Evaluating the adaptive potential of the European eel: is the immunogenetic status recovering?

abstract：:Despite decades of research, we still lack a complete understanding of what factors influence the transition of the necessary and adaptive acute stress response to what has become known as chronic stress. This gap in knowledge has illuminated the necessity for studies that examine the thresholds between these two side...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Gormally BMG,Wright-Lichter J,Reed JM,Romero LM

更新日期：2018-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:As coral reefs continue to decline globally, coral restoration practitioners have explored various approaches to return coral cover and diversity to decimated reefs. While branching coral species have long been the focus of restoration efforts, the recent development of the microfragmentation coral propagation techniq...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Koval G,Rivas N,D'Alessandro M,Hesley D,Santos R,Lirman D

更新日期：2020-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Low-carbohydrate, high-fat (LCHF) diets are useful for treating a range of health conditions, but there is little research evaluating the degree of carbohydrate restriction on outcome measures. This study compares anthropometric and cardiometabolic outcomes between differing carbohydrate-restricted diets. O...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Harvey CJDC,Schofield GM,Zinn C,Thornley SJ,Crofts C,Merien FLR

更新日期：2019-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The coevolutionary relationships between brood parasites and their hosts are often studied by examining the egg rejection behaviour of host species using artificial eggs. However, the traditional methods for producing artificial eggs out of plasticine, plastic, wood, or plaster-of-Paris are laborious, imprecise, and p...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Igic B,Nunez V,Voss HU,Croston R,Aidala Z,López AV,Van Tatenhove A,Holford ME,Shawkey MD,Hauber ME

更新日期：2015-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe Atrimitra isolata sp. n. (Gastropoda: Mitridae), collected on the summit of seamounts (~200 m water depth) in the vicinity of Desventuradas Islands, Chile insular territory. Additionally, we provide some insight into the habitat of this new species based on underwater imagery taken with a remotely operated...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Sellanes J,Salisbury RA,Tapia JM,Asorey CM

更新日期：2019-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed (i) to explore the relationship between vertical (jumping) and horizontal (sprinting) force-velocity-power (FVP) mechanical profiles in a large range of sports and levels of practice, and (ii) to provide a large database to serve as a reference of the FVP profile for all sports and levels tested. A to...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Jiménez-Reyes P,Samozino P,García-Ramos A,Cuadrado-Peñafiel V,Brughelli M,Morin JB

更新日期：2018-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：Background:As key negative regulators of gene expression, microRNAs (miRNAs) play an important role in the onset and progression of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). This study aimed to identify the miRNAs involved in HCC carcinogenesis and their regulated genes. Methods:The Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) dataset (GSE108...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Liu Y,Cao Y,Cai W,Wu L,Zhao P,Liu XG

更新日期：2020-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Four species of true crocodile (genus Crocodylus) have been described from the Americas. Three of these crocodile species exhibit non-overlapping distributions-Crocodylus intermedius in South America, C. moreletii along the Caribbean coast of Mesoamerica, and C. rhombifer confined to Cuba. The fourth, C. acutus, is na...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Milián-García Y,Russello MA,Castellanos-Labarcena J,Cichon M,Kumar V,Espinosa G,Rossi N,Mazzotti F,Hekkala E,Amato G,Janke A

更新日期：2018-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Turbidity currents are the main drivers behind the transportation of terrestrial sediments to the deep sea, and turbidite deposits from such currents have been widely used in geological studies. Nevertheless, the contribution of turbidity currents to vertical displacement of seawater has rarely been discussed. This is...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Kawagucci S,Miwa T,Lindsay DJ,Ogura E,Yamamoto H,Nishibayashi K,Yokooka H,Nishi S,Takahashi A,Lee S

更新日期：2020-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on concordant differences in male advertisement call, tadpole morphology, and absence of haplotype sharing in the barcoding 16S mitochondrial DNA, we describe here a new species of spotted leaf frog of the genus Phasmahyla from Atlantic Forest, State of Rio de Janeiro, Southeast Brazil. The new species is most s...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Pereira EA,Rocha LCL,Folly H,da Silva HR,Santana DJ

更新日期：2018-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Herpesviral hematopoietic necrosis disease, caused by cyprinid herpesvirus-2 (CyHV-2), is responsible for massive mortalities in the aquaculture of goldfish, Carassius auratus. Permissive cell lines for the isolation and propagation of CyHV-2 have been established from various goldfish tissues by sacrificing...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Dharmaratnam A,Kumar R,Valaparambil BS,Sood N,Pradhan PK,Das S,Swaminathan TR

更新日期：2020-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rare or narrowly endemic organisms are difficult to monitor and conserve when their total distribution and habitat preferences are incompletely known. One method employed in determining distributions of these organisms is species distribution modeling (SDM). METHODS:Using two species of narrowly endemic bur...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Rhoden CM,Peterman WE,Taylor CA

更新日期：2017-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Magnetite-mediated direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) between Geobacter and Methanosarcina species is increasingly being invoked to explain magnetite stimulation of methane production in anaerobic soils and sediments. Although magnetite-mediated DIET has been documented in defined co-cultures reduc...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Wang O,Zheng S,Wang B,Wang W,Liu F

更新日期：2018-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Ocean acidification (OA) is not an isolated threat, but acts in concert with other impacts on ecosystems and species. Coastal marine invertebrates will have to face the synergistic interactions of OA with other global and local stressors. One local factor, common in coastal environments, is trace element contamination...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Horwitz R,Borell EM,Fine M,Shaked Y

