Works (24)

Updated: July 12th, 2023 07:30

2022 journal article

An ancestral hard-shelled sea turtle with a mosaic of soft skin and scutes

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 12(1).

By: R. Garza*, H. Madsen, P. Sjoevall, F. Osbaeck, W. Zheng n, M. Jarenmark*, M. Schweitzer n, A. Engdahl* ...

co-author countries: Denmark 🇩🇰 Sweden 🇸🇪 United States of America 🇺🇸
MeSH headings : Animals; Turtles; Skin; Reptiles; Biological Evolution; Epidermis
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: March 20, 2023

2022 journal article

Environmental Factors Affecting Feather Taphonomy

BIOLOGY-BASEL, 11(5).

By: M. Schweitzer n, W. Zheng n & N. Equall*

co-author countries: Sweden 🇸🇪 United States of America 🇺🇸
author keywords: feather; taphonomy; degradation; keratin; microbes; CO2; apatite; melanin
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: June 13, 2022

2022 journal article

Soft Tissue and Biomolecular Preservation in Vertebrate Fossils from Glauconitic, Shallow Marine Sediments of the Hornerstown Formation, Edelman Fossil Park, New Jersey

BIOLOGY-BASEL, 11(8).

By: K. Voegele*, Z. Boles*, P. Ullmann*, E. Schroeter n, W. Zheng n & K. Lacovara*

co-author countries: United States of America 🇺🇸
author keywords: soft tissues; molecular preservation; collagen; Hornerstown Formation; shallow marine; glauconite
Source: Web Of Science
Added: September 6, 2022

2022 journal article

Soft-Tissue, Rare Earth Element, and Molecular Analyses of Dreadnoughtus schrani, an Exceptionally Complete Titanosaur from Argentina

BIOLOGY-BASEL, 11(8).

By: E. Schroeter n, P. Ullmann*, K. Macauley*, R. Ash*, W. Zheng n, M. Schweitzer n, K. Lacovara*

co-author countries: United States of America 🇺🇸
author keywords: fossil proteins; molecular paleontology; diagenesis; taphonomy; rare earth elements; soft-tissue preservation; geochemistry
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: September 6, 2022

2020 journal article

Evidence of proteins, chromosomes and chemical markers of DNA in exceptionally preserved dinosaur cartilage

NATIONAL SCIENCE REVIEW, 7(4), 815–822.

co-author countries: Canada 🇨🇦 China 🇨🇳 Sweden 🇸🇪 United States of America 🇺🇸
author keywords: cartilage; dinosaur; nuclei; chromosomes; collagen II; DNA markers
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: June 15, 2020

2020 journal article

Molecular tests support the viability of rare earth elements as proxies for fossil biomolecule preservation

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 10(1).

co-author countries: Sweden 🇸🇪 United States of America 🇺🇸
MeSH headings : Animals; Bone and Bones / chemistry; Dinosaurs; Fossils; Metals, Rare Earth / chemistry; Metals, Rare Earth / isolation & purification; Trace Elements / chemistry; Trace Elements / isolation & purification
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: October 19, 2020

2019 journal article

Mechanisms of soft tissue and protein preservation in Tyrannosaurus rex

Scientific Reports, 9, 15678.

By: E. Boatman*, M. Goodwin*, H. Holman*, S. Fakra*, W. Zheng n, R. Gronsky*, M. Schweitzer n

co-author countries: Sweden 🇸🇪 United States of America 🇺🇸
MeSH headings : Animals; Bone and Bones / chemistry; Bone and Bones / metabolism; Collagen Type I / chemistry; Collagen Type I / metabolism; Dinosaurs / metabolism; Fossils; Humans; Preservation, Biological; Proteins / chemistry; Proteins / metabolism
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: November 18, 2019

2019 journal article

Paleoproteomics of Mesozoic Dinosaurs and Other Mesozoic Fossils

PROTEOMICS, 19(16), 1800251.

By: M. Schweitzer n, E. Schroeter n, T. Cleland* & W. Zheng n

co-author countries: Sweden 🇸🇪 United States of America 🇺🇸
author keywords: dinosaurs; fossil; mesozoic; protein; soft tissues
MeSH headings : Animals; Biological Evolution; Bone and Bones / anatomy & histology; Bone and Bones / metabolism; Dinosaurs / anatomy & histology; Dinosaurs / classification; Dinosaurs / metabolism; Fossils; Mass Spectrometry / methods; Paleontology / methods; Proteins / analysis; Proteomics / methods
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: July 22, 2019

2019 journal article

The molecular evolution of feathers with direct evidence from fossils

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(8), 3018–3023.

