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S. Begall

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Zoology· 3 Animal Behavior & Cognition· 2 Cancer Biology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Organism:mouse· 3 Assay:behavioral assay· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Research Focus:clustering· 2 Approach:comparative / phylogenetic analysis· 2 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Assay:imaging· 2

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K. R. Caspar· 5 shared A. Goncalves· 1 shared A. Lonsdorf· 1 shared B. Berthet· 1 shared C. Reifenberg· 1 shared D. Issel· 1 shared D. Sohn· 1 shared D. T. Odom· 1 shared

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2020-2023 · peak 2/yr

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K. R. Caspar

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6 papers

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Regenerative cell turnover coupled to a tumor-hostile niche protects naked mole-rats from cancer

M. Behm, P. Baeza-Centurion, S. Weser, V. F. Busa, P. Zafferani, L. Penso-Dolfin, F. J. Botey, S. Delaunay, N. Hirschmuller, B. Berthet, M.-L. Koch, S. Del Prete, M. Bekavac, D. Sohn, L. Penteskoufi, , M. Frye

This study identifies a tumor-suppressive strategy in naked mole-rats that couples regenerative cell turnover with a tumor-hostile stromal niche to prevent cancer.

bioRxiv · Oct 10, 2023 · PreprintCancer Biology

Scleral appearance is not a correlate of domestication in mammals

K. R. Caspar, L. Huettner, S. Begall

This study investigates whether domestication correlates with conjunctival depigmentation in mammals and finds no significant difference between domesticated and wild species.

bioRxiv · Feb 27, 2023Zoology

Perioral secretions enable complex social signaling in African mole-rats (genus Fukomys)

K. R. Caspar, P. Stopka, D. Issel, K. H. Katschak, T. Zoellner, S. Zupanc, P. Zacek, S. Begall

The paper investigates perioral glands in African mole-rats, showing they produce complex odor signals involved in social communication through histology, behavior, and metabolomics.

bioRxiv · Oct 4, 2022Zoology

The evolution and biological correlates of hand preferences in anthropoid primates

K. R. Caspar, F. Pallasdies, L. Mader, H. Sartorelli, S. Begall

This study analyzes hand preference data across 38 primate species to test evolutionary hypotheses about handedness, finding that human right-handedness is extreme and that hand preference strength varies with ecology and phylogeny.

bioRxiv · Dec 30, 2021Animal Behavior & Cognition

Ocular pigmentation in humans, great apes, and gibbons is not suggestive of communicative functions - having an eye on the 'cooperative eye hypothesis'

K. R. Caspar, M. Biggemann, T. Geissmann, S. Begall

This study compares ocular pigmentation in hominoids, finding no support for the cooperative eye hypothesis and suggesting gradual genetic changes rather than adaptive communication functions.

bioRxiv · Mar 18, 2021Zoology

Eyes are essential for magnetoreception in a mammal

K. R. Caspar, K. Moldenhauer, R. E. Moritz, E. P. Malkemper, S. Begall

This study shows that enucleating mole-rats disrupts their magnetic compass orientation, supporting the hypothesis that their eyes are the magnetoreceptors.

bioRxiv · May 7, 2020Animal Behavior & Cognition