Prof. Christine Böhmer
@vertevo.bsky.social
Palaebiologist | Paläobiologin |
Research | Forschung @kieluni 🇩🇪🇪🇺
#Palaeontology #Zoology #Evolution #Anatomy #Vertebrae #Archosaurs 🐊🐦🐀 @BoehmerGroup
Research | Forschung @kieluni 🇩🇪🇪🇺
#Palaeontology #Zoology #Evolution #Anatomy #Vertebrae #Archosaurs 🐊🐦🐀 @BoehmerGroup
Viviparous reproduction in #anurans - a extremely rare trait.
Thrane et al 2025 Vertebrate Zoology. Museomics and integrative taxonomy reveal three new species of glandular viviparous tree #toads (Nectophrynoides) in Tanzania’s Eastern Arc Mountains (Anura: Bufonidae)
doi.org/10.3897/vz.7...
Thrane et al 2025 Vertebrate Zoology. Museomics and integrative taxonomy reveal three new species of glandular viviparous tree #toads (Nectophrynoides) in Tanzania’s Eastern Arc Mountains (Anura: Bufonidae)
doi.org/10.3897/vz.7...
November 10, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Viviparous reproduction in #anurans - a extremely rare trait.
Thrane et al 2025 Vertebrate Zoology. Museomics and integrative taxonomy reveal three new species of glandular viviparous tree #toads (Nectophrynoides) in Tanzania’s Eastern Arc Mountains (Anura: Bufonidae)
doi.org/10.3897/vz.7...
Thrane et al 2025 Vertebrate Zoology. Museomics and integrative taxonomy reveal three new species of glandular viviparous tree #toads (Nectophrynoides) in Tanzania’s Eastern Arc Mountains (Anura: Bufonidae)
doi.org/10.3897/vz.7...
Study on high-altitude #birds with increased hemoglobin-oxygen affinity shows that adaptive solutions are contingent on prior evolutionary history.
Natarajan et al (2016) @science.org Predictable convergence in hemoglobin function has unpredictable molecular underpinnings
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
Natarajan et al (2016) @science.org Predictable convergence in hemoglobin function has unpredictable molecular underpinnings
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
November 8, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Study on high-altitude #birds with increased hemoglobin-oxygen affinity shows that adaptive solutions are contingent on prior evolutionary history.
Natarajan et al (2016) @science.org Predictable convergence in hemoglobin function has unpredictable molecular underpinnings
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
Natarajan et al (2016) @science.org Predictable convergence in hemoglobin function has unpredictable molecular underpinnings
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
Behavioral #plasticity: First documentation of systematic predation on #bats by #rats.
Gloza-Rausch et al 2025 Global Ecology and Conservation. Active predation by brown #rats on #bats at urban mass hibernacula in Northern #Germany: Conservation and one health implications
doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
Gloza-Rausch et al 2025 Global Ecology and Conservation. Active predation by brown #rats on #bats at urban mass hibernacula in Northern #Germany: Conservation and one health implications
doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
November 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Behavioral #plasticity: First documentation of systematic predation on #bats by #rats.
Gloza-Rausch et al 2025 Global Ecology and Conservation. Active predation by brown #rats on #bats at urban mass hibernacula in Northern #Germany: Conservation and one health implications
doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
Gloza-Rausch et al 2025 Global Ecology and Conservation. Active predation by brown #rats on #bats at urban mass hibernacula in Northern #Germany: Conservation and one health implications
doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
Remarkable #cancer resistance of the bowhead #whale arises from its enhanced ability to maintain genome integrity through enhanced DNA repair.
Firsanov et al 2025 @nature.com Evidence for improved DNA repair in long-lived bowhead whale
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Firsanov et al 2025 @nature.com Evidence for improved DNA repair in long-lived bowhead whale
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
November 5, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Remarkable #cancer resistance of the bowhead #whale arises from its enhanced ability to maintain genome integrity through enhanced DNA repair.
Firsanov et al 2025 @nature.com Evidence for improved DNA repair in long-lived bowhead whale
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Firsanov et al 2025 @nature.com Evidence for improved DNA repair in long-lived bowhead whale
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Unusual low-risk/high-gain strategy in small #bats: Short search and pursuit times with high hunting success rates and targeting prey approaching their own body size of 30 g.
