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January 2025

Table of Contents - PeerJ (Biology Articles)

January 24, 2025

A plant-derived biostimulant Aminolom Enzimatico® application stimulates chlorophyll content, electrolyte leakage, stomata density and root yield of radishes under salinity stress

Gamze Kaya

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18804 PubMed 39872032

January 9, 2025

Role of polyethylene glycol to alleviate lead stress in Raphanus sativus

Muhammad Sajid, Shakil Ahmed, Rehana Sardar, Aamir Ali, Nasim Ahmad Yasin

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18147 PubMed 39802184

January 16, 2025

Nitrogen fertilizer application for improving the biomass, quality, and nitrogen fixation of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) at different growth stages in a saline‒alkali soil

Weifan Wan, Qian Liu, Ke Li, Kun Zhao, Fei Qi, Yuanshuo Li, Zhi Sun, Haigang Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18796 PubMed 39830954

January 23, 2025

The bacterial composition signatures of perianal abscess and origin of infecting microbes

Song Han, Wenya Su, Kefeng Fan, Zhen Xu, Hai Xu, Mingyu Wang, Ling Li, Wenlong Shen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18855 PubMed 39866571

January 29, 2025

Evaluating the feasibility of automating dataset retrieval for biodiversity monitoring

Alexandre Fuster-Calvo, Sarah Valentin, William C. Tamayo, Dominique Gravel

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18853 PubMed 39897501

January 21, 2025

Controlled temperature contrasts of three native and one highly invasive annual plant species in California

Mario Zuliani, Stephanie Haas-Desmarais, Laura Brussa, Jessica Cunsolo, Angela Zuliani, Christopher J. Lortie

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18794 PubMed 39866565

January 6, 2025

Contact zone of slow worms Anguis fragilis Linnaeus, 1758 and Anguis colchica (Nordmann, 1840) in Poland

Grzegorz Skórzewski, Bartosz Borczyk, Stanisław Bury, Daniel Kulik, Jan Kotusz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18563 PubMed 39790455

January 30, 2025

Serum salusin levels in diarrhea- and constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome

Elif Tugba Tuncel, Seda Sabah Ozcan, Mehmet Korkmaz, Elif Börekci

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18859 PubMed 39897500

January 30, 2025

A new species of parrot snake, Leptophis (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Brazilian Cerrado

Nelson R. Albuquerque, Roullien H. Martins, Priscila S. Carvalho, Donald B. Shepard, Diego J. Santana

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18528 PubMed 39897499

January 6, 2025

Construction and validation of prognosis and treatment outcome models based on plasma membrane tension characteristics in bladder cancer

Zhipeng Wang, Sheng Li, Fuchun Zheng, Situ Xiong, Lei Zhang, Liangwei Wan, Chen Wang, Xiaoqiang Liu, Jun Deng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18816 PubMed 39790460

January 13, 2025

Common insect pests in homes and cultural heritage sites

Bouthaina Hasnaoui, Fabien Fohrer, Philippe Parola, Jean-Michel Berenger

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18700 PubMed 39822973

January 6, 2025

Exploring the phenotypic and molecular diversity of Calendula officinalis L. cultivars featuring varying flower types

Aleksandra Nucia, Tomasz Ociepa, Beata Król, Sylwia Okoń

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18814 PubMed 39790453

January 2, 2025

Mapping species of greatest conservation need and solar energy potential in the arid Southwest for future sustainable development

Kylee Fleckenstein, Adam Stein, Heather L. Bateman, Fabio De Albuquerque

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18568 PubMed 39763700

January 2, 2025

Constructing age-structured matrix population models for all fishes

Masami Fujiwara

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18387 PubMed 39763695

January 31, 2025

Harnessing the potential of chloroplast-derived expression elements for enhanced production of cellulases in Escherichia coli

Ayesha Siddiqui, Muhammad Mudassar Iqbal, Asad Ali, Iqra Fatima, Hazrat Ali, Aamir Shehzad, Sameer H. Qari, Ghulam Raza, Muhammad Aamer Mehmood, Peter J. Nixon, Niaz Ahmad

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18616 PubMed 39902317

January 13, 2025

Single-cell transcriptome analysis reveals cellular reprogramming and changes of immune cell subsets following tetramethylpyrazine treatment in LPS-induced acute lung injury

Mingyan Wu, Shanmei Wang, Xiaolan Chen, Li Shen, Jurong Ding, Hongbin Jiang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18772 PubMed 39822976

January 17, 2025

Body size prediction in scorpions: a phylogenetic comparative examination of linear measurements of individual body parts

Stênio Í. A. Foerster

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18621 PubMed 39834793

January 31, 2025

Fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase 1 is a potential biomarker affecting the malignant phenotype and aerobic glycolysis in glioblastoma

Weihong Lu, Guozheng Huang, Yihan Yu, Xia Zhai, Xiangfeng Zhou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18926 PubMed 39902328

January 7, 2025

Reproductive strategies in loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta: polyandry and polygyny in a Southwest Atlantic rookery

Laís Amorim, Lara Chieza, Jake A. Lasala, Sarah de Souza Alves Teodoro, Wesley D. Colombo, Ana Carolina Barcelos, Paula Rodrigues Lopes Guimarães, João Luiz Guedes da Fonseca, Ana Claudia Jorge Marcondes, Alexsandro Santos, Sarah Vargas

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18714 PubMed 39802182

January 14, 2025

Demography and homing behavior in the poorly-known Philippine flat-headed frog Barbourula busuangensis (Anura: Bombinatoridae)

Marta Miñarro, Patricia Burrowes, Claudia Lansac, Gregorio Sánchez-Montes, Leticia E. Afuang, Ignacio De la Riva

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18694 PubMed 39830956

January 2, 2025

How many reptile and amphibian species are in Uganda, and why it matters for global biodiversity conservation

Daniel F. Hughes, Mathias Behangana

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18704 PubMed 39763708

January 13, 2025

Insecticides may facilitate the escape of weeds from biological control

Elizabeth K. Rowen, Kirsten Ann Pearsons, Richard G. Smith, Kyle Wickings, John F. Tooker

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18597 PubMed 39822979

January 21, 2025

A nociceptor-specific RNAi screen in Drosophila larvae identifies RNA-binding proteins that regulate thermal nociception

Amber Dyson, Gita Gajjar, Katherine C. Hoffman, Dakota Lewis, Sara Palega, Erik Rangel Silva, James Auwn, Andrew Bellemer

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18857 PubMed 39866556

January 29, 2025

Hematopoietic stem cell discovery: unveiling the historical and future perspective of colony-forming units assay

Nur Afizah Yusoff, Zariyantey Abd Hamid, Siti Balkis Budin, Izatus Shima Taib

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18854 PubMed 39897489

January 31, 2025

Integrated analysis of ATAC-seq and RNA-seq reveals ADSCP2 regulates oxidative phosphorylation pathway in hypertrophic scar fibroblasts

Qian Li, Zhe Quan, Ling Chen, Yiliang Yin, Xin Chen, Jingyun Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18902 PubMed 39902331