Dear colleagues:
The new Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution 324(3): 169–314 is a Special Issue on Turtle Origins and Evolution that I have edited.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jez.b.v324.3/issuetoc
This issue is inspired by a symposium that was held at the 10th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, and many participants from that symposium have contributed papers here. All articles are “Freely Available” for the next three months.
Sincerely,
Jacqueline
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The dawn of chelonian research: Turtles between comparative anatomy and embryology in the 19th century (pages 169–180)
Kate MacCord, Guido Caniglia, Jacqueline E. Moustakas-Verho and Ann C. Burke
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22587
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jez.b.22587/abstract
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The origin of turtles: A paleontological perspective (pages 181–193)
Walter G. Joyce
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22609
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jez.b.22609/abstract
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The evolutionary origin of the turtle shell and its dependence on the axial arrest of the embryonic rib cage (pages 194–207)
Tatsuya Hirasawa, Juan Pascual-Anaya, Naoki Kamezaki, Mari Taniguchi, Kanako Mine and Shigeru Kuratani
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22579
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jez.b.22579/abstract
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Emerging from the rib: Resolving the turtle controversies (pages 208–220)
Ritva Rice, Paul Riccio, Scott F. Gilbert and Judith Cebra-Thomas
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22600
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jez.b.22600/abstract
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The integumental appendages of the turtle shell: An evo-devo perspective (pages 221–229)
Jacqueline E. Moustakas-Verho and Gennadii O. Cherepanov
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22619
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jez.b.22619/abstract
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Modeling neck mobility in fossil turtles (pages 230–243)
Ingmar Werneburg, Juliane K. Hinz, Michaela Gumpenberger, Virginie Volpato, Nikolay Natchev and Walter G. Joyce
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22557
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jez.b.22557/abstract
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On the homology of the shoulder girdle in turtles (pages 244–254)
Hiroshi Nagashima, Fumiaki Sugahara, Masaki Takechi, Noboru Sato and Shigeru Kuratani
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22584
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jez.b.22584/abstract
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A comparative examination of odontogenic gene expression in both toothed and toothless amniotes (pages 255–269)
Alexis J. Lainoff, Jacqueline E. Moustakas-Verho, Diane Hu, Aki Kallonen, Ralph S. Marcucio and Leslea J. Hlusko
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22594
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jez.b.22594/abstract
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Do turtles follow the rules? Latitudinal gradients in species richness, body size, and geographic range area of the world’s turtles (pages 270–294)
Kenneth D. Angielczyk, Robert W. Burroughs and Chris. R. Feldman
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22602
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jez.b.22602/abstract
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Loggerhead sea turtle environmental sex determination: Implications of moisture and temperature for climate change based predictions for species survival (pages 295–314)
Jeanette Wyneken and Alexandra Lolavar
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22620
Wiley has published a version of this article without corrections following review, and we are currently waiting for them to publish the finished article as an erratum.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jez.b.22620/abstract
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