Major
Biology
Anticipated Graduation Year
2024
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Open Access
Abstract
Previous research has shown that Anolis lizards have their own set of developmental patterns to control the development of their adhesive toe pads. To see how much further this goes we are studying the morphology of scale count and toe length in anoles and in lizard species without adhesive toepads. We expect that the length will control for scale count in nonadhesive toepads, but in anoles adhesive toepads this will not be found. This will continue to set forth that adhesive toe pads follow their own developmental constraints when compared to nonadhesive toepad lizards
Faculty Mentors & Instructors
Thomas Sanger
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Developmental Constraints of Toe Length on Scale Count
Previous research has shown that Anolis lizards have their own set of developmental patterns to control the development of their adhesive toe pads. To see how much further this goes we are studying the morphology of scale count and toe length in anoles and in lizard species without adhesive toepads. We expect that the length will control for scale count in nonadhesive toepads, but in anoles adhesive toepads this will not be found. This will continue to set forth that adhesive toe pads follow their own developmental constraints when compared to nonadhesive toepad lizards