By: Y. Pan*, W. Zheng n, R. Sawyer*, M. Pennington, X. Zheng*, X. Wang*, M. Wang*, L. Hu* ...

co-author countries: China 🇨🇳 United States of America 🇺🇸
author keywords: feather evolution; keratin expression; fossil-feather ultrastructure; dinosaur-bird transition; biomechanical properties
MeSH headings : Animals; Birds; Dinosaurs; Evolution, Molecular; Feathers / chemistry; Feathers / ultrastructure; Fossils; Keratins / chemistry; Skin / chemistry; Skin / ultrastructure; beta-Keratins / chemistry
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: March 4, 2019

2018 journal article

Preservation potential of keratin in deep time

PLOS ONE, 13(11), e0206569.

co-author countries: Sweden 🇸🇪 United States of America 🇺🇸

Ed(s): Y. Mishra

MeSH headings : Animals; Antibodies; Feathers / chemistry; Feathers / immunology; Feathers / ultrastructure; Fossils / ultrastructure; Hot Springs; Hot Temperature; Keratins / chemistry; Keratins / immunology; Tetrahydroisoquinolines; Time Factors
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: December 17, 2018

2018 article

Resonance Raman Imagery of Semi-Fossilized Soft Tissues

ULTRAFAST NONLINEAR IMAGING AND SPECTROSCOPY VI, Vol. 10753.

By: B. Long n, W. Zheng n, M. Schweitzer n & H. Hallen n

co-author countries: United States of America 🇺🇸
author keywords: Resonance Raman; hemoglobin; fossils; soft tissue
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: December 17, 2018

2018 journal article

Soft-tissue evidence for homeothermy and crypsis in a Jurassic ichthyosaur

Nature, 564(7736), 359–365.

By: J. Lindgren*, P. Sjövall*, V. Thiel*, W. Zheng n, S. Ito*, K. Wakamatsu*, R. Hauff, B. Kear* ...

co-author countries: Switzerland 🇨🇭 Germany 🇩🇪 Japan 🇯🇵 Sweden 🇸🇪 United States of America 🇺🇸
MeSH headings : Adaptation, Physiological; Adipose Tissue / anatomy & histology; Adipose Tissue / chemistry; Animals; Biological Evolution; Body Temperature Regulation; Dermis / anatomy & histology; Dermis / chemistry; Dinosaurs / anatomy & histology; Dinosaurs / physiology; Dolphins; Epidermis / anatomy & histology; Epidermis / chemistry; Female; Fossils; Homeostasis; Keratinocytes / chemistry; Lipids / analysis; Male; Melanins / analysis; Melanophores / chemistry; Porpoises; Proteins / analysis
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, Crossref
Added: January 7, 2019

2017 journal article

Biochemistry and adaptive colouration of an exceptionally preserved juvenile fossil sea turtle

Scientific Reports, 7.

By: J. Lindgren, T. Kuriyama, H. Madsen, P. Sjovall, W. Zheng, P. Uvdal, A. Engdahl, A. Moyer ...

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2017 journal article

Expansion for the Brachylophosaurus canadensis Collagen I Sequence and Additional Evidence of the Preservation of Cretaceous Protein

JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH, 16(2), 920–932.

co-author countries: United States of America 🇺🇸
author keywords: paleoproteomics; collagen I; bone; Brachylophosaurus canadensis; phylogenetics; Archosauria
MeSH headings : Amino Acid Sequence; Animals; Biological Evolution; Bone and Bones / chemistry; Collagen Type I / chemistry; Dinosaurs / classification; Extinction, Biological; Fossils; Paleontology / instrumentation; Paleontology / methods; Peptide Fragments / analysis; Phylogeny; Proteomics / instrumentation; Proteomics / methods
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2016 journal article

Chemistry supports the identification of gender-specific reproductive tissue in Tyrannosaurus rex

Scientific Reports, 6.

By: M. Schweitzer, W. Zheng, L. Zanno, S. Werning & T. Sugiyama

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2016 journal article

Keratin durability has implications for the fossil record: Results from a 10 year feather degradation experiment

PLoS One, 11(7).

