Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

September 24, 2024

A new species of alien land flatworm in the Southern United States

Jean-Lou Justine, Romain Gastineau, Delphine Gey, David G. Robinson, Matthew A. Bertone, Leigh Winsor

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17904 PubMed 39346042

September 26, 2024

Molecular and agro-morphological diversity assessment of some bread wheat genotypes and their crosses for drought tolerance

Mohamed A. Ezzat, Nahaa M. Alotaibi, Said S. Soliman, Mahasin Sultan, Mohamed M. Kamara, Diaa Abd El-Moneim, Wessam F. Felemban, Nora M. Al Aboud, Maha Aljabri, Imen Ben Abdelmalek, Elsayed Mansour, Abdallah A. Hassanin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18104 PubMed 39346037

September 23, 2024

Implementing high-throughput insect barcoding in microbiome studies: impact of non-destructive DNA extraction on microbiome reconstruction

Veronika Andriienko, Mateusz Buczek, Rudolf Meier, Amrita Srivathsan, Piotr Łukasik, Michał R. Kolasa

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18025 PubMed 39329134

September 20, 2024

Ecological and anthropogenic factors influencing the Summer habitat use of Bos gaurus and its conservation threats in Chitwan National Park, Nepal

Surakshya Poudel, Basudev Pokhrel, Bijaya Neupane, Mahamad Sayab Miya, Nishan Kc, Chitra Rekha Basyal, Asmita Neupane, Bijaya Dhami

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18035 PubMed 39314839

September 23, 2024

Seasonal dynamics in leaf litter decomposing microbial communities in temperate forests: a whole-genome- sequencing-based study

Nataliia Khomutovska, Iwona Jasser, Polina Sarapultseva, Viktoria Spirina, Andrei Zaitsev, Jolanta Masłowiecka, Valery A. Isidorov

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17769 PubMed 39329142

September 30, 2024

Mosquitoes on a chip—environmental DNA-based detection of invasive mosquito species using high-throughput real-time PCR

Claudia Wittwer, Chinhda Sharif, Isabelle Schöck, Sven Klimpel

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17782 PubMed 39364359

September 25, 2024

Identification of non-model mammal species using the MinION DNA sequencer from Oxford Nanopore

Sara Velasquez-Restrepo, Mariana Corrales Orozco, Nicolás D. Franco-Sierra, Juan M. Martínez-Cerón, Juan F. Díaz-Nieto

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17887 PubMed 39346050

September 26, 2024

Road mortality of water snakes in light of landscape structure and traffic intensity in north-eastern Hungary

Márton Szabolcs, Edvárd Mizsei, Tamás Zsólyomi, Béla Mester, Szabolcs Lengyel

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17923 PubMed 39346036

September 30, 2024

Data gap or biodiversity gap? Evaluating apparent spatial biases in community science observations of Odonata in the east-central United States

Christian M. Bullion, Christie A. Bahlai

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18115 PubMed 39364368

September 16, 2024

Small population size and possible extirpation of the threatened Malagasy poison frog Mantella cowanii

Devin Edmonds, Raphali Rodlis Andriantsimanarilafy, Angelica Crottini, Michael J. Dreslik, Jade Newton-Youens, Andoniana Ramahefason, Christian Joseph Randrianantoandro, Franco Andreone

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17947 PubMed 39301061

September 24, 2024

Relationships between crayfish population genetic diversity, species richness, and abundance within impounded and unimpounded streams in Alabama, USA

Zanethia C. Barnett, Ryan C. Garrick

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18006 PubMed 39346066

September 18, 2024

Buscando Luciérnagas: findings on Mexican fireflies from an 8-year virtual citizen science project

Ek del-Val, Ana M. Flores-Gutiérrez, Regina González, Adrián Calleros

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18141 PubMed 39308813

September 30, 2024

Two new species of Microlaimidae (Nematoda: Microlaimida) from the Continental Shelf off Northeastern Brazil (Atlantic Ocean) with emended diagnosis and dichotomous key

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