Kathleen Smith's Lab

Kathleen Smith's papers, and other papers from the Smith Lab

Some Recent Publications:

Smith, K. K. (2006) Craniofacial development in marsupial mammals: Developmental origins of evolutionary change. Developmental Dynamics 235:1181-1193. pdf file

van Nievelt, A. F. H. and K. K. Smith. 2005. To replace or not to replace: The significance of reduced tooth replacement in marsupial and placental mammals. Paleobiology 31(2):324-346 pdf file.

van Nievelt, A. F. H. and K. K. Smith. 2005. Tooth eruption in Monodelphis domestica and its significance for phylogeny and natural history. Journal of Mammalogy 86(2): 333-341. pdf file

Vaglia, J. and Smith K. K. (2003) Early development of cranial neural crest in the marsupial, Monodelphis domestica . Evolution and Development 5:121-135. pdf file

Smith, K. K. (2003) Time's arrow: heterochrony and the evolution of development. International Journal of Developmental Biology 47: 613-621. pdf file

Sánchez-Villagra, M. R., Gemballa, S., Nummela, S., Smith, K K. , Maier, W. (2002). Ontogenetic and phylogenetic transformations of the ear ossicles in marsupial mammals, Journal of Morphology 251: 219-238. pdf file

Smith, K. K. (2002) Sequence heterochrony and the Evolution of Development.  Journal of Morphology 252: 82-97. pdf file

Smith, K. K. (2001)  The evolution of mammalian development.  Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology  156:119-135. pdf file

Smith, K. K. (2001)  Heterochrony revisited:  The evolution of developmental sequences.  Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.  73:169-186. pdf file

Smith, K. K. (2001)  The early development of the neural plate, neural crest and facial region in marsupials.  Journal of Anatomy 199:121-131. pdf file

Wall, C. and K. K. Smith (2001) Ingestion in mammals. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. Macmillan publishers. 1-6. pdf file

Selected Other Publications:

Nishikawa, K. C., Kier, W. M. and Smith, K. K. (1999) Morphology and mechanics of tongue movement in the African pig-nosed frog, Hemisus marmoratum : A muscular-hydrostatic model. Journal of Experimental Biology 202:771-780. pdf file

Nunn, CL and KK Smith.  1998.  Statistical analyses of developmental sequences: the craniofacial region in marsupial and placental mammals.  The American Naturalist.  152(1):82-101.   pdf file

Smith, KK and RA Schneider.  1998.  Have gene knockouts caused evolutionary reversals in the mammalian first arch?  BioEssays. 20:245-255. pdf file

Sanchez-Villagra, M. and Smith, K. K. (1997) Diversity and evolution of the marsupial mandibular angle. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 4:119-144 pdf file

Smith, KK.  1997.  Comparative patterns of craniofacial development in eutherian and metatherian mammals.  Evolution.  51(5):1663-1678. pdf file

Smith, KK.  1996.  Integration of craniofacial structures during development in mammals.  American Zoologist.  36:70-79.  pdf file

Smith, KK.  1994.  Are neuromotor systems conserved in evolution?  Brain, Behavior and Evolution.  43:293-305. abstract

Smith, KK.  1994.  Development of craniofacial musculature in Monodelphis domestica (Marsupialia: Didelphidae).  Journal of Morphology.  222:149-173.   pdf file

Clark, CT and KK Smith.  1993.  Cranial osteogenesis in Monodelphis domestica (Didelphidae) and Macropus eugenii (Macropodidae).  Journal of Morphology.  215:119-149. pdf file

Smith, KK.  1992.  The evolution of the mammalian pharynx.  Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.  104:313-349.  abstract

Smith, K. K. and K.H. Redford (1990) The anatomy and function of the feeding apparatus in two armadillos (Dasypoda): Anatomy is not destiny. Journal of Zoology, London 221:1-21. pdf file
 
Smith, K. K. and W. M. Kier (1989) Trunks, tongues and tentacles: Animal movement with muscular skeletons. American Scientist. 77:28-35. pdf file

Kier, W. M. and Smith, K. K. (1985) Tongues, tentacles and trunks: The biomechanics of movement in muscular-hydrostats. Zoological J. of the Linnean Society. 83: 307-324. pdf file

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