By: A. Moyer, W. Zheng & M. Schweitzer

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2016 journal article

Microscopic and immunohistochemical analyses of the claw of the nesting dinosaur, Citipati osmolskae

By: A. Moyer, W. Zheng & M. Schweitzer

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2016 journal article

Molecular evidence of keratin and melanosomes in feathers of the Early Cretaceous bird Eoconfuciusornis

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 113(49), E7900–E7907.

co-author countries: China 🇨🇳 United States of America 🇺🇸
author keywords: keratinous protein; immunogold; ChemiSTEM; melanosome; Early Cretaceous
MeSH headings : Animals; Biological Evolution; Birds / anatomy & histology; Feathers / ultrastructure; Fossils / ultrastructure; Keratins; Melanosomes
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2016 journal article

Testing the hypothesis of biofilm as a source for soft tissue and cell-like structures preserved in dinosaur bone

PLoS One, 11(2).

By: M. Schweitzer, A. Moyer & W. Zheng

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2015 journal article

Mass Spectrometry and Antibody-Based Characterization of Blood Vessels from Brachylophosaurus canadensis

JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH, 14(12), 5252–5262.

By: T. Cleland n, E. Schroeter n, L. Zamdborg*, W. Zheng n, J. Lee*, J. Tran*, M. Bern*, M. Duncan* ...

co-author countries: Korea (Republic of) 🇰🇷 United States of America 🇺🇸
author keywords: Brachylophosaurus canadensis; blood vessels; dinosaur; cytoskeleton; actin; tubulin; myosin; tropomyosin; tap honomy; preservation
MeSH headings : Actins / genetics; Actins / isolation & purification; Amino Acid Sequence; Animals; Blood Vessels / anatomy & histology; Blood Vessels / metabolism; Blood Vessels / microbiology; Bone and Bones / blood supply; Chickens; Dinosaurs / anatomy & histology; Dinosaurs / genetics; Dinosaurs / metabolism; Fluorescent Antibody Technique / methods; Fossils / anatomy & histology; Mass Spectrometry; Models, Biological; Molecular Sequence Data; Myosins / genetics; Myosins / isolation & purification; Phylogeny; Proteomics / methods; Sequence Alignment; Species Specificity; Struthioniformes; Tropomyosin / genetics; Tropomyosin / isolation & purification; Tubulin / genetics; Tubulin / isolation & purification
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2014 journal article

Melanosomes or Microbes: Testing an Alternative Hypothesis for the Origin of Microbodies in Fossil Feathers

Scientific Reports, 4.

By: A. Moyer, W. Zheng, E. Johnson, M. Lamanna, D. Li, K. Lacovara, M. Schweitzer

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2013 journal article

Molecular analyses of dinosaur osteocytes support the presence of endogenous molecules

BONE, 52(1), 414–423.

By: M. Schweitzer n, W. Zheng n, T. Cleland n & M. Bern*

co-author countries: United States of America 🇺🇸
author keywords: Osteocytes; Fossil; Dinosaur; T. rex; Ancient proteins; Ancient DNA
MeSH headings : Animals; Dinosaurs; Mass Spectrometry; Osteocytes / chemistry
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2011 journal article

Characterization of Organics Consistent with beta-Chitin Preserved in the Late Eocene Cuttlefish Mississaepia mississippiensis

PLOS ONE, 6(11).

By: P. Weaver*, L. Doguzhaeva*, D. Lawver*, R. Tacker*, C. Ciampaglio*, J. Crate, W. Zheng n

co-author countries: Sweden 🇸🇪 United States of America 🇺🇸
MeSH headings : Animals; Chitin / analysis; Decapodiformes / chemistry; Decapodiformes / ultrastructure; Extinction, Biological; Fossils; History, Ancient; Immunohistochemistry; Minerals / analysis; Mississippi; Organic Chemicals / analysis; Preservation, Biological / history; Sepia / ultrastructure; Spectrometry, X-Ray Emission; Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2009 journal article

Biomolecular characterization and protein sequences of the Campanian hadrosaur Brachylophosaurus canadensis

Science, 324(5927), 626–631.

By: M. Schweitzer n, W. Zheng n, C. Organ*, R. Avci*, Z. Suo*, L. Freimark*, V. Lebleu*, M. Duncan* ...

co-author countries: United States of America 🇺🇸
MeSH headings : Amino Acid Sequence; Animals; Birds / classification; Bone Demineralization Technique; Bone Matrix / chemistry; Collagen / analysis; Collagen / chemistry; Collagen / isolation & purification; Dinosaurs / classification; Elastin / analysis; Femur / blood supply; Femur / chemistry; Femur / ultrastructure; Fossils; Hemoglobins / analysis; Immunologic Techniques; Laminin / analysis; Mass Spectrometry; Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; Molecular Sequence Data; Osteocytes / ultrastructure; Peptide Fragments / chemistry; Peptide Fragments / isolation & purification; Phylogeny; Proteins / analysis; Proteins / chemistry; Proteins / isolation & purification; Sequence Alignment
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018