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Lucas Legendre
PeerJ Author & Reviewer
170 Points

Contributions by role

Author 100
Reviewer 70

Contributions by subject area

Evolutionary Studies
Zoology
Histology
Paleontology
Developmental Biology

Lucas J Legendre

PeerJ Author & Reviewer

Summary

My research focuses mainly on the evolution of biomineralized structures in vertebrates (e.g. bone, cartilage, eggshells) using histology and microscopy techniques. I use phylogenetic comparative methods on such microstructural features to assess their functional constraints and reconstruct their evolutionary history. I am currently a Research Associate at the University of Texas at Austin, working on the evolution of the syrinx in modern birds, as well as reptile eggshell microstructure, among other projects.

Anatomy & Physiology Computational Biology Evolutionary Studies Histology Paleontology Statistics Zoology

Past or current institution affiliations

University of Texas at Austin
National Museum Institute of History of Art, Conservation and Museology

Work details

Research Associate

University of Texas at Austin
September 2018
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Projects focusing on the evolution of the syrinx (i.e. the vocal organ of birds) and on the evolution of eggshell microstructure in reptiles, respectivel.

Postdoctoral researcher

National Museum, Bloemfontein
July 2016 - June 2018
Karoo Palaeontology Department
This research project investigates the link between fossorial activity and bone microstructure in mammals, and how functional and structural factors influence bone growth patterns in this particular lifestyle. The results of this study will be used in further projects on fossoriality in fossil non-mammalian synapsids.

Websites

  • Google Scholar
  • ResearchGate
  • Professional website

PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 1
  • Reviewed 2
July 11, 2018
Digging the compromise: investigating the link between limb bone histology and fossoriality in the aardvark (Orycteropus afer)
Lucas J. Legendre, Jennifer Botha-Brink
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5216 PubMed 30018860

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.

September 23, 2022
Interelemental osteohistological variation in Massospondylus carinatus and its implications for locomotion
Kimberley EJ Chapelle, Paul M. Barrett, Jonah N. Choiniere, Jennifer Botha
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13918 PubMed 36172498
October 1, 2021
A histological survey of avian post-natal skeletal ontogeny
Jessie Atterholt, Holly N. Woodward
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12160 PubMed 34703663