Of Mice and Carnivorans

Disentangle the genetics, biomechanics, & evolution of mammalian skeletal diversity with @Tseng_ZJ, @LHlusko, & @Chris_J_Law!
NSF DBI-2128146 | #TeamOMAC

[Chris Law @Chris_J_Law]

Our new manuscript on the carnivorans of Madagascar is now published in @RSocPublishing! With @UWBiology's undergrad Tate Linden and @RGGSatAMNH's John Flynn, we examined skull evolution and lineage diversification of this endemic clade.

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https://t.co/5P1x41DKaA

[Chris Law @Chris_J_Law]

The #TeamSquirrel triology is complete! Led by undergrad @AbbyEBurtner, we (with D Grossnickle & @SESantanaM) tested the selective regimes acting on mammalian limbs to examine the gliding-to-flying hypothesis in the origin of bat flight.
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@thePeerJ

https://t.co/PjcaqaXaT1

[Chris Law @Chris_J_Law]

Our paper "Challenges & advances in measuring phenotypic convergence" is out in @journal_evo! Led by Dave Grossnickle & Will Brightly, we found 2 major issues w/ current convergence methods & revised the popular C-measures to minimize these issues 🧵 1/n

https://t.co/yadYM3cCnS

[Of Mice and Carnivorans @OMAC_evolution]

Second @OMAC_evolution PI (after @Tseng_ZJ) to receive the DVM Mentorship Award 😎

[Chris Law @Chris_J_Law]

Turns out I won the SICB DVM Mentorship Award! Thanks to all my mentees past and present.

@SICB_DCB_DVM @SICB_

[Narimane Chatar @NarimaneChatar]

Proud to announce one of my PhD chapter is out in #OpenAccess in @CurrentBiology with @Val_Fisch @DavideTamagnin4 & @MargotMichaud00 🥳 Interested in evolutionary patterns of cat-like carnivorans? 🦁🔪 Here is a thread 🧵1/X https://t.co/kijZsZOHG4

[Chris Law @Chris_J_Law]

10 years in the making - my last PhD chapter is finally published! Check out our work investigating the biomechanical and energetic benefits of tool use in sea otters out in @ScienceMagazine!

https://t.co/mOah9BMv6l

[Chris Law @Chris_J_Law]

Check out our latest @OMAC_evolution preprint investigating the adaptive landscape of skeletal form & function in carnivorans and testing for functional trade-offs/covariation among the skull, appendicular, & axial skeleton.

with @Tseng_ZJ & @LHlusko

https://t.co/0OzKzHjxk8

[Chris Law @Chris_J_Law]

Check out our new preprint where we investigated the evolution of skull diversity in endemic Malagasy carnivorans and tested if they exhibited characteristics of convergent evolution & an adaptive radiation.
w/ Tate Linden and John Flynn
https://t.co/uliTSVBpGE

[Royal Society Publishing @RSocPublishing]

Different ecological and #phylogenetic effects led to distinct #evolutionary patterns among the different skeletal components in #carnivorans. Read the full #BiologyLetters paper ‘Uncovering the mosaic evolution of the carnivoran skeletal system’ https://t.co/0xIvXACApC

[Marta @MartaMLahr @MartMLahr]

Lovely study on the mosaic evolution of the carnivoran skeleton identifying the different influence of ecology and phylogeny on the evolution mode of the various skeletal componentby @Chris_J_Law @LHlusko @Tseng_ZJ

https://t.co/neONVwckTw

[Chris Law @Chris_J_Law]

Excited that our first @OMAC_evolution paper is out in @RSocPublishing Biology Letters! Here, we test for distinct modes of evolution among the cranial, appendicular and vertebral regions in extant carnivoran skeletons. 1/x 🧵

w/ @Tseng_ZJ & @LHlusko

https://t.co/ZkE1ZYNVfu

[Chris Law @Chris_J_Law]

Our first @OMAC_evolution manuscript is out as a preprint! Here, we examine the mosaic evolution of the cranial, appendicular, and vertebral skeletal systems in carnivorans.

With @LHlusko and @Tseng_ZJ

https://t.co/h1F6nxCVAw

[Chris Law @Chris_J_Law]

Excited to present our initial @OMAC_evolution work at 8 AM(!!) during the 1st session of the 1st day of ICVM! Come check it out!

Session 4: The Rise and Reign of Mammals

@Tseng_ZJ & @LHlusko #ICVM23 #ICVM2023

[Chris Law @Chris_J_Law]

Come check out my talk on carnivoran skeletal evolution today at 1:45pm room Tikahtnu C during the Evolutionary Biology (Technical Session 14)! #IMC13 @MammalMeetings @OMAC_evolution

[Chris Law @Chris_J_Law]

Finally made it to the @NHM_London after a 3 year delay!

[Chris Law @Chris_J_Law]

.@UWBiology undergrads @JohannahRickman & @AbbyEBurtner's first (co)first author paper is now published in @iobjournal! Here, we (with Tate Linden & @SESantanaM) examined the shape and structural properties of squirrel humeri & femora. 🧵 1/x

https://t.co/PM0juUc5Wy

[Prof. Leslea J. Hlusko @LHlusko]

So great to get the two research groups together! The combination of @OMAC_evolution @NSF and @ERC_Research @Tied2Teeth is a force to be reckoned with!

[Chris Law @Chris_J_Law]

A full skeleton of Sinopa major @NMNH! This 40ish million year old predator is a hyaenodont, an extinct clade of hypercarnivores before the rise of carnivorans

[Chris Law @Chris_J_Law]

Excited that convevol v2.0 led by Will Brightly & Tristan Stayton has been released! Check out our preprint led by Dave Grossnickle to learn about our new method to measure convergent evolution 👇
https://t.co/n89jTCBCil

[Chris Law @Chris_J_Law]

4 out of 160 mice scanned @OMAC_evolution @UTexasCT