Reptiles

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  • Dubansky, B.H. 2012. The intermandibulo-cervical envelope of the American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis). Ph.D. Dissertation. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-04192012-173641/
  • Dubansky, B.H. & Homberger, D.G. 2012. The expansion and recoil mechanism of the skin of alligators and its implications for their feeding mechanism. FASEB J., 26 (March 29): 723.2
  • Dubansky, B.H. & Homberger, D.G. 2012. Biomechanical properties of the intermandibulo-cervical integument in alligators: Implications for a more accurate understanding of the alligator feeding mechanism. Oral abstract 89.2 in Integr. Comp. Biol. 52 (suppl 1): e1-e201. doi:10.1093/icb/ics078.
  • Homberger, D.G. & Dubansky, B.H. 2012. Functional morphology of the crocodilian and avian integument: Implications for the evolutionary origin of feathers in dinosaurs. Oral abstract 67.2 in Integr. Comp. Biol. 52 (suppl 1): e1-e201. doi:10.1093/icb/ics078.
  • Legreneur, P., Homberger, D.G. & Bels, V. 2012. Assessment of the mass, length, center of mass, and principal moment of inertia of body segments in adult males of the brown anole (Anolis sagrei) and green, or Carolina anole (Anolis carolinensis). Journal of Morphology, 273 (7): 265-275. doi: 10.1002/jmor.20022
  • Hopkins, B.A. & Homberger, D.G. 2011. Functional morphology of the cranio-cervical integument and constrictor musculature in Alligator mississippiensis. FASEB J., 25 (March 17): 867.3.
  • Hopkins, B.A. & Homberger, D.G. 2011. The complex construction of the mandibulo-gular wall of the American Alligator. Oral abstract 17.5 in Integr. Comp. Biol. 51 (suppl 1): e1-e157. doi: 10.1093/icb/icr008.
  • Hopkins, B.A. & Homberger, D.G. 2009. The interscale skin of the intermandibular-gular regions of Alligator mississippiensis serves as a distribution system for the conditioning secretion of the gular gland. FASEB J., 23 (April 22):825.1.
  • Hopkins, B.A. & Homberger, D.G. 2009. The gular glands of Alligator mississippiensis condition the interscale skin of the intermandibular and gular regions. Poster abstract P2.57 in Integr. Comp. Biol. 49 (suppl 1): e191-e332. doi: 10.1093/icb/icp003.
  • Hopkins, B.A.. 2005. The hyoid suspension of the American alligator, Alligator mississippiensis. Master's Thesis. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.
  • Homberger, D. G. & Walker, W. F. 2004. Vertebrate Dissection, 9th revised edition. Brooks/Cole, Florence, Kentucky (formerly Harcourt Publishing, currently under Thomson Learning). (Textbook, ISBN 0-03-022522-1)
  • Walker, W. F. & D. G. Homberger. 1992. Vertebrate Dissection, 8th revised edition. Saunders College Publishing, Philadelphia. (Textbook, ISBN 9-78-003047434-7)