Recent
Publications and Presentations
Books and Symposium volumes edited
Blackburn, D.G. and M. K. Richardson, eds. (2009). Trends in Evolution of Amniote Embryos. (8th International Congress
of Vertebrate Morphology, Paris, France). Journal of Experimental
Zoology B. Molecular
and Developmental Evolution 312B.
Online
issue
Andrea Mess, Daniel G. Blackburn, and Ulrich Zeller (2003). Symposium on
Evolutionary Transformations of Fetal Membranes and Reproductive Strategies,
(Sixth International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, University of Jena,
Germany). Journal
of Experimental Zoology. Online
issue
Recent Papers and Book chapters (2000-
present) for pre-2000 papers click
here)
* denotes publications with Trinity
undergraduates
Blackburn, D.G. and J.R. Stewart (2011). Viviparity and placentation
in snakes. Pages
119-181. In: Reproductive Biology
and Phylogeny of Snakes (R.D. Aldridge & D.M. Sever, eds). Science Publishers,
Enfield, NH. Book
location PDF of chapter
*Anderson,
K.E., D.G. Blackburn, and K.D. Dunlap (2011).
Scanning EM of the placental interface in the mountain
spiny lizard, Sceloporus jarrovi.
Journal of Morphology 272: 465-484. Abstract
Blackburn, D.G., and A.F. Flemming (2010). Reproductive specializations in a viviparous
African skink: implications for evolution and biological conservation. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 5:
263-270. Online
paper
*
Blackburn, D.G., G.S. Gavelis, K.E. Anderson, A.R. Johnson, and K.D. Dunlap
(2010). Placental
specializations in the mountain spiny lizard Sceloporus jarrovi.
Journal of Morphology 271:1153–1175. Abstract
Thompson, M.B., D.G. Blackburn, and S. L. Parker (2010). Reproduction in reptiles, from genes to
ecology: a retrospective and prospective vision. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 5:
252-256. Online
paper
*Blackburn,
D.G., K.E. Anderson, A.R. Johnson, S.R. Knight, and G.S. Gavelis (2009). Histology and ultrastructure of the placental
membranes of the viviparous brown snake, Storeria
dekayi (Colubridae: Natricinae).
Journal of Morphology 270: 1137-1154.
Abstract
Blackburn, D.G. and A. Flemming (2009). Morphology, development,
and evolution of fetal membranes and placentation in squamate reptiles. Journal of Experimental
Zoology B. Molecular and
Developmental Evolution 312B: 579-589. Abstract
Blackburn, D.G. and M.K. Richardson (2009). Preface to the Symposium “Trends in the
Evolution of Amniote Embryos”
Journal of Experimental Zoology B. Molecular and Developmental Evolution 312B:
525. Abstract
*Knight,
S.M. Knight and D.G. Blackburn (2008). Scanning electron microscopy of the fetal membranes of an oviparous
squamate, the corn snake Pituophis
guttatus (Colubridae).
Journal of Morphology 269:922-934.
Abstract
Blackburn,
D.G. (2008). The
creationist attack on science and secular society. In: Science and Secularism in
the 21st Century (A. Keysar and B.A. Kosmin, eds.). Institute for
the Study of Secularism in Society and Culture. PDF of chapter
Blackburn,
D.G. (2006). Squamate
reptiles as model organisms for the evolution of viviparity. Herpetological Monographs 20: 131-146. PDF Online
abstract
Thompson, M.B. and D.G. Blackburn. (2006). Evolution of viviparity in reptiles:
introduction to the symposium.
Herpetological Monographs 20: 129-130.
PDF Online
article
Ecay, T.W., J.R. Stewart, and D.G. Blackburn (2004). Expression of
calbindin-D28K by yolk sac and chorioallantoic membranes of the corn snake, Elaphe guttata. Journal of Experimental Zoology 302B:
517-525. Abstract PDF
Stewart, J.R., T.W. Ecay, and D.G.
