Muscle-bone crosstalk in the masticatory system: from biomechanical to molecular interactions

S Buvinic, J Balanta-Melo, K Kupczik… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The masticatory system is a complex and highly organized group of structures, including
craniofacial bones (maxillae and mandible), muscles, teeth, joints, and neurovascular …

What Are the Keys to the Adaptive Success of European Wild Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in the Iberian Peninsula?

PJ Marín-García, L Llobat - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Why might a species both be seriously threatened and pose an
overpopulation problem in introduced locations? The aim of this review was to understand …

[HTML][HTML] Unravelling the structural variation of lizard osteoderms

A Marghoub, CJA Williams, JV Leite, AC Kirby, L Kéver… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Vertebrate skin is a remarkable organ that supports and protects the body. It consists of two
layers, the epidermis and the underlying dermis. In some tetrapods, the dermis includes …

Ontogenetic changes in bite force and gape in tufted capuchins

MF Laird, CM Kanno, CB Yoakum… - Journal of …, 2023 - journals.biologists.com
Bite force and gape are two important performance metrics of the feeding system, and these
metrics are inversely related for a given muscle size because of fundamental constraints in …

Biomechanics of the mandible of Macaca mulatta during the power stroke of mastication: loading, deformation, and strain regimes and the impact of food type

O Panagiotopoulou, J Iriarte-Diaz, HM Abraha… - Journal of human …, 2020 - Elsevier
Mandible morphology has yet to yield definitive information on primate diet, probably
because of poor understanding of mandibular loading and strain regimes, and overreliance …

Effects of obesity on talar micro‐and macro‐morphology

AD Sylvester, DJ Wescott… - Journal of Forensic …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The addition of information regarding obesity status to the forensic anthropological
biological profile could significantly contribute to the identification of human skeletal remains …

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 …

More challenging diets sustain feeding performance: Applications toward the captive rearing of wildlife

DR Mitchell, S Wroe, MJ Ravosa… - Integrative Organismal …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The rescue and rehabilitation of young fauna is of substantial importance to conservation.
However, it has been suggested that incongruous diets offered in captive environments may …

Is the distribution of cortical bone in the mandibular corpus and symphysis linked to loading environment in modern humans? A systematic review

PH Decaup, C Couture, E Garot - Archives of Oral Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective The human mandible is a unique bone with specific external and internal
morphological characteristics, influenced by a complex and challenging loading …

Long-Term Effect of Diet Consistency on Mandibular Growth within Three Generations: A Longitudinal Cephalometric Study in Rats

IA Tsolakis, C Verikokos, W Papaioannou, KE Alexiou… - Biology, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Craniofacial growth has been shown to be affected by different factors,
including environment. It is thought that environmental changes could possibly affect the …