Dr Laura Wilson

Senior Lecturer in the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences.

Research interests

Growth and development in vertebrates; application and development of geometric morphometric methods to study phenotypic evolution; statistical analysis of shape and 3D modelling; theoretical themes in evo-devo

Professional Service

Current service on the editorial boards for PeerJ, Mammalian Biology, Palaeontologica Electronica, MorphoMuseuM (M3), and American Journal of Physical Anthropology.

Council Member, European Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology (EED)

Roles

UNSW trained First Responder

UNSW Women in Maths & Science Champion

Location

Room G14 Samuels Building (F25) Upper Campus, Gate 9

Book Chapters | 2015

Wilson LA; Geiger M, 2015, 'Diversity and evolution of femoral variation in Ctenohystrica', in Evolution of the Rodents Advances in Phylogeny, Functional Morphology and Development, Cambridge University Press, pp. 510 - 538
Journal articles | 2024

Holvast EJ; Celik MA; Phillips MJ; Wilson LAB, 2024, 'Do morphometric data improve phylogenetic reconstruction? A systematic review and assessment', BMC Ecology and Evolution, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-024-02313-3

Journal articles | 2024

Pommery Y; Koyabu D; Meguro F; Tu VT; Ngamprasertwong T; Wannaprasert T; Nojiri T; Wilson LAB, 2024, 'Prenatal growth patterns of the upper jaw complex with implications for laryngeal echolocation in bats.', J Anat, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/joa.14165

Journal articles | 2024

Wilson LAB; Lynch JT; Ménard JM; Galvin CR; Smith PN, 2024, 'Sex differences in patellar facet shape among healthy and osteoarthritic cohorts', Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 32, pp. 1433 - 1442, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2024.06.018

Journal articles | 2024

Wyatt B; Anderson A; Ward S; Wilson LAB, 2024, 'What's luck got to do with it? A generative model for examining the role of stochasticity in age-at-death, with implications for bioarchaeology', American Journal of Human Biology, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.24115

Journal articles | 2023

Ballard JOW; Field MA; Edwards RJ; Wilson LAB; Koungoulos LG; Rosen BD; Chernoff B; Dudchenko O; Omer A; Keilwagen J; Skvortsova K; Bogdanovic O; Chan E; Zammit R; Hayes V; Aiden EL, 2023, 'The Australasian dingo archetype: de novo chromosome-length genome assembly, DNA methylome, and cranial morphology', GigaScience, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/giad018

Journal articles | 2023

Beck RMD; Louys J; Nguyen JMT; Travouillon KJ; Wilson LAB, 2023, 'Australian time traveller: papers in honour of Mike Archer', Alcheringa, pp. 1 - 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03115518.2023.2195912

Journal articles | 2023

Brualla NLM; Wilson LAB; Doube M; Carter RT; McElligott AG; Koyabu D, 2023, 'Correction to: The vocal apparatus: An understudied tool to reconstruct the evolutionary history of echolocation in bats? (Journal of Mammalian Evolution, (2023), 30, 1, (79-94), 10.1007/s10914-022-09647-z)', Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 30, pp. 95, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10914-023-09655-7

Journal articles | 2023

Brualla NLM; Wilson LAB; Doube M; Carter RT; McElligott AG; Koyabu D, 2023, 'The vocal apparatus: An understudied tool to reconstruct the evolutionary history of echolocation in bats?', Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 30, pp. 79 - 94, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10914-022-09647-z

Journal articles | 2023

Giannini NP; Abdala F; Flores DA; Wilson LAB, 2023, 'Ontogenetic allometry reveals the imprint of myrmecophagy in the skull of the numbat, Myrmecobius fasciatus Waterhouse, 1836 (Marsupialia: Myrmecobiidae)', Alcheringa, pp. 1 - 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03115518.2022.2153268

Journal articles | 2023

Gleeson BT; Wilson LAB, 2023, 'Shared reproductive disruption, not neural crest or tameness, explains the domestication syndrome', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 290, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.2464

Journal articles | 2023

Nakagawa S; Ivimey-Cook ER; Grainger MJ; O’Dea RE; Burke S; Drobniak SM; Gould E; Macartney EL; Martinig AR; Morrison K; Paquet M; Pick JL; Pottier P; Ricolfi L; Wilkinson DP; Willcox A; Williams C; Wilson LAB; Windecker SM; Yang Y; Lagisz M, 2023, 'Method Reporting with Initials for Transparency (MeRIT) promotes more granularity and accountability for author contributions', Nature Communications, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37039-1

Journal articles | 2023

Ward SM; Balolia KL; Wilson LAB, 2023, 'A preliminary analysis of the effectiveness of online practical laboratory delivery using 3D models for higher education courses in biological anthropology', Evolution: Education and Outreach, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12052-023-00190-w

Journal articles | 2023

Wilson LAB; López-Aguirre C; Archer M; Hand SJ; Flores D; Abdala F; Giannini NP, 2023, 'Patterns of ontogenetic evolution across extant marsupials reflect different allometric pathways to ecomorphological diversity', Nature Communications, 14, pp. 2689, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-38365-0

Journal articles | 2023

Wilson LAB, 2023, 'Evolution: Mislabeling marsupial development as primitive', Current Biology, 33, pp. R429 - R431, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.04.057

Journal articles | 2023

Wyatt B; McFadden C; Ward S; Wilson LAB, 2023, 'Assessing the association of skeletal indicators of stress with mean age-at-death in sub-adults', American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 182, pp. 440 - 451, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24833

