We got the @Nature cover 🎉! Read our article to learn how compressive forces sculpt the intricate head scales of crocodiles 🐊 @LANEVOL @genevunige @UNIGEnews

Check out this baby crocodile emerging from its egg 🥚 🐊 and read our recent article in @Nature to learn how compressive forces sculpt their intricate head scales @LANEVOL @genevunige

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RT @LANEVOL: How the Crocodile Got Its Scales 🐊 —we make the cover of @Nature ! Our research reveals that the crocodile head scale pattern…

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RT @NaturePortfolio: A study in @Nature reports that the distinctive pattern of scales on the face and jaws of crocodiles is formed by a pr…

RT @softlivmat_fc: G. N. Santos-Durán, R. L. Cooper, E. Jahanbakhsh, G. Timin, M. C. Milinkovitch, Self-organized patterning of crocodile h…

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Here are the different tissue layers of the crocodile embryo's jaws, segmented from light sheet microscopy data. The growth and material properties of these tissues mediate the mechanical patterning of crocodile head scales 🐊 @LANEVOL

This video shows the mechanical patterning of crocodile head scales 🐊. Read our new @Nature article to learn more ⬇️ @LANEVOL

RT @Nature: Nature research paper: Self-organized patterning of crocodile head scales by compressive folding

RT @NaturePortfolio: A study in @Nature reports that the distinctive pattern of scales on the face and jaws of crocodiles is formed by a pr…

Here's a model of the crocodile embryo's jaws, showing bone (brown), dermis (pink), epidermis (red), collagen fibres (purple) & multisensory organs (orange). These features are essential for the mechanical patterning of their head scales🐊 Learn more here

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