[HTML][HTML] The intertwined evolution and development of sutures and cranial morphology

HE White, A Goswami, AS Tucker - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Phenotypic variation across mammals is extensive and reflects their ecological
diversification into a remarkable range of habitats on every continent and in every ocean …

Facing the facts: adaptive trade‐offs along body size ranges determine mammalian craniofacial scaling

DR Mitchell, E Sherratt, V Weisbecker - Biological Reviews, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The mammalian cranium (skull without lower jaw) is representative of mammalian diversity
and is thus of particular interest to mammalian biologists across disciplines. One widely …

Geometric morphometry in veterinary anatomy

İ Boz, Y Altundağ, T Szara, N Hadziomerovic… - Veterinaria, 2023 - veterinaria.unsa.ba
Geometric morphometry is a shape analysis method based on the analysis of landmarks,
curves and contours, all geometric data from two or three-dimensional Cartesian …

[HTML][HTML] Dipyridamole-loaded 3D-printed bioceramic scaffolds stimulate pediatric bone regeneration in vivo without disruption of craniofacial growth through facial …

MM Wang, RL Flores, L Witek, A Torroni, A Ibrahim… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
This study investigates a comprehensive model of bone regeneration capacity of
dypiridamole-loaded 3D-printed bioceramic (DIPY-3DPBC) scaffolds composed of 100 …

[HTML][HTML] Evolution and expansion of the RUNX2 QA repeat corresponds with the emergence of vertebrate complexity

AH Newton, AJ Pask - Communications Biology, 2020 - nature.com
Runt-related transcription factor 2 (RUNX2) is critical for the development of the vertebrate
bony skeleton. Unlike other RUNX family members, RUNX2 possesses a variable poly …

Taxonomy of the Sylvilagus brasiliensis complex in Central and South America (Lagomorpha: Leporidae)

LA Ruedas, SM Silva, JH French, RN Platt… - Journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
A taxonomic framework for South American cottontail rabbits (Lagomorpha: Leporidae:
Sylvilagus) was recently published by Diersing and Wilson (2017). Although we agree with …

[HTML][HTML] Creating diversity in mammalian facial morphology: a review of potential developmental mechanisms

K Usui, M Tokita - EvoDevo, 2018 - Springer
Mammals (class Mammalia) have evolved diverse craniofacial morphology to adapt to a
wide range of ecological niches. However, the genetic and developmental mechanisms …

[HTML][HTML] Lagomorpha as a model morphological system

B Kraatz, R Belabbas, Ł Fostowicz-Frelik… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Due to their global distribution, invasive history, and unique characteristics, European
rabbits are recognizable almost anywhere on our planet. Although they are members of a …

Sexual and geographical divergence in head widths of invasive cane toads, Rhinella marina (Anura: Bufonidae), is driven by both rapid evolution and plasticity

CM Hudson, GP Brown, K Stuart… - Biological Journal of the …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Measurements of> 3700 field-collected cane toads (Rhinella marina) show that head width
relative to body length differs between the sexes and has become modified during the toad's …

[HTML][HTML] Endocranial shape variation and allometry in Euarchontoglires

MM Lang, C López-Aguirre, L Schroeder, MT Silcox - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
While brain size in primates and their relatives within Euarchontoglires is well-studied, less
research has examined brain shape, or the allometric trajectories that underlie the …