A molecular mechanism for the origin of a key evolutionary innovation, the bird beak and palate, revealed by an integrative approach to major transitions in vertebrate history

Gradual Assembly of Avian Body Plan Culminated in Rapid Rates of Evolution across the Dinosaur-Bird Transition

(2014) Stephen L. Brusatte et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Embryonic bauplans and the developmental origins of facial diversity and constraint

(2014) N. M. Young et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Hedgehog signaling mediates adaptive variation in a dynamic functional system in the cichlid feeding apparatus

(2014) Y. Hu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Sustained miniaturization and anatomical innovation in the dinosaurian ancestors of birds

(2014) M. S. Y. Lee et al.   SCIENCE

Wnt signalling underlies the evolution of new phenotypes and craniofacial variability in Lake Malawi cichlids

(2014) Kevin J. Parsons et al.   Nature Communications

Pattern and polarity in the development and evolution of the gnathostome jaw: Both conservation and heterotopy in the branchial arches of the shark, Scyliorhinus canicula

(2013) Claudia Compagnucci et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Anatomy of the basal ornithuromorph birdArchaeorhynchus spathulafrom the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning, China

(2013) Shuang Zhou et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

Evolutionary origins of the avian brain

(2013) Amy M. Balanoff et al.   NATURE

Paths Less Traveled: Evo-Devo Approaches to Investigating Animal Morphological Evolution

(2012) Ricardo Mallarino et al.   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Fgf8 dosage determines midfacial integration and polarity within the nasal and optic capsules

(2012) John N. Griffin et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Neural crest cells pattern the surface cephalic ectoderm during FEZ formation

(2012) Diane Hu et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL DYNAMICS

A redescription ofChaoyangia beishanensis(Aves) and a comprehensive phylogeny of Mesozoic birds

(2012) Jingmai K. O’Connor et al.   JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY

The global diversity of birds in space and time

(2012) W. Jetz et al.   NATURE

Birds have paedomorphic dinosaur skulls

(2012) Bhart-Anjan S. Bhullar et al.   NATURE

Dual origins of the prechordal cranium in the chicken embryo

(2011) Naoyuki Wada et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

A revision of enantiornithine (Aves: Ornithothoraces) skull morphology

(2011) Jingmai K. O’Connor et al.   JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY

Transposon-mediated rewiring of gene regulatory networks contributed to the evolution of pregnancy in mammals

(2011) Vincent J Lynch et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Two developmental modules establish 3D beak-shape variation in Darwin's finches

(2011) R. Mallarino et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Evolving Large and Complex Brains

(2011) R. G. Northcutt   SCIENCE

Genome-wide identification of new Wnt/β-catenin target genes in the human genome using CART method

(2010) Christian Hödar et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Evolutionary novelties

(2010) Günter P. Wagner et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Ectodermal WNT/β-catenin signaling shapes the mouse face

(2010) Bethany S. Reid et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

MorphoJ: an integrated software package for geometric morphometrics

(2010) CHRISTIAN PETER KLINGENBERG   Molecular Ecology Resources

Deep homology and the origins of evolutionary novelty

(2009) Neil Shubin et al.   NATURE

Shared developmental mechanisms pattern the vertebrate gill arch and paired fin skeletons

(2009) J. A. Gillis et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A new Lower Cretaceous bird from China and tooth reduction in early avian evolution

(2009) Z. Zhou et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Adaptive Evolution of Pelvic Reduction in Sticklebacks by Recurrent Deletion of a Pitx1 Enhancer

(2009) Y. F. Chan et al.   SCIENCE

Morphological Integration and Developmental Modularity

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

A SHH-responsive signaling center in the forebrain regulates craniofacial morphogenesis via the facial ectoderm

(2008) D. Hu et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Unique organization of the frontonasal ectodermal zone in birds and mammals

(2008) Diane Hu et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Fission and fusion of Darwin's finches populations

(2008) B.R. Grant et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Adaptive changes in the transcription factor HoxA-11 are essential for the evolution of pregnancy in mammals

(2008) V. J. Lynch et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Mosaicism, Modules, and the Evolution of Birds: Results from a Bayesian Approach to the Study of Morphological Evolution Using Discrete Character Data

(2008) Julia A. Clarke et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY