Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

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

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18305 PubMed 39559337

November 27, 2024

Effects of plastic ingestion on blood chemistry, gene expression and body condition in wedge-tailed shearwaters (Ardenna pacifica)

Nicole Mejia, Flavia Termignoni-Garcia, Jennifer Learned, Jay Penniman, Scott V. Edwards

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18566 PubMed 39619179

November 19, 2024

Klastomycter conodentatus, gen et sp. nov., a small early Permian parareptile with conical teeth from Richards Spur, Oklahoma

Robert R. Reisz, Dylan C.T. Rowe, Joseph J. Bevitt

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18393 PubMed 39583101

November 22, 2024

Different sound exposures causes alterations in stress-related serum indicators, behaviors, and cecal microbiota of green-shell egg-laying chickens under different stocking densities

Shiwen Cao, Manhong Ye, Wanhong Wei, Fengping Yang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18544 PubMed 39587999

November 19, 2024

Serum metabolite profiles of thyroid autoimmunity patients in early pregnancy

Zhaoying Chen, Zhenyu Lin, Yiyang Gao, Xiaohui Jin, Kan Chen, Chenxi Zhang, Zhongyan Shan, Weiping Teng, Jing Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18534 PubMed 39583110

November 15, 2024

Wavelet transform-based mode decomposition for EEG signals under general anesthesia

Shoko Yamochi, Tomomi Yamada, Yurie Obata, Kazuki Sudo, Mao Kinoshita, Koichi Akiyama, Teiji Sawa

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18518 PubMed 39559333

November 1, 2024

Prognosis of hepatitis B virus reactivation in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma in modern era therapy: a retrospective study

Weiran Lv, Xiaojin Li, Jingbo Xu, Yun Wang, Hanying Huang, Fang Hu, Yingying Cui, Yuanbin Song, Lezong Chen, Bingyi Wu, Yang Liang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18475 PubMed 39498289

November 8, 2024

Morphological, molecular and 3D synchrotron X-ray tomographic characterizations of Helicascus satunensis sp. nov., a novel mangrove fungus

Sita Preedanon, Anupong Klaysuban, Satinee Suetrong, Oraphin Pracharoen, Waratthaya Promchoo, Tanuwong Sangtiean, Catleya Rojviriya, Jariya Sakayaroj

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18341 PubMed 39529630

November 18, 2024

Risk factors for postoperative hypokalemia in patients undergoing endoscopic pituitary adenoma resection: a retrospective cohort study

Maoxiang Li, Changhong Mo, Sifan Yan, Ruijing Zhao, Weijian Luo, Lu Yang, Hao Wang, Jiliang Hu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18536 PubMed 39575168

November 18, 2024

Comparative transcriptome profiling suggests the role of phytohormones in leaf stalk-stem angle in melon (Cucumis melo L.)

Jiancai Mao, Haojie Wang, Junhua Li, Junyan Yang, Yongbing Zhang, Haibo Wu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18467 PubMed 39575174

November 14, 2024

A new moradisaurine captorhinid reptile (Amniota: Eureptilia) from the upper Permian of India

Robert R. Reisz, Sankar Chatterjee, Sean P. Modesto

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18394 PubMed 39553717

November 26, 2024

Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis was the specific risk factors of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus spine infection: a retrospective study in a single center

Kaori Endo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18432 PubMed 39619206

November 6, 2024

Construction of a high-density genetic map using specific-locus amplified fragment sequencing and quantitative trait loci analysis for tillering related traits in Psathyrostachys juncea perennial grass

Yingmei Ma, Yudong Chang, Zhen Li, Zhiqi Gao, Feng Han, Yong Wang, Lan Yun

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18409 PubMed 39525472

November 20, 2024

Correlation between pre-operative VE-cadherin and DLL4 and the maturation after primary arteriovenous fistula in uremic patients

Huanhuan Yin, Yifan Tang, Yanping Wang, Yousuf Abdulkarim Waheed, Disheng Wang, Dong Sun

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18356 PubMed 39583102

November 26, 2024

Evaluation of nutrient content of different harvest stages in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) cultivars

Semih Acikbas

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18570 PubMed 39619194

November 13, 2024

Effect of vitamin C injections on exercise muscular performance and biochemical parameters in Trichinella spiralis-infected mice

Hadeer Abd El-hak Rashed, Bander Albogami, Abdulsalam A. M. Alkhaldi, Najlaa Y. Abuzinadah, Samah S. Abuzahrah, Fawziah A. Al-Salmi, Eman Fayad, Rewan Mohamed Fouad, Manar Elsayed Fikry, Abd-Allah Ahmed ElSaey, Ali Hussein Abu Almaaty

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18381 PubMed 39553708

November 28, 2024

Exploration of severe early childhood caries microbiota through a novel developed nutrient enriched microbiological medium, high through-put 16S rRNA sequencing and culturomics