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and teeth
and transitions
and the Triassic period
and wing development
evolutionary developmental biology (evo-devo)
and changes in paleontology
and chicken development
and embryology
and experimentation
and limb development
and master genes
and tail development
and testing hypotheses
value of
experimental atavisms
extinctions
Carlin on
and Cuvier
and dinosaur evolution
and DNA recovery
and the Hell Creek Formation
and the K/T boundary
Permian extinction
recently extinct species
extraterrestrial life
F
falcons
Fallon, John J.
Faraday, Michael
feathers
and
Archaeopteryx lithographica
and bird evolution
and embryonic development
evolution of
and proposed research
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
fibroblast growth factors
filipodia
fire
fish
Flannery, Tim
flight
fluoroapatite
folic acid
follicles
Fonda, Peter
forelimbs.
See also
limbs
forensic evidence
Fort Peck Lake
Fort Union Formation
fossils.
See also specific specimens
and biochemistry
and body shape evolution
in China
and collagen
and deep time
degradation of
and developmental changes
and DNA
and evolutionary biology
fossilization process
and the Hell Creek Formation
and interdisciplinary studies
limits of
and Montana history
predominance of bone fossils
preservation process
and red blood cells
and scientific hypotheses
and traditional paleontology
four-limb body plan.
See
tetrapods
Freemen
front-to-back segmentation
fruit flies
G
Gallatin County, Montana
Gallatin River
galliform birds
Gallus gallus
(red jungle fowl)
Garfield County, Montana
culture of
economics
and fossil hunting
and geological history
and the Hell Creek Formation
and the Lewis and Clark expedition
and ranching
gas chromatography
Gattaca
(film)
Gegenbaur, Karl
gender
genealogy
genetics.
See also
DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)
and animal testing
Bithorax gene
and embryonic development
and ethical issues
and gene sequencing
genetic diseases
genetic engineering
genetically modified foods
and junk DNA
and limb-to-wing transition
and master genes
and modern bison herds
and molecular paleontology
and monotremes
and regulation of genes
and safety issues
screening of human embryos
genetics (
cont.
)
and tail development
Wingless (Wg) gene
geology.
See also specific formations
and continental drift
and Cuvier
and deep time
and geochemistry
and the Hell Creek Formation
giant beavers
Gilbert, Scott
Glacier National Park
glaciers
Glorified Dinosaurs: The Origin and Early Evolution of Birds
(Chiappe)
glycine
Gobi Desert
Going-to-the-Sun Highway
Gondwanaland
Goodwin, Mark
Gorman, Jim
Gould, Stephen Jay
grafting
gray wolves
Great Depression
Great Plains
Greeks
grizzly bears
ground sloths
growth factors
and embryonic development
and genetic manipulation
and limb-to-wing transition
and master genes
and tail development
and teeth
and value of research
guanine
Gubbio, Italy
Gulf of Mexico
H
habitat loss
Haeckel, Ernst
Haiti
Hamburger-Hamilton stages
Harman, Joe
Harmon, Bob
Harré, Rom
Harris, Matthew
Haversian canals
Hayden, Ferdinand
Hedges, Blair
Heinrich, Bernd
Hell Creek, Montana: America’s Key to the Prehistoric Past
(Dingus)
Hell Creek Bar
Hell Creek Formation
and the Clovis people
and dinosaur history
and fossil hunting
geology of
and the Lewis and Clark expedition
and meteorite strike
and modern Montana
and Native Americans
post-dinosaur era
variety of specimens
Hell Creek State Park
heme compounds
hemoglobin
High Plains
histology
Historia Animalium
(Aristotle)
HIV
homeobox (HOX) genes
homeotic genes
hominids
hominins
Homo
genus
homologous genes
Hooke, Robert
hormones
Hornaday, William T.
