Peer-reviewed Publications
2020 and forthcoming
50. López-Aguirre C, Hand SJ, Koyabu D, Son NT, Wilson LAB. 2020. Phylogeny and foraging behaviour shape modular morphological variation in bat humeri. Journal of Anatomy (in press)
49. Stein M, Hand SJ, Archer M, Wroe S, Wilson LAB. 2020. Quantitatively assessing mekosuchine crocodile locomotion by geometric morphometric and finite element analysis of the forelimb. PeerJ 8:e9349 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9349
48. Swan K, Ives R, Wilson LAB, Humphrey LT. 2020. Biomechanical changes of the subadult femur during locomotor development in early childhood. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 173: 80-95 pdf
47. Wilson LAB, De Groote I, Humphrey LT. 2020. Sex differences in the patterning of age-related bone loss in the human hallucal metatarsal in rural and urban populations. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 171: 628-644 pdf
46. López-Aguirre C, Wilson LAB, Koyabu D, Vuong Tan T, Hand SJ. 2019. Decoupled morphological and biomechancial evolution and diversification of the wing in bats. https://ecoevorxiv.org/k3y5f/
2019
45. Tsang LR, Wilson LAB, McDonald PG. 2019. Comparing the toepads of Australian diurnal and nocturnal raptors with non-predatory taxa: insights into functional morphology. Journal of Morphology 280:1682-1692 pdf
44. Montoya-Sanhueza G, Wilson LAB, Chinsamy A. 2019. Postnatal development of the largest subterranean mammal (Bathyergus suillus): morphology, osteogenesis and modularity of the appendicular skeleton. Developmental Dynamics 248:1101-1128 pdf
43. Bush AM, Louys J, Wilson LAB, Rumford JP. 2019. Reaffirming the Palaeontologica Electronica brand: a note on changes to publication priorities. Palaeontologica Electronica 22(1): 2 (Commentary) pdf (open access)
42. Ballard JWO, Wilson LAB. 2019. The Australian dingo: untamed or feral? BMC Frontiers in Zoology 16:2 pdf (open access) | BMC blog post
41. López-Aguirre C, Hand SJ, Koyabu D, Son NT, Wilson LAB. 2019. Prenatal allometric trajectories and the developmental basis of postcranial phenotypic diversity in bats (Chiroptera). Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B 332: 36-49 pdf
40. López-Aguirre C, Hand SJ, Koyabu D, Son NT, Wilson LAB. 2019. Postcranial heterochrony, modularity, integration and disparity in the prenatal ossification of bats (Chiroptera). BMC Evolutoinary Biology 19:75 pdf (open access)
39. Tsang LR, Wilson LAB, Ledogar J, Wroe S, Attard MRG, Sansalone G. 2019. Raptor talon shape and biomechanical performance are highly correlated with relative prey size but not allometry. Scientific Reports 9:7076 pdf (open access)
2018
38. Stange M, Sánchez-Villagra MR, Núñez-León D, Jensen P, Wilson LAB. 2018. Morphological variation under domestication: how variable are chickens? Royal Society Open Science 5: 8 pdf (open access)
37. Veitschegger K, Wilson LAB, Nussberger B, Camenisch G, Keller LF, Sánchez-Villagra MR. 2018. Resurrecting Darwin’s Niata – anatomical, biomechanical, molecular and morphometric studies of morphological novelty in cattle. Scientific Reports 8: 9129 pdf (open access)
36. Wilson LAB. 2018. The evolution of ontogenetic allometric trajectories in mammalian domestication. Evolution doi:10.1111/evo.13464 pdf
35. Heck L, Wilson LAB, Evin A, Stange M, Sánchez-Villagra MR. 2018. Shape variation and modularity of skull and teeth in domesticated horses and wild equids. BMC Frontiers in Zoology 15:14 pdf (open access)
2017
34. Schweizer A, Lebrun R, Wilson LAB, Costeur L, Schmelzle T, Sánchez-Villagra MR. 2017. 3D models related to the publication: Size variation under domestication: conservatism in the inner ear shape of wolves, dogs and dingoes. MorphoMuseuM 3(4)-e1 (open access)
33. Schweizer A, Lebrun R, Wilson LAB, Costeur L, Schmelzle T, Sánchez-Villagra MR. 2017. Size variation under domestication: conservatism in the inner ear shape of wolves, dogs and dingoes. Scientific Reports 7: 13330 pdf (open access)
