
Here are several UMass Biology Publications athat were released in January. You can go to PubMed to read more!
- The evolution and genetic basis of a functionally critical skull bone, the parasphenoid, among Lake Malawi cichlids. Conith AJ, Pascarella SM, Hope SA, Albertson RC. Evol J Linn Soc. 2024 Dec 5;3(1):kzae039. doi: 10.1093/evolinnean/kzae039. eCollection 2024. PMID: 39758838
- Abca4, mutated in Stargardt disease, is required for structural integrity of cone outer segments. Willoughby JJ, Jensen AM. Dis Model Mech. 2025 Jan 1;18(1):DMM052052. doi:10.1242/dmm.052052. Epub 2025 Jan 10. PMID: 39610324
- Chilean brush-tailed mouse (Octodon degus): a diurnal precocial rodent as a new model to study visual receptive field properties of superior colliculus neurons. Márquez NI, Deichler A, Fernández-Aburto P, Perales I, Letelier JC, Marín GJ, Mpodozis J, Pallas SL. J Neurophysiol. 2025 Feb 1;133(2):358-373. doi: 10.1152/jn.00128.2024. Epub 2024 Dec 20. PMID: 39705673
- Tubulin sequence divergence is associated with the use of distinct microtubule regulators. Kennard AS, Velle KB, Ranjan R, Schulz D, Fritz-Laylin LK. Curr Biol. 2025 Jan 20;35(2):233-248.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.11.022. Epub 2024 Dec 17. PMID: 39694029