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Jessica Li (she/her)

@jesslli.bsky.social

PhD Candidate at UBC Zoology Living, playing, working (etc) on the unceded land of xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations

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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Newborns go through extraordinary change during the 1st year of life & now @jesslli.bsky.social @zoology.ubc.ca reveals the metabolic changes experienced by 13-lined ground squirrels, which prioritise development during weaning and a growth spurt @ 30days journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

A light-hearted illustration set in thirteen-lined ground squirrel burrow by Neil Smith (www.neilmithillustration.co.uk). The image shows a pup talking to four other pups. The pup says 'OK pups. our mass-adjusted metabolic rate has peaked. Let’s get ready to wean and start our growth spurt'.

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Jessica Li (she/her) @jesslli.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

It's published! Drs @kemarshall.bsky.social, Bill Milsom measured baby squirrels and found dynamic and asynchronous changes in their growth rates and metabolism. Read about it here: journals.biologists.com/jeb/article-...

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Dynamic and asynchronous ontogenetic changes in growth and metabolic rate in thirteen-lined ground squirrels (Ictidomys tridecemlineatus)

Highlighted Article: Mass and metabolic rate of thirteen-lined ground squirrels (Ictidomys tridecemlineatus) iteratively measured from birth to adulthood show multiple distinct and asynchronous change...

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