Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

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 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 30, 2024

Transcription factor NF-E2-related factor 2 plays a critical role in acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ALI/ARDS) by regulating ferroptosis

JiaLi Deng, Na Li, Liyuan Hao, Shenghao Li, Nie Aiyu, Junli Zhang, XiaoYu Hu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17692 PubMed 39670103

July 5, 2024

In vitro cytoprotective and in vivo anti-oral mucositis effects of melatonin and its derivatives

Pramote Mahakunakorn, Pimpichaya Sangchart, Panyada Panyatip, Juthamat Ratha, Teerasak Damrongrungruang, Aroonsri Priprem, Ploenthip Puthongking

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17608 PubMed 38978756

July 9, 2024

The ‘Erlenmeter’: a low-cost, open-source turbidimeter for no-sampling phenotyping of microorganism growth

João Serôdio, Alexandra Bastos, Silja Frankenbach, Jörg C. Frommlet, Ana Cristina Esteves, Henrique Queiroga

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17659 PubMed 39006034

July 18, 2024

Flowering-associated gene expression and metabolic characteristics in adzuki bean (Vigna angularis L.) with different short-day induction periods

Weixin Dong, Dongxiao Li, Lei Zhang, Peijun Tao, Yuechen Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17716 PubMed 39035158

July 10, 2024

Investigating the regulatory role of HvANT2 in anthocyanin biosynthesis through protein–motif interaction in Qingke

Yan Wang, Lin Chen, Youhua Yao, Lupeng Chen, Yongmei Cui, Likun An, Xin Li, Yixiong Bai, Xiaohua Yao, Kunlun Wu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17736 PubMed 39006012

July 23, 2024

Worse than nothing at all: the inequality of fusions joining autosomes to the PAR and non-PAR portions of sex chromosomes

Kayla T. Wilhoit, Emmarie P. Alexander, Heath Blackmon

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17740 PubMed 39071118

July 26, 2024

An intense 60-day weight-loss course leads to an 18 kg body weight reduction and metabolic reprogramming of soldiers with obesity

Exsal M. Albores-Méndez, Humberto Carrasco-Vargas, Samary Alaniz Monreal, Rodolfo David Mayen Quinto, Ernesto Diderot López García, Gabriela Gutierrez Salmean, Karen Medina-Quero, Marco A. Vargas-Hernández, Cesar Vicente Ferreira Batista, Yamilé López-Hernández, Robert Winkler

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17757 PubMed 39076775

July 18, 2024

Bioprospecting of soil-borne microorganisms and chemical dereplication of their anti-microbial constituents with the aid of UPLC-QTOF-MS and molecular networking approach

Adivhaho Khwathisi, Ntakadzeni Edwin Madala, Afsatou Ndama Traore, Amidou Samie

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17364 PubMed 39035159

July 8, 2024

Morphology and vocalization comparison of the Houston Toad and the Dwarf American Toad: implications for their historic range

Andrew R. MacLaren, Toby J. Hibbitts, Michael R.J. Forstner, Shawn F. McCracken

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17635 PubMed 38993974

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 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