A. R. Palmer
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Smith & Palmer 1994
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Palmer 2004
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Kraus-Nehring et al. 2010

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Publications & Preprints
(Author names in bold are from the Palmer lab)

  ClawPlasticityFig.jpg Palmer, A.R. 2012.
Developmental plasticity and the origin of novel forms:
Unveiling cryptic genetic variation via ''use and disuse''
Journal of Experimental Zoology (Molecular & Developmental Evolution) 314B (DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21447).
(download full-text pdf file from the journal web site)
(If you are unable to access this reprint from the journal web site, request a pdf from me)
 

  LearnedAsym.jpg Neufeld, C. & A.R. Palmer. 2011.
Learning, developmental plasticity, and the rate of morphological evolution. p. 337-356.
In: Epigenetics: Linking Genotype and Phenotype in Development and Evolution (B. Hallgrimmson & B.K. Hall, eds.) Berkeley, California. University of California Press.
(order a copy of the book from the publisher, or request a pdf from me.)
 

  Nucella-MusselBed.jpg Palmer, A.R. (translator) 2010.
History of a mussel bed. Observations on a phase of faunal disequilibrium (English translation of: Fischer-Piette, E. 1935. Histoire d'une Mouliere. Observations sur une phase de desequilibre faunique. Bulletin Biologique de la France et de la Belgique 5:153-177).
In: In Pursuit of Natural History: Selected Readings & Commentaries (Graham, M.H., J. Parker & P.K. Dayton, eds.) University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
 

  Nucella-lam-sm.jpg Neinhuis, S., A.R. Palmer & C. Harley. 2010.
Elevated CO2 affects shell dissolution rate but not calcification rate in a marine snail.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 277: 2553-2558.
(download full-text pdf file from the journal web site)
(If you are unable to access this reprint from the journal web site, request a pdf from me)
 

  CaddisflyCase10.jpg Hinchliffe, R. & A.R. Palmer. 2010.
Curious coiled cases of caddisfly larvae: Handed behavior, ontogeny and evolution.
Integrative Biology 50(4): 606-618.
(download full-text pdf file from the journal web site)
(If you are unable to access this reprint from the journal web site, request a pdf from me)
 

  KrauseCrabs.jpg Krause-Nehring, J., M.J. Starck & A.R. Palmer. 2010.
Juvenile colour polymorphism in the red rock crab, Cancer productus: Patterns, causes, and possible adaptive significance.
Zoology 113: 131-139.
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(If you are unable to access this reprint from the journal web site, request a pdf from me)
 

  CichlidHeads10.jpg Palmer, A.R. 2010.
Scale-eating cichlids: From hand(ed) to mouth.
Journal of Biology 9(2):11.
(download full-text pdf file from the journal web site- Open Access)
 

  Rosen, E., B. Schwarz & A.R. Palmer. 2009.
Smelling the difference: Hermit crab responses to predatory and non-predatory crabs.
Animal Behaviour 78: 691-695.
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(If you are unable to access this reprint from the journal web site, request a pdf from me)
 

  CurrBio09.jpg Palmer, A.R. 2009.
Animal Asymmetry.
Current Biology 19 (12): R474-R477.
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(If you are unable to access this reprint from the journal web site, request a pdf from me)
 


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EdgellPic.png Edgell, T.C., B.R. Lynch, G.C. Trussell & A.R. Palmer. 2009.
Experimental evidence for the rapid evolution of behavioral canalization in natural populations.
American Naturalist 174 (2): 434-440.
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(If you are unable to access this reprint from the journal web site, request a pdf from me)
 


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NeufeldBarnacle.jpg Neufeld, C. & A.R. Palmer 2008.
Precisely proportioned: Intertidal barnacles alter penis form to suit coastal wave action.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B. 275:1081-1087.
(download full-text pdf file from PRSL website: 217K)
(If you are unable to access this reprint from the PRSL site, request a pdf from me)
(As you might imagine, this article generated a lot of media attention!)
 