更新日期：2014-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Seed-applied neonicotinoids are widely used in agriculture, yet their effects on non-target species remain incompletely understood. One important group of non-target species is arthropod natural enemies (predators and parasitoids), which contribute considerably to suppression of crop pests. We hypothesized t...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Douglas MR,Tooker JF

更新日期：2016-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last decades several studies have identified that the directional changes in climate induced by anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases are affecting the ecology of desert ecosystems. In the Southwest United States, the impacts of climate change to plant abundance and distribution have already been report...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Albuquerque F,Benito B,Rodriguez MÁM,Gray C

更新日期：2018-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：Purpose:This study aimed to examine differences between track and field (T&F) runners and foot-orienteers (Foot-O) in the walking and running tests in the absence of vision and hearing. We attempted to determine whether experienced foot orienteers show better ability to maintain the indicated direction compared to trac...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Machowska W,Cych P,Siemieński A,Migasiewicz J

更新日期：2019-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:In contrast to dominant mode of ecological transition in the evolution of marine mammals, different lineages of toothed whales (Odontoceti) have repeatedly invaded freshwater ecosystems during the Cenozoic era. The so-called 'river dolphins' are now recognized as independent lineages that converged on similar morpholo...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Pyenson ND,Vélez-Juarbe J,Gutstein CS,Little H,Vigil D,O'Dea A

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Demand for lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) has increased exponentially over the last decade, both for their roe, which is used as a caviar substitute, and increasingly also as cleaner fish to control sea lice in salmon farming. The species is classified as Near Threatened by the IUCN and there are growing concerns that ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Whittaker BA,Consuegra S,Garcia de Leaniz C

更新日期：2018-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The increasing production of sewage sludge (SS) engenders the problem of its responsible utilization and disposal. Likewise, urban sediments (SED) are deposited at the bottom of urban reservoirs and sedimentation ponds, and these require periodical dredging and utilization. However, while the SS and SED depo...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Wyrwicka A,Urbaniak M,Przybylski M

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Climatic fluctuations during the Quaternary significantly affect many species in their intraspecific divergence and population structure across northwest China. In order to investigate the impact of climate change on herbaceous plants, we studied Panzerina lanata (Lamiaceae), a widely distributed species. Sequences of...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Zhao Y,Zhang H,Pan B,Zhang M

更新日期：2019-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The incorporation of feedback into a person's body schema is well established. The crossmodal congruency task (CCT) is used to objectively quantify incorporation without being susceptible to experimenter biases. This visual-tactile interference task is used to calculate the crossmodal congruency effect (CCE) score as ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Blustein D,Gill S,Wilson A,Sensinger J

更新日期：2019-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:N6-methyladenosine (m6A) modifications can be found in eukaryotic messenger RNA (mRNA), long non-coding RNA (lncRNA), and microRNA (miRNA). Several studies have demonstrated a close relationship between m6A modifications and cancer cells. Methyltransferase-like enzyme 3 (METTL3) and methyltransferase-like enzyme 14 (M...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Tao Z,Zhao Y,Chen X

更新日期：2020-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Philodendron is the second most diverse genus of the Araceae, a tropical monocot family with significant morphological diversity along its wide geographic distribution in the Neotropics. Although evolutionary studies of Philodendron were conducted in recent years, the phylogenetic relationship among its species remain...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Loss-Oliveira L,Sakuragui C,Soares Mde L,Schrago CG

更新日期：2016-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:While there have been increasing numbers of reports of human-wolf conflict in China during recent years, little is known about the nature of this conflict. In this study, we used questionnaires and semi-structured interviews to investigate local villagers' perceptions of wolves in Jiuzhaigou County, western China. We ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Xu Y,Yang B,Dou L

更新日期：2015-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Lupus nephritis (LN) is a severe manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), which often progresses to end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and ultimately leads to death. At present, there are no definitive therapies towards LN, so that illuminating the molecular mechanism behind the disease has become an urgent ta...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Yang H,Li H

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staurozoan classification is highly subjective, based on phylogeny-free inferences, and suborders, families, and genera are commonly defined by homoplasies. Additionally, many characters used in the taxonomy of the group have ontogenetic and intraspecific variation, and demand new and consistent assessments to establi...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Miranda LS,Hirano YM,Mills CE,Falconer A,Fenwick D,Marques AC,Collins AG

更新日期：2016-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Cryptic peracarids are an important component of the coral reef fauna in terms of diversity and abundance, yet they have been poorly studied. The aim of this study was to evaluate the taxonomic richness and abundance of cryptic peracarids in coral rubble in the Puerto Morelos Reef National Park, Mex...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Monroy-Velázquez LV,Rodríguez-Martínez RE,Alvarez F

更新日期：2017-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of small unoccupied aircraft systems (UAS) for ecological studies and wildlife population assessments is increasing. These methods can provide significant benefits in terms of costs and reductions in human risk, but little is known if UAS-based approaches cause disturbance of animals during operations. To addr...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Arona L,Dale J,Heaslip SG,Hammill MO,Johnston DW

更新日期：2018-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PAAD), the most common subtype of pancreatic cancer, is a highly lethal disease. In this study, we integrated the expression profiles of splicing factors (SFs) of PAAD from RNA-sequencing data to provide a comprehensive view of the clinical significance of SFs. A prognostic index (PI) based ...

journal_title：PeerJ

authors： Rong MH,Zhu ZH,Guan Y,Li MW,Zheng JS,Huang YQ,Wei DM,Li YM,Wu XJ,Bu HP,Peng HL,Wei XL,Li GS,Li MX,Chen MH,Huang SN

更新日期：2020-02-11 00:00:00