Katrina Elizabeth Jones

This study examines how artificial selection for endurance running in mice affects ribcage morphology, finding modular adaptations in caudal ribs with no overall shape difference between selected and control groups.

This study evaluates whether isolated vertebrae can predict ecological traits like running speed and hunting mode in extinct carnivorans, finding that some vertebrae retain strong signals while combinations may dilute them.

This study examines how the transition from terrestrial to aquatic lifestyles affects endocranial shape in caniform carnivorans, finding that aquatic species have expanded neocortices and reduced paleocortices and olfactory bulbs.

This study investigates vertebral regionalization in cetaceans, finding that their backbone is less regionalized in the precaudal segment but more so in the caudal segment, indicating a repatterning of the vertebral column.

This study examines the ontogenetic development of the spine in nine-banded armadillos, identifying regional differentiation in size and shape during vertebral growth.