Development and evolution of the vertebrate axial skeleton
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I spend summers at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA, working with skate embryos.
I am a research associate working in the labs of Andrew Gillis and Jason Head in the Department of Zoology at the University of Cambridge, and a Research Fellow at Darwin College.
My research interests lie in the evolution and development of the axial skeleton in jawed vertebrates. In particular, I study the development of vertebral column in cartilaginous fishes (sharks, skates, rays, and chimaeras) to understand how this segmented structure evolved across jawed vertebrates, and how different groups have invented their own unique vertebral morphologies.
My research interests lie in the evolution and development of the axial skeleton in jawed vertebrates. In particular, I study the development of vertebral column in cartilaginous fishes (sharks, skates, rays, and chimaeras) to understand how this segmented structure evolved across jawed vertebrates, and how different groups have invented their own unique vertebral morphologies.
Department of Zoology
University of Cambridge
Downing Street
CB2 3EJ
United Kingdom
email: kc518@cam.ac.uk
twitter: @kecriswell
University of Cambridge
Downing Street
CB2 3EJ
United Kingdom
email: kc518@cam.ac.uk
twitter: @kecriswell