Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

November 13, 2024

Calibrations without raw data—A response to “Seasonal calibration of the end-cretaceous Chicxulub impact event”

Melanie A. D. During, Dennis F. A. E. Voeten, Jeroen (H) J. L. Van der Lubbe, Per E. Ahlberg

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18519 PubMed 39553725

November 25, 2024

Method selection affects the estimates of residency and site fidelity in bottlenose dolphins: testing sensitivity and performance of different methods using mark-resight data

Israel Huesca-Domínguez, Eduardo Morteo, Luis Gerardo Abarca-Arenas, Brian C. Balmer, Tara M. Cox, Christian A. Delfín-Alfonso, Isabel C. Hernández-Candelario

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18329 PubMed 39611015

November 14, 2024

Comprehensive analysis of transcriptomics and radiomics revealed the potential of TEDC2 as a diagnostic marker for lung adenocarcinoma

Qian Huang, Peng Zhang, Zhixu Guo, Min Li, Chao Tao, Zongyang Yu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18310 PubMed 39553728

November 12, 2024

Coral recruits demonstrate thermal resilience

Annika M. Lamb, Lesa M. Peplow, Peter L. Harrison, Craig A. Humphrey, Lorenzo Latini, Guy A. McCutchan, Madeleine J. H. van Oppen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18273 PubMed 39553712

November 29, 2024

Resistance characterization and transcriptomic analysis of imipenem-induced drug resistance in Escherichia coli

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

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18572 PubMed 39624129

November 8, 2024

Simple, reference-independent assessment to empirically guide correction and polishing of hybrid microbial community metagenomic assembly

Garrett J. Smith, Theo A. van Alen, Maartje A.H.J. van Kessel, Sebastian Lücker

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18132 PubMed 39529629

November 15, 2024

Comparative efficacy of Knema retusa extract delivery via PEG-b-PCL, niosome, and their combination against Acanthamoeba triangularis genotype T4: characterization, inhibition, anti-adhesion, and cytotoxic activity

Siriphorn Chimplee, Watcharapong Mitsuwan, Masyitah Zulkifli, Komgrit Eawsakul, Tassanee Ongtanasup, Suthinee Sangkanu, Tooba Mahboob, Sonia M.R. Oliveira, Christophe Wiart, Siva Ramamoorthy, Maria de Lourdes Pereira, Shanmuga Sundar Saravanabhavan, Polrat Wilairatana, Veeranoot Nissapatorn

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18452 PubMed 39559326

November 29, 2024

Effects of a single bout of exercise on human hemocytes and serum interleukin 3, erythropoietin, and soluble transferrin receptor in a hot and humid environment

Yuhu Lv, Lin Cheng, Xiqian Zhang, Fenglin Peng, Yu Yuan, Xiquan Weng, Wen-Tao Lin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18603 PubMed 39624122

November 13, 2024

Myoferlin alleviates pressure overload-induced cardiac hypertrophy and dysfunction by inhibiting NLRP3-mediated pyroptosis

Yang Zhou, Yanxu Liu, Hao Luo, Cong Wen, Yangyang Cui, Linqing Du, Ofe Eugene Kwaku, Lan Li, Lijuan Xiong, Jiankang Zheng, Xuefeng Ding, Xiufeng Shen, Peng Zhou, Houxiang Hu, Rongchuan Yue

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18499 PubMed 39553724

November 26, 2024

Effect of GR24 on the growth and development of licorice under low phosphorus stress

Yuting Jing, Man Li, Yong Wu, Chengming Zhang, Chengshu Qiu, Hengming Zhao, Li Zhuang, Hongling Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18546 PubMed 39619188

November 28, 2024

A comprehensive review of oncogenic Notch signaling in multiple myeloma

Justin Roosma

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18485 PubMed 39619207

November 6, 2024

High variability in the attractiveness of municipally-planted decorative plants to insects

Tomer J. Czaczkes, Carsten Breuss, Christoph Kurze

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17762 PubMed 39525476

November 11, 2024

Cryophysiology of coral microfragments: effects of chilling and cryoprotectant toxicity