Journal articles | 2022

Wilson LAB; Zajitschek SRK; Lagisz M; Mason J; Haselimashhadi H; Nakagawa S, 2022, 'Sex differences in allometry for phenotypic traits in mice indicate that females are not scaled males', Nature Communications, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35266-6

Journal articles | 2022

Wilson LAB, 2022, 'Developmental instability in domesticated mammals', Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, 338, pp. 484 - 494, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jez.b.23108

Journal articles | 2022

Wyatt B; McFadden C; Ward S; Wilson LAB, 2022, 'Exploring associations between presence of skeletal indicators of disease and sub-adult mortality', Journal of Archaeological Science, 148, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2022.105693

Journal articles | 2021

Giannini NP; Morales MM; Wilson LAB; Velazco PM; Abdala F; Flores DA, 2021, 'The Cranial Morphospace of Extant Marsupials', Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 28, pp. 1145 - 1160, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10914-021-09589-y

Journal articles | 2021

López-Aguirre C; Hand SJ; Koyabu D; Tu VT; Wilson LAB; Lopez-Aguirre C, 2021, 'Phylogeny and foraging behaviour shape modular morphological variation in bat humeri', Journal of Anatomy, 238, pp. 1312 - 1329, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/joa.13380

Journal articles | 2021

López-Aguirre C; Hand SJ; Koyabu D; Tu VT; Wilson LAB, 2021, 'Prenatal Developmental Trajectories of Fluctuating Asymmetry in Bat Humeri', Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 9, pp. 639522, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2021.639522

Journal articles | 2021

López-Aguirre C; Wilson LAB; Koyabu D; Tu VT; Hand SJ, 2021, 'Variation in cross-sectional shape and biomechanical properties of the bat humerus under Wolff's law', Anatomical Record, 304, pp. 1937 - 1952, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ar.24620

Journal articles | 2021

Nojiri T; Wilson LAB; López-Aguirre C; Tu VT; Kuratani S; Ito K; Higashiyama H; Son NT; Fukui D; Sadier A; Sears KE; Endo H; Kamihori S; Koyabu D, 2021, 'Embryonic evidence uncovers convergent origins of laryngeal echolocation in bats', Current Biology, 31, pp. 1353 - 1365.e3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.12.043

Journal articles | 2021

White JM; DeSantis LRG; Evans AR; Wilson LAB; McCurry MR, 2021, 'A panda-like diprotodontid? Assessing the diet of Hulitherium tomasettii using dental complexity (Orientation Patch Count Rotated) and dental microwear texture analysis', Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 583, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2021.110675

Journal articles | 2021

Wilson LAB; Balcarcel A; Geiger M; Heck L; Sánchez-Villagra MR, 2021, 'Modularity patterns in mammalian domestication: Assessing developmental hypotheses for diversification', Evolution Letters, 5, pp. 385 - 396, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/evl3.231

Journal articles | 2020

Stein M; Hand S; Archer M; Wroe S; Wilson L, 2020, 'Quantitatively assessing mekosuchine crocodile locomotion by geometric morphometric and finite element analysis of the forelimb', PeerJ, 2020, pp. e9349, http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9349

Journal articles | 2020

Swan KR; Ives R; Wilson LAB; Humphrey LT, 2020, 'Ontogenetic changes in femoral cross-sectional geometry during childhood locomotor development', American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 173, pp. 80 - 95, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24080

Journal articles | 2020

Wilson LAB; De Groote I; Humphrey LT, 2020, 'Sex differences in the patterning of age-related bone loss in the human hallucal metatarsal in rural and urban populations', American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 171, pp. 628 - 644, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24002

Journal articles | 2019

Ballard JWO; Wilson LAB, 2019, 'The Australian dingo: Untamed or feral?', Frontiers in Zoology, 16, pp. 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12983-019-0300-6

Journal articles | 2019

Bush AM; Louys J; Wilson LAB; Rumford JP, 2019, 'Reaffirming the Palaeontologia Electronica brand: A note on changes to publication priorities', Palaeontologia Electronica, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.26879/191E

Journal articles | 2019

López-Aguirre C; Hand SJ; Koyabu D; Son NT; Wilson LAB; Lopez-Aguirre C, 2019, 'Postcranial heterochrony, modularity, integration and disparity in the prenatal ossification in bats (Chiroptera)', BMC Evolutionary Biology, 19, pp. 75, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-019-1396-1

Journal articles | 2019

López-Aguirre C; Hand SJ; Koyabu D; Son NT; Wilson LAB; Lopez-Aguirre C, 2019, 'Prenatal allometric trajectories and the developmental basis of postcranial phenotypic diversity in bats (Chiroptera)', Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, 332, pp. 36 - 49, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jez.b.22846

Journal articles | 2019

Montoya-Sanhueza G; Wilson LAB; Chinsamy A, 2019, 'Postnatal development of the largest subterranean mammal (Bathyergus suillus): Morphology, osteogenesis, and modularity of the appendicular skeleton', Developmental Dynamics, 248, pp. 1101 - 1128, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/dvdy.81

Journal articles | 2019

Tsang LR; Wilson LAB; Ledogar J; Wroe S; Attard M; Sansalone G, 2019, 'Raptor talon shape and biomechanical performance are controlled by relative prey size but not by allometry', Scientific Reports, 9, pp. 7076, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-43654-0

