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The Elephant Trunk Skin Inspires a Highly Sensitive and Deformable, Yet Robust, Armor Skin

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
The study presents the elephant trunk‐inspired armor skin with tactile sensing (ETATS). The ETATS architecture stretches and compresses while resisting puncture and tear, and it enables optical detection of pressure and lateral strain. Morphology‐based decoupling of strain and pressure paves the way to sensitive and deformable, yet robust, soft‐robotic
Jun Chang Yang, Petr Trunin, Behnam Kamare, Lucia Beccai   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The fetomaternal interface in the placenta of three species of armadillos (Eutheria, Xenarthra, Dasypodidae)

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology, 2012
Background Placental characters vary among Xenarthra, one of four supraordinal clades of Eutheria. Armadillos are known for villous, haemochorial placentas similar to humans. Only the nine-banded armadillo has been well studied so far.
Rezende Lorenna C, Barbeito Claudio G, Favaron Phelipe O, Mess Andrea, Miglino Maria A   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mycobacterium leprae in Armadillo Tissues from Museum Collections, United States

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023
We examined armadillos from museum collections in the United States using molecular assays to detect leprosy-causing bacilli. We found Mycobacterium leprae bacilli in samples from the United States, Bolivia, and Paraguay; prevalence was 14.8% in nine ...
Daniel Romero-Alvarez, Daniel Garzon-Chavez, Mary Jackson, Charlotte Avanzi, A. Townsend Peterson   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Zaedyus pichiy (Cingulata: Dasypodidae) [PDF]

, 2014
Fil: Superina, Mariella. Instituto de Medicina y Biología Experimental de Cuyo. CCT. Mendoza; ArgentinaFil: Abba, Agustín Manuel. División Zoología Vertebrados. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo.
Abba, Agustín Manuel, Superina, Mariella   +1 more
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35 Individuals With HUWE1‐Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder and Suggested Clinical Evaluations

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT HUWE1 (HECT, UBA, and WWE Domain Containing E3 Ubiquitin Protein Ligase1, OMIM 300697), located at Xp11.22, encodes a ubiquitin ligase that is highly conserved across species. Genetic variants in HUWE1 described in multiple independent studies cause X‐linked intellectual disability, including in the patients identified by Juberg, Marsidi, and ...
Mindy H. Li, Deziree L. Coleman, Kelsey Hogan, Danielle Luz, Lindsay Bhandari, Newell Belnap, Tiffany Busa, Charles Coutton, Klaus Dieterich, Svetlana Gorokhova, Clara Hildebrandt, Rachel Logan, Milena Mariani, Manuela Morleo, Vincenzo Nigro, John Pappas, Rachel Rabin, Kelly Schoch, Angelo Selicorni, Vandana Shashi, Rebecca Spillmann, Jennifer Sullivan, Charlotte Tardy, Samantha A. Schrier Vergano, Brock Grill, Kristin Baranano   +25 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ontogeny of murine bony semicircular canal form

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The labyrinthine geometry and functional anatomy of the semicircular canals have intrigued scientists for decades, and there has been considerable interest in understanding how these complex structures grow and develop with evidence emerging from human studies that size maturation occurs exceptionally early by comparison with other systems ...
Marcela Cárdenas‐Serna, Nathan Jeffery   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

From armadillos to sloths: Patterns and variations in xenarthran coronary anatomy

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Species of the superorder Xenarthra play a vital ecological role in the Neotropics. Despite their evolutionary significance, anatomical studies on their coronary circulation remain scarce. This study investigated the coronary anatomy of 82 hearts from nine Xenarthra species across the Dasypodidae, Myrmecophagidae, and Bradypodidae.
Wilson Viotto‐Souza, André Luiz Quagliatto Santos, Marcelo Abidu‐Figueiredo, Thaís Aparecida Silva, Rodrigo Ananias Barreiros Silva, Paulo de Souza‐Junior   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Habitat and Predator Influences on the Spatial Ecology of Nine-Banded Armadillos

Diversity
Mesopredator suppression has implications for community structure, biodiversity, and ecosystem function, but mesopredators with physical defenses may not avoid apex predators.
Robert C. Lonsinger, Ben P. Murley, Daniel T. McDonald, Christine E. Fallon, Kara M. White   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

First record of Toxoplasma gondii in Chaetophractus villosus in Argentina [PDF]

, 2014
Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular apicomplexan parasite that causes abortion and reproductive disorder in domestic animals. T. gondii is a common worldwide disease in homeothermic animals, including birds and humans.
Casanave, Emma Beatriz, Fort, Marcelo, Gimenez, Hugo D., Kin, Marta S.   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Humans are not unique: difficult birth is common in placental mammals

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Human childbirth is widely presumed to be uniquely difficult and dangerous compared to birth in other mammals. Tight fetopelvic proportions can result in obstructed labour and contribute to high rates of maternal and neonatal mortality. Ideas summarised under the ‘obstetrical dilemma’ have contributed to this assumption by explaining difficult
Nicole D. S. Grunstra
wiley   +1 more source