Baier et al 2025 @currentbiology.bsky.social Extreme hunting efficiency in a carnivorous bat
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
Baier et al 2025 @currentbiology.bsky.social Extreme hunting efficiency in a carnivorous bat
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
November 4, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Unusual low-risk/high-gain strategy in small #bats: Short search and pursuit times with high hunting success rates and targeting prey approaching their own body size of 30 g.
Baier et al 2025 @currentbiology.bsky.social Extreme hunting efficiency in a carnivorous bat
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
Baier et al 2025 @currentbiology.bsky.social Extreme hunting efficiency in a carnivorous bat
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
Multitaxic #dinosaur footprint assemblage from Dinosaur Park Formation incl. ceratopsid and ankylosaurian tracks
Bell et al 2025 @plosone.org
A ceratopsid-dominated tracksite from the Dinosaur Park Formation (Campanian) at Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Bell et al 2025 @plosone.org
A ceratopsid-dominated tracksite from the Dinosaur Park Formation (Campanian) at Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
July 26, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Multitaxic #dinosaur footprint assemblage from Dinosaur Park Formation incl. ceratopsid and ankylosaurian tracks
Bell et al 2025 @plosone.org
A ceratopsid-dominated tracksite from the Dinosaur Park Formation (Campanian) at Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Bell et al 2025 @plosone.org
A ceratopsid-dominated tracksite from the Dinosaur Park Formation (Campanian) at Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Semi-autonomous tracking algorithms: in situ measurements of fiber lengths & orientation in #chicken #embryo.
Molnar @crocodilejulia.bsky.social et al 2025 @anatrecord.bsky.social Quantifying #muscle architecture in embryos using diceCT and algorithmic fascicle tracking
doi.org/10.1002/ar.7...
Molnar @crocodilejulia.bsky.social et al 2025 @anatrecord.bsky.social Quantifying #muscle architecture in embryos using diceCT and algorithmic fascicle tracking
doi.org/10.1002/ar.7...
July 21, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Semi-autonomous tracking algorithms: in situ measurements of fiber lengths & orientation in #chicken #embryo.
Molnar @crocodilejulia.bsky.social et al 2025 @anatrecord.bsky.social Quantifying #muscle architecture in embryos using diceCT and algorithmic fascicle tracking
doi.org/10.1002/ar.7...
Molnar @crocodilejulia.bsky.social et al 2025 @anatrecord.bsky.social Quantifying #muscle architecture in embryos using diceCT and algorithmic fascicle tracking
doi.org/10.1002/ar.7...
3D humerus shape & functional performance data reveal multiple adaptive radiations non-mammalian synapsids
Brocklehurst et al 2025 @plosbiology.org Adaptive landscapes unveil the complex evolutionary path from sprawling to upright #forelimb function and posture in #mammals
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Brocklehurst et al 2025 @plosbiology.org Adaptive landscapes unveil the complex evolutionary path from sprawling to upright #forelimb function and posture in #mammals
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
July 19, 2025 at 11:32 AM
3D humerus shape & functional performance data reveal multiple adaptive radiations non-mammalian synapsids
Brocklehurst et al 2025 @plosbiology.org Adaptive landscapes unveil the complex evolutionary path from sprawling to upright #forelimb function and posture in #mammals
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Brocklehurst et al 2025 @plosbiology.org Adaptive landscapes unveil the complex evolutionary path from sprawling to upright #forelimb function and posture in #mammals
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
#Bird mating dances, including walking, high stepping, stomping in place, short-distance flying, hopping, pecking, and lateral leaping inferred from a Miocene trace #fossil.
Abbassi 2025 Scientific Reports Reconstructing miocene bird mating behavior from a fossil tracksite
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Abbassi 2025 Scientific Reports Reconstructing miocene bird mating behavior from a fossil tracksite
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
July 18, 2025 at 10:53 AM
#Bird mating dances, including walking, high stepping, stomping in place, short-distance flying, hopping, pecking, and lateral leaping inferred from a Miocene trace #fossil.
