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  1. K.-J. Chi and V.L. Roth, Scaling and mechanics of carnivoran footpads reveal the principles of footpad design, Journal of the Royal Society Interface, vol. 7 (2010), pp. 1145-1155 (with 18 pp of Electronic Supplementary Material.) [doi]  [abs] [author's comments].
  2. Siegel, SJ, CM Percopo, KD Dyer, W Zhao, VL Roth, JM Mercer, HF Rosenberg, RNase 1 genes from the Family Sciuridae define a novel rodent ribonuclease cluster., Mammalian Genome, vol. 20 no. 11-12 (December, 2009), pp. 749-757 (DOI: 10.1007/s00335-009-9215-4.)  [abs].
  3. Davis, CM & VL Roth, The evolution of sexual size dimorphism in cottontail rabbits (Sylvilagus, Leporidae), Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. 95 (2008), pp. 141-156  [abs].
  4. Roth, VL & JM Mercer, Differing rates of macroevolutionary diversification in arboreal squirrels, Current Science, vol. 95 (2008), pp. 857-861  [abs].
  5. V.L. Roth, Variation and versatility in macroevolution., in Variation, a Central Concept in Biology, edited by B. HallgrÍmsson & B.K. Hall (2005), pp. 455-474  [author's comments].
  6. J.M. Mercer & V.L. Roth, The effects of Cenozoic global change on squirrel phylogeny., Science, vol. 299 (2003), pp. 1568-1572 (Supporting Online Material: www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/ 1079705/DC1.) .
  7. V.L. Roth, Ecology and evolution of dwarfing in insular elephants, in The World of Elephants: Proceedings of the 1st International Congress, pp. 507-509, edited by G Cavarretta, P Gioia, M Mussi and MR Palombo (2001), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche: Rome .
  8. V.L. Roth, Character replication, in The Character Concept in Evolutionary Biology, pp. 81-107, edited by GP Wagner (2001), Academic Press .
  9. V.L. Roth & JM Mercer, Morphometrics in development and evolution, Amer. Zool., vol. 40 (2000), pp. 801-810 .
  10. Agenbroad, L., D. Morris, & V.L.Roth, Pygmy mammoths Mammuthus exilis from Channel Islands National Park, California (USA), in Mammoths and the Mammoth Fauna: Studies of an Extinct Ecosystem. Proceedings of the First International Mammoth Conference, St. Petersburg, Russia., edited by G. Haynes, J. Klimowicz & J.W.F.Reumer, Deinsea, vol. 6 (1999), pp. 89-102 .
  11. Velhagen, W. & V.L. Roth, Scaling of the mandible in squirrels, Journal of morphology, vol. 232 no. 2 (1997), pp. 107-132 .
  12. Abouheif, E., M. Akam, W.J.Dickinson, P.W.H.Holland, A.Meyer, N.H.Patel, R.A.Raff, V.L.Roth & G.A.Wray, Homology and developmental genes, Trends in Genetics, vol. 13 no. 11 (1997), pp. 432-433 .
  13. V.L. Roth, Cranial integration in the Sciuridae, American Zoologist, vol. 36 (1996), pp. 14-23 .
  14. V.L. Roth, Pleistocene dwarf elephants of the California Islands, in The Proboscidea: Evolution and Palaeoecology of Elephants and their Relatives, Oxford U. Press, edited by J. Shoshani and P. Tassy (1996), pp. 249-253 (excluding bibliography) .
  15. Todd, N.E. & V.L. Roth, Origin and radiation of the Elephantidae, in The Proboscidea: Evolution and Palaeoecology of Elephants and their Relatives, edited by J. Shoshani and P. Tassy (1996), pp. 193-202 (excluding bibliography), Oxford U. Press .
  16. Roth, V.L. & W.D. Dawson, Coat color genetics of Peromyscus: V: California blonde, a new recessive mutation in the deer mouse, Journal of Heredity, vol. 87 (1996), pp. 403-406 .
