Back2Sea

"Back" to the sea: Backbone evolution in secondarily aquatic mammals
Poster presented at SVP 2025
Nov 15, 2025 Birmingham, UK
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Impact of the land-to-water transition on mammalian backbone morphofunctional evolution
Invited oral presentation at the 8th International Geologica Belgica Meeting
Sep 11, 2024 Liège, Belgium
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Repatterning of mammalian backbone regionalization in cetaceans
Nature Communications
Amandine Gillet, Katrina E. Jones, Stephanie E. Pierce
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Morphofunctional transformations of the mammalian backbone along land-to-water transitions
Oral presentation at SECAD2024
Jun 26, 2024 Liège, Belgium
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Vertebral ecomorphology and biomechanics in aquatic mammals
Oral presentation at NYIT Anatomy Seminar Series
Apr 18, 2024 Glen Head, NY, USA
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To bend or not to bend: intervertebral flexibility in aquatic mammals
Oral presentation at North-East regional SICB 2023
Oct 21, 2023 Medford, MA, USA
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Evolution and function of the vertebral column in aquatic mammals
Seminar for students and researchers of the University of Michigan Museum of Natural History
Aug 31, 2023 Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Functional regionalization of the backbone along the land-to-water transition in mammals
Invited oral presentation at the 13th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology
Aug 1, 2023 Cairns, QLD, Australia
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How to build a dolphin: Evolution and function of the backbone in aquatic mammals
Seminar for students and researchers of Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology
Apr 3, 2023 Cambridge, MA, USA
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Linking anatomy and lifestyle: the example of the cetacean backbone
Seminar for middle and high school teachers as part of the Teacher Professional Development program at Harvard Museum of Natural Hisotry
Feb 22, 2023 Cambridge, MA, USA
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