William M. Kier - Publications

Affiliations: 
Biology University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 
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http://www.bio.unc.edu/faculty/Kier/lab/

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Year Citation  Score
2024 Tekinalp A, Naughton N, Kim SH, Halder U, Gillette R, Mehta PG, Kier W, Gazzola M. Topology, dynamics, and control of a muscle-architected soft arm. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 121: e2318769121. PMID 39352928 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2318769121  0.354
2023 Thompson JT, Taylor-Burt KR, Kier WM. One size does not fit all: diversity of length-force properties of obliquely striated muscles. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 226. PMID 36633589 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.244949  0.634
2020 Kier WM. Muscle force is modulated by internal pressure. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. PMID 31915291 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.1921726117  0.549
2020 Gilly WF, Renken C, Rosenthal J, Kier WM. Specialization for rapid excitation in fast squid tentacle muscle involves action potentials absent in slow arm muscle. The Journal of Experimental Biology. PMID 31900349 DOI: 10.1242/Jeb.218081  0.517
2019 Smith AM, Kier WM, Johnsen S. The Effect of Depth on the Attachment Force of Limpets. The Biological Bulletin. 184: 338-341. PMID 29300547 DOI: 10.2307/1542452  0.426
2018 Taylor-Burt KR, Kier WM, Olszewski-Jubelirer J, Thompson JT. Shape, size, and structure affect obliquely striated muscle function in squid. Integrative and Comparative Biology. PMID 29873744 DOI: 10.1093/Icb/Icy053  0.744
2017 Speiser DI, Kier WM. New Insights from Genetic Data Sets on the Function and Evolution of Visual Systems: Introduction to a Virtual Symposium in The Biological Bulletin. The Biological Bulletin. 233: 1-2. PMID 29182500 DOI: 10.1086/695469  0.566
2016 Shaffer JF, Kier WM. Tuning of shortening speed in coleoid cephalopod muscle: no evidence for tissue-specific muscle myosin heavy chain isoforms. Invertebrate Biology : a Quarterly Journal of the American Microscopical Society and the Division of Invertebrate Zoology/Asz. 135: 3-12. PMID 26997860 DOI: 10.1111/Ivb.12111  0.517
2016 Kier WM. The Musculature of Coleoid Cephalopod Arms and Tentacles. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 4: 10. PMID 26925401 DOI: 10.3389/Fcell.2016.00010  0.597
2015 Kurth JA, Kier WM. Differences in scaling and morphology between lumbricid earthworm ecotypes. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 218: 2970-8. PMID 26232418 DOI: 10.1242/Jeb.119305  0.728
2015 Uyeno TA, Kier WM. The structure and function of a muscle articulation-type jaw joint of a polychaete worm. Journal of Morphology. 276: 403-14. PMID 25503370 DOI: 10.1002/Jmor.20349  0.797
2014 Kurth JA, Thompson JT, Kier WM. Connective tissue in squid mantle is arranged to accommodate strain gradients. The Biological Bulletin. 227: 1-6. PMID 25216497 DOI: 10.1086/Bblv227N1P1  0.726
2014 Kurth JA, Kier WM. Scaling of the hydrostatic skeleton in the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 217: 1860-7. PMID 24871920 DOI: 10.1242/Jeb.098137  0.738
2014 Thompson JT, Shelton RM, Kier WM. The length-force behavior and operating length range of squid muscle vary as a function of position in the mantle wall. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 217: 2181-92. PMID 24675565 DOI: 10.1242/Jeb.083907  0.721
2012 Kier WM. The diversity of hydrostatic skeletons. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 215: 1247-57. PMID 22442361 DOI: 10.1242/Jeb.056549  0.542
2012 Shaffer JF, Kier WM. Muscular tissues of the squid Doryteuthis pealeii express identical myosin heavy chain isoforms: an alternative mechanism for tuning contractile speed. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 215: 239-46. PMID 22189767 DOI: 10.1242/Jeb.064055  0.485
2010 Uyeno TA, Kier WM. Morphology of the muscle articulation joint between the hooks of a flatworm (Kalyptorhynchia, Cheliplana sp.). The Biological Bulletin. 218: 169-80. PMID 20413793 DOI: 10.1086/Bblv218N2P169  0.802
2010 Salisbury SM, Martin GG, Kier WM, Schulz JR. Venom kinematics during prey capture in Conus: the biomechanics of a rapid injection system. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 213: 673-82. PMID 20154182 DOI: 10.1242/Jeb.035550  0.305
2008 Kier WM, Schachat FH. Muscle specialization in the squid motor system. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 211: 164-9. PMID 18165243 DOI: 10.1242/Jeb.008144  0.516
2007 Taylor JR, Hebrank J, Kier WM. Mechanical properties of the rigid and hydrostatic skeletons of molting blue crabs, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 210: 4272-8. PMID 18055616 DOI: 10.1242/Jeb.007054  0.541
2007 Kier WM, Stella MP. The arrangement and function of octopus arm musculature and connective tissue. Journal of Morphology. 268: 831-43. PMID 17624930 DOI: 10.1002/Jmor.10548  0.574