  BergstromFlatfish07.jpg Bergstrom, C.A. & A.R. Palmer. 2007.
Which way to turn? Effect of direction of body asymmetry on turning and prey strike orientation in starry flounder (Platichthys stellatus, Pleuronectidae).
Journal of Fish Biology 71: 737-748.
(download full-text pdf file: 393K)
 

  RypienPic.png Rypien, K.L. & A.R. Palmer. 2007.
The effect of sex, size and habitat on the incidence of puncture wounds in the claws of the porcelain crab Petrolisthes cinctipes (Anomura: Porcellanidae).
Journal of Crustacean Biology 27: 59-64.
(download full-text pdf file: 140K)
 

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(32 cites)
BioEss07.jpg Levin, M. & A.R. Palmer. 2007.
Left-right patterning from the inside out: Widespread evidence for intracellular control.
BioEssays 29: 271-287.
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  Earwigs.jpg Palmer, A.R. 2006.
Caught right-handed. (News & Views)
Nature 444: 689-691.
(download full-text pdf file: 604K)
 

  Evol06.jpg Anker, A., S.T. Ahyong, P.Y. Noel & A.R. Palmer. 2006.
Morphological phylogeny of alpheid shrimps: Parallel preadaptation and the origin of a key morphological innovation - the snapping claw. Evolution 60: 2507-2528.
(download full-text pdf file; includes supplementary information: 4.9MB)
 

  MarinPic.png Marin, I.N., A. Anker, T.A. Britayev & A.R. Palmer. 2005.
Symbiosis between the alpheid shrimp Athanas ornithorhynchus Banner and Banner, 1973 (Crustacea: Decapoda), and the brittle star Macrophiothrix longipeda (Lamarck, 1816) (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea)
Zoological Studies 44:234-241.
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  Echiura05.jpg Anker, A., G.-V. Murina, C. Lira, J.A. Vera Caripe, A.R. Palmer & M.-S. Jeng. 2005.
Macrofauna associated with echiuran burrows: A review with new observations on the innkeeper worm Ochetostoma erythrogrammon Leuckart and Ruppel, in Venezuela.
Zoological Studies 44:157-192.
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  Palmer, A.R. 2005.
Is the ID debate proof of an intelligent deceiver? (letter to editor)
Nature 434:422.
(download full-text pdf file: 86K)
 

  SwallowTails.GIF Palmer, A.R. (posted 2005)
Irregularities in data reported by A.P. Moller
(unpublished MS)
(download full-text pdf file: 128K)
(view entire exchange regarding this document on the EvolDir listserv)
Additional questions have also been raised about questionable data from, or conduct by, Anders Moller.
 

  Palmer, A.R. 2005.
Antisymmetry. pp. 359-397
In: Variation (B. Hallgrimmson & B. K. Hall, eds) Elsevier (the book may be ordered here or you may request a pdf proof copy from me)
 

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SciFig04.jpg Palmer, A.R. 2004.
Symmetry breaking and the evolution of development.
Science 306:828-833.
(download full-text pdf file from Science website: 176K)
(If you are unable to access this reprint from the Science site, request a pdf from me)
(download supplementary information file here; 271K)
 

  Palmer, A.R. 2004.
Selection for asymmetry. (letter to editor)
Science 306:812.
(download full-text pdf file from Science website: 252K)
(If you are unable to access this reprint from the Science site, request a pdf from me)
 

  Nature03.jpg Eaves, A.A. & Palmer, A.R. 2003.
Widespread cloning in echinoderm larvae.
Nature 425:146.
(download full-text pdf file: 83K)
 

  Palmer, A.R. 2003.
Reply to Hopkins and Cantalupo: Chimpanzee right-handedness reconsidered - Sampling issues and data presentation.
American Journal of Physical Anthropology 121:382-384.
(download full-text pdf file: 55K)
 

  MarchinkoCov03.jpg Marchinko, K.B. & Palmer, A.R. 2003.
Feeding in flow extremes: Dependence of cirrus form on wave-exposure in four barnacle species.
Zoology 106:127-141.
(download full-text pdf file: 1,156K)
(download full-text pdf file of electronic Appendix: 42K)
 

