A groundbreaking University of Bristol study has shed light on how lizards and snakes -the most diverse group of land vertebrates with nearly 12,000 species - have evolved remarkably varied jaw ...

Craniofacial development is a complex process that shapes the structures of the head and face in vertebrates ... for forming structures in the lower jaw and middle ear. For instance, research ...

In my lab, we are interested in understanding the developmental evolution of our own subphylum, the vertebrates. To do this, we study developmental gene expression, regulation, and function in three ...

Catherine Gugelmann / AFP via Getty Images Scientists in China have uncovered a fossilized jaw fragment of a newly identified, extinct cat species ... Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and ...