Early in snake evolution, the Hox gene expression in the axial skeleton responsible for the development of the thorax became dominant. As a result, the vertebrae anterior to the hindlimb buds (when present) all have the same thoracic-like identity (except from the atlas, axis, and 1–3 ...
“When the rock containing the specimen was split and it was discovered, the skeleton and skull ended up on opposite sides of the slab, with a natural mould preserving the shape of each on the opposite side,” said Caldwell. “The original study only described the skull and overlooked the ...
Although snakes are descended from limbed squamates ('lizards'), all known snakes lack well developed legs and their nearest lizard relatives have yet to be identified1–4. Here we provide compelling evidence that the Cretaceous squamatePachyrhachis problematicus, previously interpreted as a varanoid...
There is a tavern, with a snake skeleton on the entrance sign, coiled all around. Judging by the size, that is certainly not normal, and probably not even the full skeleton. [Eiha] Eiha: "Hm, from the looks of it the snakes probably don't like this place at all. These villagers...
"That skeleton looks just like the bones in the amber," she thought. "Could that lizard actually be a snake?" She returned home to Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, immediately. She scrutinized the creature under magnifier again, and found that it had no legs, and the remaining ...
Snakes have numerous features distinctive from other tetrapods and a rich history of genome evolution that is still obscure. Here, we report the high-quality genome of the five-pacer viper, Deinagkistrodon acutus, and comparative analyses with other repr
we can call it aGrassfire transform, which sounds cooler anyway. As an aside, this is kind of related to the field of algorithms calledSkeletonisation algorithms, and while that’s not exactly what we’re doing here, makes for interesting reading relating to procedural generation in general. ...
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