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AsymGrafs.GIF Palmer, A.R. & C. Strobeck. 2003.
Fluctuating asymmetry analyses revisited.
In Developmental Instability (DI): Causes and Consequences,
M. Polak, ed. Oxford University Press, Oxford. pp. 279-319 (the book may be ordered here).
(download full-text pdf preprint of chapter, 236K; download full-text pdf of electronic Appendix V, 103K; download data files referred to in chapter)
 

  Palmer, A.R. 2002.
Chimpanzee right-handedness reconsidered: Evaluating the evidence with funnel plots.
American Journal of Physical Anthropology 118:191-199.
(download full-text pdf file: 177K)
 

  PRSL2001.jpg Arsenault, D.J., K.B. Marchinko, & A.R. Palmer. 2001.
Precise tuning of barnacle leg length to coastal wave action.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences 268:2149-2154.
(download full-text pdf file: 270K)
 

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(143 cites)
SelectReport2.jpg Palmer, A.R. 2000.
Quasireplication and the contract of error: Lessons from sex ratios, heritabilities and fluctuating asymmetry.
Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 31:441-480.
(download full-text pdf file: 270K; download data files used to generate figures in this paper)
 

  Palmer, A.R. & L.M. Hammond. 2000.
The emperor's codpiece: A postmodern perspective on biological asymmetries.
International Society for Behavioral Ecology, Newsletter 12:13-20.
(download full-text pdf file: 104K)
 

  Taylor, G.M., A.R. Palmer & A.C. Barton. 2000.
Variation in safety factors of claws within and among six species of Cancer crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura).
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 70: 37-62.
(download full-text pdf file: 251K)
 

  ClawSF.jpg Palmer, A.R., G.M. Taylor & A.C. Barton. 1999.
Cuticle strength and the size-dependence of safety factors in Cancer crab claws.
Biological Bulletin 196:281-294.
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SelectReport1.jpg Palmer, A.R. 1999.
Detecting publication bias in meta-analyses: A case study of fluctuating asymmetry and sexual selection.
American Naturalist 154: 220-233.
(download full-text pdf file: 269K)
 

  Rowe, L., R.R. Repasky, & A.R. Palmer. 1997.
Condition-dependent symmetry in sexually selected traits: Fluctuating asymmetry or antisymmetry?
Evolution 51:1401-1408.
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  Palmer, A.R. & C. Strobeck. 1997.
Fluctuating asymmetry and developmental stability: Heritability of observable variation vs. heritability of inferred cause.
Journal of Evolutionary Biology 10:39-49.
(download full-text pdf file: 834K)
 

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(96 cites)
NucellaPhylog.jpg Collins, T., K. Frazer, A.R. Palmer, G.J. Vermeij, & W.M. Brown. 1996.
Evolutionary history of northern hemisphere Nucella (Gastropoda: Muricacea): Molecular, morphological, ecological and paleontological evidence.
Evolution 50:2287-2304.
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Palmer, A.R. 1996.
From symmetry to asymmetry: Phylogenetic patterns of asymmetry variation in animals and their evolutionary significance.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 93:14279-14286.
(download full-text pdf file: 298K)
 

  ShrimpClaw.gif Labadie, L.V. & A.R. Palmer. 1996.
Pronounced heterochely in the ghost shrimp, Neotrypaea californiensis (Decapoda: Thalassinidea: Callianassidae): Allometry, inferred function and development.
Journal of Zoology (London) 240:659-675.
(download full-text pdf file: 562K)
 

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(175 cites)
Palmer, A.R. 1996.
Waltzing with asymmetry.
BioScience 46:518-532.
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(74 cites)
ClawLmks.GIF Smith, L.D. & A.R. Palmer. 1994.
Effects of manipulated diet on size and performance of brachyuran crab claws.
Science 264:710-712.
(download full-text pdf file: low resolution, 231K; high resolution, 801K)
 

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Palmer, A. R. 1994.
Fluctuating asymmetry analyses: A primer. pp. 335-364.
In: Developmental Instability: Its Origins and Evolutionary Implications. (T. Markow, Ed.). Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.
(download full-text pdf file: 201K)
 

