Publications

Selection of Publications

Macroevolutionary Inferences

Rabbits

Multilevel analysis of integration and disparity in the mammalian skull.

Sherratt, E., & Kraatz, B. (2023) Evolution, 77(4): 1006-1018 here

Cranial shape variation in domestication: a pilot study on the case of rabbits.
Geiger, M., Sanchez, M., Sherratt, E. (2022) Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, 338:532-541 here

Anatomical correlates of cursoriality are compromised by burrowing behaviour and body size in a group of small mammals (Lagomorpha).
Martin, E.E., Young, J.W., Fellman, C.D., Kraatz, B., Sherratt, E. (2022) Evolutionary Biology, 49:464-481 here

Down a Rabbit Hole: Burrowing behaviour and larger home ranges are related to larger brains in leporids.
Todorov, O.S., Hird, C., Kraatz, B., Sherratt, E., Hill, N., de Sousa, A.A., Blomberg, S., Weisbecker, V. (2022) Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 29:957-967 here

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

Blog post summary by Matt Wedel.

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

Frogs

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, 1: 1385–1391. here
Data available here

Ecomorphological diversity of Australian tadpoles.
Sherratt, E., Anstis, M., Keogh, J.S. (2018) Ecology & Evolution, 8(24): 12929–12939. here
Data available here

Scallops

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, 30(9): 1736–1747. here

Rates of morphological evolution, asymmetry and morphological integration of shell shape in scallops.
Sherratt, E., Serb, J.M., Adams, D.C. (2017) BMC Evolutionary Biology, 17: 248. here

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
Data available here

Lizards

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.
Data available: amber fossils here, modern specimens here (Project ID P459)

Semicircular canals in Anolis lizards: ecomorphological convergence and ecomorph affinities of fossil species
Dickson, B.V., Sherratt, E., Losos, J.B., Pierce, S.E. (2017) Royal Society Open Science, 4: 170058. here
Data available 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

Evolution of cranial shape in a continental-scale evolutionary radiation of Australian lizards.
Gray, J.A., Sherratt, E., Hutchinson, M.N., Jones, M.E.H. Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.13851 here

Changes in ontogenetic patterns facilitate diversification in skull shape of Australian agamid lizards.
Gray, J.A., Sherratt, E., Hutchinson, M.N., Jones, M.E.H. (2019) BMC Evolutionary Biology, 19:7. here
Data available here

Marsupials

Individual variation of the masticatory system dominates 3D skull shape in the herbivory-adapted marsupial wombats.
Weisbecker, V., Guillerme, T., Speck, C., Sherratt, E., Mehari Abraha, H., Sharp, A.C., Terhune, C.E., Collins, S., Johnston, S., Panagiotopoulou, O. 2019. Frontiers in Zoology, doi:10.1186/s12983-019-0338-5 here

Snakes

Island tiger snakes (Notechis scutatus) gain a ‘head start’ in life: how both adaptation and evolution underlie skull shape differences. Ammresh, Sherratt, E., Thomson, V.A, Lee, M.S.Y., Dunstan, N., Allen, L., Abraham, J., Palci, A. (2023) Evolutionary Biology, here

Read The Conversation article about this paper

Macroevolution in axial morphospace: innovations accompanying the transition to marine environments in elapid snakes.
Sherratt, E., Nash-Hahn, T., Nankivell, J., Rasmussen, A.R., Hampton, P., Sanders, K.L. (2022) Royal Society Open Science, 9:221087 here

Ontogenetic shift in diet of a large elapid snake is facilitated by allometric change in skull morphology. Patterson, M.B., Wolfe, A.K., Fleming, P.A., Bateman, P.W., Martin, M.L., Sherratt, E., Warburton, N.M. (2022) Evolutionary Ecology, 36(4):489–509 here

Patterns of intracolumnar size variation inform the heterochronic mechanisms underlying extreme body shape divergence in microcephalic sea snakes.
Sherratt, E., Sanders, K.L. (2019b) Evolution & Development, doi:10.1111/ede.12328. here
Data available here

Heterochronic shifts mediate ecomorphological convergence in sea snake skull shape.
Sherratt, E., Sanders, K.L., Watson, A., Hutchinson, M.N., Lee, M.S.Y, Palci, A. (2019) Integrative and Comparative Biology, here
Data available here

Vertebral evolution and ontogenetic allometry: The developmental basis of extreme body shape divergence in microcephalic sea snakes.
Sherratt, E., Coutts, F.J., Rasmussen, A.R., Sanders, K.L. (2019) Evolution & Development, 21:135–144. here
Data available here

