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Postdoctoral Fellow
Cetartiodactyl evolution: understanding the evolutionary transition from the terrestrial to the aquatic biome
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| PI(s): |
Samantha Price |
| Start Date: |
1-Nov-2005 |
| End Date: |
31-Oct-2008 |
| Keywords: |
life histories, morphology, development, physiology, adaptive radiation |
The Cetartiodactyla is a newly recognized mammalian order, which contains the terrestrial even-toed hoofed mammals (artiodactyls) and the fully aquatic whales (cetaceans). The aim of my project is to understand whether the morphological, developmental and physiological changes required to transition from fully terrestrial to obligately aquatic, which the whales did rapidly in 8-10 million years during the Eocene, have lead to fundamental differences between cetacean and artiodactyl biology, socioecology and life history evolution. The roles that these traits play in the rapid adaptive radiation of the cetaceans within the aquatic biome and the Pecora within the terrestrial biome will be explored and compared across the terrestrial and aquatic boundary.
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Publications
- Diversity versus disparity and the radiation of modern cetaceans Slater, G.J., S.A. Price, et al. (2010) Diversity versus disparity and the radiation of modern cetaceans.__ Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 277(1697): 3097-3104.
- Linking big: the continuing promise of evolutionary synthesis Sidlauskas, B., G. Ganapathy, E. Hazkani-Covo, K.P. Jenkins, H. Lapp, L.W. McCall, S. Price, R. Scherle, P.A. Spaeth, and D.M. Kidd (2010). Linking big: the continuing promise of evolutionary synthesis. Evolution 64(4): 871-880.
- Comparative methods in R hackathon O'Meara, B., M. Alfaro, C. Bell, et al. (2008). Comparative methods in R hackathon. Nature Precedings.
- Hunting to extinction: biology and regional economy influence artiodactyl extinction risk and the impact of hunting Price, S.A. and J.L. Gittleman (2007). Hunting to extinction: biology and regional economy influence artiodactyl extinction risk and the impact of hunting. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Science B 274: 1845-1851.
- A review of Horns, Tusks, and Flippers by D. Prothero and R. Schoch Price, S.A. (2007) A review of Horns, Tusks, and Flippers. Aquatic Mammals 33(2): 254.
- The delayed rise of present-day mammals Bininida-Emonds, O.R.P., M. Cardillo, K.E. Jones, R.D.E. MacPhee, R.M.D. Beck, R. Grenyer, S.A. Price, R. Vos, J.L. Gittleman, and A. Purvis (2007). The delayed rise of present-day mammals. Nature 446: 507-512.
- Extrapolating From Extant To Extinct: Reconstruction Of Early Neocete Life-History Strategy And Ecology Price, S. (2006). Extrapolating From Extant To Extinct: Reconstruction Of Early Neocete Life-History Strategy And Ecology. Journal Of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(3): 112A.
- Host Traits And Parasite Species Richness In Even And Odd-Toed Hoofed Mammals, Artiodactyla And Perissodactyla Ezenwa, V.O., S.A. Price, S. Altizer, et al. (2006). Host Traits And Parasite Species Richness In Even And Odd-Toed Hoofed Mammals, Artiodactyla And Perissodactyla. Oikos 115(3): 526-536.
Proposals and Grants
- Price and Zane (2007) NESCent informatics white paper: "Comparative methods in R hackathon"
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