Edited Books and Symposium Volumes

Hanken, J. and B.K. Hall, eds. 1993. The Skull: Vol. 1, Development; Vol. 2, Patterns of Structural and Systematic Diversity; Vol. 3, Functional and Evolutionary Mechanisms. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
Hanken, J. and M.H. Wake, eds. 1991. Symposium: Experimental approaches to the analysis of form and function. Amer. Zool. 31: 601-756.
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Journal Articles and Book Chapters

2000-Present

Gross, J. B., and J. Hanken.  2004.  Use of fluorescent dextran conjugates as a long-term marker of osteogenic neural crest in frogs.  Devel. Dynam.  In press.

Parra-Olea, G., M. García-París, J. Hanken, and D. B. Wake.  2004.  A new species of arboreal salamander (Caudata: Plethodontidae: Pseudoeurycea) from the mountains of Oaxaca, México.  J. Nat. Hist.  In press. 

Shapiro, M. D., J. Hanken, and N. Rosenthal. 2003. Developmental basis of evolutionary digit loss in the Australian lizard Hemiergis. J. Exp. Zool. (Mol. Dev. Evol.) J. Exp. Zool. (Mol. Dev. Evol.) 297B: 48–56.
Hanken, J. 2003. Direct development. In Keywords & Concepts in Evolutionary Developmental Biology (B. K. Hall and W. M. Olson, eds.), pp. 97 102. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Ma.
Falck P., J. Hanken, and L. Olsson. 2002. Cranial neural crest emergence and migration in the Mexican axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum). Zoology (Jena) 105: 195-202.
Olsson, L., J. D. Moury, T. F. Carl, O. Håstad, and J. Hanken. 2002. Cranial neural crest-cell migration in the direct-developing frog, Eleutherodactylus coqui: molecular heterogeneity within and among migratory streams. Zoology 105: 3-13.
Hanken, J. 2002. Eric Thomas Brazil Francis and the evolutionary morphology of salamanders. Introduction to the reprint of E. T. B. Francis, The Anatomy of the Salamander, pp. v-xiv. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Ithaca, New York.
Hanken, J., T. F. Carl, M. K. Richardson, L. Olsson, G. Schlosser, C. K. Osabutey, and M. W. Klymkowsky. 2001. Limb development in a "non-model" vertebrate, the direct-developing frog Eleutherodactylus coqui J. Exp. Zool. (Mol. Dev. Evol.) 291: 375-388.
Hanken, J., and D. B. Wake. 2001. A seventh species of minute salamander (Thorius: Plethodontidae) from the Sierra de Juárez, Oaxaca, México. Herpetologica 57: 515-523.
Olsson, L., P. Falck, K. Lopez, J. Cobb, and J. Hanken. 2001. Cranial neural crest cells contribute to connective tissue in cranial muscles in the anuran amphibian, Bombina orientalis. Devel. Biol. 237: 354-367.
Brame, A. H., Jr., II, J. M. Savage, D. B. Wake, and J. Hanken. 2001. New species of large black salamander, genus Bolitoglossa (Plethodontidae) from western Panamá. Copeia 2001: 700-704.
Carl, T. F., C. Dufton, Y. Vourgourakis, M. Klymkowsky, and J. Hanken. 2000. Green fluorescent protein used to assess cranial neural crest derivatives in the frog, Xenopus laevis. In Regulatory Processes in Development: The Legacy of Sven Hörstadius (1898-1996) (C.-O. Jacobson and L. Olsson, eds.), pp. 167-172. Wenner-Gren International Series, volume 76, Portland Press, London.

1990-1999

Hanken, J., D. B. Wake, and H. L. Freeman. 1999. Three new species of minute salamanders (Thorius: Plethodontidae) from Guerrero, México, including the report of a novel dental polymorphism in urodeles. Copeia 1999:917-931.
Carl, T.F., C. Dufton, J. Hanken, and M.W. Klymkowsky. 1999. Inhibition of neural crest migration in Xenopus using anti-sense-Slug RNA. Devel. Biol. 213: 101-115.
Hanken, J. 1999. Larvae in amphibian development and evolution. In The Origin and Evolution of Larval Forms (B.K. Hall and M.H. Wake, eds.), pp. 61-108. Academic Press, San Diego.
Hanken, J. 1999. Why are there so many new amphibian species when amphibians are declining? Trends Ecol. Evol. 14: 7-8.
Jennings, D.H. and J. Hanken. 1998. Mechanistic basis of life history evolution in anuran amphibians: thyroid gland development in the direct-developing frog, Eleutherodactylus coqui. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 111: 225-232.
Richardson, M.K., T.F. Carl, J. Hanken, R.P. Elinson, C. Cope, and P. Bagley. 1998. Limb development and evolution: a frog embryo with no apical ectodermal ridge (AER). J. Anat. 192: 379-390.
Hanken, J. and D.B. Wake. 1998. Biology of tiny animals: systematics of the minute salamanders (Thorius: Plethodontidae) from Veracruz and Puebla, Mexico, with descriptions of five new species. Copeia 1998: 312-345.
Richardson, M.K., S.P. Allen, G.M. Wright, A. Raynaud, and J. Hanken. 1998. Somite number and vertebrate evolution. Development 125: 151-160.
Hanken, J., M.W. Klymkowsky, K.E. Alley, and D.H. Jennings. 1997. Jaw muscle development as evidence for embryonic repatterning in direct-developing frogs. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B. 264: 1349-1354.
Richardson, M.K., J. Hanken, M.L. Gooneratne, C. Pieau, A. Raynaud, L. Selwood, and G.M. Wright. 1997. There is no highly conserved embryonic stage in the vertebrates: implications for current theories of evolution and development. Anat. Embryol. 196: 91-106.
Hanken, J., D.H. Jennings, and L. Olsson. 1997. Mechanistic basis of life-history evolution in anuran amphibians: direct development. Amer. Zool. 37: 160-171.
Olsson, L. and Hanken, J. 1996. Cranial neural crest migration and chondrogenic fate in the oriental fire-bellied toad, Bombina orientalis: defining the ancestral pattern of head development in anuran amphibians. J. Morphol. 229: 105-120.
Wake, D.B. and J. Hanken. 1996. Direct development in the lungless salamanders: consequences for developmental biology, evolution, and phylogenesis. Internat. J. Devel. Biol. 40: 859-869.
Packard, M. J., D. H. Jennings, J. Hanken. 1996. Growth and uptake of mineral by embyos of the direct-developing frog Eleuterodactylus coqui . Comp. Biochem. and Phys. 113A: 343-349.
Moury, J.D. and J. Hanken. 1995. Early cranial neural crest migration in the direct-developing frog, Eleutherodactylus coqui. Acta Anat. 153:243-253.
Hanken, J. 1995. Development and evolution in amphibians. In Exploring Evolutionary Biology: Readings from American Scientist (M. Slatkin, ed.), pp. 224-231. Sinauer Assoc., Inc., Sunderland. (Reprint of 1989 article.)