Journal articles | 2019

Tsang LR; Wilson LAB; McDonald PG, 2019, 'Comparing the toepads of Australian diurnal and nocturnal raptors with nonpredatory taxa: Insights into functional morphology', Journal of Morphology, 280, pp. 1682 - 1692, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmor.21057

Journal articles | 2018

Heck L; Wilson LAB; Evin A; Stange M; Sánchez-Villagra MR, 2018, 'Shape variation and modularity of skull and teeth in domesticated horses and wild equids', Frontiers in Zoology, 15, pp. 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12983-018-0258-9

Journal articles | 2018

Stange M; Núñez-León D; Sánchez-Villagra MR; Jensen P; Wilson LAB, 2018, 'Morphological variation under domestication: How variable are chickens?', Royal Society Open Science, 5, pp. 180993, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.180993

Journal articles | 2018

Veitschegger K; Wilson LAB; Nussberger B; Camenisch G; Keller LF; Wroe S; Sánchez-Villagra MR, 2018, 'Resurrecting Darwin's Niata - Anatomical, biomechanical, genetic, and morphometric studies of morphological novelty in cattle', Scientific Reports, 8, pp. 9129, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-27384-3

Journal articles | 2018

Wilson LAB, 2018, 'The evolution of ontogenetic allometric trajectories in mammalian domestication', Evolution, 72, pp. 867 - 877, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/evo.13464

Journal articles | 2017

Schweizer A; Lebrun R; Wilson LAB; Costeur L; Sanchez-Villagra MR, 2017, '3D models related to the publication: Size Variation under Domestication: Conservatism in the inner ear shape of wolves, dogs and dingoes', MorphoMuseum, 3, pp. e1 - e1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-13523-9.

Journal articles | 2017

Schweizer AV; Lebrun R; Wilson LAB; Costeur L; Schmelzle T; Sánchez-Villagra MR, 2017, '3D models related to the publication: Size Variation under Domestication: Conservatism in the inner ear shape of wolves, dogs and dingoes', MorphoMuseuM, 3, pp. e1 - e1, http://dx.doi.org/10.18563/m3.3.4.e1

Journal articles | 2017

Schweizer AV; Lebrun R; Wilson LAB; Costeur L; Schmelzle T; Sánchez-Villagra MR, 2017, 'Size Variation under Domestication: Conservatism in the inner ear shape of wolves, dogs and dingoes', Scientific Reports, 7, pp. 13330, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-13523-9

Journal articles | 2017

Wilson LAB; Humphrey LT, 2017, 'Voyaging into the third dimension: A perspective on virtual methods and their application to studies of juvenile sex estimation and the ontogeny of sexual dimorphism', Forensic Science International, 278, pp. 32 - 46, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2017.06.016

Journal articles | 2017

Wilson LAB; Ives R; Humphrey LT, 2017, 'Quantification of 3D curvature in the iliac crest: Ontogeny and implications for sex determination in juveniles', American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 162, pp. 255 - 266, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23114

Journal articles | 2016

Archer M; Christmas O; Hand SJ; Black KH; Creaser P; Godthelp HJ; Cohen DR; Graham IT; Arena DA; Anderson C; Soares G; Machin N; Beck RMD; Wilson L; Myers TJ; Gillespie AK; Khoo B; Travouillon KJ; Wijaya L, 2016, 'Earliest known record of a hypercarnivorous dasyurid (Marsupialia), from newly discovered carbonates beyond the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, north Queensland', Memoirs of Museum Victoria, 74, pp. 137 - 150, http://dx.doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.2016.74.13

Journal articles | 2016

Archer M; Hand SJ; Black KH; Beck RMD; Arena DA; Wilson LAB; Kealy S; Hung T-T, 2016, 'Erratum: Corrigendum: A new family of bizarre durophagous carnivorous marsupials from Miocene deposits in the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, northwestern Queensland', Scientific Reports, 6, pp. 32054, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep32054

Journal articles | 2016

Archer M; Hand SJ; Black KH; Beck RMD; Arena DA; Wilson LAB; Kealy S; Hung TT; Wijaya L, 2016, 'A new family of bizarre durophagous carnivorous marsupials from Miocene deposits in the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, northwestern Queensland', Scientific Reports, 6, pp. 26911, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep26911

Journal articles | 2016

Attard MRG; Wilson LAB; Worthy TH; Scofield P; Johnston P; Parr WCH; Wroe S; Wijaya L, 2016, 'Moa diet fits the bill: Virtual reconstruction incorporating mummified remains and prediction of biomechanical performance in avian giants', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 283, pp. 20152043, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.2043

Journal articles | 2016

Parr W; Wilson L; Colman N; Crowther M; Wroe S; Letnic MI, 2016, 'Cranial Shape and the Modularity of Hybridization in Dingoes and Dogs; Hybridization Does Not Spell the End for Native Morphology', Evolutionary Biology, 43, pp. 171 - 187, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11692-016-9371-x

Journal articles | 2016

Schweizer AV; Costeur L; Lebrun R; Wilson LAB; Schmelzle T; Sánchez-Villagra MR, 2016, 'Comparative anatomy of the osseous inner ear of dog breeds, dingoes and wolves. A study of intraspecific variation and domestication', Mammalian Biology, 81, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mambio.2016.07.051

Journal articles | 2016

Wilson LAB; Hand SJ; López-Aguirre C; Archer M; Black KH; Beck RMD; Armstrong KN; Wroe S; Lopez-Aguirre C; Wijaya L, 2016, 'Cranial shape variation and phylogenetic relationships of extinct and extant Old World leaf-nosed bats', Alcheringa, 40, pp. 509 - 524, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03115518.2016.1196434

