Understanding developmental processes is foundational to clarifying the mechanisms by
which convergent evolution occurs. Here, we show how a key convergently evolving trait is …

A key trend in the 210‐million‐year‐old history of modern turtles was the evolution of shell
kinesis, that is, shell movement during neck and limb retraction. Kinesis is hypothesized to …

The ability of box turtles to close their shell as an antipredation adaptation and the potential
impact of the anterior and posterior lobes of the plastron on the closing force and closing …

Species groups that feature traits with a low number of potentially variable (evolvable)
character states are more likely to repeatedly evolve similar phenotypes, that is …

Evolutionary innovation may arise via major departures from an ancestral condition. Turtle
shell morphogenesis depends on a unique structure known as the carapacial ridge (CR) …

Objective To describe the anatomy of the brachial plexus in eastern box turtles (Terrapene
carolina carolina), develop a blind perineural injection technique for brachial plexus …

Species groups that feature traits with a low number of potentially variable (evolvable)
character states are more likely to repeatedly evolve similar phenotypes, that is …

Zusammenfassung Skeletale Gewebe meistern strukturelle Eigenschaften, die während des
gesamtes Lebens eines Organismus nicht nachlassen, und sie inspirieren dadurch …

Taï Chimpanzees is a term used for a population of western chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes
verus) located in the Taï National Park, which is situated in the southwestern region of Ivory …

Understanding the molecular evolution of adaptive traits is central to advancing evolutionary
biology. Thus, describing the genetic architecture of such traits is necessary to understand …