  Palmer, A.R. 1994.
Temperature sensitivity, rate of development and generation time: Geographic variation in laboratory-reared Nucella and a cross-phyletic overview.
In: Reproduction and Development of Marine Invertebrates. (W.H. Wilson, S.A. Stricker, G.L. Shinn, Eds.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore pp. 177-194.
(download full-text pdf file: 616K)
 

  AntisymDA.gif Palmer, A.R., C. Strobeck, & A.K. Chippindale. 1993.
Bilateral variation and the evolutionary origin of macroscopic asymmetries.
Genetica 89:201-218.
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  Chippindale, A.K.. & A.R. Palmer. 1993. Persistence of statistical departures from symmetry over multiple molts in individual brachyuran crabs: Relevance to developmental stability.
Genetica 89:185-199.
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Palmer, A.R. & C. Strobeck. 1992.
Fluctuating asymmetry as a measure of developmental stability: Implications of non-normal distributions and power of statistical tests.
Acta Zoologica Fennica 191:55-70.
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  CalcificationGraph.GIF Palmer, A.R. 1992.
Calcification in marine molluscs: How costly is it?
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 89:1379-1382.
(download full-text pdf file: low resolution, 253K; high resolution, 905K)
 

  Palmer, A.R. 1992.
Intraspecific variation in three species of rocky shore gastropods from Hong Kong: Correlations among habitats and a comparison with temperate species.
In: Proceedings of the Fourth International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora & Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China. Vol. 1. General Proceedings. (B. Morton, Ed.). Hong Kong University Press pp. 649-691.
(download full-text pdf file: 1.4MB)
 

  Marko, P.B. & A.R. Palmer. 1991.
Responses of a rocky shore gastropod to the effluents of predatory and non-predatory crabs: Avoidance and attraction.
Biological Bulletin 181:363-370.
(download full-text pdf file: 828K)
 

  NucellaHatchling.jpg Palmer, A.R. 1990.
Predator size, prey size, and the scaling of vulnerability: Hatchling gastropods vs. barnacles.
Ecology 71:759-775.
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Palmer, A.R. 1990.
Effect of crab effluent and scent of damaged conspecifics on feeding, growth, and shell morphology of the Atlantic dogwhelk Nucella lapillus (L.).
Hydrobiologia 193:155-182.
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  N_ostrina.jpg Palmer, A.R. S.D. Gayron & D.S. Woodruff. 1990.
Reproductive, morphological, and genetic evidence for two cryptic species of Northeastern Pacific Nucella.
Veliger 33:325-338.
(download full-text pdf file: 605K)
 

  Vermeij, G.J., A.R. Palmer & D.R. Lindberg. 1990.
Range limits and dispersal of molluscs in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska.
Veliger 33:346-354.
(download full-text pdf file: 437K)
 

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NucellaSm88.jpg Appleton, R.D. & A.R. Palmer. 1988.
Water-borne stimuli released by predatory crabs and damaged prey
induce more predator-resistant shells in a marine gastropod.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 85:4387-4391.
(download full-text pdf file: low resolution, 305K; high resolution, 1.4MB)
 

  Palmer, A.R. 1988.
Feeding biology of Ocenebra lurida (Prosobranchia:Muricacea): Diet, predator-prey size relations, and attack behavior.
Veliger 31:192-203.
(download full-text pdf file: 625K)
 

  Hart, M.W. & A.R. Palmer 1987.
Stereotypy, ontogeny and heritability of drill site selection in thaidid gastropods.
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 107:101-120.
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AsymGrafs.GIF Palmer, A.R. & C. Strobeck. 1986.
Fluctuating asymmetry: Measurement, analysis, patterns.
Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 17:391-421.
(download full-text pdf file: low resolution, 737K; high resolution, 2.6MB)

[as of 2009, this paper is the 9th most highly cited paper of 767 ever published in ARES]

 

  Palmer, A.R. 1985.
Quantum changes in gastropod shell morphology need not reflect speciation.
Evolution 39(3):699-705.
(download full-text pdf file: low resolution, 259K; high resolution, 933K)
 

  Mercurio, K.S., R.B. Lowell & A.R. Palmer 1985.
Predator-mediated microhabitat partitioning by two species of visually cryptic, intertidal limpets.
Ecology 66:1417-1425.
(download full-text pdf file: 386K)
 

