Evolution of the patellar sesamoid bone in mammals

Anatomy, morphology and evolution of the patella in squamate lizards and tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus)

(2016) Sophie Regnault et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

Anomaluroid rodents from the earliest Oligocene of Dakhla, Morocco, reveal the long-lived and morphologically conservative pattern of the Anomaluridae and Nonanomaluridae during the Tertiary in Africa

(2016) Laurent Marivaux et al.   JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY

On the development of the patella

(2015) S. Eyal et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Insights into the Neotropics prior to the Great American Biotic Interchange: new evidence of mammalian predators from the Miocene of Northern Colombia

(2015) Catalina Suarez et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

Ancient proteins resolve the evolutionary history of Darwin’s South American ungulates

(2015) Frido Welker et al.   NATURE

Mandibular and dental characteristics of Late Triassic mammaliaformHaramiyaviaand their ramifications for basal mammal evolution

(2015) Zhe-Xi Luo et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Evolutionary development in basal mammaliaforms as revealed by a docodontan

(2015) Z.-X. Luo et al.   SCIENCE

An arboreal docodont from the Jurassic and mammaliaform ecological diversification

(2015) Q.-J. Meng et al.   SCIENCE

Mammals from ‘down under’: a multi-gene species-level phylogeny of marsupial mammals (Mammalia, Metatheria)

(2015) Laura J. May-Collado et al.   PeerJ

Blue reflectance in tarantulas is evolutionarily conserved despite nanostructural diversity

(2015) B.-K. Hsiung et al.   Science Advances

Molecular Phylogeny, Biogeography, and Habitat Preference Evolution of Marsupials

(2014) Kieren J. Mitchell et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Three new Jurassic euharamiyidan species reinforce early divergence of mammals

(2014) Shundong Bi et al.   NATURE

The Middle Miocene Ape Pierolapithecus catalaunicus Exhibits Extant Great Ape-Like Morphometric Affinities on Its Patella: Inferences on Knee Function and Evolution

(2014) Marta Pina et al.   PLoS One

Anthracobunids from the Middle Eocene of India and Pakistan Are Stem Perissodactyls

(2014) Lisa Noelle Cooper et al.   PLoS One

Evolution of sweet taste perception in hummingbirds by transformation of the ancestral umami receptor

(2014) M. W. Baldwin et al.   SCIENCE

Morphological modifications of knee articular cartilage in bullfrogs (Lithobates catesbeianus) (Anura: Ranidae) during postmetamorphic maturation

(2014) André Hebling et al.   ZOOMORPHOLOGY

Structure, ontogeny and evolution of the patellar tendon in emus (Dromaius novaehollandiae) and other palaeognath birds

(2014) Sophie Regnault et al.   PeerJ

Three-dimensional anatomy of the ostrich (Struthio camelus) knee joint

(2014) Kyle P. Chadwick et al.   PeerJ

Multiple independent appearances of the cecal appendix in mammalian evolution and an investigation of related ecological and anatomical factors

(2013) Heather F. Smith et al.   COMPTES RENDUS PALEVOL

The bovine patella as a model of early osteoarthritis

(2013) E. J. Hargrave-Thomas et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

Rooting Around the Eutherian Family Tree: the Origin and Relations of the Taeniodonta

(2013) Deborah L. Rook et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALIAN EVOLUTION

A new arboreal haramiyid shows the diversity of crown mammals in the Jurassic period

(2013) Xiaoting Zheng et al.   NATURE

A Jurassic mammaliaform and the earliest mammalian evolutionary adaptations

(2013) Chang-Fu Zhou et al.   NATURE

The oldest known primate skeleton and early haplorhine evolution

(2013) Xijun Ni et al.   NATURE

The Placental Mammal Ancestor and the Post-K-Pg Radiation of Placentals

(2013) M. A. O'Leary et al.   SCIENCE

Earliest Evolution of Multituberculate Mammals Revealed by a New Jurassic Fossil

(2013) C.-X. Yuan et al.   SCIENCE

Amniote phylogeny and the position of turtles

(2012) S Blair Hedges   BMC BIOLOGY

Assembling the Squamate Tree of Life: Perspectives from the Phenotype and the Fossil Record

(2012) Jacques A. Gauthier et al.   Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History

Regional variations in human patellar trabecular architecture and the structure of the quadriceps enthesis: a cadaveric study

(2012) Hechmi Toumi et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

New postcranial elements for the earliest Eocene fossil primate Teilhardina belgica

(2012) Daniel L. Gebo et al.   JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION

Postcranial Skeleton of the Cretaceous Mammal Akidolestes cifellii and Its Locomotor Adaptations

(2012) Meng Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALIAN EVOLUTION

Postcranial morphology and the locomotor habits of living and extinct carnivorans

(2012) Joshua X. Samuels et al.   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

Simulation of patella alta and the implications for in vitro patellar tracking in the ovine stifle joint

