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Philip Cox
PeerJ Author & Reviewer
3,150 Points

Contributions by role

Author 945
Reviewer 70
Editor 2,135

Contributions by subject area

Bioengineering
Evolutionary Studies
Zoology
Anatomy and Physiology
Scientific Computing and Simulation
Computer Vision
Paleontology
Agricultural Science
Anthropology
Animal Behavior
Veterinary Medicine
Computational Biology
Ecology
Taxonomy
Biogeography
Biodiversity
Kinesiology
Biophysics
Histology
Mathematical Biology
Statistics

Philip G Cox

PeerJ Author & Reviewer

Summary

My research is concerned with the mammalian skull and how it has been shaped by both evolution and function. I am interested in how the forces generated by feeding can influence cranial morphology. I investigate these issues using techniques such as geometric morphometrics and finite element analysis. I am fascinated by all mammals, but my current research is particularly focused on the rodents, as they display unique and highly specialised adaptations of the teeth and masticatory muscles.

Anatomy & Physiology Bioengineering Evolutionary Studies Paleontology Zoology

Editing Journals

Past or current institution affiliations

University College London
University of Hull
University of York

Work details

Associate Professor

University College London, University of London
October 2022
Cell & Developmental Biology

Senior Lecturer

University of York
September 2014 - September 2022
Hull York Medical School

Websites

  • Google Scholar
  • Personal website

PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 7
  • Edited 20
  • Reviewed 2
November 29, 2022
The evolution of unique cranial traits in leporid lagomorphs
Amber P. Wood-Bailey, Philip G. Cox, Alana C. Sharp
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14414 PubMed 36518283
May 18, 2021
Landmark-free, parametric hypothesis tests regarding two-dimensional contour shapes using coherent point drift registration and statistical parametric mapping
Todd C. Pataky, Masahide Yagi, Noriaki Ichihashi, Philip G. Cox
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj-cs.542
March 24, 2020
Masticatory musculature of the African mole-rats (Rodentia: Bathyergidae)
Philip G. Cox, Chris G. Faulkes, Nigel C. Bennett
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8847 PubMed 32231887
August 30, 2017
The jaw is a second-class lever in Pedetes capensis (Rodentia: Pedetidae)
Philip G. Cox
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3741 PubMed 28875081
November 7, 2016
Probabilistic biomechanical finite element simulations: whole-model classical hypothesis testing based on upcrossing geometry
Todd C. Pataky, Michihiko Koseki, Phillip G. Cox
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj-cs.96
June 17, 2014
Digital dissection of the masticatory muscles of the naked mole-rat, Heterocephalus glaber (Mammalia, Rodentia)
Philip G. Cox, Chris G. Faulkes
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.448 PubMed 25024917
September 12, 2013
Masticatory biomechanics of the Laotian rock rat, Laonastes aenigmamus, and the function of the zygomaticomandibularis muscle
Philip G. Cox, Joanna Kirkham, Anthony Herrel
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.160 PubMed 24058888

