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Howard University College of Medicine: Washington, DC, US

2012 to present | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ANATOMY (Department of Anatomy)
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Rui Diogo

Education and qualifications (2)

George Washington University Department of Anthropology: Washington, DC, US

2011-05-10 | DOCTOR IN PHILOSOPHY (Anthropology Department)
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Rui Diogo

University of Liège : Liège, BE

2003-09-14 | DOCTOR IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
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Rui Diogo

Funding (1)

Collaborative Research: Skeletal muscle constraint on relative brain size

2014-09-15 to 2017-08-31 | Grant
National Science Foundation - Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences (n/a, US)
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Works (43)

Anatomical networks reveal the musculoskeletal modularity of the human head.

2015 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1038/srep08298

PMID:

25656958

Contributors: Esteve-Altava B; Diogo R; Smith C; Boughner JC; Rasskin-Gutman D
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Is evolutionary biology becoming too politically correct? A reflection on the scala naturae, phylogenetically basal clades, anatomically plesiomorphic taxa, and 'lower' animals.

2015-05 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1111/brv.12121

PMID:

24917249

Contributors: Diogo R; Ziermann JM; Linde-Medina M
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A new heart for a new head in vertebrate cardiopharyngeal evolution.

2015-04 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1038/nature14435

PMID:

25903628

Contributors: Diogo R; Kelly RG; Christiaen L; Levine M; Ziermann JM; Molnar JL; Noden DM; Tzahor E
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Towards the resolution of a long-standing evolutionary question: muscle identity and attachments are mainly related to topological position and not to primordium or homeotic identity of digits.

2015-04 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1111/joa.12301

PMID:

25851747

Contributors: Diogo R; Walsh S; Smith C; Ziermann JM; Abdala V
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Muscles of chondrichthyan paired appendages: comparison with osteichthyans, deconstruction of the fore-hindlimb serial homology dogma, and new insights on the evolution of the vertebrate neck.

2015-03 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1002/ar.23047

PMID:

25205543

Contributors: Diogo R; Ziermann JM
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Finding our way through phenotypes.

2015-01 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1371/journal.pbio.1002033

PMID:

25562316

PMC:

PMC4285398

Contributors: Deans AR; Lewis SE; Huala E; Anzaldo SS; Ashburner M; Balhoff JP; Blackburn DC; Blake JA; Burleigh JG; Chanet B et al.
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Development, Metamorphosis, Morphology and Diversity: The Evolution of Chordate muscles and the Origin of Vertebrates.

2014-12 | Journal article
PMID:

25476723

Contributors: Diogo R; Ziermann JM
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Specialize or risk disappearance - empirical evidence of anisomerism based on comparative and developmental studies of gnathostome head and limb musculature.

2014-08 | Journal article
PMID:

25174804

Contributors: Diogo R; Ziermann JM; Linde-Medina M
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The anatomy and ontogeny of the head, neck, pectoral, and upper limb muscles of Lemur catta and Propithecus coquereli (primates): discussion on the parallelism between ontogeny and phylogeny and implications for evolutionary and developmental biology.

2014-08 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1002/ar.22931

PMID:

24757163

Contributors: Diogo R; Molnar JL; Smith TD
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Comparative anatomy, evolution, and homologies of tetrapod hindlimb muscles, comparison with forelimb muscles, and deconstruction of the forelimb-hindlimb serial homology hypothesis.

2014-06 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1002/ar.22919

PMID:

24729440

Contributors: Diogo R; Molnar J
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Is salamander limb regeneration really perfect? Anatomical and morphogenetic analysis of forelimb muscle regeneration in GFP-transgenic axolotls as a basis for regenerative, developmental, and evolutionary studies.

2014-06 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1002/ar.22906

PMID:

24692358

Contributors: Diogo R; Nacu E; Tanaka EM
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Plain faces are more expressive: comparative study of facial colour, mobility and musculature in primates.

2014-05 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1098/rsbl.2014.0275

PMID:

24850898

Contributors: Santana SE; Dobson SD; Diogo R
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Cranial muscle development in frogs with different developmental modes: direct development versus biphasic development.