Claire V. A. Lager, Riley Perry, Jonathan Daly, Christopher Page, Mindy Mizobe, Jessica Bouwmeester, Anthony N. Consiglio, Jake Carter, Matthew J. Powell-Palm, Mary Hagedorn

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18447 PubMed 39544418

November 19, 2024

NU7441, a selective inhibitor of DNA-PKcs, alleviates intracerebral hemorrhage injury with suppression of ferroptosis in brain

Xiyu Gong, Cuiying Peng, Zhou Zeng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18489 PubMed 39583099

November 27, 2024

The effects of plasma from patients with active thyroid-associated orbitopathy on the survival and inflammation of melanoma-associated fibroblasts

Huifang Chen, Shiyuan Chen, Zhenfeng Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18612 PubMed 39619202

November 22, 2024

Tilianin content and morphological characterization of colchicine-induced autotetraploids in Agastache mexicana

Angélica Martínez-Aguilar, Evert Villanueva Sánchez, Susana Valencia-Díaz, Samuel E. Estrada-Soto, Selene Napsucialy-Mendivil, Rodrigo Barba-Gonzalez, Iran Alia-Tejacal, José de Jesús Arellano-García, Oscar Gabriel Villegas Torres, Karla Catalina Cruz Torres, Irene Perea-Arango

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18545 PubMed 39588001

November 27, 2024

Comparison of the performances of six empirical mass transfer-based reference evapotranspiration estimation models in semi-arid conditions

Selçuk Usta

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18549 PubMed 39619193

November 26, 2024

LRR1 involved in the abscisic acid signaling pathway to regulate the early growth and development of Arabidopsis thaliana

Xiaoyang Xie, Lei Wei, Hongyuan Han, Bingnian Jing, Yuqing Liu, Yong Zhou, Ningjie Li, Xiao Li, Wei Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18460 PubMed 39619177

November 26, 2024

Divergent effects of short-term and continuous anthropogenic noise exposure on Western Bluebird parental care behavior

Kerstin Ozkan, Jordan M. Langley, Jason W. Talbott, Nathan J. Kleist, Clinton D. Francis

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18558 PubMed 39619182

November 11, 2024

Relationship between tooth macrowear and jaw morphofunctional traits in representative hypercarnivores

Z. Jack Tseng, Larisa R. G. DeSantis

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18435 PubMed 39544419

November 25, 2024

Testing the ‘parasite-mediated domestication’ hypothesis: a comparative approach to the wild boar and domestic pig as model species

Renat Oleinic, Janez Posedi, Relja Beck, Nikica Šprem, Dubravko Škorput, Boštjan Pokorny, Dejan Škorjanc, Maja Prevolnik Povše, Janko Skok

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18463 PubMed 39611016

November 29, 2024

Impacts of abiotic factors and pesticide on the development, phenology, and reproductive biology of pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)

Muhammad Jalal Arif, Ahmad Nawaz, Muhammad Sufyan, Muhammad Dildar Gogi, Zain UlAbdin, Muhammad Tayyib, Abid Ali, Waqar Majeed, Manel Ben Ali, Amor Hedfi

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18399 PubMed 39624128

November 15, 2024

The complete mitochondrial DNA of the carnivorous sponge Lycopodina hypogea is putatively complemented by microDNAs

Thiago Silva de Paula, Dora de Moura Barbosa Leite, Gisele Lobo-Hajdu, Jean Vacelet, Fabiano Thompson, Eduardo Hajdu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18255 PubMed 39559335

November 8, 2024

Stable dominance of parasitic dinoflagellates in Antarctic sponges

Marileyxis R. López-Rodríguez, Catherine Gérikas Ribeiro, Susana Rodríguez-Marconi, Génesis Parada-Pozo, Maria Manrique-de-la-Cuba, Nicole Trefault

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18365 PubMed 39529628

November 15, 2024

Rapid detection of enterobacteria in wastewater treated by microalgal consortia using loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP)

Henry Cameron, Jazmín Bazaes, Claudia Sepúlveda, Carlos Riquelme