Journal articles | 2015

López-Aguirre C; Pérez-Torres J; Wilson LAB; Lopez-Aguirre C; Wijaya L, 2015, 'Cranial and mandibular shape variation in the genus Carollia (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Colombia: Biogeographic patterns and morphological modularity', PeerJ, 2015, pp. e1197, http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1197

Journal articles | 2015

Werneburg I; Wilson LAB; Parr WCH; Joyce WG; Wijaya L, 2015, 'Evolution of neck vertebral shape and neck retraction at the transition to modern turtles: An integrated geometric morphometric approach', Systematic Biology, 64, pp. 187 - 204, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syu072

Journal articles | 2015

Wilson LAB; Colombo M; Sánchez-Villagra MR; Salzburger W; Wijaya L, 2015, 'Evolution of opercle shape in cichlid fishes from Lake Tanganyika-Adaptive trait interactions in extant and extinct species flocks', Scientific Reports, 5, pp. 16909, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep16909

Journal articles | 2015

Wilson LAB; Humphrey LT; Wijaya L, 2015, 'A virtual geometric morphometric approach to the quantification of long bone bilateral asymmetry and cross-sectional shape', American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 158, pp. 541 - 556, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.22809

Journal articles | 2015

Wilson LAB; Ives R; Cardoso HFV; Humphrey LT; Wijaya L, 2015, 'Shape, size, and maturity trajectories of the human ilium', American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 156, pp. 19 - 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.22625

Journal articles | 2014

Attard MRG; Parr W; Wilson LAB; Archer M; Hand SJ; Rogers TL; Wroe S; Wijaya L, 2014, 'Virtual reconstruction and prey size preference in the mid Cenozoic thylacinid, Nimbacinus dicksoni (Thylacinidae, Marsupialia)', PLoS ONE, 9, pp. e93088, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0093088

Journal articles | 2014

Wilson LAB; Werneburg I, 2014, 'Quantifying evolutionary development using non-model organisms: Integrating morphology, metrical frameworks, and gene expression', Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, 322, pp. 555 - 557, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jez.b.22603

Journal articles | 2014

Wilson LAB, 2014, 'Cranial Suture Closure Patterns in Sciuridae: Heterochrony and Modularity', Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 21, pp. 257 - 268, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10914-013-9242-5

Journal articles | 2013

Geiger M; Wilson LAB; Costeur L; Sánchez R; Sánchez-Villagra MR, 2013, 'Diversity and body size in giant caviomorphs (Rodentia) from the northern Neotropics - A study of femoral variation', Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 33, pp. 1449 - 1456, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2013.780952

Journal articles | 2013

Maxwell EE; Wilson LAB, 2013, 'Regionalization of the axial skeleton in the 'ambush predator' guild - Are there developmental rules underlying body shape evolution in ray-finned fishes?', BMC Evolutionary Biology, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-13-265

Journal articles | 2013

Urdy S; Wilson LAB; Haug JT; Sánchez-Villagra MR, 2013, 'On the Unique Perspective of Paleontology in the Study of Developmental Evolution and Biases', Biological Theory, 8, pp. 293 - 311, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13752-013-0115-1

Journal articles | 2013

Wilson LAB; Colombo M; Hanel R; Salzburger W; Sánchez-Villagra MR, 2013, 'Ecomorphological disparity in an adaptive radiation: Opercular bone shape and stable isotopes in Antarctic icefishes', Ecology and Evolution, 3, pp. 3166 - 3182, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.708

Journal articles | 2013

Wilson LAB; Furrer H; Stockar R; Sanchez-Villagra MR, 2013, 'A QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION OF EVOLUTIONARY PATTERNS IN OPERCLE BONE SHAPE IN SAURICHTHYS (ACTINOPTERYGII: SAURICHTHYIDAE)', Palaeontology, 56, pp. 901 - 915, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pala.12026

Journal articles | 2013

Wilson LAB, 2013, 'Allometric disparity in rodent evolution', Ecology and Evolution, 3, pp. 971 - 984, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.521

Journal articles | 2013

Wilson LAB, 2013, 'Geographic variation in the greater Japanese shrew-mole, Urotrichus talpoides: Combining morphological and chromosomal patterns', Mammalian Biology, 78, pp. 267 - 275, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mambio.2012.09.003

Journal articles | 2013

Wilson LAB, 2013, 'The contribution of developmental palaeontology to extensions of evolutionary theory', Acta Zoologica, 94, pp. 254 - 260, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6395.2011.00539.x

Journal articles | 2012

Wilson LAB; Madden RH; Kay RF; Sanchez-Villagra MR, 2012, 'Testing a developmental model in the fossil record: molar proportions in South American ungulates', Paleobiology, 38, pp. 308 - 321, http://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.f1468

Journal articles | 2011

Wilson LAB; Cardoso HFV; Humphrey LT, 2011, 'On the reliability of a geometric morphometric approach to sex determination: A blind test of six criteria of the juvenile ilium', Forensic Science International, 206, pp. 35 - 42, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.06.014

Journal articles | 2011

Wilson LAB; Sanchez-Villagra MR, 2011, 'Evolution and Phylogenetic Signal of Growth Trajectories: The Case of Chelid Turtles', Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B-Molecular and Developmental Evolution, 316B, pp. 50 - 60, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jez.b.21380

