The hierarchical radiation of phyllostomid bats as revealed by adaptive molar morphology

DM Grossnickle, A Sadier, E Patterson… - Current Biology, 2024‏ - cell.com
Adaptive radiations are bursts in biodiversity that generate new evolutionary lineages and
phenotypes. However, because they typically occur over millions of years, it is unclear how …

Anatomical correlates and nomenclature of the chiropteran endocranial cast

J Maugoust, MJ Orliac - The Anatomical Record, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Bats form a diverse group of mammals that are highly specialized in active flight and
ultrasound echolocation. These specializations rely on adaptations that reflect on their …

Quantifying the completeness of the bat fossil record

EE Brown, DD Cashmore, NB Simmons… - …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Bats (Chiroptera) are one of the most successful extant mammalian orders, uniquely
capable of powered flight and laryngeal echolocation. The timing and evidence for evolution …

The role of (co) variation in sha** the response to selection in New World leaf-nosed bats

DM Rossoni, BD Patterson, G Marroig… - The American …, 2024‏ - journals.uchicago.edu
Understanding and predicting the evolutionary responses of complex morphological traits to
selection remains a major challenge in evolutionary biology. Because traits are genetically …

Untangling the ecological signal in the dental morphology in the bat superfamily Noctilionoidea

C López-Aguirre, SJ Hand, NB Simmons… - Journal of Mammalian …, 2022‏ - Springer
Diet has been linked to the diversification of the bat superfamily Noctilionoidea, a group that
underwent an impressive ecological diversification within Mammalia. For decades, studies …

Bat dentitions: a model system for studies at the interface of development, biomechanics, and evolution

SE Santana, DM Grossnickle, A Sadier… - Integrative and …, 2022‏ - academic.oup.com
The evolution of complex dentitions in mammals was a major innovation that facilitated the
expansion into new dietary niches, which imposed selection for tight form–function …

Do we need the third dimension? Quantifying the effect of the z‐axis in 3D geometric morphometrics based on sailfin silversides (Telmatherinidae)

BD Wasiljew, J Pfaender, B Wipfler… - Journal of Fish …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
This study investigated the impact of the third dimension in geometric morphometrics (GM)
using sailfin silversides (Telmatherinidae) from the Malili Lakes of Sulawesi (Indonesia). The …

A digital collection of rare and endangered lemurs and other primates from the Duke Lemur Center

GS Yapuncich, AD Kemp, DM Griffith, JT Gladman… - PloS one, 2019‏ - journals.plos.org
Scientific study of lemurs, a group of primates found only on Madagascar, is crucial for
understanding primate evolution. Unfortunately, lemurs are among the most endangered …

Mind the gap: natural cleft palates reduce biting performance in bats

AA Curtis, JH Arbour… - Journal of Experimental …, 2020‏ - journals.biologists.com
Novel morphological traits pose interesting evolutionary paradoxes when they become
widespread in a lineage while being deleterious in others. Cleft palate is a rare congenital …

A test for rate-coupling of trophic and cranial evolutionary dynamics in New World bats

JJ Shi, EP Westeen, DL Rabosky - Evolution, 2021‏ - academic.oup.com
Morphological evolution is often assumed to be causally related to underlying patterns of
ecological trait evolution. However, few studies have directly tested whether evolutionary …