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Morphometrics for sports mechanics: Showcasing tennis racket shape diversity by Grant, Robyn A, Taraborrelli, Luca, Allen, Tom

“…Tennis racket design has changed from its conception in 1874. While we know that modern tennis rackets are lighter and have larger heads than their wooden…”
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Whisker touch sensing guides locomotion in small, quadrupedal mammals by Grant, Robyn A, Breakell, Vicki, Prescott, Tony J

“…All small mammals have prominent facial whiskers that they employ as tactile sensors to guide navigation and foraging in complex habitats. Nocturnal, arboreal…”
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Strategy Change in Vibrissal Active Sensing during Rat Locomotion by Arkley, Kendra, Grant, Robyn A., Mitchinson, Ben, Prescott, Tony J.

“…During exploration, rats and other small mammals make rhythmic back-and-forth sweeps of their long facial whiskers (macrovibrissae) [1–3]. These “whisking”…”
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The evolutionary origin of avian facial bristles and the likely role of rictal bristles in feeding ecology by Delaunay, Mariane G., Brassey, Charlotte, Larsen, Carl, Lloyd, Huw, Grant, Robyn A.

“…Facial bristles are one of the least described feather types and have not yet been systematically studied across phylogenetically diverse avian species…”
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Active vibrissal sensing in rodents and marsupials by Mitchinson, Ben, Grant, Robyn A., Arkley, Kendra, Rankov, Vladan, Perkon, Igor, Prescott, Tony J.

“…In rats, the long facial whiskers (mystacial macrovibrissae) are repetitively and rapidly swept back and forth during exploration in a behaviour known as…”
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Active Touch Sensing in the Rat: Anticipatory and Regulatory Control of Whisker Movements During Surface Exploration by Grant, Robyn A, Mitchinson, Ben, Fox, Charles W, Prescott, Tony J

“…Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom Submitted 18 July 2008; accepted in final form 24 November 2008 Animals actively…”
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Feedback control in active sensing: rat exploratory whisking is modulated by environmental contact by Mitchinson, Ben, Martin, Chris J, Grant, Robyn A, Prescott, Tony J

“…Rats sweep their facial whiskers back and forth to generate tactile sensory information through contact with environmental structure. The neural processes…”
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Investigating Foot Morphology in Rock Climbing Mammals: Inspiration for Biomimetic Climbing Shoes by Spurrier, Stephen, Allen, Tom, Grant, Robyn A

“…The sporting goods sector can serve as a proving ground for new technologies. We propose that climbing shoes are an excellent case study for showcasing a…”
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A novel automated rodent tracker (ART), demonstrated in a mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis by Hewitt, Brett M., Yap, Moi Hoon, Hodson-Tole, Emma F., Kennerley, Aneurin J., Sharp, Paul S., Grant, Robyn A.

“…•Custom-made open-source, automated rodent tracker (ART).•Tracks rodent locomotion and identifies general behaviours.•Validated against manual tracking and…”
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Describing whisker morphology of the Carnivora by Dougill, Gary, Brassey, Charlotte A., Starostin, Eugene L., Andrews, Hayley, Kitchener, Andrew, Heijden, Gert H. M., Goss, Victor G. A., Grant, Robyn A.

“…One of the largest ecological transitions in carnivoran evolution was the shift from terrestrial to aquatic lifestyles, which has driven morphological…”
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The development of whisker control in rats in relation to locomotion by Grant, Robyn A., Mitchinson, Ben, Prescott, Tony J.

“…Adult rats sweep their large facial whiskers (macrovibrissae) back and forth in a rhythmic pattern known as “whisking”. Here we examine how these whisker…”
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Investigating cat predation as the cause of bat wing tears using forensic DNA analysis by Khayat, Rana O. S., Grant, Robyn A., Ryan, Hazel, Melling, Louise M., Dougill, Gary, Killick, David R., Shaw, Kirsty J.

“…Cat predation upon bat species has been reported to have significant effects on bat populations in both rural and urban areas. The majority of research in this…”
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The role of orienting in vibrissal touch sensing by Grant, Robyn A, Sperber, Anna L, Prescott, Tony J

“…Rodents, such as rats and mice, are strongly tactile animals who explore the environment with their long mobile facial whiskers, or macrovibrissae, and orient…”
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Demonstrating a measurement protocol for studying comparative whisker movements with implications for the evolution of behaviour by Grant, Robyn A., Ryan, Hazel, Breakell, Vicki

“…Studying natural, complex behaviours over a range of different species provides insights into the evolution of the brain and behaviour. Whisker movements…”
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Generating novel tennis racket shape concepts using a theoretical morphospace by Grant, Robyn A, Bonhomme, Vincent, Allen, Tom

“…Statistical shape analysis, or morphometrics, is a technique commonly used in evolutionary biology to summarise a population of samples. Theoretical…”
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Anatomy of bristles on the nares and rictus of western barn owls (Tyto alba) by Delaunay, Mariane G., Charter, Motti, Grant, Robyn A.

“…Many nocturnal avian species, such as Strigiformes, Caprimulgiformes and Apterygiformes, have sensitive vibrotactile bristles on their upper bill, especially…”
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A Review and Case Study of 3D Imaging Modalities for Female Amniote Reproductive Anatomy by Clear, Emma, Grant, Robyn A, Carroll, Michael, Brassey, Charlotte A

“…Recent advances in non-invasive imaging methods have revitalised the field of comparative anatomy, and reproductive anatomy has been no exception. The…”
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What can whiskers tell us about mammalian evolution, behaviour, and ecology? by Grant, Robyn A., Goss, Victor G. A.

“…Most mammals have whiskers; however, nearly everything we know about whiskers derives from just a handful of species, including laboratory rats Rattus…”
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Abnormal whisker movements in the 3xTg‐AD mouse model of Alzheimer's disease by Simanaviciute, Ugne, Brown, Richard E., Wong, Aimee, Fertan, Emre, Grant, Robyn A.

“…Alzheimer's disease is the most frequent form of dementia in elderly people. The triple transgenic (3xTg‐AD) mouse model of Alzheimer's Disease is important in…”
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Manual Whisker Annotator (MWA): A Modular Open-Source Tool by Hewitt, Brett M, Yap, Moi Hoon, Grant, Robyn A

“…Rodents are key to generating translational data for healthcare research. Behavioural analyses, in particular, are integral to the non-invasive monitoring of…”
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