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The maximum rate of mammal evolutionAlistair R Evans
School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, VIC 3800, Australia
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 109:4187-90. 2012..Our findings allow more rigorous comparisons of microevolutionary and macroevolutionary patterns and processes...
Spatial and functional modeling of carnivore and insectivore molariform teethAlistair R Evans
School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton Campus, Victoria 3800, Australia
J Morphol 267:649-62. 2006....
High-level similarity of dentitions in carnivorans and rodentsAlistair R Evans
Evolution and Development Unit, Institute of Biotechnology, PO Box 56 Viikinkaari 9, FIN 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
Nature 445:78-81. 2007..This link between diet and phenotype will be useful for inferring the ecology of extinct species and illustrates the potential of fast-throughput, high-level analysis of the phenotype...
Predicting evolutionary patterns of mammalian teeth from developmentKathryn D Kavanagh
Evolution and Development Unit, Institute of Biotechnology, PO Box 56 Viikinkaari 9, FIN 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
Nature 449:427-32. 2007..In general, our work demonstrates how to construct and test developmental rules with evolutionary predictability in natural systems...
Nonindependence of mammalian dental charactersAapo T Kangas
Developmental Biology Program, Institute of Biotechnology, PO Box 56, FIN 00014, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Nature 432:211-4. 2004..Our results suggest that most aspects of tooth shape have the developmental potential for correlated changes during evolution which may, if not taken into account, obscure phylogenetic history...
Automated 3D phenotype analysis using data miningIlya Plyusnin
Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
PLoS ONE 3:e1742. 2008..The current study represents a first step in the automatic analysis of 3D phenotypes, which will be increasingly valuable with the future increase in 3D morphology and phenomics databases...
Functional constraints on tooth morphology in carnivorous mammalsPeter D Smits
Department of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3800, AUS
BMC Evol Biol 12:146. 2012..By sampling two distantly related groups of ecologically similar mammals, we study carnivorous mammals in general rather than a specific group of mammals...
The sharpest tools in the box? Quantitative analysis of conodont element functional morphologyDavid Jones
School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queen s Road, Bristol BS8 1RJ, UK
Proc Biol Sci 279:2849-54. 2012..Our work places conodont elements within a broader dental framework, providing a phylogenetically independent system for examining convergence and scaling in dental tools...
