Search Results - "Moore, Talia Y"
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Outrun or Outmaneuver: Predator–Prey Interactions as a Model System for Integrating Biomechanical Studies in a Broader Ecological and Evolutionary Context
Published in Integrative and comparative biology (01-12-2015)“…Behavioral studies performed in natural habitats provide a context for the development of hypotheses and the design of experiments relevant both to…”
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ArborSim: Articulated, branching, OpenSim routing for constructing models of multi-jointed appendages with complex muscle-tendon architecture
Published in PLoS computational biology (05-07-2024)“…Computational models of musculoskeletal systems are essential tools for understanding how muscles, tendons, bones, and actuation signals generate motion. In…”
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Unpredictability of escape trajectory explains predator evasion ability and microhabitat preference of desert rodents
Published in Nature communications (05-09-2017)“…Mechanistically linking movement behaviors and ecology is key to understanding the adaptive evolution of locomotion. Predator evasion, a behavior that enhances…”
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Tail-assisted pitch control in lizards, robots and dinosaurs
Published in Nature (London) (12-01-2012)“…Comparison of real lizards with a robotic version and a dinosaur model shows that lizards use their tails to control body pitch in aerial motion by means of…”
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Polymorphism in the aggressive mimicry lure of the parasitic freshwater mussel Lampsilis fasciola
Published in PeerJ (San Francisco, CA) (24-05-2024)“…Unionoid freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) are free-living apart from a brief, obligately parasitic, larval stage that infects fish hosts, and gravid…”
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A Template Model Explains Jerboa Gait Transitions Across a Broad Range of Speeds
Published in Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology (27-04-2022)“…For cursorial animals that maintain high speeds for extended durations of locomotion, transitions between footfall patterns (gaits) predictably occur at…”
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Vertical leaping mechanics of the Lesser Egyptian Jerboa reveal specialization for maneuverability rather than elastic energy storage
Published in Frontiers in zoology (03-07-2017)“…Numerous historical descriptions of the Lesser Egyptian jerboa, , a small bipedal mammal with elongate hindlimbs, make special note of their extraordinary…”
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Characterizing the limits of human stability during motion: perturbative experiment validates a model-based approach for the Sit-to-Stand task
Published in Royal Society open science (01-01-2020)“…Falls affect a growing number of the population each year. Clinical methods to assess fall risk usually evaluate the performance of specific motions such as…”
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Jumping over fences: why field- and laboratory-based biomechanical studies can and should learn from each other
Published in Journal of experimental biology (25-04-2023)“…Locomotor biomechanics faces a core trade-off between laboratory-based and field-based studies. Laboratory conditions offer control over confounding factors,…”
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Global Change in a Material World
Published in Integrative and comparative biology (17-09-2024)“…The biological structures that fill the environment around us are derived from materials produced by organisms. These biological materials are key to the…”
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Virtual Expeditions Facilitated by Open Source Solutions Broaden Student Participation in Natural History Research
Published in Integrative and comparative biology (29-10-2022)“…From its genesis in the Victorian era as an activity for the elite to today's emphasis on "Big Data" and continuous monitoring, natural history has a prominent…”
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Batch-Mask: Automated image segmentation for organisms with limbless or non-standard body forms
Published in Integrative and comparative biology (29-10-2022)“…Efficient comparisons of biological color patterns are critical for understanding the mechanisms by which organisms evolve in ecosystems, including sexual…”
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Metatarsal fusion resisted bending as jerboas (Dipodidae) transitioned from quadrupedal to bipedal
Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences (12-10-2022)“…Hind limbs undergo dramatic changes in loading conditions during the transition from quadrupedal to bipedal locomotion. For example, the most early diverging…”
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Emergent Sequential Motion Through Compliant Auxetic Shells
Published in 2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) (01-10-2023)“…Though they are compliant, nimble and morpho-logically intelligent, fluidic soft robots often rely on bulky components for power and actuation. This work…”
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Convergent metatarsal fusion in jerboas and chickens is mediated by similarities and differences in the patterns of osteoblast and osteoclast activities
Published in Evolution & development (01-11-2019)“…In many vertebrate animals that run or leap, the metatarsals and/or metacarpals of the distal limb are fused into a single larger element, likely to resist…”
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Design and Characterization of 3D Printed, Open-Source Actuators for Legged Locomotion
Published in 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) (23-10-2022)“…Impressive animal locomotion capabilities are mediated by the co-evolution of the skeletal morphology and muscular properties. Legged robot performance would…”
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Convergence and divergence in anti-predator displays: a novel approach to quantitative behavioural comparison in snakes
Published in Biological journal of the Linnean Society (01-04-2021)“…Abstract Animals in nature use many strategies to evade or deter their predators. Within venomous snake mimicry, stereotyped anti-predator behaviours are…”
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Body size and predator cues structure variation in defensive displays of Neotropical calico snakes (Oxyrhopus spp.)
Published in Ethology (01-03-2024)“…Interactions between predator and prey are fundamental drivers of ecological and evolutionary dynamics. Behavioral responses are one of the most common…”
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Multiple Phylogenetically Distinct Events Shaped the Evolution of Limb Skeletal Morphologies Associated with Bipedalism in the Jerboas
Published in Current biology (02-11-2015)“…Recent rapid advances in experimental biology have expanded the opportunity for interdisciplinary investigations of the evolution of form and function in…”
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Examining Cultural Structures and Functions in Biology
Published in Integrative and comparative biology (05-02-2022)“…Scientific culture and structure organize biological sciences in many ways. We make choices concerning the systems and questions we study. Our research then…”
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