32. Wilson LAB, Humphrey LT. 2017. Voyaging into the third dimension: a perspective on virtual methods and their application to studies of juvenile sex estimation and the ontogeny of sexual dimorphism. Forensic Science International 278: 32-46 pdf
31. Wilson LAB, Ives R, Humphrey LT. 2017. Quantification of 3D curvature in the iliac crest: ontogeny and implications for sex determination in juveniles. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 162(2): 255-266 pdf
2016
30. Wilson LAB, Hand SJ, López-Aguirre C, Archer M, Black KH, Beck RMD, Armstrong KN, Wroe S. 2016. Cranial shape variation in extinct and extant Old World leaf-nosed bats: implications for phylogenetic relationships and the inference of ancestral forms. Alcheringa 40(4): 509-524 pdf
29. Archer M, Hand SJ, Black KH, Beck RMD, Arena DA, Wilson LAB, Hung T.-T., Kealy S. 2016. A new family of bizarre durophaguous carnivorous marsupials from Miocene deposits in the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, northwestern Queensland. Scientific Reports 6: 26911 pdf (open access)
28. Parr WCH, Wilson LAB, Wroe S, Colman NJ, Crowther MS, Letnic M. 2016. Cranial shape and the modularity of hybridization in dingoes and dogs; hybridization does not spell the end for native morphology. Evolutionary Biology 43: 171-187 pdf
27. Archer M, Christmas O, Hand SJ, Black KH, Creaser P, Godthelp H, Graham I, Cohen D, Arena DA, Anderson C, Soares G, Machin N, Beck RMD, Wilson LAB, Myers TJ, Gillespie AK, Khoo B, Travouillon KJ. 2016. Earliest known record of a hypercarnivorous dasyurid (Marsupialia), from newly discovered carbonates beyond the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, north Queensland. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 74: 137-150 pdf (open access)
26. Attard MRG, Wilson LAB, Worthy TH, Scofield P, Johnston P, Parr WCH, Wroe S. 2016. Moa diet fits the bill: virtual reconstruction incorporating mummified remains and prediction of biomechanical performance in avian giants. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 283: 20152043 pdf
2015
25. Wilson LAB, Colombo M, Sánchez-Villagra MR, Salzburger W. 2015. Evolution of opercle bone shape in cichlid fishes from Lake Tanganyika - uncovering adaptive trait interactions in extant and extinct species flocks. Scientific Reports 5:16909 pdf (open access)
24. López-Aguirre C, Pérez-Torres J, Wilson LAB. 2015. Cranial and mandibular shape variation in the genus Carollia (Mammalia:Chiroptera) from Colombia: biogeographic patterns and morphological modularity. PeerJ 3:e1197 pdf (open access)
23. Wilson LAB, Geiger M. 2015. Diversity and evolution of femoral variation in Ctenohystrica. In: Evolution of the Rodents: Advances in Phylogenetics, Functional Morphology and Development. Cambridge Studies in Morphology and Molecules, New Paradigms in Evolutionary Biology (Eds: Hautier L, Cox PG). Cambridge University Press
22. Wilson LAB, Humphrey LT. 2015. A virtual geometric morphometric approach to the quantification of long bone bilateral asymmetry and cross-sectional shape. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 158(4): 541-556 pdf
21. Wilson LAB, Ives R, Cardoso HFV, Humphrey LT. 2015. Shape, size and maturity trajectories of the human ilium. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 156(1): 19-34 pdf
20. Werneburg I, Wilson LAB, Parr WCH, Joyce WG. 2015. Evolution of neck vertebral shape and neck retraction at the transition to modern turtles: a geometric morphometric approach. Systematic Biology 64(2): 187-204 pdf | Front cover artwork pdf |
2014
19. Wilson LAB, Werneburg I. 2014. Quantifying evolutionary development using non-model organisms: integrating morphology, metrical frameworks and gene expression. Journal of Experimental Zoology, Part B 322(8): 555-557 pdf
18. Wilson LAB. 2014. Cranial suture closure patterns in Sciuridae: heterochrony and modularity. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 21(2): 257-268 pdf