Journal articles | 2011

Wilson LAB, 2011, 'Comparison of prenatal and postnatal ontogeny: cranial allometry in the African striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio)', Journal of Mammalogy, 92, pp. 407 - 420, http://dx.doi.org/10.1644/10-mamm-a-209.1

Journal articles | 2010

Wilson LAB; Sanchez-Villagra MR, 2010, 'Diversity trends and their ontogenetic basis: an exploration of allometric disparity in rodents', Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 277, pp. 1227 - 1234, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2009.1958

Journal articles | 2010

Wilson LAB; Schradin C; Mitgutsch C; Galliari FC; Mess A; Sanchez-Villagra MR, 2010, 'Skeletogenesis and sequence heterochrony in rodent evolution, with particular emphasis on the African striped mouse, Rhabdomys pumilio (Mammalia)', Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 10, pp. 243 - 258, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13127-010-0020-4

Journal articles | 2009

Wilson LAB; Sanchez-Villagra MR, 2009, 'Heterochrony and patterns of cranial suture closure in hystricognath rodents', Journal of Anatomy, 214, pp. 339 - 354, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7580.2008.01031.x

Journal articles | 2008

Wilson LA; MacLeod N; Humphrey LT, 2008, 'Morphometric criteria for sexing juvenile human skeletons using the ilium', Journal of Forensic Sciences, 53, pp. 269 - 278, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1556-4029.2008.00656.x
Working Papers | 2019

López-Aguirre C; Wilson L; Koyabu D; Tu V; Hand S, 2019, Decoupled morphological and biomechanical evolution and diversification of the wing in bats, Center for Open Science, http://dx.doi.org10.32942/osf.io/k3y5f, http://dx.doi.org/10.32942/osf.io/k3y5f
Preprints | 2023

Ballard JWO; Field MA; Edwards RJ; Wilson LAB; Koungoulos LG; Rosen BD; Chernoff B; Dudchenko O; Omer A; Keilwagen J; Skvortsova K; Bogdanovic O; Chan E; Zammit R; Hayes V; Aiden EL, 2023, The Australasian dingo archetype: De novo chromosome-length genome assembly, DNA methylome, and cranial morphology., http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2023.01.26.525801

Preprints | 2022

Brualla N; Wilson L; Doube M; Carter R; McElligott A; Koyabu D, 2022, The vocal apparatus of bats: an understudied tool to reconstruct the evolutionary history of echolocation?, , http://dx.doi.org/10.32942/osf.io/8pfjh

Preprints | 2022

Dorranian D; Serafin S; Lope CP; González EU; Russell B; Murphy E; Wilson L, 2022, Biomechanical Investigation of Ancient Maya Warfare at Mayapan, Yucatan, Mexico, , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2022.07.11.499503

Preprints | 2022

Wilson L; Zajitschek S; Lagisz M; Mason J; Haselimashhadi H; Nakagawa S, 2022, Sex differences in allometry for mouse phenotypic traits indicate that females are not scaled males, , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2022.03.29.486193

Preprints | 2022

Wyatt B; McFadden C; Ward S; Wilson LAB, 2022, Exploring associations between presence of skeletal indicators of disease and sub-adult mortality, , http://dx.doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/zf4j7

Conference Abstracts | 2019

Hand S; Archer M; Armstrong K; Guarino-Vignon P; Hung T-T; Lopez-Aguirre C; Wilson L, 2019, 'Peculiar Cranial Morphology in Nasal-Emitting Bats (Chiroptera: Rhinonycteridae) from Miocene Forests in Northern Australia', in Journal of Morphology, Wiley, presented at International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology

Conference Abstracts | 2019

Hari-Rajan M; Archer M; Hand SJ; Wolfe J; Wilson LAB; Hung T; Bongers A, 2019, 'An Extraordinary Enigmatic Structure in the Middle Ear of Acrobatid Marsupials', in JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY, WILEY, Vol. 280, pp. S132 - S132, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000470768500402&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Conference Papers | 2019

Lopez-Aguirre C; Wilson L; Koyabu D; Hand S, 2019, 'The Morphogenetic Basis of Mammalian Flight: Allometric Trajectories and Ossification Heterochronies in Prenatal Skeletogenesis of Bats', Wiley, Prague, presented at International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Prague, 21 July 2019

Conference Papers | 2019

Montoya-Sanhueza G; Wilson LAB; Chinsamy A, 2019, 'A Multiscale Approach to Explore the Postnatal Development of the Largest Subterranean Scratch-digging Mammal, Bathyergus suillus (Rodentia: Bathyergidae)', in JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY, WILEY, pp. S183 - S184, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000470768500560&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Conference Papers | 2019

Wilson L, 2019, 'Allometric Evolution on Short Time Scales', Wiley, Prague, presented at International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Prague, 21 July 2019

Conference Papers | 2019

Wilson LAB; De Groote I; Humphrey LT, 2019, 'Sex differences in the patterning of age-related bone loss in the human hallucal metatarsal in Post-medieval rural and urban populations', in AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, WILEY, OH, Cleveland, pp. 271 - 271, presented at 88th Annual Meeting of the American-Association-of-Physical-Anthropologists (AAPA), OH, Cleveland, 27 March 2019 - 30 March 2019, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000458409603120&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Conference Presentations | 2018

Lopez-Aguirre C; Wilson LAB; Hand SJ; Nguyen TS; Koyabu D, 2018, 'Postcranial modularity, integration and disparity in the prenatal development of bats (Chiroptera)', presented at 18th Australasian Bat Society Conference, Richmond, Sydney, 03 April 2018 - 06 April 2018

