Alistair R Evans

Summary

Affiliation: Disaster Mental Health Institute

Publications

  1. ncbi The maximum rate of mammal evolution
    Alistair R Evans
    School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, VIC 3800, Australia
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 109:4187-90. 2012
  2. ncbi Spatial and functional modeling of carnivore and insectivore molariform teeth
    Alistair R Evans
    School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton Campus, Victoria 3800, Australia
    J Morphol 267:649-62. 2006
  3. ncbi High-level similarity of dentitions in carnivorans and rodents
    Alistair 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
  4. ncbi Predicting evolutionary patterns of mammalian teeth from development
    Kathryn 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
  5. ncbi Nonindependence of mammalian dental characters
    Aapo T Kangas
    Developmental Biology Program, Institute of Biotechnology, PO Box 56, FIN 00014, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
    Nature 432:211-4. 2004
  6. ncbi Automated 3D phenotype analysis using data mining
    Ilya Plyusnin
    Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
    PLoS ONE 3:e1742. 2008
  7. ncbi Functional constraints on tooth morphology in carnivorous mammals
    Peter D Smits
    Department of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3800, AUS
    BMC Evol Biol 12:146. 2012
  8. ncbi The sharpest tools in the box? Quantitative analysis of conodont element functional morphology
    David 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

Detail Information

Publications8

  1. ncbi The maximum rate of mammal evolution
    Alistair 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...
  2. ncbi Spatial and functional modeling of carnivore and insectivore molariform teeth
    Alistair R Evans
    School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton Campus, Victoria 3800, Australia
    J Morphol 267:649-62. 2006
    ....
  3. ncbi High-level similarity of dentitions in carnivorans and rodents
    Alistair 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...
  4. ncbi Predicting evolutionary patterns of mammalian teeth from development
    Kathryn 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...
  5. ncbi Nonindependence of mammalian dental characters
    Aapo 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...
  6. ncbi Automated 3D phenotype analysis using data mining
    Ilya 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...
  7. ncbi Functional constraints on tooth morphology in carnivorous mammals
    Peter 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...
  8. ncbi The sharpest tools in the box? Quantitative analysis of conodont element functional morphology
    David 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...