Publications by authors named "Ceri J Weber"
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- The vertebral skeleton's elongation mechanisms remain largely unknown, but studies on rodent tails offer insights into this process.
- In jerboas, mid-tail vertebrae are significantly longer compared to other rodents, highlighting unique growth patterns linked to cartilage height and cellular development.
- Molecular analysis identifies the inhibitory natriuretic peptide receptor C (NPR3) as a key regulator of vertebral growth, suggesting its role in shaping skeletal proportions across mammals.
Tails used as inertial appendages induce body rotations of animals and robots-a phenomenon that is governed largely by the ratio of the body and tail moments of inertia. However, vertebrate tails have more degrees of freedom (e.g.
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