Publications

  1. Gatesy, S.M. and K.M. Middleton. 1997. Bipedalism, flight, and the evolution of theropod locomotor diversity. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17(2): 308-329. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4523809
  2. Gatesy, S.M. and K.M. Middleton. 1999. Theropod hind limb disparity revisited: a response. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(3): 606. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4524024
  3. Gatesy, S.M., K.M. Middleton, F.A. Jenkins, Jr., and N.H. Shubin. 1999. Three dimensional preservation of foot movements in Triassic theropod dinosaurs. Nature 399:141-144. nature.com
  4. Middleton, K.M. and S.M. Gatesy. 2000. Theropod forelimb design and evolution. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 28(2): 149-187.
  5. Middleton, K.M. 2001. The morphological basis of hallucal orientation in extant birds. Journal of Morphology 250: 51-60.
  6. Tian, X., J. Iriarte-Diaz, K. Middleton, R. Galvao, E. Israeli, A. Roemer, A. Sullivan, A. Song, S. Swartz and K. Breuer. 2006. Direct Measurements of the Kinematics and Dynamics of Bat Flight. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics 1: S10-S18.
  7. Swartz, S.M. and K.M. Middleton. 2008. Biomechanics of the bat limb skeleton: Scaling, material properties, and mechanics. Cells, Tissues and Organs 187(1): 59-84.
  8. Middleton, K.M., C.E. Shubin, D.C. Moore, T. Garland, Jr., P.A. Carter, and S.M. Swartz. 2008. The relative importance of genetics and phenotypic plasticity in dictating bone morphology and mechanics in aged mice: Evidence from an artificial selection experiment. Zoology 111(2): 135-147.
  9. Lavin, S.R., W.H. Karasov, A.R. Ives, K.M. Middleton, and T. Garland, Jr. 2008. Morphometrics of the avian small intestine, compared with nonflying mammals. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 81(5): 526-550.
  10. Hannon, R.M., S.A. Kelly, K.M. Middleton, E.M. Kolb, D. Pomp, and T. Garland, Jr. 2008. Phenotypic Effects of the "Mini-Muscle" Allele in a Large HR x C57BL/6J Mouse Backcross. Journal of Heredity 99(4): 349-354.
  11. Clarke, J.A. and K.M. Middleton. 2008. Mosaicism in the evolution of birds: an evaluation of quantitative approaches for the use of discrete cladistic character data in the study of morphological evolution. Systematic Biology 57(2): 185-201.
  12. Middleton, K.M., S.A. Kelly, and T. Garland, Jr. 2008. Selective Breeding and Skeletal Response to High Voluntary Activity in Mice. Integrative and Comparative Biology 48(3): 394-410.
  13. Keeney, B.K., D.A. Raichlen, T.H. Meek, R.S. Wijeratne, K.M. Middleton, G.L. Gerdeman, and T. Garland, Jr. In press. Differential response to a selective cannabinoid receptor antagonist (SR141716: Rimonabant) in female mice from lines selectively bred for high voluntary wheel-running behavior. Behavioural Pharmacology.
  14. Eisenmann, J.C., E.E. Wickel, S.A. Kelly, K.M. Middleton, and T. Garland, Jr. In review. Day-to-day variability in voluntary wheel running among young mice selectively bred for high activity. Journal of Applied Physiology.
  15. Malisch, J.L., C.W. Breuner, E.M. Kolb, H. Wada, R.M. Hannon, M.A. Chappell, K.M. Middleton, and T. Garland, Jr. In review. Behavioral despair and home-cage activity in mice with chronically elevated baseline corticosterone concentrations. Behavior Genetics.

Invited Reviews

  1. Clarke, J.A. and K.M. Middleton. 2006. Bird evolution. Current Biology 16(10): R350-R354

Book Chapters

  1. Gatesy, S.M. and K.M. Middleton. 2007. Skeletal adaptations for flight. pp. 269-283 in Fins into Limbs: Evolution, Development, and Transformation. B.K. Hall, ed. University of Chicago Press.

Book Reviews

  1. Middleton, K.M. 2003. Dinosaurs of the Air: The Evolution and Loss of Flight in Dinosaurs and Birds and Mesozoic Birds: Above the Heads of Dinosaurs. Palaeontologia Electronica 6(1): 5. http://palaeo-electronica.org/2003_1/books/birds.htm

Other Presentations

  1. Swartz, S.M., R. Galvao, J. Iriarte-Diaz, E. Israeli, K.M. Middleton, A. Roemer, A. Sullivan, X. Tian, and K.S. Breuer. 2005. Unique characteristics of aerodynamics of bat flight: Evidence from direct visualization of patterns of airflow in the wakes of naturally flying bats. North American Symposium on Bat Research.
  2. Middleton, K.M., S.M. Swartz, J.M. Kovnats, M.M. Lee, and K.M. McComas. 2007. Material properties of bat wing bones estimated by cantilever bending. North American Symposium on Bat Research.
  3. Bahlman, J.W., D.K. Riskin, K.M. Middleton, J. Iriarte-Diaz, S.M. Swartz. 2007. Flying Squirrels don’t glide steady: Implications for bat evolution. North American Symposium on Bat Research.