Hanken, J. and D.B. Wake. 1994. Five new species of minute salamanders, genus Thorius (Caudata: Plethodontidae), from northern Oaxaca, Mexico. Copeia 1994: 573-590.
Seufert, D.W., J. Hanken, and M.W. Klymkowsky. 1994. Type II collagen distribution during cranial development in Xenopus laevis. Anat. Embryol. 189: 81-89.
Hanken, J. and P. Thorogood. 1993. Evolution and development of the vertebrate skull: the role of pattern formation. Trends Ecol. Evol. 8: 9-15.
Hanken, J. 1993. Model systems versus outgroups: alternative approaches to the study of head development and evolution. Amer. Zool. 33: 448-456.
Hanken, J. and D.B. Wake. 1993. Miniaturization of body size: organismal consequences and evolutionary significance. Ann. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 24: 501-519.
Hall, B.K. and J. Hanken. 1993. Bibliography of skull development: 1937-1989. In The Skull: Vol. 1, Development (J. Hanken and B.K. Hall, eds.), pp. 378-577. Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago.
Hanken, J. and B.K. Hall. 1993. Mechanisms of skull diversity and evolution. In The Skull: Vol. 3, Functional and Evolutionary Mechanisms (J. Hanken and B.K. Hall, eds.), pp. 1-36. Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago.
Hanken, J. 1993. Adaptation of bone growth to miniaturization of body size. In Bone, Volume 7: Bone Growth--B (B.K. Hall, ed.), pp. 79-104. CRC Press, Boca Raton.
Hanken, J. 1992. Life history and morphological evolution. J. Evol. Biol. 5: 549-557.
Trueb, L. and J. Hanken. 1992. Skeletal development in Xenopus laevis (Anura: Pipidae). J. Morphol. 214: 1-41.
Hanken, J., M.W. Klymkowsky, C.H. Summers, D.W. Seufert, and N. Ingebrigtsen. 1992. Cranial ontogeny in the direct-developing frog, Eleutherodactylus coqui (Anura: Leptodactylidae), analyzed using whole-mount immunohistochemistry. J. Morphol. 211: 95-118.
Wake, D.B., P.M. Mabee, J. Hanken and G. Wagner. 1991. Development and evolution--the emergence of a new field. In The Unity of Evolutionary Biology: The Proceedings of the Fourth International Congress of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology (E.C. Dudley, ed.), pp. 582-588. Dioscorides Press, Portland.
Klymkowsky, M.W. and J. Hanken. 1991. Whole-mount staining of Xenopus and other vertebrates. In Xenopus laevis: Practical Uses in Cell and Molecular Biology (B.K. Kay and H.B. Peng, eds.), Methods in Cell Biology 36, pp. 419-441. Academic Press, New York.
Hanken, J., and M.H. Wake. 1991. Introduction to the symposium: Experimental approaches to the analysis of form and function. Amer. Zool. 31: 603-604.
Dinsmore, C.E. and J. Hanken. 1990. Amputation level-dependent patterning in urodele limb regeneration. J. Morphol. 205: 77-84.
Dwyer, C.M. and J. Hanken. 1990. Limb-skeletal variation in the Jemez Mountains salamander, Plethodon neomexicanus. Can. J. Zool. 68: 1281-1287.
Roth, G., B. Rottluff, W. Grunwald, J. Hanken, and R. Linke. 1990. Miniaturization in plethodontid salamanders (Caudata: Plethodontidae) and its consequences for the brain and visual system. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 40: 165-190.
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1980-1989

