Robin Pranter
@robinpranter.bsky.social
Evolution, development and developmental evolution. Neural crest cells, color patterns and the evolution of phenotypic syndromes. Postdoc at Max Plank Institute for Evolutionary Biology.
Really fascinating, from the photos it looks like they mostly differ in the ”stem”. How do cacti stems grow? How evolvable is that mechanism? Selection vs plasticity seems like a false dichotomy to me though.
August 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Really fascinating, from the photos it looks like they mostly differ in the ”stem”. How do cacti stems grow? How evolvable is that mechanism? Selection vs plasticity seems like a false dichotomy to me though.
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Also, our study, "PMEL is involved in snake #colourpattern transition from blotches to stripes," shows how a #PMEL mutation causes striped patterns in corn #snakes.
Excited to see these findings drive trait #diversification!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🐍🧬 #EvoDevo @naturecomms.bsky.social
Excited to see these findings drive trait #diversification!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🐍🧬 #EvoDevo @naturecomms.bsky.social
PMEL is involved in snake colour pattern transition from blotches to stripes - Nature Communications
Corn snakes are a useful model organism for studying skin pigmentation. Here they characterize the Terrazzo morph and identify the role of PMEL in the patterning of pigmented cells in the skin, explai...
www.nature.com
April 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Also, our study, "PMEL is involved in snake #colourpattern transition from blotches to stripes," shows how a #PMEL mutation causes striped patterns in corn #snakes.
Excited to see these findings drive trait #diversification!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🐍🧬 #EvoDevo @naturecomms.bsky.social
Excited to see these findings drive trait #diversification!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🐍🧬 #EvoDevo @naturecomms.bsky.social
Thats right, plenty of Zotocas! I didn't know there were bilineata in Germany, is that an introduced population?
June 8, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Thats right, plenty of Zotocas! I didn't know there were bilineata in Germany, is that an introduced population?
How cool! We don't get them up here in Sweden. The only lacerta that likes it up here is agilis.
June 8, 2025 at 9:31 AM
How cool! We don't get them up here in Sweden. The only lacerta that likes it up here is agilis.
Thank you! And shout out to your very nice recent work in sagrei. It will be very useful for us!
June 8, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Thank you! And shout out to your very nice recent work in sagrei. It will be very useful for us!