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April 8, 2020
Functional histology of the skin in the subterranean African giant mole-rat: thermal windows are determined solely by pelage characteristics
Lucie Pleštilová, Jan Okrouhlík, Hynek Burda, Hana Sehadová, Eva M. Valesky, Radim Šumbera
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8883 PubMed 32296606
December 19, 2019
Hole in One: an element reduction approach to modeling bone porosity in finite element analysis
Beatriz L. Santaella, Z. Jack Tseng
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8112 PubMed 31875143
July 23, 2019
Intraspecific variation and symmetry of the inner-ear labyrinth in a population of wild turkeys: implications for paleontological reconstructions
Donald G. Cerio, Lawrence M. Witmer
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7355 PubMed 31372322
June 7, 2019
The cutting-edge morphology of the mole snake’s dental apparatus
Alexandra M. Evans, Jonah N. Choiniere, Graham J. Alexander
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6943 PubMed 31211009
February 12, 2019
The running kinematics of free-roaming giraffes, measured using a low cost unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
Christopher K. Basu, Francois Deacon, John R. Hutchinson, Alan M. Wilson
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6312 PubMed 30775166
September 11, 2018
A novel experimental design for the measurement of metacarpal bone loading and deformation and fingertip force
Szu-Ching Lu, Evie E. Vereecke, Alexander Synek, Dieter H. Pahr, Tracy L. Kivell
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5480 PubMed 30221084
August 25, 2018
A well-preserved partial scapula from Japan and the reconstruction of the triosseal canal of plotopterids
Tatsuro Ando, Keisaku Fukata
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5391 PubMed 30155348
July 20, 2018
Morphospace saturation in the stem-gnathostomes pteraspidiformes heterostracans: an early radiation of a ‘bottom’ heavy clade
Marco Romano, Robert Sansom, Emma Randle
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5249 PubMed 30042894
June 22, 2018
Low resolution scans can provide a sufficiently accurate, cost- and time-effective alternative to high resolution scans for 3D shape analyses
Ariel E. Marcy, Carmelo Fruciano, Matthew J. Phillips, Karine Mardon, Vera Weisbecker
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5032 PubMed 29942695
May 31, 2018
Assessing canalisation of intraspecific variation on a macroevolutionary scale: the case of crinoid arms through the Phanerozoic
Catalina Pimiento, Kit Lam Tang, Samuel Zamora, Christian Klug, Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4899 PubMed 29868289
November 21, 2017
Morphological convergence in ‘river dolphin’ skulls
Charlotte E. Page, Natalie Cooper
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4090 PubMed 29177120
October 13, 2017
The intervals method: a new approach to analyse finite element outputs using multivariate statistics
Jordi Marcé-Nogué, Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno, Thomas A. Püschel, Josep Fortuny
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3793 PubMed 29043107
September 25, 2017
Ecomorphological characterization of murines and non-arvicoline cricetids (Rodentia) from south-western Europe since the latest Middle Miocene to the Mio-Pliocene boundary (MN 7/8–MN13)
Ana R. Gomez Cano, Yuri Kimura, Fernando Blanco, Iris Menéndez, María A. Álvarez-Sierra, Manuel Hernández Fernández
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3646 PubMed 28966888
July 18, 2017
Body and skull morphometric variations between two shovel-headed species of Amphisbaenia (Reptilia: Squamata) with morphofunctional inferences on burrowing
Leandro dos Santos Lima Hohl, Mariana Fiuza de Castro Loguercio, Fernando Lencastre Sicuro, José Duarte de Barros-Filho, Oscar Rocha-Barbosa
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3581 PubMed 30057857
May 16, 2017
Morphology of an Early Oligocene beaver Propalaeocastor irtyshensis and the status of the genus Propalaeocastor
Lüzhou Li, Qiang Li, Xiaoyu Lu, Xijun Ni
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3311 PubMed 28533963
March 22, 2017
Curvature reduces bending strains in the quokka femur
Kyle McCabe, Keith Henderson, Jess Pantinople, Hazel L. Richards, Nick Milne
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3100 PubMed 28348929
February 2, 2017
Medial knee joint contact force in the intact limb during walking in recently ambulatory service members with unilateral limb loss: a cross-sectional study
Ross H. Miller, Rebecca L. Krupenevich, Alison L. Pruziner, Erik J. Wolf, Barri L. Schnall
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2960 PubMed 28168120
September 22, 2016
Evolutionary morphology of the rabbit skull
Brian Kraatz, Emma Sherratt
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2453 PubMed 27688967
July 14, 2016
A preliminary case study of the effect of shoe-wearing on the biomechanics of a horse’s foot
Olga Panagiotopoulou, Jeffery W. Rankin, Stephen M. Gatesy, John R. Hutchinson
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2164 PubMed 27478694
May 2, 2016
Bone indicators of grasping hands in lizards
Gabriela Fontanarrosa, Virginia Abdala
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1978 PubMed 27168987

Signed reviews submitted for articles published in PeerJ Note that some articles may not have the review itself made public unless authors have made them open as well.

June 16, 2020
Visualization and quantification of mimetic musculature via DiceCT
Edwin Dickinson, Emily Atkinson, Antonio Meza, Shruti Kolli, Ashley R. Deutsch, Anne M. Burrows, Adam Hartstone-Rose
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9343 PubMed 32587802
August 14, 2014
Three dimensional digital reconstruction of the jaw adductor musculature of the extinct marsupial giant Diprotodon optatum
Alana C. Sharp
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.514 PubMed 25165628