Evolution of extreme ontogenetic allometric diversity and heterochrony in pythons, a clade of giant and dwarf snakes.
Esquerré, D., Sherratt, E., Keogh, J.S. (2017) Evolution, 71(12): 2829–2844. here
Data available here

Trophic specialization drives morphological evolution in sea snakes.
Sherratt, E., Rasmussen, A.R., Sanders, K.L. (2018) Royal Society Open Science, 5: 172141. here
Data available here

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

Caecilians

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

Rodents

Morphological variation in skull shape and size across extinct and extant populations of the greater stick-nest rat (Leporillus conditor): implications for translocation.
Onley, I., Moseby, K., Austin, J., Sherratt, E. (2022) Australian Mammalogy, 44:352-363. here

Australian Rodents Reveal Conserved Cranial Evolutionary Allometry across 10 Million Years of Murid Evolution.
Marcy, A.E., Guillerme, T., Sherratt, E., Rowe, K., Phillips, M., Weisbecker, V. (2020) American Naturalist, 196(6): 755-768. here

Variation in brown rat cranial shape shows directional selection over 120 years in New York City.
Puckett, E., Sherratt, E., Combs, M., Carlen, E., Harcourt-Smith, W., Munshi-South, J. (2020) Ecology and Evolution, 10(11): 4739-4748 here

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

Turtles

Ontogenetic allometry underlies trophic diversity in sea turtles (Chelonioidea).
Chatterji, R.M., Hipsley, C.A., Sherratt, E., Hutchinson, M.N., Jones, M. (2022) Evolutionary Ecology, 36(4):511–540. here

Plants

Leaf shape and size tracks habitat transitions across forest-grassland boundaries in the grass family (Poaceae).
Gallaher, T.J., Adams, D.C., Attigala, L., Burke, S.V., Craine, J.M., Duvall, M.R., Klahs, P.C., Sherratt, E., Wysocki, W.P., Clark, L.G. (2019) Evolution, 73(5): 927–946. here
Data available here

Taxonomy & Biodiversity

Skeletal variation in extant species enables systematic identification of New Zealand’s large, subfossil diplodactylids.
Scarsbrook, L., Sherratt, E., Hitchmough, R. A., Rawlence, N. J. (2021) BMC Ecology and Evolution, 21(1): 67. here

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. here

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.

Caecilian taxonomy

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

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

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

Biomechanics

Covariation between forelimb muscle anatomy and bone shape in an Australian scratch‐digging marsupial: Comparison of morphometric methods.
Martin, M.L., Travouillon, K.L., Sherratt, E. Fleming, P.A., Warburton, N.M. 2019. Journal of Morphology, 4(4): 393–16. here

Feeding biomechanics influences craniofacial morphology at the subspecies scale among Australian pademelons (Macropodidae: Thylogale).
Mitchell, D.R., Sherratt, E., Sansalone, G., Ledogar, J., Flavel, R.J., Wroe, S. (2018) Journal of Mammalian Evolution, here.

The biomechanics of foraging behaviours determine face length among kangaroos and their relatives.
Mitchell, D.R., Sherratt, E., Ledogar, J., Wroe, S. (2018) Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, 285: 20180845. here

Developmental Instability

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. here

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. here

Methods

Disparities in the analysis of morphological disparity.
Guillerme, T., Cooper, N., Brusatte, S.L., Davis, K.E., Jackson, A.L., Gerber, S., Goswami, A., Healy, K., Hopkins, M.J., Jones, M.E.H., Lloyd, G.T., O'Reilly, J.E., Pate, A., Puttick, M.N., Rayfield, E.J., Saupe, E.E., Sherratt, E., Slater, G.J., Weisbecker, V., Thomas, G.H. & Donoghue, P.C.J. (2020) Biology Letters 16(7): 20200199. here

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. (2015) Palaeontology, 58(3): 393–399. here

A new, three-dimensional geometric morphometric approach to assess egg shape.
Attard, M.R.G., Sherratt, E., McDonald, P., Young, I., Vidal-García, M. Wroe, S. (2018) PeerJ, 6: e5052. here
Data available here

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. here

Morphological evolution and modularity of the caecilian skull.
Bardua, C., Gower, D.J., Wilkinson, M., Sherratt, E., Goswami, A. (2019) BMC Evolutionary Biology, 19:30. here

High-density three-dimensional morphometric analyses support conserved static (intraspecific) modularity in caecilian (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) crania.
Marshall, A.F., Bardua, C., Gower, D.J., Wilkinson, M., Sherratt, E., Goswami, A. (2019) Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 126(4): 721–742. here

Non-peer reviewed articles

Commentary: The ecological and evolutionary implications of allometry. Sherratt, E., McCullough, E., Painting, C. (2022) Evolutionary Ecology. link
- An introduction to our special issue on Allometry

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/)