Abbassi 2025 Scientific Reports Reconstructing miocene bird mating behavior from a fossil tracksite
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Abbassi 2025 Scientific Reports Reconstructing miocene bird mating behavior from a fossil tracksite
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Signs of hypoplasia found in caudal #vertebrae of two fossil sirenian individuals of Halitherium schinzii (Oligocene) from the Rhine area in Germany and northern Belgium.
Voss et al 2011 @anatrecord.bsky.social Vertebral Anomaly in Fossil Sea Cows (Mammalia, Sirenia)
doi.org/10.1002/ar.2...
Voss et al 2011 @anatrecord.bsky.social Vertebral Anomaly in Fossil Sea Cows (Mammalia, Sirenia)
doi.org/10.1002/ar.2...
July 17, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Signs of hypoplasia found in caudal #vertebrae of two fossil sirenian individuals of Halitherium schinzii (Oligocene) from the Rhine area in Germany and northern Belgium.
Voss et al 2011 @anatrecord.bsky.social Vertebral Anomaly in Fossil Sea Cows (Mammalia, Sirenia)
doi.org/10.1002/ar.2...
Voss et al 2011 @anatrecord.bsky.social Vertebral Anomaly in Fossil Sea Cows (Mammalia, Sirenia)
doi.org/10.1002/ar.2...
One of earliest few pterosaur found outside Europe: Eotephradactylus mcintireae gen. et sp. nov.
Kligman et al 2025 @pnas.org
Unusual bone bed reveals a vertebrate community with #pterosaurs and #turtles in equatorial Pangaea before the end-Triassic #extinction
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
🖼️ Brian Engh
Kligman et al 2025 @pnas.org
Unusual bone bed reveals a vertebrate community with #pterosaurs and #turtles in equatorial Pangaea before the end-Triassic #extinction
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
🖼️ Brian Engh
July 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
One of earliest few pterosaur found outside Europe: Eotephradactylus mcintireae gen. et sp. nov.
Kligman et al 2025 @pnas.org
Unusual bone bed reveals a vertebrate community with #pterosaurs and #turtles in equatorial Pangaea before the end-Triassic #extinction
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
🖼️ Brian Engh
Kligman et al 2025 @pnas.org
Unusual bone bed reveals a vertebrate community with #pterosaurs and #turtles in equatorial Pangaea before the end-Triassic #extinction
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
🖼️ Brian Engh
#Fossil from #Triassic of #Brazil sheds light on the #evolution of the #neck in sauropodomorph #dinosaurs 🦕
Damke et al 2022 @anatrecord.bsky.social The elongated neck of sauropodomorph dinosaurs evolved gradually
doi.org/10.1002/ar.2...
Damke et al 2022 @anatrecord.bsky.social The elongated neck of sauropodomorph dinosaurs evolved gradually
doi.org/10.1002/ar.2...
July 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
#Fossil from #Triassic of #Brazil sheds light on the #evolution of the #neck in sauropodomorph #dinosaurs 🦕
Damke et al 2022 @anatrecord.bsky.social The elongated neck of sauropodomorph dinosaurs evolved gradually
doi.org/10.1002/ar.2...
Damke et al 2022 @anatrecord.bsky.social The elongated neck of sauropodomorph dinosaurs evolved gradually
doi.org/10.1002/ar.2...
Extremely rare: foetus provides insights into the #anatomy of pygmy sperm whales.
Bennati-Madureira et al 2025 @anatrecord.bsky.social Anatomical description of a pygmy sperm #whale, Kogia breviceps (Cetacea: Kogiidae), pre-term calf using #CT scan and 3D reconstructions
doi.org/10.1002/ar.2...
Bennati-Madureira et al 2025 @anatrecord.bsky.social Anatomical description of a pygmy sperm #whale, Kogia breviceps (Cetacea: Kogiidae), pre-term calf using #CT scan and 3D reconstructions
doi.org/10.1002/ar.2...
July 15, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Extremely rare: foetus provides insights into the #anatomy of pygmy sperm whales.
Bennati-Madureira et al 2025 @anatrecord.bsky.social Anatomical description of a pygmy sperm #whale, Kogia breviceps (Cetacea: Kogiidae), pre-term calf using #CT scan and 3D reconstructions
doi.org/10.1002/ar.2...
