Drivers of tail evolution in squamates and their implications for the fossorial origin of snakes
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract The axial skeleton serves as the primary structural support in all vertebrates and is subdivided into five distinct regions: cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and caudal. Relaxation of constraints acting on the terminal end of the axial skeleton has led to remarkable variation in caudal vertebrae number across Squamata.
Olivia Binfield +2 more
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A Spatial Prioritization Approach for Identifying Future Conservation Reserve Program Opportunities to Enhance Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris) Ecosystem Connectivity. [PDF]
Environ ManageTownsend BC, Nibbelink NP, Dwivedi P.
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Despite the distinctly different shapes of their tongues, the tongue gross anatomy of Saimaa ringed seal closely resembled that of Baltic ringed seal. There were no differences in the extrinsic and intrinsic tongue muscles or their associated vascularization and innervation between Saimaa and Baltic ringed seals.
Juha Laakkonen, Heini Nihtilä
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Interpretable prediction of macrotrabecular-massive HCC and recurrence-free survival by integrating MRI LI-RADS features with deep learning habitat radiomics. [PDF]
Eur Radiol ExpZhang M +11 more
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Triassic pseudosuchians had highly diversified cranial morphologies. These archosaurs occupied diverse ecological roles, ranging from terrestrial predators and herbivores to semiaquatic ambush predators and possible waders. Here, we apply linear cranial morphometrics to assess possible convergences with other sauropsids from the clades ...
Rafael Terras +3 more
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Habitat Use Across the Geographic Range of <i>Limenitis reducta</i> Reveals Stronger Constraints at the Northern Edge. [PDF]
Ecol EvolKaiser J, Hinneberg H, Gottschalk TK.
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Three‐dimensional digital analysis of musteloid masticatory muscle architecture
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Musteloids span an enormous breadth of dietary modes within a single superfamily. In this study, we utilize digital dissection techniques to reconstruct the internal 3D anatomy of muscles within the musteloid feeding apparatus, and explore how dietary specializations might alter the size, orientation, and curvature of fascicles therein.
Cassidy E. Davis +6 more
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In A Class of Their Own: Multiclass Random Forests Reveal Distinct Habitat Needs of Fledglings Relative to Adults in Two Grassland Birds. [PDF]
Ecol EvolBernath-Plaisted JS +5 more
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Scaling and ecomorphology of lagomorph body shape and appendicular skeleton
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Body shape is one of the most prominent features of phenotypic variation. Yet, mammalian body shapes are poorly quantified and the underlying components contributing to its diversity and its relationship to other skeletal components are rarely tested.
Nia Brice, Coby Huizenga, Chris J. Law
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Habitat Heterogeneity Drives Intertidal Macrobenthic Community Differentiation via Environmental Filtering, Species Turnover, and Ecological Network Reorganization. [PDF]
Animals (Basel)Wang J +8 more
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