Priscila S. Rothier
@PriscilaRothier
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Thrilled to share our new paper out in BMC, a part of my postdoc at @cornellvet! 🐘🐀 We found that larger mammals evolve more diverse morphologies, while smaller one can explore many locomotor strategies without much change to their forelimbs. https://t.co/yLtjVonbq6
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New bird paper led by the brilliant and talented Andrew Orkney! 🦆 We show that more parental care is associated with more evolutionary freedom in how birds fly.🕊️ https://t.co/IvgXMWF2td
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A recent survey of nearly 900 postdocs at the Max Planck Society reveals: 🔹 28% show signs of severe depression 🔹 25% struggle with severe anxiety 🔹 More than half oppose contract caps that force them out after 4–6 years 🔹 International researchers (75% of the cohort) face
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Check out this article at @cornellvet about our most recent work on mammalian size evolution👇
A new study reveals how body mass shapes mammals' lifestyles, from underground dwellers to treetop explorers. Dive into the fascinating link between body weight, forelimb shape and evolution. Read more: https://t.co/YGe9zM8ol9
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Rothier, P.S., Herrel, A., Benson, R.B.J. et al. Body mass evolution as a driver of morphological and ecological diversity in terrestrial mammals. BMC Ecol Evo 25, 69 (2025).
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BMC Ecology and Evolution - Body mass plays a fundamental role in the macroevolutionary dynamics of morphological, ecological, and phylogenetic diversification. Given biomechanical principles,...
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Check our new paper out today in @WileyEcolEvol ! 🐢🦴📈 Fully open access here: https://t.co/gAEqonVX4A 🧵 1/n
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Turtle body size and limb size scale nearly isometrically along the group's evolution, although major deviations are only seen in highly specialized ecological or morphological groups. The evolution...
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Ever wondered how giant Miocene crocodylians (e.g. Purussaurus and Mourasuchus) attained such large sizes? In this new paper led by PhD student @paiva_als, we show that climate of the Western Amazonian region played a key role! https://t.co/kf5LI1wof7 Follow the thread 🧵 👇
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Unlike in birds, ecological radiation in crown bats is associated with strong trait integration both within and between forelimb and hindlimb. Orkney et al. https://t.co/bWfRqzhKZB
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Pleased to share that the 2nd chapter of my PhD is OUT! Limb bone shape variation in proboscideans - how to be the biggest one in the family in #PapersinPalaeontology with @HoussayeCnrs @Delapre_Arnaud and Ursula Göhlich @Le_Museum @UMR_MECADEV @ThePalAss
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🧵1/6 Want to know all about the knees of rhinos, horses and tapirs? Our study about variation of patellar shape in modern perissodactyls conducted together with @HoussayeCnrs has finally been published in @PeerJLife! 🦏🐴
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In mammals, the patella is the biggest sesamoid bone of the skeleton and is of crucial importance in posture and locomotion, ensuring the role of a pulley for leg extensors while protecting and...
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Tomorrow 12 pm Madrid time @mncn_csic , I will be presenting our new findings on the complexity behind the vanishing of the African megaherbivore guilds during the Quaternary 🐘🐘🦏🦏🐃🐃 #paleobiology #seminarioMNCN
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#seminarioMNCN 'The decline of African megaherbivores' Por @singerstone 11 de octubre, a las 12 horas. Presencial y online 👉 https://t.co/qll44SQDm3
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Our paper is featured on the cover of this month’s @FunEcology ! 🎃🐳🦇 If you haven't done it yet, check out how limb morphology of mammals evolved after leaving the land to move in aquatic and aerial media 👇🌊🌫️
🎃October Issue Out Now!🎃 📙On the cover: Flipper of a humpback whale, taken on the north coast of São Paulo, Brazil. Photo credit: Julio Cardoso🐳 Read it here👇 https://t.co/zjIP1o2ecI
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The number of days per year that are simultaneously extremely hot, dry, and have a high fire risk have as much as tripled since 1970 in some parts of South America, according to a study in @CommsEarth. https://t.co/z762pFjC83
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PhD oportunity! We're looking for a doctoral researcher in tropical forest ecology, to be based at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. Join us to contribute to ongoing research in the Atlantic Forest, Brazil. @araca_project More details here: https://t.co/gCDkkTZUBs
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Did you know elephants have over 100 nasal structures to enhance olfaction? 🐘👃Check out our new paper on turbinal bones across all placental mammal orders. https://t.co/8prc17SK6t
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Are you a vertebrate evolutionary biologist finishing your PhD or within three years? If so, please contact me (DM) or email about the YIBS Donnelley Postodoctoral Fellowship at Yale University and Peabody Museum!
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How is the cetacean backbone patterned compared to terrestrial mammals? 🐋 Happy to share that we provide answers this question in the 1st publication of our #Back2Sea @MSCActions project with @MCZpaleo and @Kjonesthebones! You can check the paper... 👇 https://t.co/cf2TEr7J5U
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Nature Communications - Most mammals have a vertebral column that is divided into discrete anatomical regions, but these have homogenized in cetaceans. Here, the authors propose the “Nested...
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