Horner, Jack
horses
How to Become Extinct
(Cuppy)
Human Genome Project
humans
Huxley, Thomas
hybridization
hydroxyapatite
I
ichthyosaurs
Ichthyostega
Icthyornis
imaging technologies
immune system
in vitro fertilization
Indian Wars
inheritance
interdisciplinary studies
internal organs of dinosaurs
interventions
invasive species
iridium
ivory-billed woodpecker
J
Ji, Qiang
Ji, Shu-an
Jordan, Arthur
Jordan, Montana
Josephy, Alvin
Judith River Formation
Juniper Cave, Wyoming
junk DNA
Jurassic era
Jurassic Park
(film)
juvenile stages of development
K
K-T (Cretaceous-Tertiary) boundary
Kaczynski, Ted
kangaroos
Kay, Tom
keratin
knockout mice
koalas
L
laboratory science
Lagosuchus
Larsson, Hans
and body axis research
and ethical issues
and evolutionary developmental biology
and experimental atavisms
and interdisciplinary studies
and symmetry principle
Larsson, Hans (
cont.
)
and traditional paleontology
and value of development research
late Cretaceous
law and legal issues
Lewis, Meriwether
Lewis and Clark expedition
Liaoning Province, China
limbs.
See also
tetrapods
and atavisms
and
Chickenosaurus
and embryology
and evolutionary transitions
forelimbs
and master genes
and proposed research
and tail development
and wing development
Lincoln, Montana
liquid chromatography
Little Big Horn
lizards
M
macroevolution
Madison River
Magellanic woodpecker
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
Makela, Bob
mammals.
See also specific species
after K / T boundary
and bone collagen
and the Chicxulub meteorite
and cladistics system
and cloning
and Creataceous DNA
and derived characteristics
evolutionary path of
and extinctions
and the late Cretaceous
placental mammals
mammoths
Mandan Indians
Manhattan Project
maniraptorans
marsupials
mass spectrometry
master genes
mastodons
Mayr, Ernst
medicine
medullary bone
megafauna
metabolism
meteors/meteorites
mice
Michel, Helen
microevolution
microfossils
Microraptor
microscopy
Miles, Nelson A.
“Miracles from Molecules”
Missouri Breaks
Missouri River
model organisms
Modern Synthesis
molecular aging
molecular biology
and cloning
and embryonic development
and evolution
and experimental atavisms
and paleontology
and polymerase chain reaction
and value of experimentation
mollusks
monotremes
Montana.
See also
Hell Creek Formation
and the Clovis people
economics
and geological history
and history of fossil hunting
and the Judith River Formation
key fossil specimens
and the Lewis and Clark expedition
and meteorite evidence
social conditions
Montana: An Uncommon Land
(Toole)
Monteverde, Chile
moral issues.
See also
ethical issues
Morgan, Thomas H.
morphology
mosasaurs
MR 555 (
T. rex
specimen)
Mullis, Kary
muscle tissue
Museum of the Rockies
museums
Musselshell River
N
Nash, Ogden
National Science Foundation
Native Americans
natural selection
Nature
Neanderthals
nesting dinosaurs
nesting grounds
neural tube defects
Nobel Prize
nonavian dinosaurs
Norell, Mark
North America
North Carolina State University
North Dakota
notochord
nuclear magnetic resonance imaging
nucleotides
O
On the Nature of the Infant
(Harré)
ontogeny
Ontogeny and Phylogeny
(Gould)
Organ, Chris
Origin of Species
(Darwin)
“Origins” (course)
Ornithschians
Osborn, Henry Fairfield
osteocalcin
osteocytes
ostriches
Ostrom, John
Ostrom, Peggy
oviraptoroids
owls
P
Pachycephalosaurus
paleobiology
Paleocene
paleohistology
Paleontological Association
paleontology
and bone structure
changing procedures
and differentiation of species
and evolutionary developmental biology
and experimental atavisms
and feathered dinosaurs
and fossil DNA
and molecular biology
and paleohistology
traditional practices
Pangaea
Paradise Valley
parrots
Peabody Museum
peer review
penguins
pennaceous feathers
Permian period
Peterson, Kevin J.
Peterson, Nels
petrels
philosophy of science
phylogeny
physical analysis
pileated woodpeckers
placental mammals
Plains Indians
platypus
plesiosaurs
plumulaceous feathers
polarity
politics
pollen
polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
pope’s nose.
See
pygostyle
population structures
powered flight
Pratchett, Terry
prediction
preformation
prenatal genetic selection
preservation of fossils
primates
primitive characteristics
Protarchaeopteryx
proteins
and carbon-nitrogen ratios
and collagen
and DNA
and embryonic development
and evolution
and experimental atavisms
and feather development
and fossils
and genome research
and immune-system response
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