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• Select Comparative Pathobiology of Canine and Human Prostate Cancer: State of the Art and Future Directions.

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  Comparative Pathobiology of Canine and Human Prostate Cancer: State of the Art and Future Directions.

  Authors:Eduardo de Paula Nascente, Renée Laufer Amorim, Carlos Eduardo Fonseca-Alves, and Veridiana Maria Brianezi Dignani de MouraFrom:Cancers (Vol. 14, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

  May 202217,839 words Report 1650LProstate cancer (PC) is one of the main types of cancer that affects the male population worldwide. In recent decades, there has been a significant evolution in the methods of diagnosis and treatment, mainly due to the...
• Select Mating behavior and reproductive morphology predict macroevolution of sex allocation in hermaphroditic flatworms.

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  Mating behavior and reproductive morphology predict macroevolution of sex allocation in hermaphroditic flatworms.

  Authors:Jeremias N. Brand, Luke J. Harmon, and Lukas SchärerFrom:BMC Biology (Vol. 20, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 7, 202211,133 words Report 1530LBackground Sex allocation is the distribution of resources to male or female reproduction. In hermaphrodites, this concerns an individual's resource allocation to, for example, the production of male or female gametes....
• Select Cephalometric studies of the mandible, its masticatory muscles and vasculature of growing Göttingen Minipigs-A comparative anatomical study to refine experimental mandibular surgery.

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  Cephalometric studies of the mandible, its masticatory muscles and vasculature of growing Göttingen Minipigs-A comparative anatomical study to refine experimental mandibular surgery.

  Authors:Giuliano Mario Corte, Hana Hünigen, Kenneth C. Richardson, Stefan M. Niehues, and Johanna PlendlFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 14, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 25, 201910,318 words Report 1380LOver many decades, the Göttingen Minipig has been used as a large animal model in experimental surgical research of the mandible. Recently several authors have raised concerns over the use of the Göttingen Minipig in...
• Select Genomic comparison of serogroups O159 and O170 with other Vibrio cholerae serogroups.

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  Genomic comparison of serogroups O159 and O170 with other Vibrio cholerae serogroups.

  Authors:Zhenpeng Li, Xin Lu, Duochun Wang, Wei Li Liang, Jingyun Zhang, Jie Li, et al.From:BMC Genomics (Vol. 20, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 25, 20196,289 words Report 1440LBackground Of the hundreds of Vibrio cholerae serogroups, O1 and O139 are the main epidemic-causing ones. Although non-O1/non-O139 serogroups rarely cause epidemics, the possibility exists for strains within them to...
• Select What makes bigger brains?

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  What makes bigger brains?

  Author:Roger LewinFrom:Science (Vol. 244, Issue 4912) Peer-Reviewed

  June 30, 1989864 words Article What Makes Bigger Brains? Paul Harvey is interested in brains. In particular, he's interested in why some species are relatively brainier than others: monkeys are more generously endowed mentally than mice, for instance....
• Select Living in the fast track makes for small brains

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  Living in the fast track makes for small brains

  Author:Roger LewinFrom:Science (Vol. 242, Issue 4878) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 28, 19881,065 words Article Living in the Fast Track Makes for Small Brains BIOLOGISTS have long been interested in the precise biological constraints that might limit how big a species' brain can be. In recent years the maternal metabolic rate has...
• Select Scaling body support in mammals: limb posture and muscle mechanics

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  Scaling body support in mammals: limb posture and muscle mechanics

  Author:Andrew A. BiewenerFrom:Science (Vol. 245, Issue 4913) Peer-Reviewed

  July 7, 19891,638 words Article Scaling Body Support in Mammals: Limb Posture and Muscle Mechancis BODY SIZE IS ONE THE MAJOR factors that affects the form and function of an organism. Because area-dependent functions increase less rapidly than...
• Select An in vivo comparative study of intersegmental flexibility in the ophiuroid arm

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  An in vivo comparative study of intersegmental flexibility in the ophiuroid arm

  Authors:Elizabeth E. LeClair and Michael C. LaBarberaFrom:The Biological Bulletin (Vol. 193, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 19975,872 words Article We present the first in vivo measurements of intersegmental rotation in the ophiuroid arm, comparing lateral bending performance in seven epifaunal species from Discovery Bay, Jamaica. The species studied include...
• Select Taxonomic differences in the scaling of brain on body weight among mammals

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  Taxonomic differences in the scaling of brain on body weight among mammals

  Authors:Mark D. Pagel and Paul H. HarveyFrom:Science (Vol. 244, Issue 4912) Peer-Reviewed

