Publications

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Peer-reviewed articles (* denotes current or former trainees)

  1. McCrae, P., Bradley*, M., Rolian, C., Léguillette, R. (2021). Water height modifies forelimb kinematics of horses during water treadmill exercise. Comparative Exercise Physiology 17:91-98 (open access)
  2. Rolian, C. (2020) “Endochondral ossification and the evolution of limb proportions“ Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews (WIREs). Developmental Biology 9: e373 (link)
  3. Rolian, C. (2020) “Ecomorphological specialization leads to loss of evolvability in primate limbs“. Evolution 74: 702-715 (link, digest)
  4. Castro, J. P. L., M. N. Yancoskie, M. Marchini*, S. Belohlavy, L. Hiramatsu, M. Kučka, W. H. Beluch, R. Naumann, I. Skuplik, J. Cobb, N. H. Barton, C. Rolian†, and Y. F. Chan†. (2019). "An integrative genomic analysis of the Longshanks selection experiment for longer limbs in mice". eLife 8: e42014. († denotes equal contribution) (open access)
  5. Marchini*, M., Silva Hernandez*, E., Rolian, C. (2019): "Morphology and development of a novel murine skeletal dysplasia" PeerJ 7: e7180 (open access)
  6. Cosman*, M.N., Britz, H.M., Rolian, C. (2019): “Selection for longer limbs in mice increases bone stiffness and brittleness, but does not alter bending strength“. Journal of Experimental Biology  222: jeb203125 (link)
  7. Diogo, R., Molnar, J.L., Rolian, C., Esteve-Altava, B (2018): “First anatomical network analysis of fore- and hindlimb musculoskeletal modularity in bonobos, common chimpanzees and humans“. Scientific Reports 8: 6885 (link)
  8. Marchini M*, Rolian C. (2018). Artificial selection sheds light on the cellular developmental mechanisms of limb diversity. Evolution 72: 825–837 (link)
  9. Larson, J.R., Manyama, M., Cole, J.B., Gonzalez, P.N., Percival, C.J., Liberton, D.K., Ferrara, T.M., Riccardi, S.L., Kimwaga, E.A., Mathayo, J., Spitzmacher, J.A., Rolian, C, Jamniczky, H.A., Weinberg, S., Roseman, C.C., Klein, O., Lukowiak, K., Spritz, R.A., Hallgrimsson, B. (2018). “ Body size and allometric variation in facial shape in children“ American Journal of Physical Anthropology  165: 327-342. (link)
  10. Cole, J.B., Manyama, M.F, Nikitovic, D., Gonzalez, P.N., Liberton, D.K., Wilson, W.M., Rolian, C., Larson, J.R., Kimwaga, E., Mathayo, J., Roseman, C.C., Santorico, S.A., Lukowiak, K., Spritz, R.A., Hallgrimsson, B. (2018). “Facial shape manifestations of growth faltering in Tanzanian children“ Journal of Anatomy 232: 250-262. (link)
  11. Farooq*, S., Leussink*, S., Sparrow*, L.M., Marchini*, M., Britz, H., Manske, S., Rolian, C. (2017). “Cortical and trabecular morphology is altered in the limb bones of mice artificially selected for faster skeletal growth” Scientific Reports 7: 10527 (open access)
  12. Molnar, J.L., Esteve-Altava, B., Rolian, C., Diogo, R. (2017). Comparison of musculoskeletal networks of the primate forelimb. Scientific Reports 7: 10520. (open access)
  13. Heard, B.J., Beveridge, J.E., Atarod, M., O’Brien, E.J., Rolian, C., Frank, C., Hart, D.A., Shrive, N.G.,(2017): “Analysis of Change in Gait in the Ovine Stifle: Normal, Injured, and Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstructed” BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 18: 212 (open access)
  14. Sparrow*, L.M., Pellatt*, E., Yu*, S., Raichlen, D.A., Pontzer, H., Rolian, C. (2017): “Gait changes in a line of mice artificially selected for longer limbs” PeerJ 5, e3008 (open access)
  15. Pavličev, M., Mitteroecker, P., Gonzalez, P.M., Rolian, C., Jamniczky, H. Pardo‐Manuel Villena, F., Marcucio, R., Spritz, R., Hallgrimsson, B. (2017): “Development Shapes a Consistent Inbreeding Effect in Mouse Crania of Different Line Crosses“. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B 326: 474-488 (link)
  16. Cosman*, M.N., Sparrow*, L.M., Rolian, C. (2016): “Changes in shape and cross-sectional geometry in the tibia of mice selectively bred for increases in relative bone length” Journal of Anatomy 228: 940-951 (link)
  17. Marchini, M.*, Sparrow, L.M.*, Cosman, M.N.*, Dowhanik, A.D.*, Krueger, C.B.*, Hallgrimsson, B., Rolian, C. (2014). "Impacts of genetic correlations on the independent evolution of body mass and skeletal size in mammals". BMC Evolutionary Biology 14: 258 (open access)
  18. Manyama, M., Larson, J.R., Liberton, D.K., Rolian, C., Smith, F.J., Kimwaga, W., Gilyoma, J., Lukowiak, K.D., Spritz, R.A., Hallgrimsson, B. (2014). "Facial morphometrics of children with non-syndromic orofacial clefts in Tanzania" BMC Oral Health 14: 93 (open access)
  19. Rolian, C., and Gordon, A.D. (2014). "Response to Almécija and Alba (2014): On manual proportions in Australopithecus afarensis" Journal of Human Evolution (link)
  20. Rolian, C. "Genes, development and evolvability in primate evolution". Evolutionary Anthropology 23: 93-104 (link)
  21. Rolian, C., and Gordon, A.D. (2013). “Reassessing manual proportions in Australopithecus afarensis“. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 152: 393-406 (link)
  22. Venkataraman, V.V., Rolian, C., Gordon, A.D. and Patel, B. (2013). "A resampling approach and implications for estimating the Phalangeal Index from unassociated hand bones in fossil primates". American Journal of Physical Anthropology 151: 280-289 (link)
  23. Martínez-Abadías, N., Mitteroecker, P, Parsons, T.E., Esparza, M., Sjøvold, T., Rolian, C., Richtsmeier, J.T. and Hallgrímsson, B. (2012) "The developmental basis of craniofacial variation in humans and mice" Evolutionary Biology 39: 554-567 (free PMC article)
  24. Hallgrímsson, B., Jamniczky, H.A., Young, N.M., Rolian, C., Schmidt-Ott, U., Marcucio, R.S. (2012). The generation of variation and the developmental basis for evolutionary novelty. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B -  Molecular and Developmental Evolution 318: 501–517. (free PMC article)
  25. Rolian, C., Lieberman, D.E., Zermeno, J.P.* (2011). “Hand biomechanics during simulated stone tool use”. Journal of Human Evolution 61: 26-41 (link)
  26. Nelson, E., Rolian, C. Cashmore, L., Shultz, S. (2011). “Digit ratios predict polygyny in early apes, Ardipithecus, Neanderthals and early Modern Humans but not in Australopithecus”. Proceedings of the Royal Society B – Biological Sciences 278: 1556-1563. (free PMC article)
  27. Manyama, M., Rolian, C. Gilyoma, J., Magori, C., Mjema, K., Kimwaga, E., Mazyala, E., Hallgrimsson, B. (2011). “The pattern of orofacial clefts at Bugando Medical Centre in Mwanza, Tanzania”. BMC Oral Health 11: 5 (open access)
  28. Jamniczky, H., Boughner, J., Rolian, C., Gonzalez, P., Powell, C., Schmidt, E., Parsons, T., Bookstein, F., Hallgrímsson, B. (2010) “Mapping the epigenetic landscape: rediscovering Waddington in the Post-Genomic Age”.  BioEssays 32: 553-558 (link)
  29. Pontzer, H., Rolian, C., Rightmire, G.P., Lordkipanidze, D., Jashashvili, T., Zollikofer, C. and Ponce de Leon, M. (2010) “Locomotor anatomy and biomechanics of the Dmanisi hominids”. Journal of Human Evolution 58: 492-504 (link)
  30. Rolian, C., Lieberman, D. and Hallgrimsson, B. (2010) “The coevolution of human hands and feet”. Evolution 64: 1558-1568 (link)
  31. Hallgrímsson, B., Jamniczky, H., Young, N.M., Rolian, C., Parsons, T.E., Boughner, J.C. and Marcucio, R. (2009).  “Deciphering the palimpsest: studying the relationship between morphological integration and phenotypic covariation“. Evolutionary Biology 36: 355-376 (free PMC article)
  32. Rolian, C. (2009). “Integration and evolvability in primate hands and feet“. Evolutionary Biology 36: 100-117 (link)
  33. Rolian, C.. Lieberman, D., Hamill, J., Scott, J.* and Werbel, W.* (2009). “Walking, running and the evolution of short toes in humans”. Journal of Experimental Biology 215: 713-721 (open access)
  34. Rolian, C. (2008). "Developmental basis of limb length in rodents: evidence for multiple divisions of labor in mechanisms of endochondral bone growth”. Evolution & Development 10: 15-28 (link)
Developmental Approaches to Human Evolution
Books

