Differential scaling patterns of vertebrae and the evolution of neck length in mammals

Evolution and function of anterior cervical vertebral fusion in tetrapods

(2016) Collin S. VanBuren et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Axial allometry in a neutrally buoyant environment: effects of the terrestrial-aquatic transition on vertebral scaling

(2016) K. E. Jones et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY 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

Cryptic complexity in felid vertebral evolution: shape differentiation and allometry of the axial skeleton

(2016) Marcela Randau et al.   ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Functional cervicothoracic boundary modified by anatomical shifts in the neck of giraffes

(2016) Megu Gunji et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Expansion of the neck reconstituted the shoulder-diaphragm in amniote evolution

(2015) Tatsuya Hirasawa et al.   DEVELOPMENT GROWTH & DIFFERENTIATION

Why the Long Face? Kangaroos and Wallabies Follow the Same ‘Rule’ of Cranial Evolutionary Allometry (CREA) as Placentals

(2015) Andrea Cardini et al.   Evolutionary Biology

Evolutionary allometry of the thoracolumbar centra in felids and bovids

(2015) Katrina E. Jones   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

Tetrapod axial evolution and developmental constraints; Empirical underpinning by a mouse model

(2015) Joost M. Woltering et al.   MECHANISMS OF DEVELOPMENT

Tree of Life Reveals Clock-Like Speciation and Diversification

(2015) S. Blair Hedges et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Fossil evidence and stages of elongation of theGiraffa camelopardalisneck

(2015) Melinda Danowitz et al.   Royal Society Open Science

The Cervical Osteology of Okapia johnstoni and Giraffa camelopardalis

(2015) Melinda Danowitz et al.   PLoS One

Breaking constraint: axial patterning inTrichechus(Mammalia: Sirenia)

(2014) Emily A. Buchholtz et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

Patterns of morphological variation of the vertebral column in dolphins

(2014) M. Viglino et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Fast running restricts evolutionary change of the vertebral column in mammals

(2014) F. Galis et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A new scenario of the evolutionary derivation of the mammalian diaphragm from shoulder muscles

(2013) Tatsuya Hirasawa et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

Growth patterns and masses of the heads and necks of male and female giraffes

(2013) G. Mitchell et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Comparative Morphological Examinations of the Cervical and Thoracic Vertebrae and Related Spinal Nerves in the Two-Toed Sloth

(2013) Hideki Endo et al.   MAMMAL STUDY

On the origin of Cetartiodactyla: Comparison of data on evolutionary morphology and Molecular biology

(2013) I. A. Vislobokova   PALEONTOLOGICAL JOURNAL

Torsion and Bending in the Neck and Tail of Sauropod Dinosaurs and the Function of Cervical Ribs: Insights from Functional Morphology and Biomechanics

(2013) Holger Preuschoft et al.   PLoS One

Crossing the frontier: a hypothesis for the origins of meristic constraint in mammalian axial patterning

(2013) Emily A. Buchholtz   ZOOLOGY

Larger mammals have longer faces because of size-related constraints on skull form

(2013) Andrea Cardini et al.   Nature Communications

Why sauropods had long necks; and why giraffes have short necks

(2013) Michael P. Taylor et al.   PeerJ

Fixed cervical count and the origin of the mammalian diaphragm

(2012) Emily A. Buchholtz et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

Human Ageing Genomic Resources: Integrated databases and tools for the biology and genetics of ageing

(2012) Robi Tacutu et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

How to measure and test phylogenetic signal

(2012) Tamara Münkemüller et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

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

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

Breaking evolutionary and pleiotropic constraints in mammals: On sloths, manatees and homeotic mutations

(2011) Irma Varela-Lasheras et al.   EvoDevo

From fetus to adult-an allometric analysis of the giraffe vertebral column

(2010) Sybrand J. van Sittert et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION

Mechanics of the ligamentum nuchae of some artiodactyls

(2010) Nicola J. Dimery et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Necks-for-sex or competing browsers? A critique of ideas on the evolution of giraffe

(2010) R. E. Simmons et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

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

Remarkable morphological stasis in an extant vertebrate despite tens of millions of years of divergence

(2010) S. Lavoue et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

On certain Points in the Structure of the Cervical Vertebrae of the Okapi and the Giraffe

(2010) Ray Lankester   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON

Phylogenetic signal and linear regression on species data

(2010) Liam J. Revell   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Anatomical transformation in mammals: developmental origin of aberrant cervical anatomy in tree sloths

(2009) Emily A. Buchholtz et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

Allometry of the limb bones of mammals from shrews (Sorex) to elephant (Loxodonta)

(2009) R. McN. Alexander et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

The giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) cervical vertebral column: a heuristic example in understanding evolutionary processes?

(2009) N. LUDO BADLANGANA et al.   ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

MORPHOLOGICAL INTEGRATION IN MAMMALIAN LIMB PROPORTIONS: DISSOCIATION BETWEEN FUNCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

(2008) Manuela Schmidt et al.   EVOLUTION