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Preservation potential of keratin in deep time by Schweitzer, Mary Higby, Zheng, Wenxia, Moyer, Alison E, Sjövall, Peter, Lindgren, Johan

“…Multiple fossil discoveries and taphonomic experiments have established the durability of keratin. The utility and specificity of antibodies to identify…”
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Keratin Durability Has Implications for the Fossil Record: Results from a 10 Year Feather Degradation Experiment by Moyer, Alison E, Zheng, Wenxia, Schweitzer, Mary H

“…Keratinous 'soft tissue' structures (i.e. epidermally derived and originally non-biomineralized), include feathers, skin, claws, beaks, and hair. Despite their…”
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Testing the Hypothesis of Biofilm as a Source for Soft Tissue and Cell-Like Structures Preserved in Dinosaur Bone by Schweitzer, Mary Higby, Moyer, Alison E, Zheng, Wenxia

“…Recovery of still-soft tissue structures, including blood vessels and osteocytes, from dinosaur bone after demineralization was reported in 2005 and in…”
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A Gigantic, Exceptionally Complete Titanosaurian Sauropod Dinosaur from Southern Patagonia, Argentina by Lacovara, Kenneth J., Lamanna, Matthew C., Ibiricu, Lucio M., Poole, Jason C., Schroeter, Elena R., Ullmann, Paul V., Voegele, Kristyn K., Boles, Zachary M., Carter, Aja M., Fowler, Emma K., Egerton, Victoria M., Moyer, Alison E., Coughenour, Christopher L., Schein, Jason P., Harris, Jerald D., Martínez, Rubén D., Novas, Fernando E.

“…Titanosaurian sauropod dinosaurs were the most diverse and abundant large-bodied herbivores in the southern continents during the final 30 million years of the…”
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Microscopic and immunohistochemical analyses of the claw of the nesting dinosaur, Citipati osmolskae by Moyer, Alison E., Zheng, Wenxia, Schweitzer, Mary H.

“…One of the most well-recognized Cretaceous fossils is Citipati osmolskae (MPC-D 100/979), an oviraptorid dinosaur discovered in brooding position on a nest of…”
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Molecular evidence of keratin and melanosomes in feathers of the Early Cretaceous bird Eoconfuciusornis by Pan, Yanhong, Zheng, Wenxia, Moyer, Alison E., O’Connor, Jingmai K., Wang, Min, Zheng, Xiaoting, Wang, Xiaoli, Schroeter, Elena R., Zhou, Zhonghe, Schweitzer, Mary H.

“…Microbodies associated with feathers of both nonavian dinosaurs and early birds were first identified as bacteria but have been reinterpreted as melanosomes…”
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Melanosomes and ancient coloration re‐examined: A response to Vinther 2015 (DOI 10.1002/bies.201500018) by Schweitzer, Mary H, Lindgren, Johan, Moyer, Alison E

“…Round to elongate microbodies associated with fossil vertebrate soft tissues were interpreted as microbial traces until 2008, when they were re‐described as…”
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Melanosomes or Microbes: Testing an Alternative Hypothesis for the Origin of Microbodies in Fossil Feathers by Moyer, Alison E., Zheng, Wenxia, Johnson, Elizabeth A., Lamanna, Matthew C., Li, Da-qing, Lacovara, Kenneth J., Schweitzer, Mary H.

“…Microbodies associated with fossil feathers, originally attributed to microbial biofilm, have been reinterpreted as melanosomes: pigment-containing, eukaryotic…”
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Biochemistry and adaptive colouration of an exceptionally preserved juvenile fossil sea turtle by Lindgren, Johan, Kuriyama, Takeo, Madsen, Henrik, Sjövall, Peter, Zheng, Wenxia, Uvdal, Per, Engdahl, Anders, Moyer, Alison E., Gren, Johan A., Kamezaki, Naoki, Ueno, Shintaro, Schweitzer, Mary H.

“…The holotype (MHM-K2) of the Eocene cheloniine Tasbacka danica is arguably one of the best preserved juvenile fossil sea turtles on record. Notwithstanding…”
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Microscopic and immunohistochemical analyses of the claw of the nesting dinosaur, Citipati osmolskae by Moyer, Alison E., Zheng, Wenxia, Schweitzer, Mary H.

“…One of the most well-recognized Cretaceous fossils is Citipati osmolskae (MPC-D 100/979), an oviraptorid dinosaur discovered in brooding position on a nest of…”
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Interpreting melanin-based coloration through deep time: a critical review by Lindgren, Johan, Moyer, Alison, Schweitzer, Mary H., Sjövall, Peter, Uvdal, Per, Nilsson, Dan E., Heimdal, Jimmy, Engdahl, Anders, Gren, Johan A., Schultz, Bo Pagh, Kear, Benjamin P.

“…Colour, derived primarily from melanin and/or carotenoid pigments, is integral to many aspects of behaviour in living vertebrates, including social signalling,…”
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Use of a Professional Development Course to Promote Student-Centered Teaching in Large STEM Courses by Shumar, Wesley, Silverman, Jason, Moyer, Alison E., Casino, Meredith, Condon, Brett, Murasko, Donna, King, Daniel, Stanford, Jennifer S.

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Testing the Hypothesis of Biofilm as a Source for Soft Tissue and Cell-Like Structures Preserved in Dinosaur Bone: e0150238 by Schweitzer, Mary Higby, Moyer, Alison E, Zheng, Wenxia

“…Recovery of still-soft tissue structures, including blood vessels and osteocytes, from dinosaur bone after demineralization was reported in 2005 and in…”
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Complete Genome Sequences of 12 B1 Cluster Mycobacteriophages, Gareth, JangoPhett, Kailash, MichaelPhcott, PhenghisKhan, Phleuron, Phergie, PhrankReynolds, PhrodoBaggins, Phunky, Vaticameos, and Virapocalypse by Apellido, Kristofer A, Balchander, Divya, Erlich, Matthew C, Gocal, Jakub K, Gocal, Wiktoria A, Haile, Selam, Kang, Annette K, Koduri, Sravya, Natrajan, Maanasa, Parikh, Ayush A, Tata, Ravi K, Walor, Tru A, Wong, Brianna M, Nako, Sprikena, Tran, Trinh, Islam, Eshraq, Mammen, Mirium P, Ball, Sarah L, Bollivar, David W, Butela, Kristen A, Pope, Welkin H, McDonald, Matthew T, Tang, Christine A, Dalia, Ritu R, Smith, Kevin P W, Little, Joy L, Moyer, Alison E, Gurney, Susan M R

“…Twelve B1 cluster mycobacteriophages were isolated from soil samples collected in Philadelphia, PA, USA, using Mycobacterium smegmatis mc 155 as a host, and…”
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