Conference Presentations | 2017

Wilson LA; Hand SJ; Guarino-Vignon P; Armstrong KN; Archer M, 2017, 'The evolution of nasal chamber shape in Old World leaf-nosed and trident bats using virtual modelling and 3D geometric morphometrics', presented at 16th Conference on Australasian Vertebrate Evolution, Palaeontology and Systematics, Queenstown, Queenstown, New Zealand, 01 October 2017 - 07 October 2017

Conference Papers | 2017

Wilson LAB; De Groote I; Humphrey LT, 2017, 'Geometric morphometric analysis of variation in human hallucal metatarsal periosteal and endosteal shape in rural and urban populations', in AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, WILEY, LA, New Orleans, pp. 412 - 412, presented at 86th Annual Meeting of the American-Association-of-Physical-Anthropologists (AAPA), LA, New Orleans, 19 April 2017 - 22 April 2017, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000423063104348&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Conference Abstracts | 2016

Black KH; Travouillon K; Myers TJ; Archer M; Hand SJ; Wilson LAB; Bevitt J, 2016, 'Functional and morphometric analysis of a middle Miocene bandicoot (Marsupialia, Peramelemorphia) skeleton from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, Australia', in PeerJ Preprints, PeerJ, UNSW, Sydney, presented at Riversleigh Symposium 2016, UNSW, Sydney

Conference Presentations | 2016

Wilson LAB; Hand SJ; Lopez-Aguirre C; Archer M; Black KH; Beck RMD; Armstrong KN; Wroe S, 2016, 'Cranial shape variation and phylogenetic relationships of extinct and extant Old World leaf-nosed bats', presented at 17th International Bat Research Conference, 01 August 2016 - 06 August 2016

Conference Papers | 2015

Black KH; Travouillon KJ; Myers TJ; Archer M; Hand SJ; Wilson LAB, 2015, 'Functional and geometric morphometric analysis of a middle Miocene bandicoot (Marsupialia, Peramelemorphia) skeleton from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, Australia', in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts, 2015, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Dallas, TX, USA, pp. 91 - 91, presented at Society of Vertebrate Palaeontology 75th Annual Conference, Dallas, TX, USA, 14 October 2015 - 17 October 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.3393

Conference Papers | 2012

Wilson LA; Furrer H; Colombo M; Salzburger W; Sanchez MR, 2012, 'PATTERNS OF CRANIOFACIAL SHAPE CHANGE IN THE EXTINCT SPECIES FLOCK OF THE ACTINOPTERYGIAN FISH GENUS SAURICHTHYS: PALAEOBIOLOGICAL AND PALAEOECOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS AND A COMPARISON WITH EXTANT SPECIES FLOCKS', in JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY, TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC, NC, N Carolina Museum Nat Sci, Raleigh, pp. 195 - 195, presented at 72nd Annual Meeting of the Society-of-Vertebrate-Paleontology, NC, N Carolina Museum Nat Sci, Raleigh, 17 October 2012 - 20 October 2012, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000313496400635&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Conference Papers | 2009

Wilson L; Sanchez-Villagra M, 2009, 'DIVERSITY TRENDS AND THEIR ONTOGENETIC BASIS: AN EXPLORATION OF ALLOMETRIC DISPARITY IN RODENTS', in JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY, SOC VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY, pp. 202A - 202A, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000207952400747&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Preprints |

Wyatt B; McFadden C; Ward S; Wilson LAB, Exploring Associations between Presence of Skeletal Indicators of Disease and Sub-Adult Mortality, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4194765

Peer-reviewed Publications

2020 and forthcoming

50. López-Aguirre C, Hand SJ, Koyabu D, Son NT, Wilson LAB. 2020. Phylogeny and foraging behaviour shape modular morphological variation in bat humeri. Journal of Anatomy (in press)

49. Stein M, Hand SJ, Archer M, Wroe S, Wilson LAB. 2020. Quantitatively assessing mekosuchine crocodile locomotion by geometric morphometric and finite element analysis of the forelimb. PeerJ 8:e9349 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9349

48. Swan K, Ives R, Wilson LAB, Humphrey LT. 2020. Biomechanical changes of the subadult femur during locomotor development in early childhood. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 173: 80-95 pdf

47. Wilson LAB, De Groote I, Humphrey LT. 2020. Sex differences in the patterning of age-related bone loss in the human hallucal metatarsal in rural and urban populations. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 171: 628-644 pdf

46. López-Aguirre C, Wilson LAB, Koyabu D, Vuong Tan T, Hand SJ. 2019. Decoupled morphological and biomechancial evolution and diversification of the wing in bats. https://ecoevorxiv.org/k3y5f/

2019

45. Tsang LR, Wilson LAB, McDonald PG. 2019. Comparing the toepads of Australian diurnal and nocturnal raptors with non-predatory taxa: insights into functional morphology. Journal of Morphology 280:1682-1692 pdf

44. Montoya-Sanhueza G, Wilson LAB, Chinsamy A. 2019. Postnatal development of the largest subterranean mammal (Bathyergus suillus): morphology, osteogenesis and modularity of the appendicular skeleton. Developmental Dynamics 248:1101-1128 pdf

43. Bush AM, Louys J, Wilson LAB, Rumford JP. 2019. Reaffirming the Palaeontologica Electronica brand: a note on changes to publication priorities. Palaeontologica Electronica 22(1): 2 (Commentary) pdf (open access)

