The origin story and emergence of molecular biology is muddled. The early triumphs in
bacterial genetics and the complexity of animal and plant genomes complicate an intricate …

Non-coding mutations at the far end of a large gene desert surrounding the SOX9 gene
result in a human craniofacial disorder called Pierre Robin sequence (PRS). Leveraging a …

In biomimetic design, functional systems, principles, and processes observed in nature are
used for the development of innovative technical systems. The research on functional …

A distinctive trait in primate evolution is the expansion in brain mass. The potential drivers of
this trend and how and whether encephalization influenced diversification dynamics in this …

Large brains are a defining feature of primates, as is a clear allometric trend between body
mass and brain size. However, important questions on the macroevolution of brain shape in …

Homo sapiens is the only species alive able to take advantage of its cognitive abilities to
inhabit almost all environments on Earth. Humans are able to culturally construct, rather than …

Quantifying and characterizing the pattern of trait covariances is crucial for understanding
how population-level patterns of integration might constrain or facilitate craniofacial …

Objectives: To review the elements of static analysis in the functional assessment of the
stomatognathic system, as promoted for more than a century by gnathologists, and …

There is abundant theoretical and empirical evidence for the influence of variational
properties of populations on microevolution, and more limited support for their lasting impact …

The aim of this study was to evaluate the levels of vitamin D (25OHD) and other bone
biomarkers in patients with third molar impaction (TMI). Thirty males and 30 females with …