  1. Boughner, J.C., Rolian, C. (eds) (2016) Developmental Approaches to human evolution, Wiley, Hoboken NJ (link)             
Book chapters

  1. Rolian, C., Carvalho, S. (2017): “Tool use and manufacture in the last common ancestor of Pan and Homo”. In: Chimpanzees and human evolution, Muller, M.N., Wrangham, R.W., Pilbeam, D. (eds.), Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, pp. 602-644
  2. Rolian, C. and Boughner, J.C. (2016). Chapter 1: "Introduction to Evolutionary Developmental Anthropology". in Developmental Approaches to human evolution. Boughner, J.C. and Rolian, C. (eds), Wiley, Hoboken NJ, pp. 1-16
  3. Rolian, C. (2016). Chapter 8: "Tinkering with growth plates: a developmental simulation of limb bone evolution in hominoids" in Developmental Approaches to human evolution. Boughner, J.C. and Rolian, C. (eds), Wiley, Hoboken NJ, pp. 139-166
  4. Rolian, C. "The role of genes and development in the evolution of the hand" (in press). In: The Evolution of the Primate Hand: Perspectives from Anatomical, Developmental, Functional and Paleontological Evidence. Kivell, T., Lemelin, P., Schmitt, D. and Richmond, B.G. (eds). Springer, NJ, pp. 101-130
  5. Carroll, R. L.,  Boisvert, C., Bolt, J., Green, D. M., Philip, N., Rolian, C., Schoch, R. and Tarenko, A. 2004.  “Changing patterns of ontogeny from osteolepiform fish through Permian tetrapods as a guide to the early evolution of land vertebrates”.  In:  Recent Advances in the Origin and Early Radiation of Vertebrates. G. Arratia, R. Cloutier, and M.V. H. Wilson (eds).  Verlag Dr. F. Pfeil, Munchen. Pp. 321-343
Other publications

  1. Rolian, C. (2017). “Primate Hands”. In: The International Encyclopedia of Primatology, Agustin Fuentes (editor-in-chief), Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 531-534.
  2. Rolian, C.. and Willmore, K.W. (2009). “50 years of morphological integration: patterns and processes of integration in biological anthropology”. Evolutionary Biology 36: 1-4.
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