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Skull Anatomy and Evolution in Scolecophidian Snakes (Squamata: Ophidia), with an Emphasis on the Role of Heterochrony
DownloadFall 2021
Scolecophidians (‘blindsnakes’) form an assemblage of miniaturized and fossorial snakes, comprising three main lineages: Anomalepididae, Leptotyphlopidae, and Typhlopoidea. Scolecophidians have long been viewed as diverging basally among snakes, constituting the modern vestige of an ancestrally...
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Spring 2024
DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are considered the most deleterious DNA lesions. Unrepaired or incorrectly repaired DSBs can lead to cell cycle arrest, apoptosis, or over time, the accumulation of mutations and chromosomal abnormalities that give rise to cancer. The repair of DSBs by homologous...