Bennati-Madureira et al 2025 @anatrecord.bsky.social Anatomical description of a pygmy sperm #whale, Kogia breviceps (Cetacea: Kogiidae), pre-term calf using #CT scan and 3D reconstructions
doi.org/10.1002/ar.2...
More #vertebrae after metamorphosis
Vaglia et al 2010 Acta Zoologica. Evolving possibilities: postembryonic axial elongation in #salamanders with biphasic (Eurcyea cirrigera, E. longicauda, E. quadridigitata) and paedomorphic life cycles (E. nana and Ambystoma mexicanum)
doi.org/10.1111/j.14...
Vaglia et al 2010 Acta Zoologica. Evolving possibilities: postembryonic axial elongation in #salamanders with biphasic (Eurcyea cirrigera, E. longicauda, E. quadridigitata) and paedomorphic life cycles (E. nana and Ambystoma mexicanum)
doi.org/10.1111/j.14...
July 14, 2025 at 6:41 AM
More #vertebrae after metamorphosis
Vaglia et al 2010 Acta Zoologica. Evolving possibilities: postembryonic axial elongation in #salamanders with biphasic (Eurcyea cirrigera, E. longicauda, E. quadridigitata) and paedomorphic life cycles (E. nana and Ambystoma mexicanum)
doi.org/10.1111/j.14...
Vaglia et al 2010 Acta Zoologica. Evolving possibilities: postembryonic axial elongation in #salamanders with biphasic (Eurcyea cirrigera, E. longicauda, E. quadridigitata) and paedomorphic life cycles (E. nana and Ambystoma mexicanum)
doi.org/10.1111/j.14...
Hansen, Winkler, Guenther & Böhmer @vertevo.bsky.social 2025 @jexpbiol.bsky.social Effects of #diet quality on the musculoskeletal system of the masticatory apparatus in Mus musculus domesticus
doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
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July 12, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Hansen, Winkler, Guenther & Böhmer @vertevo.bsky.social 2025 @jexpbiol.bsky.social Effects of #diet quality on the musculoskeletal system of the masticatory apparatus in Mus musculus domesticus
doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
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3D reconstruction of the #human #ankle joint during late embryonic and early fetal periods, before joint cavity formation.
Takakuwa et al 2025 @anatrecord.bsky.social Changes in the position of skeletal elements of the ankle and foot during late embryonic and fetal periods
doi.org/10.1002/ar.7...
Takakuwa et al 2025 @anatrecord.bsky.social Changes in the position of skeletal elements of the ankle and foot during late embryonic and fetal periods
doi.org/10.1002/ar.7...
July 11, 2025 at 10:24 AM
3D reconstruction of the #human #ankle joint during late embryonic and early fetal periods, before joint cavity formation.
Takakuwa et al 2025 @anatrecord.bsky.social Changes in the position of skeletal elements of the ankle and foot during late embryonic and fetal periods
doi.org/10.1002/ar.7...
Takakuwa et al 2025 @anatrecord.bsky.social Changes in the position of skeletal elements of the ankle and foot during late embryonic and fetal periods
doi.org/10.1002/ar.7...
Fossil hominoids compared to 105 atlases of extant catarrhines & platyrrhines: Miocene specimens fall within range of variation of Pan and Hylobates.
Beaudet et al 2025 Scientific Reports New insights into the first cervical #vertebrae of Otavipithecus and
Nacholapithecus
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Beaudet et al 2025 Scientific Reports New insights into the first cervical #vertebrae of Otavipithecus and
Nacholapithecus
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
July 11, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Fossil hominoids compared to 105 atlases of extant catarrhines & platyrrhines: Miocene specimens fall within range of variation of Pan and Hylobates.
Beaudet et al 2025 Scientific Reports New insights into the first cervical #vertebrae of Otavipithecus and
Nacholapithecus
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Beaudet et al 2025 Scientific Reports New insights into the first cervical #vertebrae of Otavipithecus and
Nacholapithecus
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Urban selection on phenotype: Decreased tooth length in chipmunks, flatter skulls in voles.
