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Comparative anatomy of the felid brachial plexus reflects differing hunting strategies between Pantherinae (snow leopard, Panthera uncia) and Felinae (domestic cat, Felis catus) by Hall, Margaret I, Lindvall, Tyler, Suarez-Venot, Ana, Valdez, Dominik, Smith, Heather F

“…The brachial plexus, a network of ventral rami providing somatic sensory and motor innervation to the forelimb, is of particular importance in felids…”
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Eye shape and the nocturnal bottleneck of mammals by Hall, Margaret I., Kamilar, Jason M., Kirk, E. Christopher

“…Most vertebrate groups exhibit eye shapes that vary predictably with activity pattern. Nocturnal vertebrates typically have large corneas relative to eye size…”
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The nocturnal bottleneck and the evolution of mammalian vision by Heesy, Christopher P, Hall, Margaret I

“…Evidence from the early paleontological record of mammalian evolution has often been interpreted as supporting the idea that mammals were nocturnal for most of…”
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What’s suffering got to do with it? A qualitative study of suffering in the context of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) by Pesut, Barbara, Wright, David Kenneth, Thorne, Sally, Hall, Margaret I., Puurveen, Gloria, Storch, Janet, Huggins, Madison

“…Abstract Background Intolerable suffering is a common eligibility requirement for persons requesting assisted death, and although suffering has received…”
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The anatomical relationships between the avian eye, orbit and sclerotic ring: implications for inferring activity patterns in extinct birds by Hall, Margaret I.

“…Activity pattern, or the time of day when an animal is awake and active, is highly associated with that animal's ecology. There are two principal activity…”
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Reorganization of mammalian body wall patterning with cloacal septation by Hall, Margaret I., Rodriguez-Sosa, José R., Plochocki, Jeffrey H.

“…Septation of the cloaca is a unique mammalian adaptation that required a novel reorganization of the perineum–the caudal portion of the trunk body wall not…”
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Histological study of white rhinoceros integument by Plochocki, Jeffrey H, Ruiz, Saul, Rodriguez-Sosa, José R, Hall, Margaret I

“…In this study, we report findings from a microscopic analysis of the white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) integumentary ultrastructure. Skin samples from the…”
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Hawk eyes I: diurnal raptors differ in visual fields and degree of eye movement by O'Rourke, Colleen T, Hall, Margaret I, Pitlik, Todd, Fernández-Juricic, Esteban

“…Different strategies to search and detect prey may place specific demands on sensory modalities. We studied visual field configuration, degree of eye movement,…”
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A functional and clinical reinterpretation of human perineal neuromuscular anatomy: Application to sexual function and continence by PLOCHOCKI, JEFFREY H., RODRIGUEZ-SOSA, JOSE R., ADRIAN, BRENT, RUIZ, SAUL A., HALL, MARGARET I.

“…Modern anatomical and surgical references illustrate perineal muscles all innervated by branches of the pudendal nerve but still organized into anatomically…”
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Midline and Mediolateral Episiotomy: Risk Assessment Based on Clinical Anatomy by Garner, Danielle K, Patel, Akash B, Hung, Jun, Castro, Monica, Segev, Tamar G, Plochocki, Jeffrey H, Hall, Margaret I

“…Episiotomy is the surgical incision of the vaginal orifice and perineum to ease the passage of an infant's head while crowning during vaginal delivery…”
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Anatomical specializations for nocturnality in a critically endangered parrot, the Kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) by Corfield, Jeremy R

“…Notes how the bird, endemic to New Zealand, is an example of a species that has evolved a nocturnal lifestyle in an otherwise diurnal lineage. Provides a…”
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Male and female anatomical homologies in the perineum of the dog (Canis familiaris) by Hall, Margaret I., Plochocki, Jeffrey H., Rodriguez‐Sosa, José R.

“…Understanding the homologies between male and female perineal structure helps both evolutionary biologists and clinicians better understand the evolution and…”
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Optic Foramen Morphology and Activity Pattern in Birds by Hall, Margaret I., Iwaniuk, Andrew N., Gutiérrez‐Ibáñez, Cristián

“…The optic nerve is the sole output of visual information from the ganglion cell layer of the retina to the brain in vertebrates. The size of the optic nerve is…”
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A reinterpretation of human breast anatomy includes all the layers of the anterior body wall by Hall, Margaret I., Suarez‐Venot, Ana, Lindvall, Tyler, Plochocki, Jeffrey H., Grossman, Aryeh, Rodriguez‐Sosa, Jose R., Voegele, Georgina M., Valdez, Dominik R., Georgi, Justin A.

“…Mammary glands define mammals as a group, yet a comprehensive anatomical description of the mammary gland does not exist for almost any mammalian species. In…”
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Extraocular muscle architecture in hawks and owls by Plochocki, Jeffrey H., Segev, Tamar, Grow, Wade, Hall, Margaret I.

“…Objective A complete and accurate understanding of extraocular muscle function is important to the veterinary care of the avian eye. This is especially true…”
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Comparative analysis of the size and shape of the lizard eye by Hall, Margaret I.

“…Lizards occupy both scotopic (light-limited) and photopic (light-rich) environments, thereby making this clade ideal for analyses of eye morphology…”
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The Relationship Between the Lizard Eye and Associated Bony Features: A Cautionary Note for Interpreting Fossil Activity Patterns by Hall, Margaret I.

“…Activity pattern, the time of day when an animal is active, is associated with ecology. There are two major activity patterns: diurnal (awake during the day in…”
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Comment on "Nocturnality in dinosaurs inferred from scleral ring and orbit morphology" by Hall, Margaret I, Kirk, E Christopher, Kamilar, Jason M, Carrano, Matthew T

“…Schmitz and Motani (Reports, 6 May 2011, p. 705) claimed to definitively reconstruct activity patterns of Mesozoic archosaurs using the anatomy of the orbit…”
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Relative Wulst volume is correlated with orbit orientation and binocular visual field in birds by Iwaniuk, Andrew N, Heesy, Christopher P, Hall, Margaret I, Wylie, Douglas R. W

“…In mammals, species with more frontally oriented orbits have broader binocular visual fields and relatively larger visual regions in the brain. Here, we test…”
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An alternate dissection approach to the female urogenital triangle by Hall, Margaret I., Walters, Linda M.

“…Traditional dissections of the female urogenital (UG) triangle can lead to early destruction of the erectile tissues, associated musculature, and neurovascular…”
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