Publications

Peer-reviewed Publications

Caecilian taxonomy and Evolution

Influence of fossoriality on inner ear morphology: insights from caecilian amphibians.
Maddin, H.C. & Sherratt, E. (2014) Journal of Anatomy, 225(1): 83–93
here

Evolution of cranial shape in caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona).
Sherratt, E., Gower, D.J., Klingenberg, C.P., Wilkinson, M. (2014)
Evolutionary Biology, 41(4): 528-545 here

A new species of striped Ichthyophis Fitzinger, 1826 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Ichthyophiidae) from Myanmar.
Wilkinson, M., Presswell, B., Sherratt, E., Papadopolou, A., Gower, D.J. (2014) Zootaxa, 3785 (1): 045–058. here

A new species of skin-feeding caecilian and the first report of reproductive mode in Microcaecilia (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Siphonopidae). Wilkinson, M., Sherratt, E., Starace, F., Gower, D.J. (2013)
PLoS ONE 8(3): e57756. here

Discovery of a new family of amphibians from northeast India with ancient links to Africa.
Kamei, R.G., San Mauro, D., Gower, D.J., Van Bocxlaer, I., Sherratt, E., Thomas, A., Babu, S., Bossuyt, F., Wilkinson, M., Biju, S.D. (2012)
Proceedings Royal Society B, 279(1737): 2396-2401 link
- read about it on the BBC news, watch video about the discovery here.
- 2012 National Geographic Top Ten Discoveries, read it here

A nine-family classification of caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona). Wilkinson, M., San Mauro, D., Sherratt, E., Gower, D.J. (2011) Zootaxa 2874: 41-64. link

A new species of Rhinatrema Duméril & Bibron (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Rhinatrematidae) from Guyana.
Gower, D.J., Wilkinson, M., Sherratt, E., Kok, P.J.R. (2010)
Zootaxa, 2391: 47-60. link

Morphological Integration & Modularity

Out on a limb: bandicoot limb covariation suggests complex impacts of development and adaptation on marsupial forelimb evolution.
Garland, K. Marcy, A.E., Sherratt, E., Weisbecker, V. (2016) Evolution & Development, 19(2): 69–84. link

Developmental Instability

The genetic architecture of fluctuating asymmetry of mandible size and shape in a population of mice: another look.
Leamy, L., Klingenberg, C.P., Sherratt, E., Wolf, J. & Cheverud, J. (2015) Symmetry, 7(1): 146-163; doi:10.3390/sym7010146. link

A search for quantitative trait loci exhibiting imprinting effects on mouse mandible size and shape. Leamy, L.J., Klingenberg, C.P., Sherratt, E., Wolf, J.B. and Cheverud, J.M. (2008)
Heredity, 101: 518–526. link

Amphibian diversity

Amphibian diversity in East African biodiversity hotspots: altitudinal and latitudinal patterns. Poynton, J.C., Loader, S.P., Sherratt, E., Clarke, B.T. (2007)
Biodiversity and Conservation. 16(4): 1103-1118. link

Macroevolutionary Inferences

Adult frogs and tadpoles have different macroevolutionary patterns across the Australian continent.
Sherratt, E., M. Vidal-García, M. Anstis, and J. S. Keogh. (2017)
Nature Ecology & Evolution here
doi:10.1038/s41559-017-0268-6

Phylogenetic convergence and multiple shell shape optima for gliding scallops (Bivalvia: Pectinidae).
Serb, J.M., Sherratt, E., Alejandrino, A., Adams, D.C. (2017)
Journal of Evolutionary Biology here

Semicircular Canals In Anolis Lizards: Ecomorphological Convergence And Ecomorph Affinities Of Fossil Species.
Dickson, B.V., Sherratt, E., Losos, J.B., Pierce, S.E. bioRxiv link

Getting a head in hard soils: Convergent skull evolution and divergent allometric patterns explain shape variation in a highly diverse genus of pocket gophers (Thomomys).
Marcy, A.E., Hadley, E.A., Sherratt, E., Garland, K., Weisbecker, V. (2016) BMC Evolutionary Biology, 16(1): 207 here

Evolutionary morphology of the rabbit skull. Kraatz, B. & Sherratt, E. (2016) PeerJ, 4:e2453. here

Blog post summary by Matt Wedel.

Trends in the sand: directional evolution in the shell shape of recessing scallops (Bivalvia: Pectinidae). Sherratt, E., Alejandrino, A., Kraemer, A.C., Serb, J.M., Adams, D.C., (2016) Evolution, 70(9): 2061–2073 here
DRYAD data: doi:10.5061/dryad.43548

Are Diet Preferences Associated to Skulls Shape Diversification in Xenodontine Snakes?
Klaczko, J., Sherratt, E., Setz, E.Z.F. (2016) PLoS ONE, 11(2): e0148375. here

Amber fossils demonstrate deep-time stability of Caribbean lizard communities.
Sherratt, E., Castañeda, M.d.R, Garwood, R.J., Mahler, D.L., Sanger, T.J., Herrel, A., de Queiroz, K., Losos, J.B. (2015) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 112(32): 9961–9966. here
- read about it on New York Times Online, Smithsonian Science News, ABC Science Online, Harvard Gazette, CBC News.

Ecological correlates to cranial morphology in Leporids (Mammalia, Lagomorpha).
Kraatz, B.P., Sherratt, E., Bumacod, N., Wedel, M.J. (2015) PeerJ 3 :e844. here

Blog post summary by Matt Wedel.
Original submission preprint

Do cladistic and morphometric data capture common patterns of morphological disparity?
Hetherington, A.J., Sherratt, E., Ruta, M., Wilkinson, M., Deline, B. & Donoghue, P.C.J. Palaeontology, 58(3): 393–399. here

A relative shift in cloacal location repositions external genitalia in amniote evolution.
Tschopp, P., Sherratt, E., Sanger, T.J., Groner, A.C., Aspiras, A.C., Hu, J.K., Pourquié, O., Gros, J. & Tabin, C.J (2014) Nature, 516: 391–394 here
- read about it on ScienceMag and IFLS

The Mexican amber anole, Anolis electrum, within a phylogenetic context: implications for the origins of Caribbean anoles.
Castañeda, M.d.R., Sherratt, E., Losos, J.B. (2014) Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 172(1): 133-144 . here
View the Morphobank images here.

Convergent evolution of sexual dimorphism in skull shape using distinct developmental strategies.
Sanger, T.J, Sherratt, E., McGlothlin, J.W., Brodie III, E.D., Losos, J.B., Abzhanov, A. (2013)
Evolution 67: 2180–2193 here

Non-peer reviewed articles

They've Kept On Keeping On. Sherratt, E. (2012) Science 338:46. link
- Book review of Horseshoe Crabs and Velvet Worms The Story of the Animals and Plants That Time Has Left Behind by Richard Fortey.

New Generation Curation! Digital Specimen archiving my micro-CT. Sherratt, E. (2009) Annual Report of the Department of Zoology 2008-2009. Edited by C. Patterson, The Natural History Museum, London.

A Pilot Study of the Systematics and Ecology of Caecilian Amphibians of the Station de Recherche des Nouragues. Gower, D.J., Sherratt, E., Wilkinson, M. (2009) Nouragues Research Station 2008 Annual Report (http://www.nouragues.cnrs.fr/)