ma, Xinlei Yang, Luping Ma, Yongzhi Qi, Jinbo Li, Muriel Quinet, BaoSheng Shi, Yu Meng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17136 PubMed 38590707

April 1, 2024

Seasonal fluctuations of litter and soil Collembola and their drivers in rainforest and plantation systems

Winda Ika Susanti, Valentyna Krashevska, Rahayu Widyastuti, Christian Stiegler, Dodo Gunawan, Stefan Scheu, Anton M. Potapov

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17125 PubMed 38577414

April 22, 2024

Regulation of endoplasmic reticulum stress on autophagy and apoptosis of nucleus pulposus cells in intervertebral disc degeneration and its related mechanisms

Jiuming Dai, Jin Liu, Yucheng Shen, Bing Zhang, Chaonian Li, Zhidong Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17212 PubMed 38666076

April 26, 2024

Application of prohexadione-calcium priming affects Brassica napus L. seedlings by regulating morph-physiological characteristics under salt stress

Peng Deng, Aaqil Khan, Hang Zhou, Xutong Lu, Huiming Zhao, Youwei Du, Yaxin Wang, Naijie Feng, Dianfeng Zheng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17312 PubMed 38685942

April 10, 2024

Advancement in the development of single chain antibodies using phage display technology

Xiaohui Zheng, Qi Liu, Yimin Liang, Wenzhi Feng, Honghao Yu, Chunyu Tong, Bocui Song

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17143 PubMed 38618563

April 22, 2024

Investigating antimicrobial resistance genes in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania cattle using metagenomics

Kauthar M. Omar, George L. Kitundu, Adijat O. Jimoh, Dorcus N. Namikelwa, Felix M. Lisso, Abiola A. Babajide, Seun E. Olufemi, Olaitan I. Awe

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17181 PubMed 38666081

April 9, 2024

Reappraisal of sauropod dinosaur diversity in the Upper Cretaceous Winton Formation of Queensland, Australia, through 3D digitisation and description of new specimens

Samantha L. Beeston, Stephen F. Poropat, Philip D. Mannion, Adele H. Pentland, Mackenzie J. Enchelmaier, Trish Sloan, David A. Elliott

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17180 PubMed 38618562

April 30, 2024

A novel birnavirus identified as the causative agent of summer atrophy of pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata (Gould))

Tomomasa Matsuyama, Satoshi Miwa, Tohru Mekata, Ikunari Kiryu, Isao Kuriyama, Takashi Atsumi, Tomokazu Itano, Hidemasa Kawakami

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17321 PubMed 38708355

April 3, 2024

Preparation and characterization of vitamin E/calcium/soy protein isolate nanoparticles for soybean milk beverage fortification

Heba A. I. M. Taha, Neveen F. M. Agamy, Tarek N. Soliman, Nashwa M. Younes, Hesham Ali El-Enshasy, Amira M. G. Darwish

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17007 PubMed 38584941

April 19, 2024

Unveiling the aesthetic secrets: exploring connections between genetic makeup, chemical, and environmental factors for enhancing/improving the color and fragrance/aroma of Chimonanthus praecox

Haoyu Zhao, Hafiza Ayesha Masood, Sher Muhammad

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17238 PubMed 38650650

April 22, 2024

High frequency of transition to transversion ratio in the stem region of RNA secondary structure of untranslated region of SARS-CoV-2

Madhusmita Dash, Preetisudha Meher, Aditya Kumar, Siddhartha Sankar Satapathy, Nima D. Namsa

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16962 PubMed 38666080

April 29, 2024

Variational Bayesian phylogenies through matrix representation of tree space

Remco R. Bouckaert

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17276 PubMed 38699195

April 1, 2024

Health and ecological risk of heavy metals in agricultural soils related to Tungsten mining in Southern Jiangxi Province, China

Jinhu Lai, Yan Ni, Jinying Xu, Daishe Wu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17200 PubMed 38577416

April 30, 2024

Cystatin C: immunoregulation role in macrophages infected with Porphyromonas gingivalis

Blanca Esther Blancas-Luciano, Ingeborg Becker-Fauser, Jaime Zamora-Chimal, Luis Jiménez-García, Reyna Lara-Martínez, Armando Pérez-Torres, Margarita González del Pliego, Elsa Liliana Aguirre-Benítez, Ana María Fernández-Presas

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17252 PubMed 38708345

April 30, 2024

Three new species of free-living marine nematodes of the Microlaimus genus (Nematoda: Microlaimidae) from the continental shelf off northeastern Brazil (Atlantic Ocean)

Alex Manoel, Patrícia F. Neres, Andre M. Esteves

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17355 PubMed 38708361

April 30, 2024

Fossil-informed biogeographic analysis suggests Eurasian regionalization in crown Squamata during the early Jurassic

Ian V. Wilenzik, Benjamin B. Barger, R. Alexander Pyron

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17277 PubMed 38708352

April 9, 2024

The dinosaurs that weren’t: osteohistology supports giant ichthyosaur affinity of enigmatic large bone segments from the European Rhaetian

Marcello Perillo, P Martin Sander

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17060 PubMed 38618574

April 22, 2024

Shifts in dominance of benthic communities along a gradient of water temperature and turbidity in tropical coastal ecosystems

Ludi Parwadani Aji, Diede Louise Maas, Agustin Capriati, Awaludinnoer Ahmad, Christiaan de Leeuw, Leontine Elisabeth Becking

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17132 PubMed 38666078

April 30, 2024

Analysis of drought and heat stress response genes in rice using co-expression network and differentially expressed gene analyses

Gaohui Cao, Hao Huang, Yuejiao Yang, Bin Xie, Lulu Tang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17255 PubMed 38708347

April 19, 2024

Discovery and validation of molecular patterns and immune characteristics in the peripheral blood of ischemic stroke patients

Lin Cong, Yijie He, Yun Wu, Ze Li, Siwen Ding, Weiwei Liang, Xingjun Xiao, Huixue Zhang, Lihua Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17208 PubMed 38650649

April 30, 2024

Ecological niche divergence or ecological niche partitioning in a widespread Neotropical bird lineage

Jacob C. Cooper

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17345 PubMed 38708346

April 30, 2024

The efficacy of single mitochondrial genes at reconciling the complete mitogenome phylogeny—a case study on dwarf chameleons

Devon C. Main, Jody M. Taft, Anthony J. Geneva, Bettine Jansenvan Vuuren, Krystal A. Tolley

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17076 PubMed 38708350

April 16, 2024

Marine introgressions and Andean uplift have driven diversification in neotropical Monkey tree frogs (Anura, Phyllomedusinae)

Diego Almeida-Silva, Leonardo Matheus Servino, Matheus Pontes-Nogueira, Ricardo J. Sawaya

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17232 PubMed 38646479