Hanken, J., C.H. Summers, and B.K. Hall. 1989. Morphological integration in the cranium during anuran metamorphosis. Experientia 45: 872-875.
Hanken, J. 1989. Developmental characters in phylogenetic inference: a test case using amphibians. In Trends in Vertebrate Morphology (H. Splechtna and H. Hilgers, eds.), Fortsch. Zool. 35: 174-179.
Hanken, J. 1989. Development and evolution in amphibians. Amer. Scient. 77: 336-343.
Lauder, G.V., A.W. Crompton, C. Gans, J. Hanken, K.F. Liem, W.O. Maier, A. Meyer, R. Presley, O.C. Rieppel, G. Roth, D. Schluter, and G.A. Zweers. 1989. How are feeding systems integrated and how have evolutionary innovations been introduced? In Complex Organismal Functions: Integration and Evolution in Vertebrates (D.B. Wake and G. Roth, eds.), Dahlem Konferenzen, pp. 97-115. John Wiley & Sons Ltd., Chichester.
Hanken, J. and B.K. Hall. 1988. Skull development during anuran metamorphosis. I. Early development of the first three bones to form--the exoccipital, the parasphenoid, and the frontoparietal. J. Morphol. 195: 247-256.
Hanken, J. and B.K. Hall. 1988. Skull development during anuran metamorphosis. II. Role of thyroid hormone in osteogenesis. Anat. Embryol. 178: 219-227.
Hanken, J. and C.H. Summers. 1988. Skull development during anuran metamorphosis. III. Role of thyroid hormone in chondrogenesis. J. Exp. Zool. 246: 156-170.
Smith, H., J. Hanken, and D. Chiszar. 1988. Thorius pennatulus Cope, 1869 (Amphibia, Caudata): proposed confirmation of the specific name. Bull. Zool. Nomen. 45: 210-211.
Hanken, J., J.F. Lynch, and D.B. Wake. 1987. Salamander invasion of the tropics. In Natural History Reader in Evolution (N. Eldredge, ed.), pp. 101-107. Columbia University Press, New York. (Reprint of 1980 article published in Natural History magazine.)
Dinsmore, C.E. and J. Hanken. 1986. Native variant limb skeletal patterns in the red-backed salamander, Plethodon cinereus, are not regenerated. J. Morphol. 190: 191-200.
Hanken, J. 1986. Developmental evidence for amphibian origins. In Evolutionary Biology, v. 20 (M.K. Hecht, B. Wallace, and G.T. Prance, eds.), pp. 389-417. Plenum Publ. Corp., New York.
Hanken, J. and C.E. Dinsmore. 1986. Geographic variation in the limb skeleton of the red-backed salamander, Plethodon cinereus. J. Herpetol. 20: 97-101.
Hanken, J. 1986. Bone. Collier's Encyclopedia 4: 349-351. Macmillan Educational Co., New York.
Hanken, J. 1986. Small wonders. The Sciences 26(5): 40-43.
Hanken, J. 1985. Morphological novelty in the limb skeleton accompanies miniaturization in salamanders. Science 229: 871-874.
Hall, B.K. and J. Hanken. 1985. Repair of fractured lower jaws in the Spotted Salamander: Do amphibians form secondary cartilage? J. Exp. Zool. 233: 359-368.
Hall, B.K. and J. Hanken. 1985. Foreward to G.R. de Beer's, The Development of the Vertebrate Skull, pp. vii-xxviii. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
Hanken, J. and B.K. Hall. 1984. Variation and timing of the cranial ossification sequence of the Oriental Fire-bellied Toad, Bombina orientalis (Amphibia, Discoglossidae). J. Morphol. 182:245-255.
Hanken, J. and M.A.R. Koehl. 1984. Technique for revealing the three dimensional architecture of whole preserved spiculated invertebrates. Stain Technol. 59: 65-69.
Hanken, J. 1984. Miniaturization and its effects on cranial morphology in plethodontid salamanders, genus Thorius (Amphibia: Plethodontidae). I. Osteological variation. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 23: 55-75.
Dinsmore, C.E. and J. Hanken. 1984. Skeletal pattern variability in native and regenerated limbs of the red-backed salamander, Plethodon cinereus. Mt. Desert Is. Biol. Lab. Bull. 24: 70-71.
Hanken, J. 1983. Genetic variation in a dwarfed lineage, the Mexican salamander genus Thorius (Amphibia: Plethodontidae): Taxonomic, ecologic, and evolutionary implications. Copeia 1983: 1051-1073.
Hanken, J. 1983. Miniaturization and its effects on cranial morphology in plethodontid salamanders, genus Thorius (Amphibia: Plethodontidae). II. The fate of the brain and sense organs and their role in skull morphogenesis and evolution. J. Morphol. 177: 255-268.
Hanken, J. 1983. High incidence of limb skeletal variants in a peripheral population of the red-backed salamander, Plethodon cinereus (Amphibia: Plethodontidae), from Nova Scotia. Can. J. Zool. 61: 1925-1931.
Hanken, J. and D.B. Wake. 1982. Genetic differentiation among plethodontid salamanders (genus Bolitoglossa) in Central and South America: Implications for the South American invasion. Herpetologica 38: 272-287.
Wake, M.H. and J. Hanken. 1982. The development of the skull of Dermophis mexicanus (Amphibia: Gymnophiona), with comments on skull kinesis and amphibian relationships. J. Morphol. 173: 203-233.
Hanken, J. 1982. Appendicular skeletal morphology in minute salamanders, genus Thorius (Amphibia: Plethodontidae): Growth regulation, adult size determination, and natural variation. J. Morphol. 174: 57-77.
Hanken, J. and P.W. Sherman. 1981. Multiple paternity in Belding's Ground Squirrel litters. Science 212: 351-353.
Hanken, J., J.F. Lynch, and D.B. Wake. 1980. Salamander invasion of the tropics. Nat. Hist. 89(12): 46-53.
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1970-1979

