Jones, K. E., S. Gonzalez, K.D. Angielczyk, and S.E. Pierce. “
Regionalization of the axial skeleton predates functional adaptation in the forerunners of mammals.”
Nature Ecology and Evolution https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-1094-9 (2020).
Publisher's Version McHorse, B.K., A.A. Biewener, and S.E. Pierce. “
The evolution of a single toe: causes, consequences, and the way forward.”
Integrative & Comparative Biology icz050, no. doi.org/10.1093/icb/icz050 (2019).
Publisher's Version Campbell Mekarski, M., S.E. Pierce, and M.W. Caldwell. “
Spatiotemporal distributions of non-ophidian ophidiomorphs, with implications for their origin, radiation, and extinction.”
Frontiers in Earth Science (Paleontology) doi.org/10.3389/feart.2019.00245 (2019).
Publisher's Version Esteve-Altava, B., S.E. Pierce, J.L. Molnar, P. Johnston, R. Diogo, and J.R. Hutchinson. “
Evolutionary parallelisms of pectoral and pelvic network-anatomy from fins to limbs.”
Science Advances 10.1126/sciadv.aau7459 (2019).
Publisher's Version Morris, Z.S., K.A. Vliet, A. Abzhanov, and S.E. Pierce. “
Heterochronic shifts and conserved embryonic shape underlie crocodylian craniofacial disparity and convergence.”
Proceedings of the Royal Society, B https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.2389 (2019).
Publisher's Version Hedrick, B.P., E.R. Schachner, G. Rivera, P. Dodson, and S.E. Pierce. “
The effects of skeletal asymmetry on interpreting biologic variation and taphonomy in the fossil record.”
Paleobiology https://doi.org/10.1017/pab.2018.42 (2019).
Publisher's Version Dickson, B.V., and S.E. Pierce. “
How (and why) fins turn into limbs: insights from anglerfish.”
Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh https://doi.org/10.1017/S1755691018000415 (2019).
Publisher's Version Jones, K. E., L. Benitez, K.D. Angielczyk, and S.E. Pierce. “
Adaptation and constraint in the evolution of the mammalian backbone.”
BMC Evolutionary Biology https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-018-1282-2 (2018).
Publisher's Version Jones, K. E., K.D. Angielczyk, P.D. Polly, J.J. Head, V. Fernandez, J.K Lungmus, S. Tulga, and S.E. Pierce. “
Fossils reveal the complex evolutionary history of the mammalian regionalized spine.”
Science 361, no. 6408 (2018): 1249-1252.
Publisher's Version Parker, A.K., B.K. McHorse, and S.E. Pierce. “
Niche modeling reveals lack of broad-scale habitat partitioning in extinct horses of North America.”
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.07.017 (2018).
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