scMultiSim is a comprehensive single-cell and spatial data simulator generating realistic multi-omics data based on modeling gene regulatory networks, cell-cell interactions, and other biological and technical factors https://t.co/u90aWCTU4D
New article from our lab on the importance of squamate models for understanding key dental features of vertebrates is already online in @Dev_Bio_Journal as a pre-proof @BIOTECH_UH@HiLIFE_helsinki@helsinkiuni https://t.co/rk0TDwh3FT
It turns out...Komodo dragons have iron-coated teeth!
https://t.co/tcp3GGzXP7
Their serrations and tips pop into the mouth with an orange hue. Using different techniques, we show that these iconic lizards have special iron-rich coatings on each tooth, keeping them razor sharp!
Snakes have unique body plans, esp. in the skull. Embryonic description of Japanese rat snake reveals early ossification of palatine & pterygoid for swallowing large prey. Rapid prootic bone ossification aids in ground-borne sound detection
Nojiri et al.: https://t.co/KNb1I9V86X
Despite extensive study on Smilodon fatalis, their masticatory behaviors remain debated. Using osteological proxies from extant felids, researchers estimate gape & bite force, suggesting S. fatalis killed large prey with shearing bites.
Deutsch et al.: https://t.co/G8NIQaT2Jt
As part of the upcoming @LeverhulmeTrust research project on lizard enamel evolution, I will be recruiting a new (UK) PhD student for a 1st October start! If you or someone you know is interested, here is the advert link: https://t.co/NxxoH5BtHb
Really interesting new study by @Tseng_ZJ on prolonged canine eruption in saber-toothed carnivores!
"...the timing of the eruption of the sabers has been tweaked to allow a double-fang stage"
Media article: https://t.co/QcnO3CwsCH
@AnatRecord article: https://t.co/8M1YudHXcv
Really excited to present the results of a great collaboration with the lab of @OphirKlein! 😃 A truly interdisciplinary effort, led by Neha and Pengfei, that reveals how tissue pressure sets the main tooth signaling center. Out today in @NatureCellBio
➡️ https://t.co/DsvPmFls6Y
Congrats to my former postdoc @IanETowle on our latest publication on tooth chipping and caries in fossil anthropoids. It's amazing how teeth can hold so much information about the lives of our ancestors 🥰
https://t.co/5HAgdzllCC
MicroCT scans reveal insights into the tooth replacement pattern of the enigmatic Charruodon tetracuspidatus, a #Triassic#cynodont. Early ontogenetic stage hints at potential taxonomic mysteries! New research by Carolina Hoffmann et al.:
https://t.co/ddCHWGVMOG
Excited to share our latest @Nature paper spearheaded by @YaelGruper identifying a new autoimmune disorder, characterized by impaired tooth development & generation of autoAbs against enamel matrix. It occurs in most AIRE def patients & ~1/3 of celiac kids https://t.co/Ln8IbJsgq5
New genus and species characterized by distinctive molar morphology. #teeth#metatheria
Crichton et al 2023 et al 2023 Scientific Reports: A probable #koala from the Oligocene of central #Australia provides insights into early diprotodontian #evolution
https://t.co/x0VbRebbTQ
Insights gained from observing live and museum specimens help understand the chewing biology of hippos and yield instructions for reconstructing tooth positions in museum specimens. https://t.co/7LQ3fuN5nv