  June 30, 19892,581 words Article Taxonomic Differences in the Scaling of Brain on Body Weight Among Mammals THE RELATIONSHIP OF BRAIN weight to body weight in mammals can be described by an allometric power formula, brain weight * a(body...
• Select MicroCT for comparative morphology: simple staining methods allow high-contrast 3D imaging of diverse non-mineralized animal tissues

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  MicroCT for comparative morphology: simple staining methods allow high-contrast 3D imaging of diverse non-mineralized animal tissues

  Author:Brian D. MetscherFrom:BMC Physiology (Vol. 9) Peer-Reviewed

  June 22, 20095,998 words Clinical report Authors: Brian D Metscher (corresponding author) [1] Background As genomic, functional, and developmental evolutionary studies continue to expand far beyond the few traditional model species, the need for general,...
• Select Heterotopic shift of epithetial-mesenchymal interactions in vertebrate jaw evolution. (Reports)

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  Heterotopic shift of epithetial-mesenchymal interactions in vertebrate jaw evolution. (Reports)

  Authors:Yasuyo Shigetani, Fumiaki Sugahara, Yayoi Kawakami, Yasunori Murakami, Shigeki Hirano, and Shigeru KurataniFrom:Science (Vol. 296, Issue 5571) Peer-Reviewed

  May 17, 20021,803 words Article Genes involved in late specification of the mandibular arch, the source of the vertebrate jaw, are expressed with similar patterns in the oral regions of chick and lamprey embryos. However, morphological comparisons...
• Select Gross Anatomy of the Digestive Tract of the Hawaiian Monk Seal, Monachus Schauinslandi. (1)

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  Gross Anatomy of the Digestive Tract of the Hawaiian Monk Seal, Monachus Schauinslandi. (1)

  Authors:Gwen D. Goodman-Lowe, Shannon Atkinson, and James R. CarpenterFrom:Pacific Science (Vol. 55, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 20012,372 words Article Gwen D. Goodman-Lowe (2) Shannon Atkinson (3) James R. Carpenter (4) Abstract: The digestive tract of a female juvenile Hawaiian monk seal was dissected and described. Intestine lengths were measured for a...
• Select PATTERN AND POSITIONS OF VERMIFORM APPENDIX IN PEOPLE OF BANNU DISTRICT

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  PATTERN AND POSITIONS OF VERMIFORM APPENDIX IN PEOPLE OF BANNU DISTRICT

  Authors:Tahir Iqbal, Amir Amanullah, and Rab NawazFrom:Gomal Journal of Medical Sciences (Vol. 10, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  June 30, 20122,042 words Report 1550LByline: Tahir Iqbal, Amir Amanullah and Rab Nawaz ABSTRACT Background: Vermiform appendix performs function immunologically and acts like a tonsil. The objective of the study was to determine different positions...
• Select Vision optics and evolution

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  Vision optics and evolution

  Author:Dan-E. NilssonFrom:BioScience (Vol. 39, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  May 19897,159 words Article Vision Optics and Evolution Nature's engineering has produced astonishing diversity in eye design Why do not all animals have camera-type eyes? Forced as we are to observe the outside world through a pair of...
• Select Morphological evolution of the scapula in tree squirrels, chipmunks, and ground squirrels (Sciuridae): an analysis using thin-plate splines

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  Morphological evolution of the scapula in tree squirrels, chipmunks, and ground squirrels (Sciuridae): an analysis using thin-plate splines

  Author:Donald L. SwiderskiFrom:Evolution (Vol. 47, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 19936,701 words Article A study investigating the formation of the mammalian scapula in tree squirrels, chipmunks and ground squirrels was conducted using analysis of thin plate splines to determine whether the scapula developed as an...
• Select Comparing brains

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  Comparing brains

  Authors:Paul H. Harvey and John R. KrebsFrom:Science (Vol. 249, Issue 4965) Peer-Reviewed

  July 13, 19906,893 words Article Comparing Brains WE HUMANS SET OURSELVES APART FROM THE REST OF the animal kingdom by our superior intellect, a physical manifestation of which is often considered to be the large size of our brains. Perhaps important...
• Select Solving the brain's energy crisis

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  Solving the brain's energy crisis

  Author:Ann GibbonsFrom:Science (Vol. 280, Issue 5368) Peer-Reviewed

  May 29, 19982,324 words Article To understand brain evolution, anthropologists and neuroscientists are analyzing the energetic constraints on brain size--and how humans may have evolved a way around them Humans have voracious brains. A newborn's...