Modularity of the Neck in Birds (Aves)

Correlated evolution of neck length and leg length in birds

(2019) Christine Böhmer et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Phenotypic integration of the cervical vertebrae in the Hominoidea (Primates)

(2018) Catalina I. Villamil   EVOLUTION

Functional and developmental influences on intraspecific variation in catarrhine vertebrae

(2018) Liza J. Shapiro et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

Adaptation and constraint in the evolution of the mammalian backbone

(2018) Katrina E. Jones et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Vertebral morphometrics and lung structure in non-avian dinosaurs

(2018) Robert J. Brocklehurst et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Experimental determination of three-dimensional cervical joint mobility in the avian neck

(2017) Robert E. Kambic et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Barn owls maximize head rotations by a combination of yawing and rolling in functionally diverse regions of the neck

(2017) Markus Krings et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

Vertebral bending mechanics and xenarthrous morphology in the nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus)

(2016) Jillian D. Oliver et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Morphological disparity, conservatism, and integration in the canine lower cervical spine: Insights into mammalian neck function and regionalization

(2016) Patrick Arnold et al.   MAMMALIAN BIOLOGY

Regional differentiation of felid vertebral column evolution: a study of 3D shape trajectories

(2016) Marcela Randau et al.   ORGANISMS DIVERSITY & EVOLUTION

Evolution of the snake body form reveals homoplasy in amniote Hox gene function

(2015) Jason J. Head et al.   NATURE

Correlation betweenHoxcode and vertebral morphology in archosaurs

(2015) Christine Böhmer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Tools for quantitative form description; an evaluation of different software packages for semi-landmark analysis

(2015) Léo Botton-Divet et al.   PeerJ

Studying morphological integration and modularity at multiple levels: concepts and analysis

(2014) C. P. Klingenberg   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The Cervical Spine of the American Barn Owl (Tyto furcata pratincola): I. Anatomy of the Vertebrae and Regionalization in Their S-Shaped Arrangement

(2014) Markus Krings et al.   PLoS One

Evolution of Neck Vertebral Shape and Neck Retraction at the Transition to Modern Turtles: an Integrated Geometric Morphometric Approach

(2014) I. Werneburg et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

A Generalized K Statistic for Estimating Phylogenetic Signal from Shape and Other High-Dimensional Multivariate Data

(2014) Dean C. Adams   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Does shape co-variation between the skull and the mandible have functional consequences? A 3D approach for a 3D problem

(2013) Raphaël Cornette et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

Vertebral architecture in the earliest stem tetrapods

(2013) Stephanie E. Pierce et al.   NATURE

Inter-Vertebral Flexibility of the Ostrich Neck: Implications for Estimating Sauropod Neck Flexibility

(2013) Matthew J. Cobley et al.   PLoS One

Evolutionary Covariation in Geometric Morphometric Data: Analyzing Integration, Modularity, and Allometry in a Phylogenetic Context

(2013) Christian Peter Klingenberg et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

geomorph: anrpackage for the collection and analysis of geometric morphometric shape data

(2013) Dean C. Adams et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Evolution and development of the vertebrate neck

(2012) Rolf Ericsson et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

Interrelationship and modularity of notochord and somites: a comparative view on zebrafish and chicken vertebral body development

(2012) T. P. de Azevedo et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ICHTHYOLOGY

The global diversity of birds in space and time

(2012) W. Jetz et al.   NATURE

Flexibility along the Neck of the Neogene Terror Bird Andalgalornis steulleti (Aves Phorusrhacidae)

(2012) Claudia P. Tambussi et al.   PLoS One

Evolutionary concepts meet the neck of penguins (Aves: Sphenisciformes), towards a “survival strategy” for evo-devo

(2012) Geoffrey Guinard   THEORY IN BIOSCIENCES

Understanding selection for long necks in different taxa

(2011) David M. Wilkinson et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Variability and constraint in the mammalian vertebral column

(2011) R. J. ASHER et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

phytools: an R package for phylogenetic comparative biology (and other things)

(2011) Liam J. Revell   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Picante: R tools for integrating phylogenies and ecology

(2010) S. W. Kembel et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Modularity and Complete Natural Homeoses in Cervical Vertebrae of Extant and Extinct Penguins (Aves: Sphenisciformes)

(2010) Geoffrey Guinard et al.   Evolutionary Biology

Evolution and development of shape: integrating quantitative approaches

(2010) Christian Peter Klingenberg   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Homeotic effects, somitogenesis and the evolution of vertebral numbers in recent and fossil amniotes

(2010) J. Muller et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Skeletal development in sloths and the evolution of mammalian vertebral patterning

(2010) L. Hautier et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Deciphering the Palimpsest: Studying the Relationship Between Morphological Integration and Phenotypic Covariation

(2009) Benedikt Hallgrímsson et al.   Evolutionary Biology

Morphology, ontogenesis and mechanics of cervical vertebrae in four species of penguins (Aves: Spheniscidae)

(2009) Geoffrey Guinard et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Morphological Integration and Developmental Modularity

(2008) Christian Peter Klingenberg   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History

(2008) S. J. Hackett et al.   SCIENCE