42. Ballard JWO, Wilson LAB. 2019. The Australian dingo: untamed or feral? BMC Frontiers in Zoology 16:2 pdf (open access) | BMC blog post

41. López-Aguirre C, Hand SJ, Koyabu D, Son NT, Wilson LAB. 2019. Prenatal allometric trajectories and the developmental basis of postcranial phenotypic diversity in bats (Chiroptera). Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B 332: 36-49 pdf

40. López-Aguirre C, Hand SJ, Koyabu D, Son NT, Wilson LAB. 2019. Postcranial heterochrony, modularity, integration and disparity in the prenatal ossification of bats (Chiroptera). BMC Evolutoinary Biology 19:75 pdf (open access)

39. Tsang LR, Wilson LAB, Ledogar J, Wroe S, Attard MRG, Sansalone G. 2019. Raptor talon shape and biomechanical performance are highly correlated with relative prey size but not allometry. Scientific Reports 9:7076 pdf (open access)

2018

38. Stange M, Sánchez-Villagra MR, Núñez-León D, Jensen P, Wilson LAB. 2018. Morphological variation under domestication: how variable are chickens? Royal Society Open Science 5: 8 pdf (open access)

37. Veitschegger K, Wilson LAB, Nussberger B, Camenisch G, Keller LF, Sánchez-Villagra MR. 2018. Resurrecting Darwin’s Niata – anatomical, biomechanical, molecular and morphometric studies of morphological novelty in cattle. Scientific Reports 8: 9129 pdf (open access)

36. Wilson LAB. 2018. The evolution of ontogenetic allometric trajectories in mammalian domestication. Evolution doi:10.1111/evo.13464 pdf

35. Heck L, Wilson LAB, Evin A, Stange M, Sánchez-Villagra MR. 2018. Shape variation and modularity of skull and teeth in domesticated horses and wild equids. BMC Frontiers in Zoology 15:14 pdf (open access)

2017

34. Schweizer A, Lebrun R, Wilson LAB, Costeur L, Schmelzle T, Sánchez-Villagra MR. 2017. 3D models related to the publication: Size variation under domestication: conservatism in the inner ear shape of wolves, dogs and dingoes. MorphoMuseuM 3(4)-e1 (open access)

33. Schweizer A, Lebrun R, Wilson LAB, Costeur L, Schmelzle T, Sánchez-Villagra MR. 2017. Size variation under domestication: conservatism in the inner ear shape of wolves, dogs and dingoes. Scientific Reports 7: 13330 pdf (open access)

32. Wilson LAB, Humphrey LT. 2017. Voyaging into the third dimension: a perspective on virtual methods and their application to studies of juvenile sex estimation and the ontogeny of sexual dimorphism. Forensic Science International 278: 32-46 pdf

31. Wilson LAB, Ives R, Humphrey LT. 2017. Quantification of 3D curvature in the iliac crest: ontogeny and implications for sex determination in juveniles. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 162(2): 255-266 pdf

2016

30. Wilson LAB, Hand SJ, López-Aguirre C, Archer M, Black KH, Beck RMD, Armstrong KN, Wroe S. 2016. Cranial shape variation in extinct and extant Old World leaf-nosed bats: implications for phylogenetic relationships and the inference of ancestral forms. Alcheringa 40(4): 509-524 pdf

29. Archer M, Hand SJ, Black KH, Beck RMD, Arena DA, Wilson LAB, Hung T.-T., Kealy S. 2016. A new family of bizarre durophaguous carnivorous marsupials from Miocene deposits in the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, northwestern Queensland. Scientific Reports 6: 26911 pdf (open access)

28. Parr WCH, Wilson LAB, Wroe S, Colman NJ, Crowther MS, Letnic M. 2016. Cranial shape and the modularity of hybridization in dingoes and dogs; hybridization does not spell the end for native morphology. Evolutionary Biology 43: 171-187 pdf

27. Archer M, Christmas O, Hand SJ, Black KH, Creaser P, Godthelp H, Graham I, Cohen D, Arena DA, Anderson C, Soares G, Machin N, Beck RMD, Wilson LAB, Myers TJ, Gillespie AK, Khoo B, Travouillon KJ. 2016. Earliest known record of a hypercarnivorous dasyurid (Marsupialia), from newly discovered carbonates beyond the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, north Queensland. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 74: 137-150 pdf (open access)

26. Attard MRG, Wilson LAB, Worthy TH, Scofield P, Johnston P, Parr WCH, Wroe S. 2016. Moa diet fits the bill: virtual reconstruction incorporating mummified remains and prediction of biomechanical performance in avian giants. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 283: 20152043 pdf

2015

25. Wilson LAB, Colombo M, Sánchez-Villagra MR, Salzburger W. 2015. Evolution of opercle bone shape in cichlid fishes from Lake Tanganyika - uncovering adaptive trait interactions in extant and extinct species flocks. Scientific Reports 5:16909 pdf (open access)

24. López-Aguirre C, Pérez-Torres J, Wilson LAB. 2015. Cranial and mandibular shape variation in the genus Carollia (Mammalia:Chiroptera) from Colombia: biogeographic patterns and morphological modularity. PeerJ 3:e1197 pdf (open access)

23. Wilson LAB, Geiger M. 2015. Diversity and evolution of femoral variation in Ctenohystrica. In: Evolution of the Rodents: Advances in Phylogenetics, Functional Morphology and Development. Cambridge Studies in Morphology and Molecules, New Paradigms in Evolutionary Biology (Eds: Hautier L, Cox PG). Cambridge University Press

