Christy Hipsley

Postnatal development in a marsupial model, the fat-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis crassicaudata; Dasyuromorphia: Dasyuridae)

Laura E Cook, Axel H Newton, Christy A Hipsley, Andrew J Pask

Journal article  |  2021  |  COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY

Marsupials exhibit unique biological features that provide fascinating insights into many aspects of mammalian development. These ..

Ontogenetic origins of cranial convergence between the extinct marsupial thylacine and placental gray wolf

Axel H Newton, Vera Weisbecker, Andrew J Pask, Christy A Hipsley

Journal article  |  2021  |  COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY

Phenotypic convergence, describing the independent evolution of similar characteristics, offers unique insights into how natural s..

First evidence of convergent lifestyle signal in reptile skull roof microanatomy

Roy Ebel, Johannes Mueller, Till Ramm, Christy Hipsley, Eli Amson

Journal article  |  2020  |  BMC BIOLOGY

BACKGROUND: The study of convergently acquired adaptations allows fundamental insight into life's evolutionary history. Within lep..

Author Correction: High-throughput microCT scanning of small specimens: preparation, packing, parameters and post-processing.

Christy A Hipsley, Rocio Aguilar, Jay R Black, Scott A Hocknull

Journal article  |  2020  |  Scientific Reports

An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.

High-throughput microCT scanning of small specimens: preparation, packing, parameters and post-processing

Christy A Hipsley, Rocio Aguilar, Jay R Black, Scott A Hocknull

Journal article  |  2020  |  SCIENTIFIC REPORTS

High-resolution X-ray microcomputed tomography, or microCT (μCT), enables the digital imaging of whole objects in three dimensions..

An Integrative Approach Using Phylogenomics and High-Resolution X-Ray Computed Tomography for Species Delimitation in Cryptic Taxa

Kirilee Chaplin, Joanna M Sumner, Christy Hipsley, Jane Melville

Journal article  |  2020  |  SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Morphologically cryptic taxa have proved to be a long-standing challenge for taxonomists. Lineages that show strong genomic struct..

Integrating phylogeography and high-resolution X-ray CT reveals five new cryptic species and multiple hybrid zones among Australian earless dragons

Jane Melville, Kirilee Chaplin, Christy A Hipsley, Stephen D Sarre, Joanna Sumner, Mark Hutchinson

Journal article  |  2019  |  ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE

Cryptic lineages, comprising species complexes with deep genetic structuring across the landscape but without distinct morphologic..

The Derwent River seastar: re-evaluation of a critically endangered marine invertebrate

Timothy D O'hara, Christopher L Mah, Christy A Hipsley, Guadalupe Bribiesca-Contreras, Neville S Barrett

Journal article  |  2019  |  ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

The Derwent River seastar, 'Marginaster' littoralis (Echinodermata: Asteroidea), has been assessed as critically endangered owing ..

Psychology, not technology, is our biggest challenge to open digital morphology data

Christy A Hipsley, Emma Sherratt

Journal article  |  2019  |  SCIENTIFIC DATA

Comparative cranial osteology of Blanus (Squamata: Amphisbaenia)

Andrea Villa, Martin Kirchner, David M Alba, Federico Bernardini, Arnau Bolet, Angel H Lujan, Josep Fortuny, Christy A Hipsley, Johannes Mueller, Roberto Sindaco, Claudio Tuniz, Massimo Delfino

Journal article  |  2019  |  ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Worm lizards, or amphisbaenians, of the genus Blanus are found in various countries around the Mediterranean Sea. In addition to f..