2007 Uyeno TA, Kier WM. Electromyography of the buccal musculature of octopus (Octopus bimaculoides): a test of the function of the muscle articulation in support and movement. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 210: 118-28. PMID 17170155 DOI: 10.1242/Jeb.02600  0.786
2006 Taylor JR, Kier WM. Biomechanics: a pneumo-hydrostatic skeleton in land crabs. Nature. 440: 1005. PMID 16625186 DOI: 10.1038/4401005A  0.477
2006 Thompson JT, Kier WM. Ontogeny of mantle musculature and implications for jet locomotion in oval squid Sepioteuthis lessoniana. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 209: 433-43. PMID 16424093 DOI: 10.1242/Jeb.02017  0.7
2005 Uyeno TA, Kier WM. Functional morphology of the cephalopod buccal mass: a novel joint type. Journal of Morphology. 264: 211-22. PMID 15789421 DOI: 10.1002/Jmor.10330  0.805
2003 Taylor JR, Kier WM. Switching skeletons: hydrostatic support in molting crabs. Science (New York, N.Y.). 301: 209-10. PMID 12855806 DOI: 10.1126/Science.1085987  0.553
2002 Kier WM, Smith AM. The structure and adhesive mechanism of octopus suckers. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 42: 1146-53. PMID 21680399 DOI: 10.1093/Icb/42.6.1146  0.654
2002 Thompson JT, Kier WM. Ontogeny of squid mantle function: changes in the mechanics of escape-jet locomotion in the oval squid, Sepioteuthis lessoniana lesson, 1830. The Biological Bulletin. 203: 14-26. PMID 12200252 DOI: 10.2307/1543454  0.63
2002 Kier WM, Curtin NA. Fast muscle in squid (Loligo pealei): contractile properties of a specialized muscle fibre type. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 205: 1907-16. PMID 12077167  0.428
2001 Thompson JT, Kier WM. Ontogenetic changes in mantle kinematics during escape-jet locomotion in the oval squid, Sepioteuthis lessoniana Lesson, 1830. The Biological Bulletin. 201: 154-66. PMID 11687387 DOI: 10.2307/1543330  0.623
2001 Thompson JT, Kier WM. Ontogenetic changes in fibrous connective tissue organization in the oval squid, Sepioteuthis lessoniana Lesson, 1830. The Biological Bulletin. 201: 136-53. PMID 11687386 DOI: 10.2307/1543329  0.628
2000 Van Leeuwen JL, De Groot JH, Kier WM. Evolutionary mechanics of protrusible tentacles and tongues Netherlands Journal of Zoology. 50: 113-139. DOI: 10.1163/156854200X00036  0.504
1998 Thompson JT, Lowe AD, Kier WM. The columellar muscle of prosobranch gastropods: Morphological zonation and its functional implications Invertebrate Biology. 117: 45-56. DOI: 10.2307/3226851  0.734
1997 Van Leeuwen JL, Kier WM. Functional design of tentacles in squid: Linking sarcomere ultrastructure to gross morphological dynamics Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 352: 551-571. DOI: 10.1098/Rstb.1997.0038  0.486
1996 Kier WM. Muscle development in squid: Ultrastructural differentiation of a specialized muscle fiber type. Journal of Morphology. 229: 271-288. PMID 29852595 DOI: 10.1002/(Sici)1097-4687(199609)229:3<271::Aid-Jmor3>3.0.Co;2-1  0.559
1996 Kier WM. Muscle development in squid: Ultrastructural differentiation of a specialized muscle fiber type Journal of Morphology. 229: 271-288. DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199609)229:3<271::AID-JMOR3>3.0.CO;2-1  0.458
1995 McCurley RS, Kier WM. The Functional Morphology of Starfish Tube Feet: The Role of a Crossed-Fiber Helical Array in Movement The Biological Bulletin. 188: 197-209. PMID 29281356 DOI: 10.2307/1542085  0.536
1993 Johnsen S, Kier WM. Intramuscular crossed connective tissue fibres: skeletal support in the lateral fins of squid and cuttlefish (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) Journal of Zoology. 231: 311-338. DOI: 10.1111/J.1469-7998.1993.Tb01921.X  0.4
1992 Kier WM, Schachat FH. Biochemical comparison of fast- and slow-contracting squid muscle. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 168: 41-56. PMID 1640187  0.443
1991 Kier WM. Squid cross-striated muscle: The evolution of a specialized muscle fiber type Bulletin of Marine Science. 49: 389-403.  0.475
1990 Kier WM, Smith AM. The Morphology and Mechanics of Octopus Suckers. The Biological Bulletin. 178: 126-136. PMID 29314931 DOI: 10.2307/1541971  0.656
1989 Kier WM, Smith KK, Miyan JA. Electromyography of the fin musculature of the cuttlefish Sepia officinalis. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 143: 17-31. PMID 2732660  0.453
1989 Kier WM. The fin musculature of cuttlefish and squid (Mollusca, Cephalopoda): morphology and mechanics Journal of Zoology. 217: 23-38. DOI: 10.1111/J.1469-7998.1989.Tb02472.X  0.568
1985 Kier WM. The musculature of squid arms and tentacles: Ultrastructural evidence for functional differences. Journal of Morphology. 185: 223-239. PMID 30011972 DOI: 10.1002/Jmor.1051850208  0.587
1985 Kier WM, Smith KK. Tongues, tentacles and trunks: the biomechanics of movement in muscular-hydrostats Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 83: 307-324. DOI: 10.1111/J.1096-3642.1985.Tb01178.X  0.571
1982 Kier WM. The functional morphology of the musculature of squid (Loliginidae) arms and tentacles. Journal of Morphology. 172: 179-192. PMID 30103569 DOI: 10.1002/Jmor.1051720205  0.592
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