2014-04 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1002/jmor.20223

PMID:

24877162

Contributors: Ziermann JM; Diogo R
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Is salamander hindlimb regeneration similar to that of the forelimb? Anatomical and morphogenetic analysis of hindlimb muscle regeneration in GFP-transgenic axolotls as a basis for regenerative and developmental studies.

2014-04 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1111/joa.12150

PMID:

24325444

Contributors: Diogo R; Murawala P; Tanaka EM
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Development of fore- and hindlimb muscles in frogs: morphogenesis, homeotic transformations, digit reduction, and the forelimb-hindlimb enigma.

2014-02 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1002/jez.b.22549

PMID:

24254979

Contributors: Diogo R; Ziermann JM
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Development of fore- and hindlimb muscles in GFP-transgenic axolotls: morphogenesis, the tetrapod bauplan, and new insights on the forelimb-hindlimb enigma.

2014-02 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1002/jez.b.22552

PMID:

24302552

Contributors: Diogo R; Tanaka EM
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The broader evolutionary lessons to be learned from a comparative and phylogenetic analysis of primate muscle morphology.

2013-11 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1111/brv.12039

PMID:

23530476

Contributors: Diogo R; Wood B
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Cranial muscle development in the model organism ambystoma mexicanum: implications for tetrapod and vertebrate comparative and evolutionary morphology and notes on ontogeny and phylogeny.

2013-07 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1002/ar.22713

PMID:

23650269

Contributors: Ziermann JM; Diogo R
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First comparative study of primate morphological and molecular evolutionary rates including muscle data: implications for the tempo and mode of primate and human evolution.

2013-04 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1111/joa.12024

PMID:

23320764

Contributors: Diogo R; Peng Z; Wood B
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"Pollical palmar interosseous muscle" (musculus adductor pollicis accessorius): attachments, innervation, variations, phylogeny, and implications for human evolution and medicine.

2013-03 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1002/jmor.20090

PMID:

23109102

Contributors: Bello-Hellegouarch G; Aziz MA; Ferrero EM; Kern M; Francis N; Diogo R
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New, puzzling insights from comparative myological studies on the old and unsolved forelimb/hindlimb enigma.

2013-02 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1111/j.1469-185X.2012.00247.x

PMID:

22958734

Contributors: Diogo R; Linde-Medina M; Abdala V; Ashley-Ross MA
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Anatomy of the pectoral and forelimb muscles of wildtype and green fluorescent protein-transgenic axolotls and comparison with other tetrapods including humans: a basis for regenerative, evolutionary and developmental studies.

2012-12 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1111/j.1469-7580.2012.01567.x

PMID:

22957800

Contributors: Diogo R; Tanaka EM
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The head and neck muscles of the serval and tiger: homologies, evolution, and proposal of a mammalian and a veterinary muscle ontology.

2012-12 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1002/ar.22589

PMID:

22961868

Contributors: Diogo R; Pastor F; De Paz F; Potau JM; Bello-Hellegouarch G; Ferrero EM; Fisher RE
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Violation of Dollo's law: evidence of muscle reversions in primate phylogeny and their implications for the understanding of the ontogeny, evolution, and anatomical variations of modern humans.

2012-10 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01621.x

PMID:

23025614

Contributors: Diogo R; Wood B
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Evolution and homologies of primate and modern human hand and forearm muscles, with notes on thumb movements and tool use.

2012-07 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1016/j.jhevol.2012.04.001

PMID:

22640954

Contributors: Diogo R; Richmond BG; Wood B
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Jaw adductor muscles across lepidosaurs: a reappraisal.

2011-10 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1002/ar.21467

PMID:

21901848

Contributors: Daza JD; Diogo R; Johnston P; Abdala V
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Soft-tissue anatomy of the primates: phylogenetic analyses based on the muscles of the head, neck, pectoral region and upper limb, with notes on the evolution of these muscles.

2011-09 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1111/j.1469-7580.2011.01403.x

PMID:

21689100

Contributors: Diogo R; Wood B
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Evolution of the muscles of facial expression in a monogamous ape: evaluating the relative influences of ecological and phylogenetic factors in hylobatids.

2011-04 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1002/ar.21355

PMID:

21370494

Contributors: Burrows AM; Diogo R; Waller BM; Bonar CJ; Liebal K
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Comparative anatomical study of the forearm extensor muscles of Cebus libidinosus (Rylands et al., 2000; Primates, Cebidae), modern humans, and other primates, with comments on primate evolution, phylogeny, and manipulatory behavior.