22. Wilson LAB, Humphrey LT. 2015. A virtual geometric morphometric approach to the quantification of long bone bilateral asymmetry and cross-sectional shape. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 158(4): 541-556 pdf

21. Wilson LAB, Ives R, Cardoso HFV, Humphrey LT. 2015. Shape, size and maturity trajectories of the human ilium. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 156(1): 19-34 pdf

20. Werneburg I, Wilson LAB, Parr WCH, Joyce WG. 2015. Evolution of neck vertebral shape and neck retraction at the transition to modern turtles: a geometric morphometric approach. Systematic Biology 64(2): 187-204 pdf | Front cover artwork pdf |

2014

19. Wilson LAB, Werneburg I. 2014. Quantifying evolutionary development using non-model organisms: integrating morphology, metrical frameworks and gene expression. Journal of Experimental Zoology, Part B 322(8): 555-557 pdf

18. Wilson LAB. 2014. Cranial suture closure patterns in Sciuridae: heterochrony and modularity. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 21(2): 257-268 pdf

17. Attard MRG, Parr WCH, Wilson LAB, Archer M, Hand S, Rogers TL, Wroe, S. 2014. Virtual reconstruction, biomechanical modeling and prey size preference of the Australian mid Cenozoic thylacinid, Nimbacinus dicksoni (Thylacinidae, Marsupialia). PLOS ONE 9(4): e93088 pdf (open access)

2013

16. Maxwell EE, Wilson LAB. 2013. Regionalization of the axial skeleton in the 'ambush predator' guild - are there developmental rules underlying body shape evolution in ray-finned fishes? BMC Evolutionary Biology 13: 265 pdf (open access) *highly accessed

15. Wilson LAB, Colombo M, Hanel R, Salzburger W, Sánchez-Villagra MR. 2013. The evolution of opercular bone shape in Antarctic icefishes - a study of morphological disparity in an adaptive radiation. Ecology and Evolution 3(9): 3166-3182 pdf (open access)

14. Wilson LAB. 2013. Allometric disparity in rodent evolution. Ecology and Evolution 3(4): 971-984 pdf (open access)

13. Wilson LAB. 2013. Geographic variation in skull shape of the greater Japanese shrew-mole (Urotrichus talpoides): combining morphological and chromosomal variation patterns. Mammalian Biology 78: 267-275 pdf

12. Geiger M, Wilson LAB, Costeur L, Sánchez-Villagra MR. 2013. Diversity and growth in giant caviomorphs from the northern neotropics – a study of femoral variation in Phoberomys (Rodentia). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(6): 1449-1456 pdf

11. Wilson LAB, Furrer H, Stockar R, Sánchez-Villagra MR. 2013. A quantitative evaluation of evolutionary patterns in opercule bone shape in Saurichthys (Actinopterygii: Saurichthyidae). Palaeontology 56(4): 901-915 pdf

10. Urdy S, Wilson LAB, Haug J, Sánchez-Villagra MR. 2013. On the unique perspective on palaeontology in the study of developmental evolution and biases. Biological Theory 8: 293-311 pdf

2012

9. Wilson LAB, Madden RH, Kay RF, Sánchez-Villagra MR. 2012. Testing a developmental model in the fossil record: molar proportions in South American ungulates. Paleobiology 38(2): 308-321 pdf

2011

8. Wilson LAB. 2011. The contributions of developmental palaeontology to evolutionary theory. Acta Zoologica 94(3): 254-260 pdf

7. Wilson LAB. 2011. Comparison of prenatal and postnatal ontogeny: cranial allometry in the African striped mouse Rhabdomys pumilio. Journal of Mammalogy 92(2): 407-420 pdf

6. Wilson LAB, Sánchez-Villagra MR. 2011. The evolution and phylogenetic signal of growth trajectories: the case of chelid turtles. Journal of Experimental Zoology B (Molecular and Developmental Evolution) 316: 50-60 pdf

5. Wilson LAB, Cardoso HFV, Humphrey LT. 2011. On the reliability of a geometric morphometric approach to sex determination: a blind test of six criteria for the juvenile ilium. Forensic Science International 206: 35-42 pdf

2010

4. Wilson LAB, Sánchez-Villagra MR. 2010. Diversity trends and their ontogenetic basis: an exploration of allometric disparity in rodents. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B 227: 1227-1234 pdf

3. Wilson LAB, Schradin C, Mitgutsch C, Galliari FC, Mess A, Sánchez-Villagra MR. 2010. Skeletogenesis in the African Striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio) and a study of sequence heterochrony in rodent evolution. Organisms Development and Evolution 10: 243-258 pdf

2008-2009

2. Wilson LAB, Sánchez-Villagra MR. 2009. Heterochrony and patterns of cranial suture closure in hystricognath rodents. Journal of Anatomy 214: 339–354 pdf

1. Wilson LA, MacLeod N, Humphrey LT. 2008. Morphometric criteria for sexing juvenile human skeletons using the ilium. Journal of Forensic Sciences 53(2): 269–278 pdf

Edited Volume

Wilson LAB, Werneburg I (eds, 2014). Quantifying evolutionary development using non-model organisms: integrating morphology, metrical frameworks and gene expression. Special issue in Journal of Experimental Zoology, Part B Molecular and Developmental Evolution. 322(8): 555-653 pdf

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