Hanken, J. 1979. Egg development time and clutch size in two neotropical salamanders. Copeia 1979: 741-744.

Commentary, Reports, Public Articles

Hanken, J. 2000. A review of Tadpoles: The biology of anuran larvae. Evol. Devel. 2: 174-175.
Hanken, J. 1999. An alternative evolutionary synthesis [review of C.D. Schlichting and M. Pigliucci, Phenotypic Evolution: A Reaction Norm Perspective]. Trends Ecol. Evol. 14: 162-163.
Hanken, J. 1999. Museums are far from fossilized. Nature 400: 13. [Letter]
Hanken, J. 1999. 4,780 and counting. Nat. Hist. 108(7): 88.
Hanken, J. 1998. Beauty beyond belief. Nat. Hist. 107(10): 56-59.
Richardson, M.K., J. Hanken, L. Selwood, G.M. Wright, R.J. Richards, C. Pieau, and A. Raynaud. 1998. Haeckel, embryos, and evolution. Science 280: 983-986. [Letter]
Richardson, M.K., A. Minelli, M. Coates, and J. Hanken. 1998. Phylotypic stage theory. Trends Ecol. Evol. 13: 158. [Letter to the editor]
Hanken, J. and M.K. Richardson. 1998. Haeckel's embryos. Science 279: 1288. [Letter]
Hanken, J. and T.F. Carl. 1996. The shape of evolutionary developmental biology [review of R.A. Raff, The Shape of Life: Genes, Development, and the Evolution of Animal Form]. Trends Ecol. Evol. 11: 441-442.
Hanken, J. 1996. The art of the skull. Nat. Hist. 105(10): 34-39.
Thorogood, P. and J. Hanken. 1992. Body building exercises. Curr. Biol. 2: 83-85.
Hanken, J. 1990. Review of Thomson, K.S., Morphogenesis and Evolution. Copeia 1990: 247-248.
Hanken, J. 1989. Development and evolution of the neural crest (review of Developmental and Evolutionary Aspects of the Neural Crest). Evolution 43: 1337-1338.
Hanken, J. 1987. Review of Biology of the Reptilia, v. 14-15 (Development A & B). Herp. Rev. 18(2): 41, 43.
Hanken, J. 1986. Review of Morphometrics in Evolutionary Biology: The Geometry of Size and Shape Change, with Examples from Fishes. Quart. Rev. Biol. 61: 542-543.
Hanken, J. 1986. Morphological evolution (Review of Mechanisms of Morphological Evolution). Evolution 40: 443-444.
Hanken, J. and B.K. Hall. 1983. Evolution of the skeleton. Nat. Hist. 92(4): 28-39.
Hanken, J. and R.J. Wassersug. 1981. The visible skeleton. Funct. Photog. 16: 22-26, 44.
Hanken, J., J.F. Lynch, and D.B. Wake. 1980. Salamander invasion of the tropics. Nat. Hist. 89(12): 46-53.
Wake, D.B. and J. Hanken. 1977. Herpetology at the University of California-Berkeley. Herp. Rev. 8: 74-75.