Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

Andrés G. López-Virgen, Mitzuko Dautt-Castro, Lourdes K. Ulloa-Llanes, Sergio Casas-Flores, Carmen A. Contreras-Vergara, Miguel A. Hernández-Oñate, Rogerio R. Sotelo-Mundo, Rosabel Vélez-de la Rocha, Maria A. Islas-Osuna

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17737 PubMed 39035161

July 26, 2024

Identification of the RRM1 gene family in rice (Oryza sativa) and its response to rice blast

Xinlei Jiang, Shangwei Yu, Yuhan Huang, Junying Huang, Shaochun Liu, Dewei Yang, Junru Fu, Haohua He, Haihui Fu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17668 PubMed 39076776

July 9, 2024

Innovative infrastructure to access Brazilian fungal diversity using deep learning

Thiago Chaves, Joicymara Santos Xavier, Alfeu Gonçalves dos Santos, Kelmer Martins-Cunha, Fernanda Karstedt, Thiago Kossmann, Susanne Sourell, Eloisa Leopoldo, Miriam Nathalie Fortuna Ferreira, Roger Farias, Mahatmã Titton, Genivaldo Alves-Silva, Felipe Bittencourt, Dener Bortolini, Emerson L. Gumboski, Aldo von Wangenheim, Aristóteles Góes-Neto, Elisandro Ricardo Drechsler-Santos

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17686 PubMed 39006015

July 31, 2024

Genome-wide analysis of cellulose synthase (CesA) and cellulose synthase-like (Csl) proteins in Cannabis sativa L

Hulya Sipahi, Samuel Haiden, Gerald Berkowitz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17821 PubMed 39670088

July 12, 2024

Molecular identification of Trichobilharzia species in recreational waters in North-Eastern Poland

Joanna Korycińska, Jana Bulantová, Petr Horák, Ewa Dzika

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17598 PubMed 39011383

July 15, 2024

The skull of the Turks and Caicos rock iguana, Cyclura carinata (Squamata: Iguanidae)

Chloe Lai, Simon G. Scarpetta

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17595 PubMed 39026542

July 5, 2024

The antioxidant effects of butylated hydroxytoluene on cryopreserved goat sperm from a proteomic perspective

Chunyan Li, Larbi Allai, Jiachong Liang, Chunrong Lv, Xiaoqi Zhao, Xiaojun Ni, Guoquan Wu, Weidong Deng, Bouabid Badaoui, Guobo Quan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17580 PubMed 38978759

July 26, 2024

Stress induced on permanent mandible first molar and space maintainer under normal masticatory forces: a finite element study

Hui Shi, Fang Fang Kang, Qian Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17456 PubMed 39076773

July 18, 2024

Intraspecific variation in the pterosaur Rhamphorhynchus muensteri—implications for flight and socio-sexual signaling

Michael B. Habib, David WE. Hone

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17524 PubMed 39035160

July 8, 2024

Establishing Silphids in the invertebrate DNA toolbox: a proof of concept

Katherine E. Higdon, Kristin E. Brzeski, Melanie A. Ottino, Tara L. Bal

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17636 PubMed 38993975

July 26, 2024

Genotypes and phenotypes in a Wolbachia-ant symbiosis

Crystal L. Frost, Rowena Mitchell, Judith Elizabeth Smith, William O.H. Hughes

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17781 PubMed 39076777

July 25, 2024

Identification of pre-flexion fish larvae from the western South Atlantic using DNA barcoding and morphological characters

Allan Pierre Bonetti Pozzobon, Jonathan Stuart Ready, Fabio Di Dario, Rodrigo Nunes-da-Fonseca

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17791 PubMed 39071121

July 24, 2024

Evaluation of in-house dengue real-time PCR assays in West Java, Indonesia

Denti R. Kinanti, Intan Ahmad, Ramadhani Putra, Sri Yusmalinar, Indra Wibowo, Tjandra Anggraeni, Angga Dwiartama, Tommy Octavianus Soetrisno Tjia, Putri Cahya Destiani, Karimatu Khoirunnisa, Wu-Chun Tu, Kok-Boon Neoh, Rosye Arosdiani Apip, Ahyani Raksanagara, Ira Dewi Jani, Yeppi Tisnawati, Aan Warisman, Tita Rostiana, Azzania Fibriani

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17758 PubMed 39071132

July 18, 2024

Assembly and evolutionary analysis of the complete mitochondrial genome of Trichosanthes kirilowii, a traditional Chinese medicinal plant

Zhuanzhuan Jiang, Yuhan Chen, Xingyu Zhang, Fansong Meng, Jinli Chen, Xu Cheng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17747 PubMed 39035164

July 26, 2024

Gene synthesis design: a pythonic approach

Yunzhuo Hu, Danni Pan, Fei Xu, Bifang Huang, Xuanyang Chen, Shiqiang Lin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17750 PubMed 39076781

July 12, 2024

Phylogenetic and population genetic analyses of Thrips tabaci Lindeman (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) on Allium host in India

Tushar Gawai, Sharwari Sadawarte, Kiran Khandagale, Anusha Raj, Abhijeet Kulkarni, Durgesh Kumar Jaiswal, Avinash B. Ade, Suresh Gawande

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17679 PubMed 39011376

July 12, 2024

Estimation of reference evapotranspiration using some class-A pan evaporimeter pan coefficient estimation models in Mediterranean–Southeastern Anatolian transitional zone conditions of Turkey

Selçuk Usta

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17685 PubMed 39011382

July 30, 2024

Metagenome-wide characterization of shared antimicrobial resistance genes in sympatric people and lemurs in rural Madagascar

Brooke M. Talbot, Julie A. Clennon, Miarintsoa Fara Nantenaina Rakotoarison, Lydia Rautman, Sarah Durry, Leo J. Ragazzo, Patricia C. Wright, Thomas R. Gillespie, Timothy D. Read

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17805 PubMed 39099658

July 23, 2024

An investigation of the pigments, antioxidants and free radical scavenging potential of twenty medicinal weeds found in the southern part of Bangladesh

Mousumi Jahan Sumi, Samia Binta Zaman, Shahin Imran, Prosenjit Sarker, Mohammad Saidur Rhaman, Ahmed Gaber, Milan Skalicky, Debojyoti Moulick, Akbar Hossain

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17698 PubMed 39071122

July 22, 2024

Identifying highly connected sites for risk-based surveillance and control of cucurbit downy mildew in the eastern United States

Awino M. E. Ojwang’, Alun L. Lloyd, Sharmodeep Bhattacharyya, Shirshendu Chatterjee, David H. Gent, Peter S. Ojiambo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17649 PubMed 39056053

July 12, 2024

Global changes of miRNA expression indicates an increased reprogramming efficiency of induced mammary epithelial cells by repression of miR-222-3p in fibroblasts

Mingxing Liu, Siyi Liu, Liangshan Qin, Danwei Lv, Guodong Wang, Quanhui Liu, Ben Huang, Dandan Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17657 PubMed 39011384