Mai P. Tran

The paper identifies gene expression differences in jerboa hindfoot muscle loss by comparing intra- and inter-species muscle data, revealing pathways linked to muscle atrophy and potential parallels with human muscle disorders.

The paper investigates the developmental loss of foot muscles in jerboas, finding muscle atrophy without cell death, suggesting evolutionary remodeling through disease-like mechanisms.

The paper identifies genes controlling limb skeletal proportion differences between mouse and jerboa by comparing transcriptomes of growth cartilages and finding species-specific expression patterns.