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  1. Hermanson, J.W., J.M. Ryan, M.A. Cobb, J. Bentley, and W.A. Schutt, Jr. 1998. Histochemical and electrophoretic analysis of the primary flight muscle of several phyllostomid bats. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 76:1983-1992.
  2. Greenwood, P.L., A.S. Hunt, J.W. Hermanson, and A.W. Bell. 1998. Effects of birthweight and postnatal nutrition on neonatal sheep: 1. Growth and body composition. Journal of Animal Science, 76:2354-2367.
  3. Hermanson, J.W. 1998. Chiropteran Muscle Biology: A perspective from Molecules to Function. In Bat Biology and Conservation. T.H. Kunz and P.A. Racey, eds., Smithsonian Institution Pres, Washington, D.C., pp. 127-139.
  4. Hermanson, J.W. 1997. Architecture and the division of labor in the extensor carpi radialis muscle of horses. In Functional Implications of Design of Skeletal Muscles. R. Roy and A. Ishihara, eds., Acta Anatomica, 159:127-135.
  5. Schutt, Jr., W.A., J.S. Altenbach, Y.H. Chang, D.M. Cullinane, J.W. Hermanson, F. Muradali, and J.E.A. Bertram. 1997. The dynamics of flight-initiating jumps in the common vampire bat Desmodus rotundus. Journal of Experimental Biology, 200:3003-3012.
  6. Serrano, A.L., J.L. Petrie, J.L.L.-Rivero, and J.W. Hermanson. 1996. Myosin isoforms and muscle fiber characteristics in equine gluteus medius muscle. Anatomical Record, 244:444-451.
  7. Hermanson, J.W. and B.J. MacFadden. 1996. Evolutionary and functional morphology of the knee in fossil and extant horses (Equidae). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 16:349-357.
  8. Greenwood, P.L., A.S. Hunt, J.W. Hermanson, and A.W. Bell. 2000. Effects of birth weight and postnatal nutrition on neonatal sheep: 2. Skeletal muscle growth and development. Journal of Animal Science, 78:50-61.
  9. Hermanson, J.W. 2000. Ontogeny of light muscles: An evolutionary model. pp 333-361. In Ontogeny of Bats. R.A. Adams and S. Pedersen, eds., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, June 2000.
  10. Greenwood, P.L., R.M. Slepetis, J.W. Hermanson, and A.W. Bell. 2000. A rapid ultrasound-guided procedure to administer a DNA label into fetal sheep. Reproduction, Fertility and Development. in press.
  11. Haussler, K.K., J.E.A. Bertram, K. Gellman, and J.W. Hermanson. 2001. Segmental in-vivo vertebral kinematics at the walk, trot, and canter: A preliminary study. Proceedings International Workshop on Animal Locomotion. Equine Veterinary Journal, suppl., 33:160-164.
  12. Gellman, K., J.E.A. Bertram, and J.W. Hermanson. 2002. Morphology, histochemistry and function of epaxial cervical musculature in the horse (Equus caballus). Journal of Morphology. 251:182-194.
  13. Riskin, D.K. and J.W. Hermanson. 2005. Evolution of running in vampire bats. Nature, 434:292.
  14. Riskin, D.K., J.E.A. Bertram, and J.W. Hermanson. 2005. Testing the hindlimb-strength hypothesis: Non-aerial locomotion by Chiroptera is not constrained by the dimensions of the femur or tibia. Journal of Experimental Biology, 208:1309-1319.

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