Some vertebrates evolved to have a remarkable capacity for anatomical and physiological
plasticity in response to environmental challenges. One example of such plasticity can be …

The Burmese python, one of the world's largest snakes, has reached celebrity status for its
dramatic physiological responses associated with digestion of enormous meals. The meals …

Constricting pythons, known for their ability to consume infrequent, massive meals, exhibit
rapid and reversible cardiac hypertrophy following feeding. Our primary goal was to …

Canonical models of intestinal regeneration emphasize the critical role of the crypt stem cell
niche to generate enterocytes that migrate to villus ends. Burmese pythons possess extreme …

Non-traditional animal models present an opportunity to discover novel biology that has
evolved to allow such animals to survive in extreme environments. One striking example is …

The heart is a highly plastic organ that responds to diverse stimuli to modify form and
function. The molecular mechanisms of adaptive physiological cardiac hypertrophy are well …

Much is unknown about many aspects of diagnostic clinical pathology for reptiles,
particularly snakes. Although we focus on boas and pythons, references assessing other …

Snakes have captured evolutionary biologists' attention for decades as extreme examples of
adaptive evolution models for studying how novel and extreme traits evolve in nature, but …

Non-traditional animal models present an opportunity to discover novel biology that has
evolved to allow such animals to survive in extreme environments and to potentially extend …