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  1. Young, MW, Spiky tails stick the landing, Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 228 no. 19 (October, 2025), pp. 2-3, The Company of Biologists [doi] .
  2. Young, MW, Pacu's teeth just right for fruit crushing, Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 228 no. 13 (July, 2025), The Company of Biologists [doi] .
  3. Young, MW, Resilin is the secret to unbreakable locust jumps, Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 228 no. 7 (April, 2025), The Company of Biologists [doi] .
  4. Young, MW, Wrinkles reveal elephant 'trunkedness', Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 228 no. 1 (January, 2025), The Company of Biologists [doi] .
  5. Dickinson, E; Young, MW; Hirschkorn, GA; McKinney, JC; DiMartino, A; Deutsch, MR; Welser, KH; Granatosky, MC, Ecomorphological correlates of grasping forces in strepsirrhine primates., Proceedings. Biological sciences, vol. 292 no. 2039 (January, 2025), pp. 20242190 [doi]  [abs].
  6. Granatosky, MC; Dickinson, E; Young, MW; Lemelin, P, A coati conundrum: how variation in levels of arboreality influences gait mechanics among three musteloid species., The Journal of experimental biology, vol. 227 no. 19 (October, 2024), pp. jeb247630, The Company of Biologists [doi]  [abs].
  7. Young, MW; Flaim, ND; Virga, JQ; Kantounis, SK; Granatosky, MC, Mechanical Constraints during Vertical Climbing Reveals Limited Deviation from Theoretical Minima., Integrative and comparative biology, vol. 64 no. 1 (July, 2024), pp. 145-155 [doi]  [abs].
  8. Young, MW; Dickinson, E; Gustafson, JA; Granatosky, MC, Center of mass position does not drive energetic costs during climbing., The Journal of experimental biology, vol. 227 no. 8 (April, 2024), pp. jeb246943 [doi]  [abs].
  9. Young, MW; English, HM; Dickinson, E; Kantounis, SJ; Chernik, ND; Cannata, MJ; Lynch, SK; Jacobson, RN; Virga, JQ; Lopez, A; Granatosky, MC, Comparative kinetics of humans and non-human primates during vertical climbing., The Journal of experimental biology, vol. 227 no. 7 (April, 2024), pp. jeb247012 [doi]  [abs].
  10. Dickinson, E; Young, MW; Granatosky, MC, Beakiation: how a novel parrot gait expands the locomotor repertoire of living birds., Royal Society open science, vol. 11 no. 1 (January, 2024), pp. 231397 [doi]  [abs].
  11. Young, MW; Wilken, AT; Manafzadeh, AR; Schurr, AF; Bastian, A; Dickinson, E; Granatosky, MC, The dual function of prokinesis in the feeding and locomotor systems of parrots., The Journal of experimental biology, vol. 226 no. 24 (December, 2023), pp. jeb246659 [doi]  [abs].
  12. Dickinson, E; Young, MW; Flaim, ND; Sawiec, A; Granatosky, MC, A functional framework for interpreting phalangeal form., Journal of the Royal Society, Interface, vol. 20 no. 205 (August, 2023), pp. 20230251 [doi]  [abs].
  13. Ekhator, C; Varshney, A; Young, MW; Tanis, D; Granatosky, MC; Diaz, RE; Molnar, JL, Locomotor characteristics of the ground-walking chameleon Brookesia superciliaris., Journal of experimental zoology. Part A, Ecological and integrative physiology, vol. 339 no. 6 (July, 2023), pp. 602-614 [doi]  [abs].
  14. Dickinson, E; Young, MW; Tanis, D; Granatosky, MC, Patterns and Factors Influencing Parrot (Order: Psittaciformes) Success in Establishing Thriving Naturalized Populations within the Contiguous United States., Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, vol. 13 no. 13 (June, 2023), pp. 2101 [doi]  [abs].
  15. Young, MW; McKamy, AJ; Dickinson, E; Yarbro, J; Ragupathi, A; Guru, N; Avey-Arroyo, JA; Butcher, MT; Granatosky, MC, Three toes and three modes: Dynamics of terrestrial, suspensory, and vertical locomotion in brown-throated three-toed sloths (Bradypodidae, Xenarthra)., Journal of experimental zoology. Part A, Ecological and integrative physiology, vol. 339 no. 4 (May, 2023), pp. 383-397 [doi]  [abs].
  16. Young, MW; Granatosky, MC; Avey-Arroyo, JA; Butcher, MT; Dickinson, E, Grip it good: in vivo grip force across substrate diameters in the brown-throated three-toed sloth (Bradypus variegatus), Journal of Zoology, vol. 319 no. 4 (April, 2023), pp. 254-263, Wiley [doi]  [abs].
