Contact Information
Extension: 53871 | Email: mvickary@uoguelph.ca
Areas of Interest
- Development, regeneration, and evolution of skeletal tissues
- Anatomy and functional morphology of reptiles
- vertebrate integument
Current Graduate Students
Emily Gilbert,
B.A.S., M.Sc. (Guelph)
- Ph.D. candidate
Samantha Payne,
B.Sc.H. (Guelph)
Angiogenesis in the regenerating tail of the leopard gecko, Eublepharis macularius.
- M.Sc. candidate
Jason Vieira, B.Sc.H. (Guelph)
- M.Sc. candidate
Stephanie Delorme, B.Sc. (Guelph)
A histological investigation of wound healing and regeneration following autotomy and surgical amputation of the tail in the leopard gecko, Eublepharis macularius.
- M.Sc. candidate - GRADUATED F'11
Disa Lim, B.Sc. (British Columbia)
Heterochronic expression of calretinin and HSP25 in altrical and precocial models of neurodevelopment.
- M.Sc. candidate - GRADUATED S'10
Ilinca Lungu, B.Sc. (Guelph)
The role of apoptosis during reparative regeneration in the leopard gecko, Eublepharis macularius.
- MBS candidate - GRADUATED S'11
Katie McLean, B.Sc.H. (Guelph)
Tail regeneration in the leopard gecko, Eublepharis macularius: gross anatomy, histology and patterning.
- M.Sc. candidate - GRADUATED S'10
Christopher Zweerman, B.Sc.H. (Guelph)
Morphologic characteristics of blood cells and an examination of the leukocytic response following voluntary tail loss in the leopard gecko, Eublepharis macularius.
- M.Sc. candidate - GRADUATED S'09
Selected References
- McLean, K.E. and M.K. Vickaryous. 2011. A novel model of epimorphic regeneration: the leopard gecko, Eublepharis macularius. BMC Developmental Biology 11: 50
- Vickaryous, M.K. and K.E. McLean. 2011. Reptile Embryology. In: Vertebrate Embryogenesis: Embryological, Cellular and Genetic Methods, Methods in Molecular Biology 770 (F. Pelegri, ed.). Humana Press. pp. 439-455.
- Payne, S.L., Holliday, C. and M.K. Vickaryous. 2011. An osteological and histological investigation of cranial joints in geckos. Anatomical Record 294: 399-405.
- Vickaryous, M.K. and K.E. McLean (in press). Reptile Embryology. In: Vertebrate Embryogenesis (F. Pelegri, ed.), Methods in Molecular Biology, humana press.
- Vickaryous, M.K. and B.K. Hall. 2010. Comparative development of the crocodylian interclavide and avian furoula, with comments on the homology of dermal elements in the pectoral apparatus. Journal of Experimental Zoology (Molecular and Developmental Evolution). 314B: 196-207.
- Wise, P.A.D., Vickaryous, M.K. and A.P. Russell. 2009. An embryonic staging table for in ovo development of Eublepharis macularius, the leopard gecko. The Anatomical Record. 292: 1198-1212.
- Vickaryous, M.K. and J.-Y. Sire. 2009. The integument story: origins, evolution, and current knowledge. Journal of Anatomy 214: 407-408. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2009.01051.x
Sire, J.-Y., Donoghue, P.C.J., and M.K. Vickaryous. 2009. Origin and evolution of the integumentary skeleton of non-tetrapod vertebrates. Journal of Anatomy 214: 409-440. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2009.01046.x - Vickaryous, M.K. and J.-Y. Sire. 2009. The integumentary skeleton of tetrapods: origin, evolution, and development. Journal of Anatomy 214: 441-464. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2008.01043.x
- Vickaryous, M.K. and B.K. Hall. 2008. Development of the dermal skeleton in Alligator mississippiensis (Archosauria, Crocodylia) with comments on the homology of osteoderms. Journal of Morphology 269: 398-422.
- Vickaryous, M.K. and W. Olson. 2007. Sesamoids and Ossicles in the Appendicular Skeleton. In: B.K. Hall (ed.) Fins into Limbs: Evolution, Development and Transformation. University of Chicago Press, pp. 323-341.
- Vickaryous, M.K. 2006. New information on the cranial anatomy of Edmontonia rugosidens Gilmore, a Late Cretaceous nodosaurid dinosaur from Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(4): 1011-1013.
- Vickaryous, M.K. and B.K. Hall. 2006. Osteoderm morphology and development in the nine-banded armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Cingulata). Journal of Morphology 267: 1273-1283.
- Vickaryous, M.K. and B.K. Hall. 2006. Human cell type diversity, evolution, development, and classification with special reference to cells derived from the neural crest. Biological Reviews 81: 425-455.
- Franz-Odendaal, T. and M.K. Vickaryous. 2006. Skeletal elements in the vertebrate eye and adnexa – morphological and developmental perspectives. Developmental Dynamics 235 (5): 1244-1255.
- Vickaryous, M.K. and B.K. Hall. 2006. Homology of the reptilian coracoid and a reappraisal of the evolution and development of the amniote pectoral apparatus. Journal of Anatomy 208(3): 263-285.
- Vickaryous, M.K., Maryanska, T., and D.B. Weishampel. 2004. Ankylosauria. In: D.B. Weishampel, Dodson, P. and H. Osmolska (eds.) The Dinosauria, Second Edition. University of California Press, Berkeley, pp. 363-392.
- Vickaryous, M.K. and A.P. Russell. 2003. A redescription of the skull of Euoplocephalus tutus (Archosauria: Ornithischia): A foundation for comparative and systematic studies of ankylosaurian dinosaurs. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 137(1): 157-186.
- Vickaryous, M.K., Russell, A.P., Currie, P.J., and X.-J. Zhao. 2001. A new ankylosaurid (Dinosauria: Ankylosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of China, with comments on ankylosaurian relationships. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 38: 1767-1780.
