Margaret I Hall

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Publications

  1. ncbi The anatomical relationships between the avian eye, orbit and sclerotic ring: implications for inferring activity patterns in extinct birds
    Margaret I Hall
    Department of Physiology, Midwestern University, Glendale, Arizona 85308, USA
    J Anat 212:781-94. 2008
  2. ncbi Eye shape and the nocturnal bottleneck of mammals
    Margaret I Hall
    Department of Anatomy, Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University, 19555 N 59th Avenue, Glendale, AZ 85308, USA
    Proc Biol Sci 279:4962-8. 2012
  3. ncbi Comparative analysis of the size and shape of the lizard eye
    Margaret I Hall
    Biomedical Sciences Program, College of Health Sciences, Midwestern University, 19555 N 59th Avenue, Glendale, AZ 85308, USA
    Zoology (Jena) 111:62-75. 2008
  4. ncbi The relationship between the lizard eye and associated bony features: a cautionary note for interpreting fossil activity patterns
    Margaret I Hall
    Department of Physiology, Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University, Glendale, Arizona 85308, USA
    Anat Rec (Hoboken) 292:798-812. 2009
  5. ncbi Optic foramen morphology and activity pattern in birds
    Margaret I Hall
    Department of Physiology, Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ, USA
    Anat Rec (Hoboken) 292:1827-45. 2009
  6. ncbi The nocturnal bottleneck and the evolution of mammalian vision
    Christopher P Heesy
    Department of Anatomy, Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ 85308, USA
    Brain Behav Evol 75:195-203. 2010
  7. ncbi Comment on "Nocturnality in dinosaurs inferred from scleral ring and orbit morphology"
    Margaret I Hall
    Department of Physiology, Midwestern University, 19555 North 59th Avenue, Glendale, AZ 85308, USA
    Science 334:1641; author reply 1641. 2011
  8. ncbi Relative Wulst volume is correlated with orbit orientation and binocular visual field in birds
    Andrew N Iwaniuk
    Department of Psychology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E9, Canada
    J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol 194:267-82. 2008

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Publications8

  1. ncbi The anatomical relationships between the avian eye, orbit and sclerotic ring: implications for inferring activity patterns in extinct birds
    Margaret I Hall
    Department of Physiology, Midwestern University, Glendale, Arizona 85308, USA
    J Anat 212:781-94. 2008
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  2. ncbi Eye shape and the nocturnal bottleneck of mammals
    Margaret I Hall
    Department of Anatomy, Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University, 19555 N 59th Avenue, Glendale, AZ 85308, USA
    Proc Biol Sci 279:4962-8. 2012
    ..Our results provide additional evidence for a nocturnal 'bottleneck' in the early evolution of crown mammals...
  3. ncbi Comparative analysis of the size and shape of the lizard eye
    Margaret I Hall
    Biomedical Sciences Program, College of Health Sciences, Midwestern University, 19555 N 59th Avenue, Glendale, AZ 85308, USA
    Zoology (Jena) 111:62-75. 2008
    ..Results also indicate that the light level the lizard functions under is a more significant influence on eye shape, as defined by the relationship between corneal diameter and axial length of the eye, than is phylogeny...
  4. ncbi The relationship between the lizard eye and associated bony features: a cautionary note for interpreting fossil activity patterns
    Margaret I Hall
    Department of Physiology, Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University, Glendale, Arizona 85308, USA
    Anat Rec (Hoboken) 292:798-812. 2009
    ....
  5. ncbi Optic foramen morphology and activity pattern in birds
    Margaret I Hall
    Department of Physiology, Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ, USA
    Anat Rec (Hoboken) 292:1827-45. 2009
    ..Our results indicate that optic foramen diameter, in combination with either the sclerotic ring or the orbit diameter, can be used to predict activity pattern...
  6. ncbi The nocturnal bottleneck and the evolution of mammalian vision
    Christopher P Heesy
    Department of Anatomy, Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ 85308, USA
    Brain Behav Evol 75:195-203. 2010
    ..Only anthropoid primates notably differ from general mammalian patterns, and possibly have evolved an eye shape more typical of the ancestral amniote condition...
  7. ncbi Comment on "Nocturnality in dinosaurs inferred from scleral ring and orbit morphology"
    Margaret I Hall
    Department of Physiology, Midwestern University, 19555 North 59th Avenue, Glendale, AZ 85308, USA
    Science 334:1641; author reply 1641. 2011
    ..However, we find serious flaws in the data, methods, and interpretations of this study. Accordingly, it is not yet possible to reconstruct the activity patterns of most fossil archosaurs with a high degree of confidence...
  8. ncbi Relative Wulst volume is correlated with orbit orientation and binocular visual field in birds
    Andrew N Iwaniuk
    Department of Psychology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E9, Canada
    J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol 194:267-82. 2008
    ..Overall, our results indicate that relative Wulst volume reflects orbit orientation and possibly binocular visual field, but not eye size...