Karen E. Sears, Ph.D.
Affiliations: | 1998-2003 | Committee on Evolutionary Biology | University of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
2007-2017 | Animal Biology | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign, IL | |
2017- | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA |
Area:
Vertebrate evolution, evolution of mammals, evolution and developmentWebsite:
https://searslab.eeb.ucla.edu/Google:
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Parents
Sign in to add mentorJohn J. Flynn | grad student | 2003 | Chicago | |
(The role of constraints in the morphological evolution of marsupial shoulder girdles.) | ||||
Lee Niswander | post-doc | 2003-2007 | University of Colorado, Denver |
Children
Sign in to add traineeClive Long Fung Lau | grad student | UCLA | |
Daniel J. Urban | grad student | UIUC | |
Neal Anthwal | post-doc | UCLA | |
Lisa Noelle Cooper | post-doc | UIUC (Anatomy Tree) | |
Jennifer A. Maier | post-doc | UCLA (Microtree) | |
Alexa Sadier | post-doc | UCLA |
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Anthwal N, Hall RP, de la Rosa Hernandez FA, et al. (2023) Cochlea development shapes bat sensory system evolution. Anatomical Record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007) |
Sadier A, Anthwal N, Krause AL, et al. (2023) Bat teeth illuminate the diversification of mammalian tooth classes. Nature Communications. 14: 4687 |
Haghani A, Li CZ, Robeck TR, et al. (2023) DNA methylation networks underlying mammalian traits. Science (New York, N.Y.). 381: eabq5693 |
Mutumi GL, Hall RP, Hedrick BP, et al. (2023) Disentangling Mechanical and Sensory Modules in the Radiation of Noctilionoid Bats. The American Naturalist. 202: 216-230 |
Anthwal N, Urban DJ, Sadier A, et al. (2023) Insights into the formation and diversification of a novel chiropteran wing membrane from embryonic development. Bmc Biology. 21: 101 |
White HE, Tucker AS, Fernandez V, et al. (2023) Pedomorphosis in the ancestry of marsupial mammals. Current Biology : Cb |
Yohe LR, Fabbri M, Lee D, et al. (2022) Ecological constraints on highly evolvable olfactory receptor genes and morphology in neotropical bats. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution |
Santana SE, Grossnickle DM, Sadier A, et al. (2022) Bat Dentitions: A Model System for Studies at The Interface of Development, Biomechanics, and Evolution. Integrative and Comparative Biology |
Horvath S, Haghani A, Zoller JA, et al. (2022) Epigenetic clock and methylation studies in marsupials: opossums, Tasmanian devils, kangaroos, and wallabies. Geroscience |
Hall RP, Mutumi GL, Hedrick BP, et al. (2021) Find the Food First: An Omnivorous Sensory Morphotype Predates Biomechanical Specialization for Plant Based Diets in Phyllostomid Bats. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution |