Alexa Sadier

Novel modifications to fructose metabolism are associated with adaptation to high-sugar diets in bats

This study identifies metabolic adaptations in bats with high-sugar diets, showing that fructose metabolism is prioritized over glucose metabolism to avoid disease.

Modeling Edar expression reveals the hidden dynamics of tooth signaling center patterning

The paper models Edar expression dynamics to reveal hidden patterning processes in tooth signaling centers, showing a two-step activation and erasure mechanism.

Evidence for multifactorial processes underlying phenotypic variation in bat visual opsins

The paper examines the genetic basis of visual opsin variation in bats, finding that loss of S-opsin occurs through disruptions at different stages of protein synthesis and is linked to ecological factors.