(2012) Nicky Bertollo et al.   JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC RESEARCH

New fossil penguins (Aves, Sphenisciformes) from the Oligocene of New Zealand reveal the skeletal plan of stem penguins

(2012) Daniel T. Ksepka et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

A phylogenetic blueprint for a modern whale

(2012) John Gatesy et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Three-dimensional limb joint mobility in the early tetrapod Ichthyostega

(2012) Stephanie E. Pierce et al.   NATURE

Adaptive radiation of multituberculate mammals before the extinction of dinosaurs

(2012) Gregory P. Wilson et al.   NATURE

An ‘ameridelphian’ marsupial from the early Eocene of Australia supports a complex model of Southern Hemisphere marsupial biogeography

(2012) Robin M. D. Beck   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Relationship between patellar tendon shortening and in vitro kinematics in the ovine stifle joint

(2012) Nicky Bertollo et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS PART H-JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE

Resolving conflict in eutherian mammal phylogeny using phylogenomics and the multispecies coalescent model

(2012) S. Song et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Phylogenomic datasets provide both precision and accuracy in estimating the timescale of placental mammal phylogeny

(2012) M. dos Reis et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The Basic Science of the Patella: Structure, Composition, and Function

(2012) Alice Fox et al.   Journal of Knee Surgery

Therian Femora from the Late Cretaceous of Uzbekistan

(2011) Stephen G.B. Chester et al.   ACTA PALAEONTOLOGICA POLONICA

Nosology and classification of genetic skeletal disorders: 2010 revision

(2011) Matthew L. Warman et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS PART A

Phylogenetic Analyses of Postcranial Skeletal Morphology in Didelphid Marsupials

(2011) David A. Flores   BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

Protungulatum, Confirmed Cretaceous Occurrence of an Otherwise Paleocene Eutherian (Placental?) Mammal

(2011) J. David Archibald et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALIAN EVOLUTION

A new genus of perissodactyl (Mammalia) from the Bridgerian of Wyoming, with comments on basal perissodactyl phylogeny

(2011) Luke T. Holbrook et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

Phylogenetic relationships of living and recently extinct bandicoots based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences

(2011) M. Westerman et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

A Jurassic eutherian mammal and divergence of marsupials and placentals

(2011) Zhe-Xi Luo et al.   NATURE

Mutations in origin recognition complex gene ORC4 cause Meier-Gorlin syndrome

(2011) Duane L Guernsey et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Postcranial morphology, functional adaptations and palaeobiology of Callistoe vincei, a predaceous metatherian from the Eocene of Salta, north-western Argentina

(2011) CHRISTINE ARGOT et al.   PALAEONTOLOGY

Impacts of the Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution and KPg Extinction on Mammal Diversification

(2011) R. W. Meredith et al.   SCIENCE

Mechanobiology of embryonic skeletal development: Insights from animal models

(2010) Niamh C. Nowlan et al.   BIRTH DEFECTS RESEARCH PART C-EMBRYO TODAY-REVIEWS

The significance of sesamoids and retro-articular processes for the mechanics of joints

(2010) R. McN. Alexander et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Survey of 52 fractures of the patella in 34 cats

(2010) S. J. Langley-Hobbs   VETERINARY RECORD

Cranial anatomy of Paleocene and Eocene Labidolemur kayi (Mammalia: Apatotheria), and the relationships of the Apatemyidae to other mammals

(2010) MARY T. SILCOX et al.   ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Developing bones are differentially affected by compromised skeletal muscle formation

(2009) Niamh C. Nowlan et al.   BONE

Phylogenetic analysis of 73 060 taxa corroborates major eukaryotic groups

(2009) Pablo A. Goloboff et al.   CLADISTICS

Relationships of Cetacea (Artiodactyla) Among Mammals: Increased Taxon Sampling Alters Interpretations of Key Fossils and Character Evolution

(2009) Michelle Spaulding et al.   PLoS One

New basal eutherian mammal from the Early Cretaceous Jehol biota, Liaoning, China

(2009) Y. Hu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Appendicular skeleton inBachia bicolor(Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae): osteology, limb reduction and postnatal skeletal ontogeny

(2008) Adriana Jerez et al.   ACTA ZOOLOGICA

A timescale and phylogeny for “Bandicoots” (Peramelemorphia: Marsupialia) based on sequences for five nuclear genes

(2008) Robert W. Meredith et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Primitive Early Eocene bat from Wyoming and the evolution of flight and echolocation

(2008) Nancy B. Simmons et al.   NATURE

Genome analysis of the platypus reveals unique signatures of evolution

(2008) Wesley C. Warren et al.   NATURE

The oldest platypus and its bearing on divergence timing of the platypus and echidna clades

(2008) T. Rowe et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Impact of increased character sampling on the phylogeny of Cetartiodactyla (Mammalia): combined analysis including fossils

(2007) Maureen A. O'Leary et al.   CLADISTICS