Made possible by strong collaboration within @au.dk & internationally @vickaryouslab.bsky.social @anthony-herrel.bsky.social @mmoazen.bsky.social, and funding from @hfspo.bsky.social and @novonordisk.bsky.social via AXIA and enabled by DanMAX @maxivlaboratory.bsky.social. #BluSci #lizard #osteoderm

Those formidable bony plates on an alligator's body seem to arise where skin fibers are under tension. Image credit: Science Source/Millard H. Sharp.

How #alligator armor could offer clues to #BoneDisease. In PNAS Journal Club: www.pnas.org/post/journal...

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