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Catherine M. Early
Researcher at Science Museum of Minnesota
Publications - 9
Citations - 472
Catherine M. Early is an academic researcher from Science Museum of Minnesota. The author has contributed to research in topics: Dentition & Tooth loss. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 7 publications receiving 306 citations. Previous affiliations of Catherine M. Early include Florida Museum of Natural History & Ohio University.
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Diffusible iodine‐based contrast‐enhanced computed tomography (diceCT): an emerging tool for rapid, high‐resolution, 3‐D imaging of metazoan soft tissues
Paul M. Gignac,Nathan J. Kley,Julia A. Clarke,Matthew W. Colbert,Ashley C. Morhardt,Donald Cerio,Ian N. Cost,Philip G. Cox,Juan D. Daza,Catherine M. Early,M. Scott Echols,R. Mark Henkelman,A. Nele Herdina,Casey M. Holliday,Zhiheng Li,Kristin Mahlow,Samer S. Merchant,Johannes Müller,Courtney P. Orsbon,Daniel J. Paluh,Monte L. Thies,Henry P. Tsai,Henry P. Tsai,Lawrence M. Witmer +23 more
TL;DR: A critical review of the recent contributions to iodine‐based, contrast‐enhanced CT research is provided to enable researchers just beginning to employ contrast enhancement to make sense of this complex new landscape of methodologies.
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Tempo and pattern of avian brain size evolution
Daniel T. Ksepka,Amy M. Balanoff,Amy M. Balanoff,N. Adam Smith,N. Adam Smith,Gabriel S. Bever,Gabriel S. Bever,Bhart-Anjan S. Bhullar,Estelle Bourdon,Edward L. Braun,J. Gordon Burleigh,Julia A. Clarke,Matthew W. Colbert,Jeremy R. Corfield,Federico J. Degrange,Vanesa L. De Pietri,Catherine M. Early,Catherine M. Early,Daniel J. Field,Paul M. Gignac,Maria Eugenia Leone Gold,Maria Eugenia Leone Gold,Rebecca T. Kimball,Soichiro Kawabe,Louis Lefebvre,Jesús Marugán-Lobón,Jesús Marugán-Lobón,Carrie S. Mongle,Ashley C. Morhardt,Mark A. Norell,Ryan C. Ridgely,Ryan S. Rothman,R. Paul Scofield,Claudia Patricia Tambussi,Christopher R. Torres,Marcel van Tuinen,Stig A. Walsh,Akinobu Watanabe,Akinobu Watanabe,Akinobu Watanabe,Lawrence M. Witmer,Alexandra K. Wright,Lindsay E. Zanno,Lindsay E. Zanno,Erich D. Jarvis,Erich D. Jarvis,Jeroen B. Smaers,Jeroen B. Smaers +47 more
TL;DR: It is confirmed that no significant increase in relative brain size accompanied the trend toward miniaturization or evolution of flight during the theropod-bird transition, and patterns suggest that an early adaptive radiation in brain size laid the foundation for subsequent selection and stabilization.
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Endocast structures are reliable proxies for the sizes of corresponding regions of the brain in extant birds
Catherine M. Early,Catherine M. Early,Catherine M. Early,Andrew N. Iwaniuk,Ryan C. Ridgely,Lawrence M. Witmer +5 more
TL;DR: The size of the hyperpallium and optic tectum can be reliably inferred from the surface areas of the Wulst and optic lobe, respectively, which opens the possibility of estimating brain‐region volumes for extinct species in order to gain better insights in their visual ecology.
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Chemical effects of diceCT staining protocols on fluid-preserved avian specimens.
Catherine M. Early,Ashley C. Morhardt,Timothy P. Cleland,Christopher M. Milensky,Gwénaëlle M. Kavich,Helen F. James +5 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that staining with I2KI or elemental I2 in 70% EtOH can yield high-quality soft-tissue visualization in a timeframe that is similar to that of better-known iodine-based stains, with lower risk of negative impacts on specimen condition.
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Beyond Endocasts: Using Predicted Brain-Structure Volumes of Extinct Birds to Assess Neuroanatomical and Behavioral Inferences
TL;DR: This study provides an analytical framework for testing the hypotheses of potential functional behavioral capabilities of other extinct birds based on their endocasts and indicated that no extinct birds studied had relative hyperpallial volumes that were significantly different from the extant sample, nor were any of their optic tecta relatively hypertrophied.