Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

April 11, 2025

Assessing reliability and accuracy of qPCR, dPCR and ddPCR for estimating mitochondrial DNA copy number in songbird blood and sperm cells

Laima Bagdonaitė, Erica H. Leder, Jan T. Lifjeld, Arild Johnsen, Quentin Mauvisseau

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19278 PubMed 40231068

April 3, 2025

Evaluation of non-invasive hair snares for North American beavers (Castor canadensis): placement, efficiency, and beaver’s behavioral response

Dani R. Freund, Joseph K. Bump

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19080 PubMed 40191759

April 14, 2025

Advancing molecular macrobenthos biodiversity monitoring: a comparison between Oxford Nanopore and Illumina based metabarcoding and metagenomics

Karlijn Doorenspleet, Amalia Aikaterini Mailli, Berry B. van der Hoorn, Kevin K. Beentjes, Annelies De Backer, Sofie Derycke, Albertinka J. Murk, Henning Reiss, Reindert Nijland

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19158 PubMed 40247828

April 3, 2025

A multi-center cross-sectional investigation of BRAF V600E mutation in Ameloblastoma

Khin Mya Tun, Puangwan Lapthanasupkul, Anak Iamaroon, Wacharaporn Thosaporn, Poramaporn Klanrit, Sompid Kintarak, Siwaporn Thanasan, Natchalee Srimaneekarn, Nakarin Kitkumthorn

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19137 PubMed 40191760

April 11, 2025

Association between polymorphisms of the adenylate cyclase 3 gene rs2241759 and the effect of high-intensity interval training on blood lipid profiles

Junren Lai, Li Gong, Yan Liu, Yanchun Li, Jing Ni, Duoqi Zhou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19271 PubMed 40231066

April 10, 2025

Maize leaves salt-responsive genes revealed by comparative transcriptome of salt-tolerant and salt-sensitive cultivars during the seedling stage

Mingfang Ji, Sirui Xu, Zhongxian Ma, Chengnan Xiao, Jiangting Xu, Yanfang Zhu, Ronghao Cai, Chen Bo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19268 PubMed 40226543

April 15, 2025

Identification of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) potentially associated with residual feed intake in Qinchuan beef cattle by hypothalamus and duodenum RNA-Seq data

Zonghua Su, Chenglong Li, Chaoyun Yang, YanLing Ding, Xiaonan Zhou, Junjie Xu, Chang Qu, Yuangang Shi, Cong-Jun Li, Xiaolong Kang