ReviewJournal of anatomy2013
Development and embryonic staging in non-model organisms: the case of an afrotherian mammal.
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- Embryology of the fat-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis crassicaudata): A marsupial model for comparative mammalian developmental and evolutionary biology.Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists · 2025Article
- Lions & sea lions & bears, oh my: utilizing museum specimens to study the ossification sequence of carnivoran taxa.BMC zoology · 2024Article
- Ontogenetic origins of cranial convergence between the extinct marsupial thylacine and placental gray wolf.Communications biology · 2021Article
- Postcranial heterochrony, modularity, integration and disparity in the prenatal ossification in bats (Chiroptera).BMC evolutionary biology · 2019Article
- Prenatal postcranial development in two species of sympatric Japanese wood mice (Apodemus argenteus and A. speciosus): a comparison of arboreal versus terrestrial congeners.The Journal of veterinary medical science · 2017Article
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- On the development of the chondrocranium and the histological anatomy of the head in perinatal stages of marsupial mammals.Zoological letters · 2017Review
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- Mammalian skull heterochrony reveals modular evolution and a link between cranial development and brain size.Nature communications · 2014Article
- The hooked element in the pes of turtles (Testudines): a global approach to exploring primary and secondary homology.Journal of anatomy · 2013Review
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Studies of evolutionary developmental biology commonly use 'model organisms' such as fruit flies or mice, and questions are often functional or epigenetic. Phylogenetic investigations, in contrast, typically use species that are less common and mostly deal with broad scale analyses in the tree of life. However, important evolutionary transformations have taken place at all taxonomic levels, resulting in such diverse forms as elephants and shrews. To understand the mechanisms underlying morphological diversification, broader sampling and comparative approaches are paramount. Using a simple, standardized protocol, we describe for the first time the development of soft tissues and some parts of the skeleton, using μCT-imaging of developmental series of Echinops telfairi and Tenrec ecaudatus, two tenrecid afrotherian mammals. The developmental timing of soft tissue and skeletal characters described for the tenrecids is briefly compared with that of other mammals, including mouse, echidna, and the opossum. We found relatively few heterochronic differences in development in the armadillo vs. tenrec, consistent with a close relationship of Xenarthra and Afrotheria. Ossification in T. ecaudatus continues well into the second half of overall gestation, resembling the pattern seen in other small mammals and differing markedly from the advanced state of ossification evident early in the gestation of elephants, sheep, and humans.
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