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Description of the skull, braincase, and dentition of Moschognathus whaitsi (Dinocephalia, Tapinocephalia), and its palaeobiological and behavioral implications

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract A subadult Moschognathus whaitsi from the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, was scanned using synchrotron radiation X‐ray computed tomography (SRXCT). Its subadult state allowed the cranial bones and teeth to be identified and individually reconstructed in 3D.
Tristen Lafferty, Luke A. Norton, Aliénor Duhamel, Julien Benoit   +3 more
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Rethinking brachycephaly: Anatomical implications and health considerations in lagomorphs

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Brachycephaly in domestic rabbits is increasingly perceived by welfare organizations as associated with significant health complications, particularly oral pathologies. Despite this perception, comparative anatomical research into rabbit brachycephaly is limited compared to that of dogs and cats, compelling an in‐depth examination of its ...
Helaina Cressy, Alice Nishigaki, Matthew C. Gage, Renato L. Previdelli   +3 more
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Population pharmacokinetics and dose–response relationships of mitoxantrone in children with acute myeloid leukaemia

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Background Information on mitoxantrone pharmacokinetics in children is lacking and reduced dosing regimens applied to infants are supported by limited scientific rationale. The current study characterized mitoxantrone pharmacokinetics in a childhood acute myeloid leukaemia patient population and provides a data‐informed assessment of dosing.
Andrew M. Brandon, Hinke Huisman‐Siebinga, Shelby Barnett, Paul Wetherell, Pamela Kearns, Brenda Gibson, Nicholas Heaney, Owen Smith, André Baruchel, Arnaud Petit, Andrew Moore, Kayode Ogungbenro, Alwin D. R. Huitema, Gareth J. Veal   +13 more
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Maternal gut microbes shape the early-life assembly of gut microbiota in passerine chicks via nests

Microbiome, 2020
Background Knowledge is growing on how gut microbiota are established, but the effects of maternal symbiotic microbes throughout early microbial successions in birds remain elusive.
Cheng-Yu Chen, Chih-Kuan Chen, Yi-Ying Chen, Andrew Fang, Grace Tzun-Wen Shaw, Chih-Ming Hung, Daryi Wang   +6 more
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Flavoprotein autofluorescence imaging of visual system activity in zebra finches and mice. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Large-scale brain activity patterns can be visualized by optical imaging of intrinsic signals (OIS) based on activity-dependent changes in the blood oxygenation level.
Neethu Michael, Hans-Joachim Bischof, Siegrid Löwel   +2 more
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The flexible, the stereotyped and the in‐between: putting together the combinatory tool use origins hypothesis

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tool use research has long made the distinction between tool using that is considered learned and flexible, and that which appears to be instinctive and stereotyped. However, animals with an inherited tool use specialisation can exhibit flexibility, while tool use that is spontaneously innovated can be limited in its expression and facilitated
Jennifer A. D. Colbourne, Alice M. I. Auersperg   +1 more
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Beyond mammals: the evolution of chewing and other forms of oropharyngeal food processing in vertebrates

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Oropharyngeal food processing exhibits a remarkable diversity among vertebrates, reflecting the evolution of specialised ‘processing centres’ associated with the mandibular, hyoid, and branchial arches. Although studies have detailed various food‐processing strategies and mechanisms across vertebrates, a coherent and comprehensive terminology ...
Daniel Schwarz, Maja Mielke, Stephan Handschuh, Anthony Herrel, Patrick Lemell, Léa Da Cunha, Nicolai Konow   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development and validation of an environmental DNA test for the endangered Gouldian finch

Endangered Species Research, 2019
Detecting animals by identifying their DNA in water is a valuable tool for locating and monitoring species that are difficult to detect through other survey techniques. We developed a test for detecting the endangered Gouldian finch Erythrura gouldiae, a
K Day, H Campbell, A Fisher, K Gibb, B Hill, A Rose, SN Jarman   +6 more
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Response of black-capped chickadees to house finch Mycoplasma gallisepticum. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Tests for the presence of pathogen DNA or antibodies are routinely used to survey for current or past infections. In diseases that emerge following a host jump estimates of infection rate might be under- or overestimated. We here examine whether observed
André A Dhondt, Keila V Dhondt, Wesley M Hochachka   +2 more
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Early evolutionary history of the seed

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The seed is an essential stage in the life history of gymnospermous and angiospermous plants, facilitating both their survival and dispersal. We reappraise knowledge of the evolutionary history of the gymnospermous seed, from its origin in the late Devonian through to the well‐known end‐Permian extinctions – an interval encompassing the ...
Richard M. Bateman, Alan R. T. Spencer, Jason Hilton   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source