  17. Young, MW; Flaim, ND; Yarbro, J; Ragupathi, A; Guru, N; Dickinson, E; Granatosky, MC, Dynamics of horizontal walking and vertical climbing in the Australian green tree frog (Ranoidea caerulea)., The Journal of experimental biology, vol. 226 no. 7 (April, 2023), pp. jeb244833 [doi]  [abs].
  18. Young, MW; Virga, JQ; Kantounis, SJ; Lynch, SK; Chernik, ND; Gustafson, JA; Cannata, MJ; Flaim, ND; Granatosky, MC, How Pendular Is Human Brachiation? When Form Does Not Follow Function., Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, vol. 13 no. 9 (April, 2023), pp. 1438 [doi]  [abs].
  19. McKamy, AJ; Young, MW; Mossor, AM; Young, JW; Avey-Arroyo, JA; Granatosky, MC; Butcher, MT, Pump the brakes! The hindlimbs of three-toed sloths decelerate and support suspensory locomotion., The Journal of experimental biology, vol. 226 no. 8 (April, 2023), pp. jeb245622 [doi]  [abs].
  20. Dickinson, E; Young, MW; Granatosky, MC, In vivo bite force in lovebirds (Agapornis roseicollis, Psittaciformes) and their relative biting performance among birds, Journal of Zoology, vol. 318 no. 4 (December, 2022), pp. 272-282, Wiley [doi]  [abs].
  21. Dickinson, E; Young, MW; Kim, CJ; Hadjiargyrou, M; Granatosky, MC, The influence of substrate size upon pulling and gripping forces in parrots (Psittaciformes: Agapornis roseicollis)., The Journal of experimental biology, vol. 225 no. 19 (October, 2022), pp. jeb244818 [doi]  [abs].
  22. Granatosky, MC; Young, MW; Herr, V; Chai, C; Raidah, A; Kairo, JN; Anaekwe, A; Havens, A; Zou, B; Ding, B; Chen, C; De Leon, D; Shah, H; Valentin, J; Hildreth, L; Castro, T; Li, T; Yeung, A; Dickinson, E; Youlatos, D, Positional Behavior of Introduced Monk Parakeets (Myiopsitta monachus) in an Urban Landscape., Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, vol. 12 no. 18 (September, 2022), pp. 2372 [doi]  [abs].
  23. Faltings, L; Young, MW; Ross, CF; Granatosky, MC, Got rhythm? Rhythmicity differences reflect different optimality criteria in feeding and locomotor systems., Evolution; international journal of organic evolution, vol. 76 no. 9 (September, 2022), pp. 2181-2190 [doi]  [abs].
  24. Dickinson, E; Young, MW; Granatosky, MC, Testing mechanisms for weight support distribution during inverted quadrupedalism in primates., Journal of experimental zoology. Part A, Ecological and integrative physiology, vol. 337 no. 7 (August, 2022), pp. 699-708 [doi]  [abs].
  25. Granatosky, MC; Toussaint, SLD; Young, MW; Panyutina, A; Youlatos, D, The northern treeshrew (Scandentia: Tupaiidae: Tupaia belangeri) in the context of primate locomotor evolution: A comprehensive analysis of gait, positional, and grasping behavior., Journal of experimental zoology. Part A, Ecological and integrative physiology, vol. 337 no. 6 (July, 2022), pp. 645-665 [doi]  [abs].
  26. Young, MW; Lynch, SK; Dickinson, E; Currier, AA; Davoli, EC; Hanna, CS; Fischer, HM; DiUbaldi, GA; Granatosky, MC, Patterns of single limb forces during terrestrial and arboreal locomotion in rosy-faced lovebirds (Psittaciformes: Agapornis roseicollis)., The Journal of experimental biology, vol. 225 no. 14 (July, 2022), pp. jeb244571 [doi]  [abs].
  27. Young, MW; Dickinson, E; Flaim, ND; Granatosky, MC, Overcoming a 'forbidden phenotype': the parrot's head supports, propels and powers tripedal locomotion., Proceedings. Biological sciences, vol. 289 no. 1975 (May, 2022), pp. 20220245 [doi]  [abs].
  28. MacKenzie, D; Watters, AK; To, JT; Young, MW; Muratori, J; Wilkoff, MH; Abraham, RG; Plummer, MM; Zhang, D, ALT Positivity in Human Cancers: Prevalence and Clinical Insights., Cancers, vol. 13 no. 10 (May, 2021), pp. 2384 [doi]  [abs].
  29. Watters, AK; Seltzer, ES; MacKenzie, D; Young, M; Muratori, J; Hussein, R; Sodoma, AM; To, J; Singh, M; Zhang, D, The Effects of Genetic and Epigenetic Alterations of BARD1 on the Development of Non-Breast and Non-Gynecological Cancers., Genes, vol. 11 no. 7 (July, 2020), pp. E829 [doi]  [abs].