Cetacean ecomorphology

Iterative habitat transitions are associated with morphological convergence of the backbone in delphinoids
Journal of Mammalian Evolution
Amandine Gillet, Bruno Frédérich, Stephanie E. Pierce, Eric Parmentier
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Morpho-functional novelty of backbone contributed to the evolutionary success of dolphins
Invited oral presentation at UCLouvain’s ELIB seminars
Mar 4, 2021 Online event
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Modelling cetacean swimming movements based on vertebral morphology: Another way to use postmortem data
Oral presentation at the 14th Marine Mammal Necropsy Workshop
Jul 10, 2020 Online event
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Divergent evolutionary morphology of the axial skeleton as a potential key innovation in modern cetaceans
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Amandine Gillet, Bruno Frédérich, Eric Parmentier
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Evolution of cetacean backbone in light of phylogenetic and ecological constraints
Invited oral presentation at the 12th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology
Jul 22, 2019 Prague, Czech Republic
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Using cetacean vertebral shape to predict swimming movements
Invited oral presentation at the 13th Marine Mammal Necropsy Workshop
Jul 3, 2019 Liège, Belgium
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Vertebrae are the backbone of cetacean diversity: How morphological innovations sustained dolphin explosive radiation
Oral presentation at the Benelux Congress of Zoology
Dec 15, 2018 Antwerp, Belgium
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Ecomorphology of locomotion in cetaceans
Oral presentation at the FOCUS Research Unit Young Scientists meeting
Apr 26, 2018 Liège, Belgium
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Ecomorphology of the axial skeleton in odontocetes and mysticetes
Poster presented at the 31st Conference of the European Cetacean Society
May 2, 2017 Middelfart, Denmark
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Cetacean backbone ecomorphology
Ecomorphology and biomechanics of cetacean backbone in an evolutionary context
Cetacean backbone ecomorphology