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Present	Assistant Professor, Utah State University ‐ Biology
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Comment on ‚ÄúAmphibian Fungal Panzootic Causes Catastrophic and Ongoing Loss ...

Max R. Lambert, Molly C. Womack, Allison Q. Byrne, Obed Hern√°ndez-G√≥mez, et al.

Scheele et al. bring needed attention to the effects of amphibian infectious disease. However, the data and methods implicating the ...

Articles (13)

Whispers from Vestigial Nubbins: Arrested Development Provokes Trait Loss in ...

Evolution & Development (2020)

Jennifer L. Stynoski, Molly C. Womack, Florencia A. Trama, Luis A. Coloma, et al.

Despite the use of acoustic communication, many species of toads (family Bufonidae) have lost parts of the tympanic middle ear, ...

Two‐Hundred Million Years of Anuran Body‐Size Evolution in ...

Journal of Evolutionary Biology (2020)

Molly C. Womack and Rayna C. Bell

Surprisingly, little is known about body‐size evolution within the most diverse amphibian order, anurans (frogs and toads), despite known effects ...

Evolution of the Unique Anuran Pelvic and Hind Limb Skeleton ...

Integrative & Comparative Biology (2020)

Shannon M. Buttimer, Natasha Stepanova and Molly C. Womack

Anurans (frogs and toads) have a unique pelvic and hind limb skeleton among tetrapods. Although their distinct body plan is ...

Anuran Limbs Reflect Microhabitat and Distal, Later‐Developing Bones are ...

Evolution (2020)

Natasha Stepanova and Molly C. Womack

Tetrapod limbs have been used as a model system to investigate how selective pressures and constraints shape morphological evolution. Anurans ...

Invasive Vegetation Affects Amphibian Skin Microbiota and Body Condition

Obed Hern√°ndez-G√≥mez, Allison Q. Byrne, Alex R. Gunderson, Thomas S. Jenkinson, et al.

Invasive plants are major drivers of habitat modification and the scale of their impact is increasing globally as anthropogenic activities ...

Larger Genomes Linked to Slower Development and Loss of Late-Developing ...

The American Naturalist (2019)

Molly C. Womack, Marissa J. Metz and Kim L. Hoke

Genome size varies widely among organisms and is known to affect vertebrate development, morphology, and physiology. In amphibians, genome size ...

Prolonged Middle Ear Development in Rhinella horribilis

Journal of Morphology (2018)

Molly C. Womack, Jennifer L. Stynoski, Meredith K. Voyles, Luis A. Coloma, et al.

Despite the benefit of the tympanic middle ear to airborne hearing sensitivity, anurans range in how soon they develop functional ...

Sensitive High-Frequency Hearing in Earless and Partially Eared Harlequin Frogs ...

Journal of Experimental Biology (2018)

Molly C. Womack, Jakob Christensen-Dalsgaard, Luis A. Coloma and Kim L. Hoke

Harlequin frogs, genus Atelopus, communicate at high frequencies despite most species lacking a complete tympanic middle ear that facilitates high-frequency ...

Trait Independence Primes Convergent Trait Loss

Evolution (2018)

Molly C. Womack, Tyler S. Fiero and Kim L. Hoke

The repeated, independent evolution of traits (convergent evolution) is often attributed to shared environmental selection pressures. However, developmental dependencies among ...

Earless Toads Sense Low Frequencies but Miss the High Notes

Proceedings of the Royal Society B (2017)

Molly C. Womack, Jakob Christensen-Dalsgaard, Luis A. Coloma, Juan C. Chaparro, et al.

Sensory losses or reductions are frequently attributed to relaxed selection. However, anuran species have lost tympanic middle ears many times, ...

Better Late Than Never: Effective Air-Borne Hearing of Toads Delayed ...

Journal of Experimental Biology (2016)

Molly C. Womack, Jakob Christensen-Dalsgaard and Kim L. Hoke

Most vertebrates have evolved a tympanic middle ear that enables effective hearing of airborne sound on land. Although inner ears ...

The Complex Evolutionary History of the Tympanic Middle Ear in ...

Scientific Reports (2016)

Martín O. Pereyra, Molly C. Womack, J. Sebastián Barrionuevo, Boris L. Blotto, et al.

Most anurans possess a tympanic middle ear (TME) that transmits sound waves to the inner ear; however, numerous species lack ...

Morphology and Putative Function of the Colon and Cloaca of ...

Journal of Morphology (2011)

Leslie S. Babonis, Molly C. Womack and David H. Evans

Among tetrapods, evidence for postrenal modification of the urine by the distal digestive tract (including the colon and cloaca) is ...

Posters (3)

200 Million Years of Frog Body Size Evolution

Evolution (2019)

Molly C. Womack and Rayna C. Bell

The Roles of Selection and Constraint in Anuran Skeleton Evolution

NSF Collections-Based PRFB Symposium (2017)

Molly C. Womack, Rayna C. Bell and Erica B. Rosenblum

Linking Mate Choice to Hearing and Ear Structure in Engystymops ...

Evolution (2012)

Molly C. Womack, Christian Brandt, Jakob Christensen-Dalsgaard and Kim L. Hoke

Differences in response to acoustic signals can result from changes to ear structures, and consequently hearing sensitivity, or differences in ...

Disentangling Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors Underlying Anuran Postcranial Skeleton Evolution

Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Meeting (2020)

Molly C. Womack

Many extrinsic factors (habitat, biotic interactions, etc.) and intrinsic factors (phylogenetic history, size constraints, etc.) affect the morphological evolution of ...

How Developmental Bias can Shape Macroevolutionary Patterns: Earless Frogs as ...

International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology (2019)

Molly C. Womack

Selection and Development Alter Correlated Structure Evolution: Lesser-Eaten from Limbs

Evolution (2018)

Molly C. Womack

Developmental Bias Primes Toads for Convergent Middle Ear Loss

Evolution (2017)

Molly C. Womack, Jennifer L. Stynoski and Kim L. Hoke

Genetic and Developmental Drivers of Convergent Ear Loss in Toads

Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Meeting (2017)

Molly C. Womack, Jakob Christensen-Dalsgaard and Kim L. Hoke

Better Never than Late? Convergent Loss of Late-Forming Ears in ...

Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Meeting (2016)

Molly C. Womack, Jakob Christensen-Dalsgaard and Kim L. Hoke

Anurans have outer and middle ear structures to transmit airborne sound from the environment to their inner ear sensory cells. ...

To Ear or not to Ear? Convergent Loss of Late-Forming ...

International Congress of Neuroethology (2016)

Molly C. Womack, Jakob Christensen-Dalsgaard and Kim L. Hoke

Lability of Ear Structures in Bufonids Despite Hearing Consequences

Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles Meeting (2015)

Molly C. Womack, Jakob Christensen-Dalsgaard and Kim L. Hoke