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Danny Rhoda
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evolutionary biology grad student at UChicago
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🚨New paper alert🚨 Check out our new paper on the biomechanics of hearing in our cynodont ancestors! pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... (1/n)
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December 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Congratulations to UMMP Associate Research Scientist Miriam Zelditch on the release of the third edition of the indispensable "Geometric Morphometrics for Biologists" (a.k.a. the green book)! #FossilFriday
December 6, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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No better reason to join Bluesky then to say the first chapter of my PhD is out as a preprint! New surgeonfish phylogeny, ecomorphological relationships, evolutionary shape correlations-with NEW method to accurately account for phylogenetic covariation among shapes!

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Phylogenetic relationships and the evolution of fin and body shape in the surgeonfishes
Patterns of evolutionary change in the fin and body shapes of fishes are strongly related to dietary ecology and locomotor mechanisms, and associations between shapes affects ecomorphological relation...
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October 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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New paper alert!!!🚨 in our new study we find that Antarctic icefishes added a new module in their skulls during their adaptive radiation special shout out to @mayaranevesbio.bsky.social who led this project!

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September 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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I'm so excited to share my latest paper out now! How did the ancestors of mammals make the switch from sprawling to upright, taking over the world in the process? Spoiler alert; it's complicated! journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Adaptive landscapes unveil the complex evolutionary path from sprawling to upright forelimb function and posture in mammals
The ‘sprawling-to-parasagittal’ postural transition is a key part of mammalian evolution from non-mammalian synapsids. This study uses evolutionary adaptive landscapes to reveal parasagittal postures ...
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June 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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I am looking for a PhD candidate to work on the morphological and functional evolution of the head shape of limbless squamates. The project will involve evolutionary biology, experimental and computational biomechanics, and a lot of scaly animals!!! More info here:
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March 21, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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A #PHD
opportunity from previous ICB coauthor @marionsegall.bsky.social

Local Superimpositions Facilitate #Morphometric Analysis of Complex Articulating Structures

Rhoda, Segall, Larouche, Kory Evans, Angielczyk
doi.org/10.1093/icb/...

#evolution #squamates #morphology #biology
“Fig. 1Articulating structures, with a mobile joint between articulating elements, should not be superimposed because arbitrary differences in articulation angle mask “real” landmark variation. (A) Three pairs of triangles, with no shape differences, have a mobile joint between the pairs causing their articulation angles to differ. A global superimposition with no modifications will create landmark variation across the entire structure when there is only variation in the articulation angle…”
April 6, 2025 at 9:15 AM