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J. Matthias Starck, Fabian Schrenk, Sofia Schröder, Michael Pees
Spider morph ball pythons are a frequently bred design morph with striking alterations of the skin color pattern. We created high resolution µCT-image series through the otical region of the skulls, used 3D-reconstruction software for rendering anatomical models, and compare the anatomy of the semicircular ducts…
Dakota R. Hunt, Holly Allen, Thomas G. Martin, Sophia N. Feghali + 2 more
The study of nontraditional model organisms, particularly those exhibiting extreme phenotypes, offers unique insights into adaptive mechanisms of stress response and survival. Snakes, with their remarkable physiological, metabolic, and morphological adaptations, serve as powerful models for investigating these…
Jun Kwon, Sang Wha Kim, Sang Guen Kim, Hyoun Joong Kim + 7 more
'Sung Bin Lee' 'Jeong Woo Kang' 'Won Joon Jung' 'Sib Sankar Giri' 'Kyunglee Lee' 'Se Chang Park' 'Erik Teske'] A two-year-old ball python with a submandibular mass was evaluated. Fine needle aspiration resulted in debris containing purulent materials and bacterial cells on cytology. Radiography demonstrated multi-focal…
Uyen M. Dao, Izabella Lederer, Ray L. Tabor, Basmah Shahid + 2 more
Color patterns in non-avian reptiles are beautifully diverse, but little is known about the genetics and development of these patterns. Here we investigated color patterning in pet ball pythons (Python regius), which have been bred to show color phenotypes that differ dramatically from the wildtype form. We report that…
Francesco Di Ianni, Sara Albarella, Alessandro Vetere, Marco Torcello + 6 more
'Marco Torcello' 'Michela Ablondi' 'Mariagiulia Pugliano' 'Susanna Di Mauro' 'Pietro Parma' 'Francesca Ciotola' 'Tingxian Deng'] Parthenogenesis is an asexual form of reproduction, normally present in various animal and plant species, in which an embryo is generated from a single gamete. Currently, there are some…
Fabian Schrenk, Matthias Starck, Ingmar Kiefer, Thomas Flegel + 2 more
There is general awareness of artificial selection and its potential implications on health and welfare of animals. Despite growing popularity and increasing numbers of breeds of atypical colour and pattern variants in reptiles, only few studies have investigated the appearance and cause of various diseases associated…
Uyen M Dao, Izabella Lederer, Ray L Tabor, Basmah Shahid + 3 more
'Chiron W Graves' 'Hannah S Seidel' '' 'M Arbeitman'] Title: Abstract Color patterns in nonavian reptiles are beautifully diverse, but little is known about the genetics and development of these patterns. Here, we investigated color patterning in pet ball pythons (Python regius), which have been bred to show color…
Athanasia C. Tzika
Reptilian species, particularly snakes and lizards, are emerging models of animal coloration. Here, I focus on the role of the TFEC transcription factor in snake and lizard coloration based on a study on wild-type and piebald ball pythons. Genomic mapping previously identified a TFEC mutation linked to the piebald ball…
Alan Garcia-Elfring, Heather L. Roffey, Jaren M. Abergas, Andrew P. Hendry + 1 more
Pterin pigments are responsible for many of the bright colours observed across the animal kingdom. However, unlike melanin, the genetics of pterin-based pigmentation has received relatively little attention in animal colouration studies. Here, we investigate a lineage of axanthic ball pythons (Python regius) found in…
Simon Rudkin
Visualization of data is an important step in the understanding of data and the evaluation of statistical models. Topological Data Analysis Ball Mapper (TDABM) after D lotko (2019), provides a model free means to visualize multivariate datasets without information loss. To permit the construction of a TDABM graph, each…
Michael Pees, Annkatrin Möller, Volker Schmidt, Wieland Schroedl + 2 more
'Rachel E. Marschang' 'Clive J. C. Phillips'] Simple Summary Paramyxoviruses in the genus Ferlavirus are well-documented pathogens in snakes. Disease severity appears to depend on multiple factors which are not fully understood. In order to further understand the role of host species in ferlaviral infection and…
David Meijer, Marnix H. Medema, Justin J. J. van der Hooft
Effective visualization of small molecules is paramount in conveying concepts and results in cheminformatics. Scalable vector graphics (SVG) are preferred for creating such visualizations, as SVGs can be easily altered in post-production and exported to other formats. A wide spectrum of software applications already…
Andrea F. Currylow, Matthew F. McCollister, Gretchen E. Anderson, Jillian M. Josimovich + 3 more
'Jillian M. Josimovich' 'Austin L. Fitzgerald' 'Christina M. Romagosa' 'Amy A. Yackel Adams'] Title: Abstract We describe several photo-documented novel interactions between intraguild predators in southern Florida-the native bobcat (Lynx rufus) and the invasive Burmese python (Python bivittatus). Over several days we…
Nader Zare, Aref Sayareh, Omid Amini, Mahtab Sarvmaili + 3 more
'Arad Firouzkouhi' 'Stan Matwin' 'Amílcar Soares'] Abstract. Soccer, also known as football in some parts of the world, involves two teams of eleven players whose objective is to score more goals than the opposing team. To simulate this game and attract scientists from all over the world to conduct research and…
Shi, Zhiwei, Zhu, Chengxi + 10 more
This paper presents a data-driven universal ball trajectory prediction method integrated with physics equations. Existing methods are designed for specific ball types and struggle to generalize. This challenge arises from three key factors. First, learning-based models require large datasets but suffer from accuracy…
Ana M. Belenguer, Giulio I. Lampronti, Adam A. L. Michalchuk, Franziska Emmerling + 1 more
We demonstrate here using a disulfide system the first example of reversible, selective and quantitative transformation between three crystalline polymorphs by ball mill grinding. This includes the discovery of a previously unknown polymorph. Each polymorph is reproducibly obtained under well-defined neat or…
Steven B. Tillis, Jillian M. Josimovich, Melissa A. Miller, Laura L. Hoon-Hanks + 14 more
'Laura L. Hoon-Hanks' 'Arik M. Hartmann' 'Natalie M. Claunch' 'Marley E. Iredale' 'Tracey D. Logan' 'Amy A. Yackel Adams' 'Ian A. Bartoszek' 'John S. Humphrey' 'Bryan M. Kluever' 'Mark D. Stenglein' 'Robert N. Reed' 'Christina M. Romagosa' 'James F. X. Wellehan Jr.' 'Robert J. Ossiboff' 'Alexander Gorbalenya'] Burmese…
M. Andreu, Kai Ploeger, Jan Peters
— Being widespread in human motor behavior, dynamic movements demonstrate higher efficiency and greater capacity to address a broader range of skill domains compared to their quasi-static counterparts. Among the frequently studied dynamic manipulation problems, robotic juggling tasks stand out due to their inherent…
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TurtleMol is an open-source Python package that aims to help users generate large, complex molec- ular systems. In the current version, users can generate systems by filling volumes defined by basic geometric shapes (e.g. cube, sphere), or by shapes of arbitrary gemoetries defined meshes created in other software (such…