CRANIOFACIAL EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT
Boughner, J.C., Wat, S., Diewert, V.M.,
Young, N.M., Browder, L.W., Hallgrímsson, B. 2009. The
Crf4 mutation and the developmental basis for variation in facial length.
Journal of Anatomy. 213(6), 646-662.
Young N.M., Wat, S., Diewert, Variation., Browder, L. & Hallgímsson, B. Comparative Morphometrics of the Embryonic Midface: Implications for Cleft-Lip Etiology. 2007,
Anatomical Record, Part A:
Discoveries in Molecular, Cellular and Evolutionary Biology 290(1), 123-139.
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Hallgrímsson, B., Lieberman, D.E.,
Young, N.M., Parsons, T., Wat, S. 2007. The Evolution of Covariance in the Mammalian Skull. In BK Hall, DE Lieberman (eds.),
Tinkering: The Microevolution of Development. Wiley-Liss, New York, pp. 164-184.
Willmore, K.E., Zelditch, M.,
Young, N.M., Ah-Seng, A., Lozanoff, S., & Hallgrímsson, B. 2006. Canalization and Developmental Stability in the Brachyrrhine Mouse.
Journal of Anatomy 208, 361-372.
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HOMINOID POSTCRANIAL EVOLUTION
Young, N.M. 2008. A Comparison of the Ontogeny of Shape Variation in the Anthropoid Scapula: Functional and Phylogenetic Signal.
American Journal of Physical Anthropology 136(3), 247-264.
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Young, N.M. 2006. Function, Ontogeny, and Canalization of Shape Variance in the Primate Scapula.
Journal of Anatomy 209, 623-636.
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Young, N.M. 2005. Estimating Hominoid Phylogeny from Morphological Data: Character Choice, Phylogenetic Signal and Postcranial Data. In
Interpreting the Past: Essays on Human, Primate and Mammal Evolution in Honor of David Pilbeam pp. 19-31
Pilbeam, D.R. &
Young, N.M. 2004. Hominoid Evolution: Synthesizing Disparate Data.
Comptes Rendus Palevol 3(4), 303-319.
Young, N.M. 2004. Integration and Modularity in the Hominoid Scapula.
Journal of Experimental Zoology, Part B: Molecular Development and Evolution 302B, 226-240. Pubmed
Young, N.M. & MacLatchy, L. 2004. The Phylogenetic Position of
Morotopithecus.
Journal of Human Evolution 46,163-184.
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Young, N.M. 2003. A Reassessment of Variability in the Hominoid Postcranium.
Journal of Human Evolution 45, 163-184.
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Pilbeam, D.R. &
Young, N.M. 2001.
Sivapithecus and hominoid evolution: some brief comments. In
Hominoid Evolution and Climactic Change in Europe, Volume Two: Phylogeny of the Neogene Hominoid Primates of Eurasia pp 349-364.
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PRIMATE MOLECULAR DIVERGENCE DATES
Steiper, M.E. &
Young, N.M. 2009. Primates. In B Hedges & S Kumar (Editors),
Timetree of Life. pp. 482-486. Oxford University Press, New York.
Steiper M.E. & Young N.M. 2008. Timing primate evolution: lessons from the discordance between molecular and paleontological estimates. Evolutionary Anthropology 17, 179-188.
Steiper, M.E. &
Young, N.M. 2006. Primate divergence times and their paleontological context.
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 41, 384-394.
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Steiper, M.E.*,
Young N.M.*, & Sukarna, T. 2004. Genomic data support the hominoid slowdown and an Early Oligocene estimate for the hominoid-cercopithecoid divergence.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 101(49), 17021-17026. (*co-first authors)
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MORPHOLOGICAL INTEGRATION, MODULARITY & CANALIZATION
Young, N.M., Hallgrímsson, B., Garland Jr., T. 2009. Epigenetic Effects on Integration of Limb Lengths in a Mouse Model: Selective Breeding for High Voluntary Locomotor Activity. Evolutionary Biology. 36(1): 88-99.
Hallgrímsson, B., Zelditch, M.L., Parsons, T.E., Kristensen, E., Young, N.M., & Boyd, S.K. 2008. Morphometrics and Biological Anthropology in the Post-Genomic Age. In M.A. Katzenberg, S.R. Saunders (eds.), Biological Anthropology of the Human Skeleton. Wiley-Liss, New York, pp. 207-236.
WIllmore, K.E.,
Young, N.M., Richtsmeier, J.T.
2007. Phenotypic Variability: Its Components, Measurement, and Underlying Influential Mechanisms.
Evolutionary Biology. 1(2).
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Hallgrímsson, B., Lieberman, D.E.,
Young, N.M., Parsons, T., Wat, S. 2007. The Evolution of Covariance in the Mammalian Skull. In BK Hall, DE Lieberman (eds.),
Tinkering: The Microevolution of Development. Wiley-Liss, New York, pp. 164-184.
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Young, N.M. 2006. Function, Ontogeny, and Canalization of Shape Variance in the Primate Scapula.
Journal of Anatomy 209, 623-636.
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Willmore, K.E., Zelditch, M.,
Young, N.M., Ah-Seng, A., Lozanoff, S., & Hallgrímsson, B. 2006. Canalization and Developmental Stability in the Brachyrrhine Mouse.
Journal of Anatomy 208, 361-372.
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Young, N.M. & Hallgrimsson, B. 2005. Serial homology and the evolution of mammalian limb covariation structure.
Evolution 59(12), 2691-2704.
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Young, N.M. 2004. Integration and Modularity in the Hominoid Scapula.
Journal of Experimental Zoology, Part B: Molecular Development and Evolution 302B, 226-240.
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Comptes Rendus Palevol 3(4), 303-319.