Blackburn (2004). Sources and
timing of calcium mobilization during embryonic development of the corn snake Pantherophis guttatus. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 139:
335-341. Abstract PDF
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*
*
Mess, A., D.G. Blackburn, and U. Zeller (2003). Evolutionary
transformations of fetal membranes and reproductive strategies. Journal of Experimental Zoology 299A: 3-12.
Abstract
Flemming, A.F. and D.G. Blackburn (2003). Evolution of
placentotrophy in viviparous African and South American lizards. Journal of Experimental Zoology 299A: 33-47.
Abstract
*
Blackburn, D.G., K.K. Weaber, J.R. Stewart, and M.B.
Thompson (2003). Do pregnant lizards
reabsorb or abort inviable eggs? Morphological evidence from
an Australian skink, Pseudemoia pagenstecheri. Journal of Morphology 256: 219-234. Abstract PDF
Blackburn, D.G. and L.J. Vitt (2002). Specializations of the chorioallantoic
placenta in the Brazilian scincid lizard, Mabuya heathi: A new placental morphotype for reptiles. Journal of Morphology 254:121-131. Abstract
Blackburn, D.G., J.R. Stewart, D.C. Baxter,
and L.H. Hoffman (2002). Placentation
in garter snakes. Scanning EM of the placental membranes of Thamnophis ordinoides
and T. sirtalis. Journal
of Morphology 252:263-275. Abstract
Blackburn,
D.G. (2000a). Classification of the reproductive patterns of
amniotes. Herpetological Monographs 14: 371-377. Abstract PDF
Blackburn,
D.G. (2000b). Reptilian viviparity: Past research, future directions, and
appropriate models. Comparative
Biochemistry and Physiology -- Part A:
Molecular and Integrative Physiology 127: 391- 409. Abstract doi link
Reprints: daniel.blackburn at trincoll.edu
Recent Abstracts / Symposium Presentations (2000-
present) (for pre- 2000 abstracts & presentations click
here)
*
denotes presentations with
Blackburn, D.G.
(2010). Phylogeny of fetal nutritional specializations in
vertebrates. 9th
International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Punta del Este, Uruguay (July
2010).
Flemming, A.F. and D. G. Blackburn (2010). Morphological
specializations for placentotrophy in viviparous African lizards. 9th International Congress of Vertebrate
Morphology, Punta del Este, Uruguay (July 2010).
* Anderson,
K.E., D.G. Blackburn, and K.D. Dunlap (2010). Placental
morphology in the viviparous lizard Sceloporus jarrovi. International
Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Punta del Este, Uruguay (July 2010).
* Anderson,
K.E., D.G. Blackburn, N.A. Freidenfelds, and T.
Langkilde (2010). Fetal membrane structure and
development in an oviparous lizard, Sceloporus undulatus.
International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Punta del Este, Uruguay
(July 2010).
* Anderson,
K.E., D.G. Blackburn, and K.D. Dunlap (2009).
Scanning EM of the placental membranes in the
viviparous lizard Sceloporus jarrovi. Society
of Comparative and Integrative Biology, Boston (Jan. 2009). SICB Abstracts, p. 2.112.
Blackburn, D.G. and J.R. Stewart (2009).
Evolution of placentation in thamnophine
snakes. Invited
presentation to the symposium Reproduction
in Snakes. American Society
of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Oregon (July 2009).
Blackburn,
D.G. (2009). Evolution of vertebrate
viviparity and matrotrophy: an overview.
Invited presentation to the symposium Viviparity in Fishes. American
Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Oregon (July 2009).
* Anderson,
K.E. , and D.G. Blackburn (2009). The placental interface in
viviparous snakes, as revealed by scanning electron microscopy. American Society of Ichthyologists and
Herpetologists, Oregon (July 2009).
Blackburn, D.G. and M.B. Thompson (2008). Reproduction in reptiles: a
retrospective and prospective vision. Invited presentation to the symposium Reproduction in Reptiles: From Genes to Ecology. Sixth World Congress of Herpetology, Manaus,
Brazil (August 2008).
Blackburn, D.G. and A.F. Flemming (2008). Specializations for placentotrophy in African skinks and their
evolutionary implications. Invited presentation to the symposium Reproduction in Reptiles: From Genes to Ecology. Sixth World Congress of Herpetology, Manaus,
Brazil (August 2008).