Feijo et al 2025 @sicb.bsky.social Limited cranial shifts in city-dwelling #rodents after a century of urbanization
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
📷https://phys.org/news/2025-06-chicago-rodents-evolving-city.amp
Feijo et al 2025 @sicb.bsky.social Limited cranial shifts in city-dwelling #rodents after a century of urbanization
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
📷https://phys.org/news/2025-06-chicago-rodents-evolving-city.amp
July 4, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Urban selection on phenotype: Decreased tooth length in chipmunks, flatter skulls in voles.
Feijo et al 2025 @sicb.bsky.social Limited cranial shifts in city-dwelling #rodents after a century of urbanization
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
📷https://phys.org/news/2025-06-chicago-rodents-evolving-city.amp
Feijo et al 2025 @sicb.bsky.social Limited cranial shifts in city-dwelling #rodents after a century of urbanization
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
📷https://phys.org/news/2025-06-chicago-rodents-evolving-city.amp
Feral rabbits exhibit morphologies as seen in domesticated or wild forms, but may also exhibit intermediate ones.
Sherratt et al 2025 From wild to domestic and in between: how #domestication and #feralization changed the morphology of #rabbits @royalsocietypublishing.org doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
Sherratt et al 2025 From wild to domestic and in between: how #domestication and #feralization changed the morphology of #rabbits @royalsocietypublishing.org doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
July 2, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Feral rabbits exhibit morphologies as seen in domesticated or wild forms, but may also exhibit intermediate ones.
Sherratt et al 2025 From wild to domestic and in between: how #domestication and #feralization changed the morphology of #rabbits @royalsocietypublishing.org doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
Sherratt et al 2025 From wild to domestic and in between: how #domestication and #feralization changed the morphology of #rabbits @royalsocietypublishing.org doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
New #fossil material from Spain suggests two major clades in #Stegosauria
Sánchez-Fenollosa & Cobos 2025 Vertebrate Zoology. New insights into the phylogeny and skull #evolution of stegosaurian #dinosaurs: An extraordinary cranium from the European Late Jurassic
doi.org/10.3897/vz.7...
Sánchez-Fenollosa & Cobos 2025 Vertebrate Zoology. New insights into the phylogeny and skull #evolution of stegosaurian #dinosaurs: An extraordinary cranium from the European Late Jurassic
doi.org/10.3897/vz.7...
June 5, 2025 at 5:39 AM
New #fossil material from Spain suggests two major clades in #Stegosauria
Sánchez-Fenollosa & Cobos 2025 Vertebrate Zoology. New insights into the phylogeny and skull #evolution of stegosaurian #dinosaurs: An extraordinary cranium from the European Late Jurassic
doi.org/10.3897/vz.7...
Sánchez-Fenollosa & Cobos 2025 Vertebrate Zoology. New insights into the phylogeny and skull #evolution of stegosaurian #dinosaurs: An extraordinary cranium from the European Late Jurassic
doi.org/10.3897/vz.7...
Ever wondered how the shape of the genital bone in male Harbour #seals develops throughout #ontogeny?
Berghäuser, Wölfer, Böhmer @vertevo.bsky.social & @johnnyakatura.bsky.social @jzoology.bsky.social 2025 Morphology & development of the baculum in harbour seals P. vitulina doi.org/10.1111/jzo....
Berghäuser, Wölfer, Böhmer @vertevo.bsky.social & @johnnyakatura.bsky.social @jzoology.bsky.social 2025 Morphology & development of the baculum in harbour seals P. vitulina doi.org/10.1111/jzo....
June 2, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Ever wondered how the shape of the genital bone in male Harbour #seals develops throughout #ontogeny?
Berghäuser, Wölfer, Böhmer @vertevo.bsky.social & @johnnyakatura.bsky.social @jzoology.bsky.social 2025 Morphology & development of the baculum in harbour seals P. vitulina doi.org/10.1111/jzo....
Berghäuser, Wölfer, Böhmer @vertevo.bsky.social & @johnnyakatura.bsky.social @jzoology.bsky.social 2025 Morphology & development of the baculum in harbour seals P. vitulina doi.org/10.1111/jzo....