  Palmer, A.R. 1985.
Genetic basis of shell variation in Thais emarginata (Prosobranchia, Muricacea) I. Banding in populations from Vancouver Island.
[now known as Nucella ostrina]
Biological Bulletin 169:638-651.
(download full-text pdf file: 386K)
 

  NucellaMorphs85.jpg Palmer, A.R. 1985.
Adaptive value of shell variation in Thais (or Nucella) lamellosa: Effect of thick shells on vulnerability to and preference by crabs.
Veliger 27:349-356.
(download full-text pdf file: 339K)
 

  Palmer, A.R. 1984.
Prey selection by thaidid gastropods: Some field tests of foraging models.
Oecologia 62:162-172.
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  NucellaMorphs84.JPG Palmer, A.R. 1984.
Species cohesiveness and genetic control of shell color and form in Thais emarginata (Prosobranchia, Muricacea): Preliminary results.
[now known as Nucella ostrina]
Malacologia 25:477-491.
(download full-text pdf file: 490K)
 

  Palmer, A.R. 1983.
Relative costs of producing skeletal organic matrix versus calcification: Evidence from marine gastropods.
Marine Biology 75:287-292.
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  Palmer, A.R. 1983.
Growth rate as a measure of food value in thaidid gastropods: Assumptions and implications for prey morphology and distribution.
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 73:95-124.
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  Tetraclita.jpg Palmer, A.R. 1982.
Predation and parallel evolution: Recurrent parietal plate reduction in balanomorph barnacles.
Paleobiology 8:31-44.
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  Palmer, A.R. J. Szymanska & L. Thomas 1982.
Prolonged withdrawal: A possible predator evasion behavior in Balanus glandula (Crustacea, Cirripedia).
Marine Biology 67:51-55.
(download full-text pdf file: 509K)
 

  Palmer, A.R. 1982.
Growth in marine gastropods: A non-destructive technique for independently measuring shell and body weight.
Malacologia 23:63-73.
(download full-text pdf file: 387K)
 

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Nucella81.jpg Palmer, A.R. 1981.
Do carbonate skeletons limit the rate of body growth?
Nature 292:150-152.
(download full-text pdf file: 325K)
 

  Palmer, A.R. 1981.
Predator errors, foraging in unpredictable environments and risk: The consequences of prey variation in handling time versus net energy
American Naturalist 118:908-915.
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ScaleOfSpread.jpg Palmer, A.R. & R.R. Strathmann 1981.
Scale of dispersal in varying environments and its implications for life histories of marine invertebrates.
Oecologia 48:308-318.
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  Palmer, A.R. 1980.
Locomotion rates and shell form in the Gastropoda: A re-evaluation.
Malacologia 19:289-296.
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ShellSpines79.jpg Palmer, A.R. 1979.
Fish predation and the evolution of gastropod shell sculpture: Experimental and geographic evidence.
Evolution 33:697-713.
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  Pehisapo.jpg Paine, R.T. & A.R. Palmer 1978.
Sicyases sanguineus: A unique trophic generalist from the Chilean intertidal zone.
Copeia 1978:75-81.
(download full-text pdf file: 520K)
 

  Ceratostoma.jpg Palmer, A.R. 1977.
Function of shell sculpture in marine gastropods: Hydrodynamic destabilization in Ceratostoma foliatum.
Science 197:1293-1295.
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Computer Programs

NOTE: these programs only run on legacy Macintosh computers (those that can run in "Classic" mode or earlier).

ExCal.GIF, 2K
Palmer, A.R. 1992, 1994. ExCaliper: Captures data from digital calipers onto a Macintosh computer.

MacCoil.GIF, 2K
Palmer, A.R. 1996. MacCoil: Displays wire-frame images of coiled mollusc shells drawn using user-specified ('point-and-click') coiling parameters on a Macintosh computer.

 
Other Research Resources

  • T.H. Huxley's 'The Crayfish' on-line (a WONDERFUL, turn-of-the-century essay on Zoology for the layman; complete with hot-links to a glossary and copies of the original woodcut figures)


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