  17. Ball, S.S. and V.L.Roth, Jaw muscles of New World squirrels, Journal of Morphology, vol. 224 (1995), pp. 265-291 .
  18. V.L. Roth, Within and between organisms: Replicators, lineages, and homologues, in Homology: the hierarchical basis of comparative biology, edited by B.K. Hall (1994), pp. 310-337 .
  19. Agenbroad, L.D., A.M. Lister, D. Mol, and V.L. Roth, Mammuthus primigenius remains from the Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, South Dakota, in The Hot Springs Mammoth Site: a Decade of Field and Laboratory Research in Paleontology, Geology, and Paleoecology, edited by L.D. Agenbroad and J.I. Mead (1994), pp. 269-281, The Mammoth Site: Hot Springs, SD .
  20. V.L. Roth, Dwarfism and variability in the Santa Rosa island mammoth: An interspecific comparison of limb-bone sizes and shapes in elephants, in Third California Islands Symposium: Recent Advances in Research on the California Islands, edited by F.G.Hochberg (1993), pp. 433-442, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History .
  21. V.L. Roth, On three-dimensional morphometrics, and on the identification of landmark points, in Advances in Morphometrics, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. CSIC, Madrid, edited by L. Marcus, E. Bello, & A. Garcia Valdecasas (1993), pp. 41-61 .
  22. V.L. Roth, Inferences from allometry and fossils: Dwarfing of elephants on islands, in Oxford Surveys in Evolutionary Biology, vol. 8:259-288, edited by D. Futuyma and J. Antonovics (1992), Oxford U. Press .
  23. V.L. Roth, Quantitative variation in elephant dentitions: implications for the delimitation of fossil species, Paleobiology, vol. 18 no. 2 (1992), pp. 184-202 .
  24. V.L. Roth, Homology and hierarchies: problems solved and unresolved, Journal of Evolutionary Biology, vol. 4 (1991), pp. 167-194 .
  25. V.L. Roth, Insular dwarf elephants - a case study in body mass estimation and ecological inference., in Body Size in Mammalian Paleobiology: Estimation and Biological Implications, edited by J. Damuth and B.J. MacFadden (1990), pp. 151-180 .
  26. V.L. Roth, Fabricational noise in elephant dentitions, Paleobiology, vol. 15 (1989), pp. 165-179 .
  27. V.L. Roth and J. Shoshani, Dental identification and age determination in Elephas maximus., Journal of Zoology, vol. 214 (1988), pp. 567-588 .
  28. V.L. Roth, The biological basis of homology., in Ontogeny and Systematics, edited by C.J. Humphries (1988), Columbia U. Press. .
  29. V.L. Roth and M. S. Klein, Maternal effects on body size of large insular Peromyscus maniculatus: evidence from embryo transfer experiments., Journal of Mammalogy, vol. 67 (1986), pp. 37-45 .
  30. V.L. Roth, How elephants grow: heterochrony and the calibration of developmental stages in some living and fossil species, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, vol. 4 (1984), pp. 126-145 .
  31. Cushing, J., M. Daily, E. Noble, V.L. Roth and A. Wenner, Fossil mammoths from Santa Cruz Island, California., Quaternary Research, vol. 21 (1984), pp. 376-384  [author's comments].
  32. V.L. Roth, On homology, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. 22 (1984), pp. 13-29 .
  33. V.L. Roth and R.W. Thorington, Relative brain size among African squirrels., Journal of Mammalogy, vol. 63 (1982), pp. 168-173 .
  34. V.L. Roth, Dwarf mammoths from the Santa Barbara, California Channel Islands: size, shape, development and evolution (1982), (Ann Arbor: University Microfilms) Ph.D. Dissertation, Yale University .
  35. V.L. Roth, Constancy in the size ratios of sympatric species., American Naturalist, vol. 118 (1981), pp. 394-404 .
  36. V.L. Roth, Can quantum leaps in body size be recognized among mammalian species?, Paleobiology, vol. 5 (1979), pp. 318-336 .

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