* Blackburn,
D.G., K.E. Anderson, S.R. Knight, A.R. Johnson, and G.S. Gavelis (2008). Functional morphology of
the placentae in the viviparous thamnophine snake Storeria dekayi. Sixth World Congress of Herpetology, Manaus,
Brazil (August 2008).
* Gavelis,
G.S., Blackburn, D.G., K.E. Anderson, and K.D. Dunlap (2008). Placentation in the viviparous lizard Sceloporus jarrovi is unusually
specialized. Sixth World Congress of
Herpetology, Manaus, Brazil (August 2008).
Blackburn, D.G. and A.F. Flemming (2007). Evolution of fetal membranes and placentation in reptiles. Invited presentation, Symposium on Trends in Evolution of Amniote
Embryos. Proceedings of the 8th
International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, p. 12. Pierre and Marie Curie
University, and Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France; July 2007.
* Knight,
S.M. and D.G. Blackburn (2007). Scanning electron microscopy of the fetal membranes of an oviparous
snake. Proceedings of the 8th
International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, p. 67. Pierre and Marie Curie
University, and Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France; July 2007.
* Gavelis,
G.S., Kent. D. Dunlap, and D.G. Blackburn (2007). Placental specializations in
the viviparous lizard Sceloporus jarrovi. Proceedings of the 8th International Congress
of Vertebrate Morphology, p. 44. Pierre and Marie Curie University, and Muséum National d’Histoire
Naturelle, Paris, France; July 2007.
Blackburn,
D.G. (2006). Evolution
of matrotrophy in vertebrates. Third International Symposium on Live-Bearing Fishes. Universidad
Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo (UMSNH), Morelia, Mexico; November, 2006.
Ecay, T., M. Gustafson, J. Stewart, and D. Blackburn (2006). Mechanism of calcium transport by the chorioallantoic membrane of
an oviparous snake, Pantherophis
guttatus. American Physiological
Society Intersociety Conference.
Virginia Beach Convention Center; Oct. 2006.
Blackburn,
D.G. (2005). The reptilian model for
the evolution of viviparity: its potential and limitations. Fifth World Congress of Herpetology,
Flemming,
A.F. and D.G. Blackburn (2005). Close contacts
of the giant kind: on placental interfaces in matrotrophic lizards. Fifth World Congress of Herpetology,
*
Blackburn, D.G., A.R. Johnson, and J.L. Petzold (2005). Fetal membranes as exaptations for
viviparity: evidence from ultrastructural studies of the corn snake, Pantherophis guttatus. International
Herpetological Congress, University of Stellenbosch, Republic of South Africa,
2005.
Ecay, T.W., J.R. Stewart, and D.G. Blackburn
(2005). Timing and mechanism of calcium mobilization
during embryonic development of the corn snake.
Society for Integrative and Comparative
Biology,
*
Stewart, J.R., T.W. Ecay, and
D.G. Blackburn (2004). Developmental expression of
calbindin-D28k in extraembryonic membranes of the corn snake Elaphe guttata. Proceedings of the Joint Annual Meeting:
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, the Herpetologists’
League, and the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles.
Ecay, T.W., J.R. Stewart, and D.G. Blackburn
(2004). Mobilization of calcium is coincident with
expression of calbindin-D28K in the extraembryonic membranes of the corn
snake. American Society for Cell Biology,
*
* Johnson,
A.R., J.L. Petzold, and D.G. Blackburn (2002).
Morphology and evolution of fetal membranes in snakes. Society for Integrative and Comparative
Biology, regional meeting of the Division of Vertebrate Morphology, Harvard
University, Cambridge Massachusetts, September 2002.
*
Blackburn, D.G. (2001). Evolution of
specializations of the extraembryonic membranes of reptiles and birds. Symposium on
Evolutionary Transformations of Fetal Membranes and Reproductive Strategies,
Sixth International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology. University of Jena, Germany, July, 2001. Journal of Morphology 248: 207.
Mess, A., D.G.