2010-12 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1002/ar.21275

PMID:

21082733

Contributors: Aversi-Ferreira TA; Diogo R; Potau JM; Bello G; Pastor JF; Aziz MA
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Comparative anatomy, homologies and evolution of the pectoral and forelimb musculature of tetrapods with special attention to extant limbed amphibians and reptiles.

2010-11 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1111/j.1469-7580.2010.01278.x

PMID:

20807270

Contributors: Abdala V; Diogo R
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Comparative phylogeography of the Yellow River schizothoracine fishes (Cyprinidae): vicariance, expansion, and recent coalescence in response to the Quaternary environmental upheaval in the Tibetan Plateau.

2009-12 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1016/j.ympev.2009.03.034

PMID:

19364538

Contributors: Duan Z; Zhao K; Peng Z; Li J; Diogo R; Zhao X; He S
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On the origin, homologies and evolution of primate facial muscles, with a particular focus on hominoids and a suggested unifying nomenclature for the facial muscles of the Mammalia.

2009-09 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1111/j.1469-7580.2009.01111.x

PMID:

19531159

Contributors: Diogo R; Wood BA; Aziz MA; Burrows A
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From fish to modern humans--comparative anatomy, homologies and evolution of the pectoral and forelimb musculature.

2009-05 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1111/j.1469-7580.2009.01067.x

PMID:

19438764

Contributors: Diogo R; Abdala V; Aziz MA; Lonergan N; Wood BA
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The head and neck muscles of the Philippine colugo (Dermoptera: Cynocephalus volans), with a comparison to tree-shrews, primates, and other mammals.

2009-01 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1002/jmor.10666

PMID:

18798250

Contributors: Diogo R
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Development of mandibular, hyoid and hypobranchial muscles in the zebrafish: homologies and evolution of these muscles within bony fishes and tetrapods.

2008 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1186/1471-213X-8-24

PMID:

18307809

PMC:

PMC2270811

Contributors: Diogo R; Hinits Y; Hughes SM
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From fish to modern humans--comparative anatomy, homologies and evolution of the head and neck musculature.

2008-10 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1111/j.1469-7580.2008.00953.x

PMID:

18657257

Contributors: Diogo R; Abdala V; Lonergan N; Wood BA
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Comparative anatomy, homologies and evolution of the pectoral muscles of bony fish and tetrapods: a new insight.

2007-06 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1002/jmor.10531

PMID:

17417805

Contributors: Diogo R; Abdala V
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Age and biogeography of major clades in sturgeons and paddlefishes (Pisces: Acipenseriformes).

2007-03 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1016/j.ympev.2006.09.008

PMID:

17158071

Contributors: Peng Z; Ludwig A; Wang D; Diogo R; Wei Q; He S
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Osteology and myology of the cephalic region and pectoral girdle of Pimelodus blochii, comparison with other pimelodines, and comments on the synapomorphies and phylogenetic relationships of the Pimelodinae (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes).

2005-07 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1080/09243860500141077

PMID:

16393748

Contributors: Diogo R
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Catfishes as a case study for discussions on general evolution: the importance of functional uncouplings in morphological macroevolution.

2003 | Journal article
PMID:

16225265

Contributors: Diogo R; Vandewalle P
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Osteology and myology of the cephalic region and pectoral girdle of the Chinese catfish Cranoglanis bouderius, with a discussion on the autapomorphies and phylogenetic relationships of the Cranoglanididae (Teleostei: Siluriformes).

2002-09 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1002/jmor.10000

PMID:

12125062

Contributors: Diogo R; Chardon M; Vandewalle P
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On the osteology and myology of catfish pectoral girdle, with a reflection on catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes) plesiomorphies.

2001-08 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1002/jmor.1043

PMID:

11466739

Contributors: Diogo R; Oliveira C; Chardon M
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Homologies among different adductor mandibulae sections of teleostean fishes, with special regard to catfishes (Teleostei: siluriformes).

2000-02 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(200002)243:2<193::AID-JMOR8>3.0.CO;2-2

PMID:

10658203

Contributors: Diogo R; Chardon M
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