17. Attard MRG, Parr WCH, Wilson LAB, Archer M, Hand S, Rogers TL, Wroe, S. 2014. Virtual reconstruction, biomechanical modeling and prey size preference of the Australian mid Cenozoic thylacinid, Nimbacinus dicksoni (Thylacinidae, Marsupialia). PLOS ONE 9(4): e93088 pdf (open access)
2013
16. Maxwell EE, Wilson LAB. 2013. Regionalization of the axial skeleton in the 'ambush predator' guild - are there developmental rules underlying body shape evolution in ray-finned fishes? BMC Evolutionary Biology 13: 265 pdf (open access) *highly accessed
15. Wilson LAB, Colombo M, Hanel R, Salzburger W, Sánchez-Villagra MR. 2013. The evolution of opercular bone shape in Antarctic icefishes - a study of morphological disparity in an adaptive radiation. Ecology and Evolution 3(9): 3166-3182 pdf (open access)
14. Wilson LAB. 2013. Allometric disparity in rodent evolution. Ecology and Evolution 3(4): 971-984 pdf (open access)
13. Wilson LAB. 2013. Geographic variation in skull shape of the greater Japanese shrew-mole (Urotrichus talpoides): combining morphological and chromosomal variation patterns. Mammalian Biology 78: 267-275 pdf
12. Geiger M, Wilson LAB, Costeur L, Sánchez-Villagra MR. 2013. Diversity and growth in giant caviomorphs from the northern neotropics – a study of femoral variation in Phoberomys (Rodentia). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(6): 1449-1456 pdf
11. Wilson LAB, Furrer H, Stockar R, Sánchez-Villagra MR. 2013. A quantitative evaluation of evolutionary patterns in opercule bone shape in Saurichthys (Actinopterygii: Saurichthyidae). Palaeontology 56(4): 901-915 pdf
10. Urdy S, Wilson LAB, Haug J, Sánchez-Villagra MR. 2013. On the unique perspective on palaeontology in the study of developmental evolution and biases. Biological Theory 8: 293-311 pdf
2012
9. Wilson LAB, Madden RH, Kay RF, Sánchez-Villagra MR. 2012. Testing a developmental model in the fossil record: molar proportions in South American ungulates. Paleobiology 38(2): 308-321 pdf
2011
8. Wilson LAB. 2011. The contributions of developmental palaeontology to evolutionary theory. Acta Zoologica 94(3): 254-260 pdf
7. Wilson LAB. 2011. Comparison of prenatal and postnatal ontogeny: cranial allometry in the African striped mouse Rhabdomys pumilio. Journal of Mammalogy 92(2): 407-420 pdf
6. Wilson LAB, Sánchez-Villagra MR. 2011. The evolution and phylogenetic signal of growth trajectories: the case of chelid turtles. Journal of Experimental Zoology B (Molecular and Developmental Evolution) 316: 50-60 pdf
5. Wilson LAB, Cardoso HFV, Humphrey LT. 2011. On the reliability of a geometric morphometric approach to sex determination: a blind test of six criteria for the juvenile ilium. Forensic Science International 206: 35-42 pdf
2010
4. Wilson LAB, Sánchez-Villagra MR. 2010. Diversity trends and their ontogenetic basis: an exploration of allometric disparity in rodents. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B 227: 1227-1234 pdf
3. Wilson LAB, Schradin C, Mitgutsch C, Galliari FC, Mess A, Sánchez-Villagra MR. 2010. Skeletogenesis in the African Striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio) and a study of sequence heterochrony in rodent evolution. Organisms Development and Evolution 10: 243-258 pdf
2008-2009
2. Wilson LAB, Sánchez-Villagra MR. 2009. Heterochrony and patterns of cranial suture closure in hystricognath rodents. Journal of Anatomy 214: 339–354 pdf
1. Wilson LA, MacLeod N, Humphrey LT. 2008. Morphometric criteria for sexing juvenile human skeletons using the ilium. Journal of Forensic Sciences 53(2): 269–278 pdf
Edited Volume
Wilson LAB, Werneburg I (eds, 2014). Quantifying evolutionary development using non-model organisms: integrating morphology, metrical frameworks and gene expression. Special issue in Journal of Experimental Zoology, Part B Molecular and Developmental Evolution. 322(8): 555-653 pdf
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