Blackburn, and U. Zeller (2001). Evolutionary
transformations of fetal membranes and reproductive strategies. Symposium on
Evolutionary Transformations of Fetal Membranes and Reproductive Strategies,
Sixth International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology. University of Jena, Germany, July, 2001. Journal of Morphology (in
press).
* Blackburn, D.G., J. L. Petzold, and A.
R. Johnson (2001). Cytology
of the developing extraembryonic membranes of an oviparous snake (Elaphe guttata). Sixth International
Congress of Vertebrate Morphology.
University of Jena, Germany, July, 2001.
Journal of Morphology 248: 261.
Flemming, A. F. and
D.G. Blackburn (2001). Evolution
of placentotrophy in viviparous African lizards. Symposium
on Evolutionary Transformations of Fetal Membranes and Reproductive Strategies,
Sixth International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology. University of Jena, Germany, July, 2001. Journal of Morphology 248: 230.
* Blackburn, D.G., A. R.
Johnson, and J. L. Petzold (2000). Histology of the extraembryonic membranes of the oviparous corn
snake, Elaphe guttata. Society for Integrative and Comparative
Biology, Chicago, Illinois (January 2001).
American Zoologist 39 (5): 115-116.
* Charlesworth, T., A.H.
Lehman, and D.G. Blackburn (2000). Cytology and ultrastructure of the extraembryonic membranes of the
quail, Coturnix coturnix. Society for Integrative and Comparative
Biology,
Other
abstracts & presentations (pre- 2000)
Translations
- denotes publications with Trinity undergraduates
"Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Plazentation bei
Haien und Reptilien. B. Die Plazentation von Seps chalcides",
by N. J. ten Cate-Hoedemaker. Z.
Zellforsch. mikrosk. Anat. 18: 299-345 (1933).
"Ueber die Entwicklung von Seps chalcides",
by E. Giacomini. Anat. Anz. 6:
548-551 (1891).
* with M. Roth. "Rapports anatomo-histologiques
établis au cours de la gestation
entre l'oeuf et l'oviducte maternel chez le
lézard ovovivipare Zootoca vivipara W.
(Lacerta vivipara J.), by M. Panigel. Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. 76:
163-170 (1951).
* with M. Roth. "Materiaux pour l'etude
du developpement du Seps chalcides", by E. Giacomini. Arch. Ital.
Biol. 16: 332-359 (1891).
"Ueber eine neue Art uterinaler Brutpflege bei
Reptilien", by W. Haacke, Zool. Anz. 8: 435-439 (1885).
"Riesenzellen im Chorion laeve des Kaninchens",
by G. Petry and W. Kühnel. Experientia
22: 443 (1966).
"Ueber mehrkernige Riesenzellen im Chorion laeve des
Kaninchens", by W. Kühnel. Anat.
Anz., Jena 150: 235-238 (1981).
"Zur näheren Kenntnis des Mammarorgans von
Echidna", by. C. Gegenbaur.
Morphologische Jahrbuch 9: 604 (1884).
"In der Uteruswand während der Gravidität
auftretende metachromatische granulierte Zellverbände und ihre Stellung zur
'Glandula myometralis'," by J. Asplund, U. Borell, and H. Holmgren. Z. Mikrosk. Anat. Forsch. (Leipzig) 48:
478-528 (1940). [excerpts]
"Untersuchungen über Physiologie
und Histologie des Eileiters der Reptilien und Vögel: nebst einem Beitrag zur
Fasergenese", by H. Giersberg.
Zeitschr. f. wissensch. Zoologie 70: 1-97 (1923) [excerpts].
with L. Miller:
"Sulla maniera di gestazione e sugli annessi embrionali del Gongylus
ocellatus Forsk", by E. Giacomini.
Mem. R. Accad. Sci. Inst.
with L. Miller: "L'oolisi della Seps chalcides,
by P. Mingazzini (1892). Atti Acc. Lincei (Rend V) 1: 41-45.
with L. Miller: "Osservazioni
sui riassorbimento degli embrioni nella Seps chalcides",
by G. Domini (1928). Arch. zool. ital. (
Reprints: daniel.blackburn at trincoll.edu
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