Dan Paluh
@danpaluh.bsky.social
Assistant professor at University of Dayton. Evolution, Anatomy, Development, Natural History, Amphibians & Reptiles | https://www.paluhlab.com/
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Dan Paluh
@danpaluh.bsky.social
· Sep 2
Our new paper is out in Royal Society Open Science! The metamorphic transition of the frog mouth: from tadpole keratinized mouthparts to adult teeth doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
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Navarrete et al. (2025) provides evidence that Caecilians aren't totally blind. Go to AmphibiaWeb.org to read more of this #AWNews.
February 9, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Navarrete et al. (2025) provides evidence that Caecilians aren't totally blind. Go to AmphibiaWeb.org to read more of this #AWNews.
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Ridges under the skin - paper in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Rete ridges form via evolutionarily distinct mechanisms in mammalian skin - Nature
A spatial and single-cell transcriptomics study across multiple mammalian species identifies epidermal BMP signalling as a functional requirement for rete ridge formation, providing insight into ...
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February 4, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Ridges under the skin - paper in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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How are ballistic tongues in plethodonts and chameleons similar and different? Zeng et al. (2025) explore this in this week's #AWNews. Visit AmphibiaWeb.org to read more.
February 2, 2026 at 5:37 PM
How are ballistic tongues in plethodonts and chameleons similar and different? Zeng et al. (2025) explore this in this week's #AWNews. Visit AmphibiaWeb.org to read more.
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Limnonectes palavanensis group exhibit one of the most advanced brood care behaviors. Recently, Dehling et al (2025) showed that there is an unexpectedly high diversity within this clade. Read more of this #AWNews at AmphibiaWeb.org
January 26, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Limnonectes palavanensis group exhibit one of the most advanced brood care behaviors. Recently, Dehling et al (2025) showed that there is an unexpectedly high diversity within this clade. Read more of this #AWNews at AmphibiaWeb.org
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#DBfeature 🐠
Pax9 has a broader role in initiating development of mesenchymal structures around the mouth during zebrafish development
By Sandhya Paudel, Sarah McLeod, Stefani Gjorcheska, Lindsey Barske
tinyurl.com/yc3jfpux
Pax9 has a broader role in initiating development of mesenchymal structures around the mouth during zebrafish development
By Sandhya Paudel, Sarah McLeod, Stefani Gjorcheska, Lindsey Barske
tinyurl.com/yc3jfpux
January 7, 2026 at 10:34 AM
#DBfeature 🐠
Pax9 has a broader role in initiating development of mesenchymal structures around the mouth during zebrafish development
By Sandhya Paudel, Sarah McLeod, Stefani Gjorcheska, Lindsey Barske
tinyurl.com/yc3jfpux
Pax9 has a broader role in initiating development of mesenchymal structures around the mouth during zebrafish development
By Sandhya Paudel, Sarah McLeod, Stefani Gjorcheska, Lindsey Barske
tinyurl.com/yc3jfpux
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Atelopus ignescens (the jambato) is a sentinel for environmental health. Please help us protect it from construction that doesn't follow local environmental regulations givebutter.com/XNVdrL
If you are a geologist/engineer who could help advise on alts to dynamite for road construction pls DM me.
If you are a geologist/engineer who could help advise on alts to dynamite for road construction pls DM me.
Help Save the Jambato: Ecuador’s Last Population Is at Risk
By ALIANZA JAMBATO
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January 7, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Atelopus ignescens (the jambato) is a sentinel for environmental health. Please help us protect it from construction that doesn't follow local environmental regulations givebutter.com/XNVdrL
If you are a geologist/engineer who could help advise on alts to dynamite for road construction pls DM me.
If you are a geologist/engineer who could help advise on alts to dynamite for road construction pls DM me.
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NEWS from Ohio State Fish Division: You can now search our 6,000-tissue collection on our website! 🐟
mbd.osu.edu/collections/...
mbd.osu.edu/collections/...
Fish Division | Museum of Biological Diversity
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December 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
NEWS from Ohio State Fish Division: You can now search our 6,000-tissue collection on our website! 🐟
mbd.osu.edu/collections/...
mbd.osu.edu/collections/...
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The metamorphic transition of the frog mouth: from tadpole keratinized mouthparts to adult teeth: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @garethjfraser.bsky.social @danpaluh.bsky.social #evolution
November 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
The metamorphic transition of the frog mouth: from tadpole keratinized mouthparts to adult teeth: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @garethjfraser.bsky.social @danpaluh.bsky.social #evolution
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New paper out in @devdynamics.bsky.social on lizard lung development!
