Bert Willaert
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Willaert B, Suyesh R, Garg S, Giri V, Bee M, Biju S
PeerJ
. 2016 Jun;
4:e2117.
PMID: 27326376
Anurans show the highest diversity in reproductive modes of all vertebrate taxa, with a variety of associated breeding behaviours. One striking feature of anuran reproduction is amplexus. During this process,...
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Janssenswillen S, Willaert B, Treer D, Vandebergh W, Bossuyt F, Van Bocxlaer I
BMC Evol Biol
. 2015 Apr;
15:54.
PMID: 25888438
Background: Male salamanders (Urodela) often make use of pheromones that are produced in sexually dimorphic glands to persuade the female into courtship and mating. The mental gland of lungless salamanders...
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Van Bocxlaer I, Treer D, Maex M, Vandebergh W, Janssenswillen S, Stegen G, et al.
Proc Biol Sci
. 2015 Feb;
282(1803):20142960.
PMID: 25694622
Males of the advanced salamanders (Salamandroidea) attain internal fertilization without a copulatory organ by depositing a spermatophore on the substrate in the environment, which females subsequently take up with their...
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Janssenswillen S, Vandebergh W, Treer D, Willaert B, Maex M, Van Bocxlaer I, et al.
Mol Biol Evol
. 2014 Nov;
32(2):472-80.
PMID: 25415963
Sex pheromones form an important facet of reproductive strategies in many organisms throughout the Animal Kingdom. One of the oldest known sex pheromones in vertebrates are proteins of the Sodefrin...
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Willaert B, Bossuyt F, Janssenswillen S, Adriaens D, Baggerman G, Matthijs S, et al.
J Exp Biol
. 2013 Aug;
216(Pt 22):4139-43.
PMID: 23948475
Males of many frog species develop spiny nuptial pads with underlying glands on their thumbs during the mating period. We used 3D visualization on the European common frog Rana temporaria...
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Treer D, Van Bocxlaer I, Matthijs S, Du Four D, Janssenswillen S, Willaert B, et al.
PLoS One
. 2013 Mar;
8(2):e56538.
PMID: 23457580
Internal fertilization without copulation or prolonged physical contact is a rare reproductive mode among vertebrates. In many newts (Salamandridae), the male deposits a spermatophore on the substrate in the water,...
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Van Bocxlaer I, Biju S, Willaert B, Giri V, Shouche Y, Bossuyt F
Mol Phylogenet Evol
. 2011 Dec;
62(3):839-47.
PMID: 22178364
Night frogs (Nyctibatrachidae) form a family endemic to the Western Ghats, a hill chain along the west coast of southern India. Extant members of this family are descendants of a...
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Famaey N, Verbeken E, Vinckier S, Willaert B, Herijgers P, Vander Sloten J
Med Eng Phys
. 2010 May;
32(5):437-43.
PMID: 20430680
In robotic and conventional minimally invasive surgery the risk of complications caused by collateral tissue damage remains high. This paper studies the concept of imposing damage thresholds on surgical instruments...
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Walraevens J, Willaert B, De Win G, Ranftl A, De Schutter J, Vander Sloten J
Med Eng Phys
. 2008 Mar;
30(9):1098-104.
PMID: 18342563
An anastomosis performed in calcified tissues tears up faster than in healthy tissues. This study develops and validates an in vitro non-destructive method to distinguish healthy from calcified aortic tissues....