Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

October 14, 2024

World of Crayfish™: a web platform towards real-time global mapping of freshwater crayfish and their pathogens

Mihaela C. Ion, Caitlin C. Bloomer, Tudor I. Bărăscu, Francisco J. Oficialdegui, Nathaniel F. Shoobs, Bronwyn W. Williams, Kevin Scheers, Miguel Clavero, Frédéric Grandjean, Marc Collas, Thomas Baudry, Zachary Loughman, Jeremy J. Wright, Timo J. Ruokonen, Christoph Chucholl, Simone Guareschi, Bram Koese, Zsombor M. Banyai, James Hodson, Margo Hurt, Katrin Kaldre, Boris Lipták, James W. Fetzner, Tommaso Cancellario, András Weiperth, Jạnis Birzaks, Teodora Trichkova, Milcho Todorov, Maksims Balalaikins, Bogna Griffin, Olga N. Petko, Ada Acevedo-Alonso, Guillermo D’Elía, Karolina Śliwińska, Anatoly Alekhnovich, Henry Choong, Josie South, Nick Whiterod, Katarina Zorić, Peter Haase, Ismael Soto, Daniel J. Brady, Phillip J. Haubrock, Pedro J. Torres, Denis Şadrin, Pavel Vlach, Cüneyt Kaya, Sang Woo Jung, Jin-Young Kim, Xavier H.C. Vermeersch, Maciej Bonk, Radu Guiaşu, Muzaffer M. Harlioğlu, Jane Devlin, Irmak Kurtul, Dagmara Błońska, Pieter Boets, Hossein Masigol, Paul R. Cabe, Japo Jussila, Trude Vrålstad, David V. Beresford, Scott M. Reid, Jiří Patoka, David A. Strand, Ali S. Tarkan, Frédérique Steen, Thomas Abeel, Matthew Harwood, Samuel Auer, Sandor Kelly, Ioannis A. Giantsis, Rafał Maciaszek, Maria V. Alvanou, Önder Aksu, David M. Hayes, Tadashi Kawai, Elena Tricarico, Adroit Chakandinakira, Zanethia C. Barnett, Ştefan G. Kudor, Andreea E. Beda, Lucian Vîlcea, Alexandru E. Mizeranschi, Marian Neagul, Anton Licz, Andra D. Cotoarbă, Adam Petrusek, Antonín Kouba, Christopher A. Taylor, Lucian Pârvulescu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18229 PubMed 39421415

October 11, 2024

Applications of dry chain technology to maintain high seed viability in tropical climates

Filippo Guzzon, Denise E. Costich, Irfan Afzal, Luis Barboza Barquero, Andrés Antonio Monge Vargas, Ester Vargas Ramírez, Pedro Bello, Peetambar Dahal, César Sánchez Cano, Cristian Zavala Espinosa, Shakeel Imran, Soane Patolo, Tevita Ngaloafe Tukia, Johan Van Asbrouck, Elina Nabubuniyaka-Young, Maraeva Gianella, Kent J. Bradford

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18146 PubMed 39403193

October 23, 2024

Surface-functionalized PAN fiber membranes for the sensitive detection of airborne specific markers

Leontyna Varvarovska, Bruno Sopko, Dana Gaskova, Tomas Bartl, Evzen Amler, Tatana Jarosikova

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18077 PubMed 39465161

October 10, 2024

Spring haul-out behavior of seals in the Bering and Chukchi Seas: implications for abundance estimation

Josh M. London, Paul B. Conn, Stacie M. Koslovsky, Erin L. Richmond, Jay M. Ver Hoef, Michael F. Cameron, Justin A. Crawford, Andrew L. Von Duyke, Lori Quakenbush, Peter L. Boveng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18160 PubMed 39399416

October 31, 2024

The behavior patterns of giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis) housed across 18 US zoos

Jason D. Wark, Katherine A. Cronin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18164 PubMed 39494299

October 31, 2024

Phylogenetic and taxonomic revisions of Jurassic sea stars support a delayed evolutionary origin of the Asteriidae

Marine Fau, David F. Wright, Timothy A.M. Ewin, Andrew S. Gale, Loïc Villier

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18169 PubMed 39494292

October 31, 2024

Assessing population structure and morpho-molecular characterization of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) for elite germplasm identification

Sampath Lavudya, Kalaimagal Thiyagarajan, Sasikala Ramasamy, Harish Sankarasubramanian, Senthivelu Muniyandi, Anita Bellie, Sushil Kumar, Susmitha Dhanapal

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18205 PubMed 39494282

October 31, 2024

Study on the effect of chlorogenic acid on the antimicrobial effect, physical properties and model accuracy of alginate impression materials

Shuling Jiang, Fu-Qing Chen, Qiao-qiao Hu, Fen Yang, Niya Hu, Xi Nan Luo, Yewen Zhang, Nuodan Wu, Na Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18228 PubMed 39494305

October 31, 2024

Identification and validation of a prognostic model based on immune-related genes in ovarian carcinoma

Min Yu, Dan Li, Li Zhang, Ke Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18235 PubMed 39494284

October 31, 2024

The significance of biowaste drying analysis as a key pre-treatment for transforming it into a sustainable biomass feedstock

Fernando Damián Barajas Godoy, Marco A. Martínez-Cinco, José G. Rutiaga-Quiñones, Otoniel Buenrostro-Delgado, Jose Mendoza

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18248 PubMed 39494285

October 31, 2024

The influence of inactivated entomopathogenic bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis on the immune responses of the Colorado potato beetle

Olga V. Polenogova, Natalia A. Kryukova, Tatyana Klementeva, Anna S. Artemchenko, Alexander D. Lukin, Viktor P. Khodyrev, Irina Slepneva, Yana Vorontsova, Viktor V. Glupov

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18259 PubMed 39494291

October 31, 2024

Deep-ocean macrofaunal assemblages on ferromanganese and phosphorite-rich substrates in the Southern California Borderland

Michelle Guraieb, Guillermo Mendoza, Kira Mizell, Greg Rouse, Ryan A. McCarthy, Olívia S. Pereira, Lisa A. Levin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18290 PubMed 39494296

October 31, 2024

Prioritising non-native fish species for management actions in three Polish rivers using the newly developed tool—dispersal-origin-status-impact scheme

Dagmara Błońska, Joanna Grabowska, Ali S. Tarkan, Ismael Soto, Phillip J. Haubrock

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18300 PubMed 39494268

October 31, 2024

FastProtein—an automated software for in silico proteomic analysis

Renato Simões Moreira, Vilmar Benetti Filho, Guilherme Augusto Maia, Tatiany Aparecida Teixeira Soratto, Eric Kazuo Kawagoe, Bruna Caroline Russi, Luiz Cláudio Miletti, Glauber Wagner

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18309 PubMed 39494269

October 31, 2024

Prognostic and therapeutic potential of gene profiles related to tertiary lymphoid structures in colorectal cancer

Jinglu Yu, Yabin Gong, Xiaowei Huang, Yufang Bao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18401 PubMed 39494300

October 31, 2024

The role and underlying mechanisms of irisin in exercise-mediated cardiovascular protection

Wenhuang Guo, Jianwei Peng, Jiarui Su, Jingbo Xia, Weiji Deng, Peilun Li, Yilin Chen, Guoqing Liu, Shen Wang, Junhao Huang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18413 PubMed 39494293

October 31, 2024

Rotating cell culture system-induced injectable self-assembled microtissues with epidermal stem cells for full-thickness skin repair

Min Zhang, Meng Huang, Xixi Dong, Yibo Wang, Luyue Zhang, Zhaoxiang Wang, Junkai Cao