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Mammalian vertebral columns may reflect pace of evolution

Researchers find clues to evolution in the intricate mammalian vertebral column.

 science-technology  mammals  basic-research  fas  stephanie-pierce  paleontology  katrina-jones  nature-communications  museum-of-comparative-zoology  oeb  organismic-and-evolutionary-biology  jed-gottlieb  vertebral-column

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Harvard study models forelimbs of echidnas to shed light on evolution

Using a detailed, musculoskeletal model of an echidna forelimb, Harvard scientists are not only shedding light on how the little-studied echidna’s forelimbs work, but also opening a window into understanding how extinct mammals might have used those limbs.

 science-technology  evolution  mammals  faculty-of-arts-and-sciences  fas  harvard  peter-reuell  reuell  echidna  echidnas  forelimb  mammal  mammal-evolution  models  monotreme  pierce  regnault  sophie-regnault  stephanie-pierce

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Harvard study models forelimbs of echidnas to shed light on evolution

Using a detailed, musculoskeletal model of an echidna forelimb, Harvard scientists are not only shedding light on how the little-studied echidna’s forelimbs work, but also opening a window into understanding how extinct mammals might have used those limbs.

 science-technology  evolution  mammals  faculty-of-arts-and-sciences  fas  harvard  peter-reuell  reuell  echidna  echidnas  forelimb  mammal  mammal-evolution  models  monotreme  pierce  regnault  sophie-regnault  stephanie-pierce

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Study examines how mammal backbones changed during evolution

Harvard scientists are using the fossil record and a close examination of the vertebrae of thousands of modern animals to understand how and when specialized regions in the spines of mammals developed.

 science-technology  evolution  mammals  faculty-of-arts-and-sciences  fas  harvard  peter-reuell  reuell  mammal  pierce  stephanie-pierce  science  backbone  backbone-regions  backbones  fossil  fossils  hox-genes  jones  katrina-jones  nonmammalian-synapsids  reptiles  spine  spine-regions  spines  synapsids  vertebrae

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