Project co-led w/ Kaleb Hill and also w/ @tonygamble.bsky.social @shylonatasha.bsky.social @aussiebiologist.bsky.social @bezbez.bsky.social @celestemnelson.bsky.social
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Project co-led w/ Kaleb Hill and also w/ @tonygamble.bsky.social @shylonatasha.bsky.social @aussiebiologist.bsky.social @bezbez.bsky.social @celestemnelson.bsky.social
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
November 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
New paper out in @devdynamics.bsky.social on lizard lung development!
Project co-led w/ Kaleb Hill and also w/ @tonygamble.bsky.social @shylonatasha.bsky.social @aussiebiologist.bsky.social @bezbez.bsky.social @celestemnelson.bsky.social
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Project co-led w/ Kaleb Hill and also w/ @tonygamble.bsky.social @shylonatasha.bsky.social @aussiebiologist.bsky.social @bezbez.bsky.social @celestemnelson.bsky.social
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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New preprint from my postdoc work! Using fluorescent imaging, scRNA-seq, and ATAC-seq of mouse, anole, and chicken embryos, we provide evidence that birds have co-opted vascular smooth muscle to generate the pulmonary smooth muscle in their lungs. More on this later!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 14, 2025 at 12:28 AM
New preprint from my postdoc work! Using fluorescent imaging, scRNA-seq, and ATAC-seq of mouse, anole, and chicken embryos, we provide evidence that birds have co-opted vascular smooth muscle to generate the pulmonary smooth muscle in their lungs. More on this later!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Very happy that our new paper on the odd, looped optic nerves of chameleons is now out! It turns out having highly mobile eyes require some pretty specialized connections! doi.org/10.1038/s415...
November 10, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Very happy that our new paper on the odd, looped optic nerves of chameleons is now out! It turns out having highly mobile eyes require some pretty specialized connections! doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Can lungless tadpoles get their lungs back before metamorphosis? Find out in this week's #AWNews featuring Phillips et al. (2025) at AmphibiaWeb.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Can lungless tadpoles get their lungs back before metamorphosis? Find out in this week's #AWNews featuring Phillips et al. (2025) at AmphibiaWeb.org
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Last major paper of my #MSCA is finally out!! I modeled and mapped over 300 fish species in three orders in 3D to demonstrate how incorporating a depth perspective may offer a view of open-ocean biodiversity patterns that differs from a typical 2D approach.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Depth Matters for Marine Biodiversity
Aim Studies on the geographical distributions of marine species have typically ignored the oceans' inherent 3D nature, instead focusing on two-dimensional patterns based on surface or near-surface a...
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November 6, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Last major paper of my #MSCA is finally out!! I modeled and mapped over 300 fish species in three orders in 3D to demonstrate how incorporating a depth perspective may offer a view of open-ocean biodiversity patterns that differs from a typical 2D approach.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Pretty stoked that our article got the cover of the latest issue of @journalofanatomy.bsky.social!
Check it out here: doi.org/10.1111/joa....
Check it out here: doi.org/10.1111/joa....
November 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Pretty stoked that our article got the cover of the latest issue of @journalofanatomy.bsky.social!
Check it out here: doi.org/10.1111/joa....
Check it out here: doi.org/10.1111/joa....
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🥈 Second Prize – DevBio Art Contest 🎨
Hyloscirtus lynchi tadpoles captured in watercolor! 🐸 A tribute to this critically endangered Andean frog, showcasing its natural colors, unique hindlimb sacs & delicate morphology. 🌿 Painting by Sebastian Plata #DevBio #ScienceArt
October 29, 2025 at 7:13 PM
🥈 Second Prize – DevBio Art Contest 🎨
Hyloscirtus lynchi tadpoles captured in watercolor! 🐸 A tribute to this critically endangered Andean frog, showcasing its natural colors, unique hindlimb sacs & delicate morphology. 🌿 Painting by Sebastian Plata #DevBio #ScienceArt
Thanks to @amphibiaweb.org for featuring our new paper!
October 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Thanks to @amphibiaweb.org for featuring our new paper!
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This week's #AWNews features a study by Paluh et al. (2025) that examined the developmental-genetic mechanisms underlying tooth formation in frogs and tested whether a rudimentary dental program is activated in the lower jaw. Read more at AmphibiaWeb.org.
October 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
This week's #AWNews features a study by Paluh et al. (2025) that examined the developmental-genetic mechanisms underlying tooth formation in frogs and tested whether a rudimentary dental program is activated in the lower jaw. Read more at AmphibiaWeb.org.
