Ecological drivers of carnivoran body shape evolution
By: Chris Law
Are small-bodied faunivores the forerunners of major synapsid radiations?
By: Dave Grossnickle
A spinal organ for balance in birds
By: Katie Stanchak
Investigation of Mammalian Ecology Using Stable Isotopes Analyses
By: Jordan Claytor (Wilson Mantilla Lab)
The effects of horizontal gene transfer on the evolution of proteins encoded on mobile genetic elements
By: Olivia Kosterlitz (Kerr Lab)
The role of conjugation in the evolutionary success of multidrug-resistant mosaic plasmids (by Adamaris Muñiz Tirado in the Kerr Lab)
Understanding the regulation of flowering in Zostera marina, a foundational intertidal species (by Christine Nolan in the Imaizumi Lab)
Towards a phylo(genetic) understanding of avian iridescence
By: Yasmeen Erritouni (Leaché Lab)
Intraspecific morphological variation in the widely distributed least chipmunk (Tamias minimus)
By: Donavan Jackson (Santana Lab)
An animal’s skin provides a durable barrier to environmental insults, but also serves as a substrate for somatosensory neurons and a first point of contact with the sensory world. Indeed, many types of cutaneous receptors form specialized terminal structures within the skin that contribute to somatosensation, and recent studies have begun to define primary sensory functions for skin cells.
