Tom Stewart

Distinct ossification trade-offs illuminate the shoulder girdle reconfiguration at the water-to-land transition
Janet Wei, Thomas W.P. Wood, Kathleen Flaherty, Olivia E. Fitch, Shahid Ali, Alyssa Enny, Ali Andrescavage, Danielle Brazer, Dina Navon, Hannah E. Cohen, Derek Gordon, Anusha Shanabag, Shunya Kuroda, Thomas A. Stewart, Ingo Braasch, Tetsuya Nakamura, Dec 2025, In: Nature communications
Date: Dec 2025

The axial skeleton of Tiktaalik roseae
Thomas A. Stewart, Justin B. Lemberg, Emily J. Hillan, Isaac Magallanes, Edward B. Daeschler, Neil H. Shubin, Apr 9 2024, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Date: Apr 9 2024

The origin of blinking in both mudskippers and tetrapods is linked to life on land
Brett R. Aiello, M. Saad Bhamla, Jeff Gau, John G.L. Morris, Kenji Bomar, Shashwati da Cunha, Harrison Fu, Julia Laws, Hajime Minoguchi, Manognya Sripathi, Kendra Washington, Gabriella Wong, Neil H. Shubin, Simon Sponberg, Thomas A. Stewart, 2023, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Date: 2023

A new elpistostegalian from the Late Devonian of the Canadian Arctic
Thomas A. Stewart, Justin B. Lemberg, Ailis Daly, Edward B. Daeschler, Neil H. Shubin, Aug 18 2022, In: Nature
Date: Aug 18 2022

Fin ray patterns at the fin-to-limb transition
Thomas A. Stewart, Justin B. Lemberg, Natalia K. Taft, Ihna Yoo, Edward B. Daeschler, Neil H. Shubin, Jan 21 2020, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Date: Jan 21 2020

Adipose fin development and its relation to the evolutionary origins of median fins
Thomas A. Stewart, Melvin M. Bonilla, Robert K. Ho, Melina E. Hale, Dec 1 2019, In: Scientific reports
Date: Dec 1 2019

Evidence against tetrapod-wide digit identities and for a limited frame shift in bird wings
Thomas A. Stewart, Cong Liang, Justin L. Cotney, James P. Noonan, Thomas J. Sanger, Günter P. Wagner, Dec 1 2019, In: Nature communications
Date: Dec 1 2019

Perspectives on integrating genetic and physical explanations of evolution and development
Alan C. Love, Thomas A. Stewart, Gunter P. Wagner, Stuart A. Newman, Dec 1 2017, In: Integrative and Comparative Biology
Date: Dec 1 2017

The evolutionary origin of digit patterning
Thomas A. Stewart, Ramray Bhat, Stuart A. Newman, Nov 21 2017, In: EvoDevo
Date: Nov 21 2017

In vivo bone strain in the mandibular corpus of Sapajus during a range of oral food processing behaviors
Callum F. Ross, Jose Iriarte-Diaz, David A. Reed, Thomas A. Stewart, Andrea B. Taylor, Sep 1 2016, In: Journal of Human Evolution
Date: Sep 1 2016

Evolution of a unique predatory feeding apparatus
Thomas A. Stewart, R. Craig Albertson, Jan 26 2010, In: BMC Biology
Citations: 67

Fin ray patterns at the fin-to-limb transition
Thomas A. Stewart, Justin B. Lemberg, Natalia K. Taft, Ihna Yoo, Edward B. Daeschler, Neil H. Shubin, Jan 21 2020, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Citations: 34

In vivo bone strain in the mandibular corpus of Sapajus during a range of oral food processing behaviors
Callum F. Ross, Jose Iriarte-Diaz, David A. Reed, Thomas A. Stewart, Andrea B. Taylor, Sep 1 2016, In: Journal of Human Evolution
Citations: 33

The origins of adipose fins
Thomas A. Stewart, W. Leo Smith, Michael I. Coates, Mar 5 2014, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Citations: 32

Mechanosensation in an adipose fin
Brett R. Aiello, Thomas A. Stewart, Melina E. Hale, Mar 16 2016, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Citations: 31

Evidence against tetrapod-wide digit identities and for a limited frame shift in bird wings
Thomas A. Stewart, Cong Liang, Justin L. Cotney, James P. Noonan, Thomas J. Sanger, Günter P. Wagner, Dec 1 2019, In: Nature communications
Citations: 21

The evolutionary origin of digit patterning
Thomas A. Stewart, Ramray Bhat, Stuart A. Newman, Nov 21 2017, In: EvoDevo
Citations: 21

First description of a musculoskeletal linkage in an adipose fin
Thomas A. Stewart, Melina E. Hale, 2013, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Citations: 17

Deep phylogenomics of a tandem-repeat galectin regulating appendicular skeletal pattern formation
Ramray Bhat, Mahul Chakraborty, Tilmann Glimm, Thomas A. Stewart, Stuart A. Newman, Aug 18 2016, In: BMC Evolutionary Biology
Citations: 15

Adipose fin development and its relation to the evolutionary origins of median fins
Thomas A. Stewart, Melvin M. Bonilla, Robert K. Ho, Melina E. Hale, Dec 1 2019, In: Scientific reports
Citations: 14

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