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Happy to share that our paper on the #evolution and #genomics of the most common #color polymorphism in #frogs is now out in @pnas.org! My favorite frogs even made the cover of this week’s issue! 🎉🐸🎉
Read the paper here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Read the paper here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
September 17, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Happy to share that our paper on the #evolution and #genomics of the most common #color polymorphism in #frogs is now out in @pnas.org! My favorite frogs even made the cover of this week’s issue! 🎉🐸🎉
Read the paper here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Read the paper here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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A specimen of the fossil fish Norselaspis yields a wealth of information on the evolution of the head-trunk interface in vertebrates www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Novel assembly of a head–trunk interface in the sister group of jawed vertebrates - Nature
Imaging of a Devonian jawless fish reveals advanced features previously thought to be exclusive to jawed vertebrates, challenging the idea that jaws were the primary driver for the evolution of d...
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August 6, 2025 at 6:07 PM
A specimen of the fossil fish Norselaspis yields a wealth of information on the evolution of the head-trunk interface in vertebrates www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Our new paper is out in Royal Society Open Science! The metamorphic transition of the frog mouth: from tadpole keratinized mouthparts to adult teeth doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
September 2, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Our new paper is out in Royal Society Open Science! The metamorphic transition of the frog mouth: from tadpole keratinized mouthparts to adult teeth doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
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New paper is officially out!
Ratfish have a second jaw on their foreheads - CT + histology show they’re real teeth, built from the same tissues and signals as oral teeth.
www.washington.edu/news/2025/09...
Ratfish have a second jaw on their foreheads - CT + histology show they’re real teeth, built from the same tissues and signals as oral teeth.
www.washington.edu/news/2025/09...
This common fish has an uncommon feature: forehead teeth, used for mating
New findings call into question one of the core assumptions about teeth. Adult male spotted ratfish, a shark-like species native to the eastern Pacific Ocean, have rows of teeth on top of their heads,...
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September 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
New paper is officially out!
Ratfish have a second jaw on their foreheads - CT + histology show they’re real teeth, built from the same tissues and signals as oral teeth.
www.washington.edu/news/2025/09...
Ratfish have a second jaw on their foreheads - CT + histology show they’re real teeth, built from the same tissues and signals as oral teeth.
www.washington.edu/news/2025/09...
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Ever wondered how #sharks produce an unlimited supply of teeth? Our new preprint uncovers the genes within the dental stem cell niche driving lifelong tooth development. "Shark tooth regeneration: RNAseq reveals genes for unlimited dental renewal" 🦈🦷
bit.ly/47kkRHL
bit.ly/47kkRHL
Shark tooth regeneration: RNAseq reveals genes for unlimited dental renewal
Sharks are masters of tooth regeneration with a rapid and unlimited tooth supply. We present a comprehensive transcriptomic analysis across five distinct compartments from the embryonic shark mouth, c...
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September 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Ever wondered how #sharks produce an unlimited supply of teeth? Our new preprint uncovers the genes within the dental stem cell niche driving lifelong tooth development. "Shark tooth regeneration: RNAseq reveals genes for unlimited dental renewal" 🦈🦷
bit.ly/47kkRHL
bit.ly/47kkRHL
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Excited to share our new paper by @danpaluh.bsky.social out today in @royalsociety.org Open Science; with a great team, including undergraduate researchers! "The metamorphic transition of the frog mouth: from tadpole kertanized mouthparts to adult teeth" 🦷🐸
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
The metamorphic transition of the frog mouth: from tadpole keratinized mouthparts to adult teeth | Royal Society Open Science
Teeth have been a prominent feature of most vertebrates for 400 million years, and
the core regulatory network underlying embryonic tooth formation is deeply conserved.
In frogs, however, odontogenesi...
royalsocietypublishing.org
September 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Excited to share our new paper by @danpaluh.bsky.social out today in @royalsociety.org Open Science; with a great team, including undergraduate researchers! "The metamorphic transition of the frog mouth: from tadpole kertanized mouthparts to adult teeth" 🦷🐸
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Our new paper is out in Royal Society Open Science! The metamorphic transition of the frog mouth: from tadpole keratinized mouthparts to adult teeth doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
September 2, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Our new paper is out in Royal Society Open Science! The metamorphic transition of the frog mouth: from tadpole keratinized mouthparts to adult teeth doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
Reposted by Dan Paluh
Excited to announce that the 1st paper from my postdoc is now out in @currentbiology.bsky.social ! Using a large dataset of 3D preserved fossils, we explore the diversification of jaws in early bony fishes. 1/15
www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Macroevolutionary role reversals in the earliest radiation of bony fishes
Troyer et al. examine lower jaw evolution in Silurian-Devonian bony fishes and find
substantial differences in patterns of morphological disparity, rates of shape evolution,
and functional diversity b...
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September 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Excited to announce that the 1st paper from my postdoc is now out in @currentbiology.bsky.social ! Using a large dataset of 3D preserved fossils, we explore the diversification of jaws in early bony fishes. 1/15
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...