Scott M Boback
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McIntyre M, van Mierlo M, Parker M, Goetz S, Taylor E, Boback S
Curr Zool
. 2025 Feb;
71(1):1-13.
PMID: 39996255
Organisms inhabiting arid environments face challenges to obtain dietary water. To prevent desiccation, some organisms possess unique adaptations to harvest water from infrequent and unpredictable rainfall, including several squamates (snakes...
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Bedard R, Weaver S, Moniz H, Boback S, Taylor E
J Exp Biol
. 2024 Dec;
228(2).
PMID: 39670524
Viviparous snakes may be particularly vulnerable to predicted increases in drought because of the high hydric costs associated with embryonic development and gestation, and their reliance on limited free-standing bodies...
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Moniz H, Buck J, Crowell H, Goetz S, Ruiz T, Taylor E, et al.
J Therm Biol
. 2024 Aug;
124:103948.
PMID: 39142265
Temperature is a primary factor influencing organismal development, and the fluctuating daily and seasonal thermal regimes of temperate climates may challenge the ability of viviparous reptiles to optimize body temperatures...
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Boback S, Nafus M, Yackel Adams A, Reed R
Sci Rep
. 2022 Jul;
12(1):12705.
PMID: 35882893
Animal movements reflect temporal and spatial availability of resources as well as when, where, and how individuals access such resources. To test these relationships for a predatory reptile, we quantified...
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Capano J, Boback S, Weller H, Cieri R, Zwemer C, Brainerd E
J Exp Biol
. 2022 Mar;
225(6).
PMID: 35325925
The evolution of constriction and of large prey ingestion within snakes are key innovations that may explain the remarkable diversity, distribution and ecological scope of this clade, relative to other...
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Card D, Adams R, Schield D, Perry B, Corbin A, Pasquesi G, et al.
Genome Biol Evol
. 2019 Oct;
11(11):3123-3143.
PMID: 31642474
Convergent evolution is often documented in organisms inhabiting isolated environments with distinct ecological conditions and similar selective regimes. Several Central America islands harbor dwarf Boa populations that are characterized by...
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Stenglein M, Guzman D, Garcia V, Layton M, Hoon-Hanks L, Boback S, et al.
J Virol
. 2017 May;
91(15).
PMID: 28515291
Inclusion body disease (IBD) is an infectious disease originally described in captive snakes. It has traditionally been diagnosed by the presence of large eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusions and is associated with...
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Card D, Schield D, Adams R, Corbin A, Perry B, Andrew A, et al.
Mol Phylogenet Evol
. 2016 Jun;
102:104-16.
PMID: 27241629
Boa is a Neotropical genus of snakes historically recognized as monotypic despite its expansive distribution. The distinct morphological traits and color patterns exhibited by these snakes, together with the wide...
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Boback S, McCann K, Wood K, McNeal P, Blankenship E, Zwemer C
J Exp Biol
. 2015 Jul;
218(Pt 14):2279-88.
PMID: 26202779
As legless predators, snakes are unique in their ability to immobilize and kill their prey through the process of constriction, and yet how this pressure incapacitates and ultimately kills the...
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Boback S, Hall A, McCann K, Hayes A, Forrester J, Zwemer C
Biol Lett
. 2012 Jan;
8(3):473-6.
PMID: 22258447
Many species of snakes use constriction-the act of applying pressure via loops of their trunk-to subdue and kill their prey. Constriction is costly and snakes must therefore constrict their prey...