Metscher, Publications

Minarik M, Stundl J, Fabian P, Jandzik D, Metscher BD, Psenicka M, Gela D, Osorio-Perez A, Arias-Rodriguez L, Horacek I, Cerny R. (2017).
Pre-oral gut contributes to facial structures in non-teleost fishes.
Nature 547(7662): 209-212.
https://www.nature.com/articles/nature23008

Davies TG, Rahman IA, Lautenschlager S, Cunningham JA, Asher RJ, Barrett PM, Bates KT, Bengtson S, Benson RBJ, Boyer DM, Braga J, Bright JA, Claessens LPAM, Cox PG, Dong X-P, Evans AR, Falkingham PL, Friedman M, Garwood RJ, Goswami A, Hutchinson JR, Jeffery NS, Johanson Z, Lebrun R, Martínez-Pérez C, Marugán-Lobón J, O'Higgins PM, Metscher B, Orliac M, Rowe TB, Rücklin M, Sánchez-Villagra MR, Shubin NH, Smith SY, Starck JM, Stringer C, Summers AP, Sutton MD, Walsh SA, Weisbecker V, Witmer LM, Wroe S, Yin Z, Rayfield EJ, Donoghue PCJ. (2017).
Open data and digital morphology.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 284(1852).
http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/royprsb/284/1852/20170194.full.pdf

Brunke AJ, Chatzimanolis S, Metscher BD, Wolf-Schwenninger K, Solodovnikov A. (2017).
Dispersal of thermophilic beetles across the intercontinental Arctic forest belt during the early Eocene.
Scientific Reports 7.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-13207-4

Handschuh S, Beisser CJ, Ruthensteiner B, Metscher BD. (2017).
Microscopic dual energy CT (microDECT): a flexible tool for multi-channel ex vivo 3D imaging of biological specimens
Journal of Microscopy (Oxford) 267(1): 3-26.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jmi.12543/full

Laciny A, Zettel H, Metscher B, Kamariah AS, Kopchinskiy A, Pretzer C, Druzhinina IS. (2017).
Morphological variation and mermithism in female castes of Colobopsis sp. nrSA, a Bornean "exploding ant" of the Colobopsis cylindrica group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Myrmecological News 24:91-106.
https://myrmecologicalnews.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=1475&Itemid=406

Jałoszyński, P., Brunke, A. J., Metscher, B., Zhang, W.-W., & Bai, M. (2017).
Clidicostigus gen. nov., the first Mesozoic genus of Mastigini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae) from Cenomanian Burmese amber.
Cretaceous Research, 72, 110-116.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195667116302452

Rasch, L. J., Martin, K. J., Cooper, R. L., Metscher, B. D., Underwood, C. J., & Fraser, G. J. (2016).
An ancient dental gene set governs development and continuous regeneration of teeth in sharks.
Developmental Biology, 415(2), 347-370.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012160616300483

Martin, K. J., Rasch, L. J., Cooper, R. L., Metscher, B. D., Johanson, Z., & Fraser, G. J. (2016).
Sox2+ progenitors in sharks link taste development with the evolution of regenerative teeth from denticles.
PNAS 113:14769-14774.
http://www.pnas.org/content/113/51/14769.long

Lamboj, A., Trummer, F., & Metscher, B. D. (2016).
Wallaceochromis gen. nov, a new chromidotilapiine cichlid genus (Pisces: Perciformes) from West Africa.
Zootaxa, 4144(1), 124-130.
http://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4144.1.8/0

Deary, A. L., Metscher, B., Brill, R. W., & Hilton, E. J. (2016).
Shifts of sensory modalities in early life history stage estuarine fishes (Sciaenidae) from the Chesapeake Bay using X-ray micro computed tomography.
Environmental Biology of Fishes, 99, 361-375.
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10641-016-0479-8

van Soldt, B. J., Metscher, B. D., Poelmann, R. E., Vervust, B., Vonk, F. J., Muller, G. B., & Richardson, M. K. (2015).
Heterochrony and Early Left-Right Asymmetry in the Development of the Cardiorespiratory System of Snakes.
PLoS ONE, 10(1), e116416.
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0116416

Underwood, C. J., Johanson, Z., Welten, M., Metscher, B., Rasch, L. J., Fraser, G. J., & Smith, M. M. (2015).
Development and Evolution of Dentition Pattern and Tooth Order in the Skates And Rays (Batoidea; Chondrichthyes).
PLoS ONE, 10(4), e0122553.
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0122553

Konstantinidis, P., Warth, P., Naumann, B., Metscher, B., Hilton, E. J., & Olsson, L. (2015).
The Developmental Pattern of the Musculature Associated with the Mandibular and Hyoid Arches in the Longnose Gar, Lepisosteus osseus (Actinopterygii, Ginglymodi, Lepisosteiformes).
Copeia, 103(4), 920-932.
http://www.asihcopeiaonline.org/doi/abs/10.1643/OT-14-195

Herdina, A. N., Plenk, H., Benda, P., Lina, P. H. C., Herzig-Straschil, B., Hilgers, H., & Metscher, B. D. (2015).
Correlative 3D-Imaging of Pipistrellus Penis Micromorphology: Validating Quantitative MicroCT Images with Undecalcified Serial Ground Section Histomorphology.
Journal of Morphology, 276(6), 695-706.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jmor.20372/abstract

Herdina, A. N., Kelly, D. A., Jahelková, H., Lina, P. H. C., Horáček, I., & Metscher, B. D. (2015).
Testing hypotheses of bat baculum function with 3D models derived from microCT.
Journal of Anatomy, 226(3), 229-235.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joa.12274/abstract

Fave, M.-J., Johnson, R., Cover, S., Handschuh, S., Metscher, B., Müller, G., Gopalan, S., & Abouheif, E. (2015).
Past climate change on Sky Islands drives novelty in a core developmental gene network and its phenotype.
BMC Evolutionary Biology, 15(1), 183.
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/15/183

Akkari, N., Enghoff, H., & Metscher, B. (2015).
A New Dimension in Documenting New Species: High-Detail Imaging for Myriapod Taxonomy and First 3D Cybertype of a New Millipede Species (Diplopoda, Julida, Julidae).
PLoS ONE, 10(8), e0135243.
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0135243

Ahnelt, H., Herdina, A. N., & Metscher, B. D. (2015).
Unusual pharyngeal dentition in the African Chedrin fishes (Teleostei: Cyprinindae): significance for phylogeny and character evolution.
Zoologischer Anzeiger, 255, 85-102.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0044523115000133

Schulz-Mirbach, T., Ladich, F., Plath, M., Metscher, B. D., & Heß, M. (2014).
Are accessory hearing structures linked to inner ear morphology? Insights from 3D orientation patterns of ciliary bundles in three cichlid species.
Frontiers in Zoology, 11, 25.
http://www.frontiersinzoology.com/content/11/1/25/abstract

Sandholzer, M. A., Baron, K., Heimel, P., & Metscher, B. D. (2014).
Volume analysis of heat-induced cracks in human molars: A preliminary study.
Journal of Forensic Dental Sciences, 6(2), 139-144.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4130017/

Nuño de la Rosa, L., Müller, G. B., & Metscher, B. D. (2014).
The Lateral Mesodermal Divide: An Epigenetic Model of the Origin of Paired Fins.
Evol Dev, 16(1), 38-48.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ede.12061/abstract

Mayer, C., Metscher, B. D., Müller, G. B., & Mitteroecker, P. (2014).
Studying Developmental Variation with Geometric Morphometric Image Analysis (GMIA).
PLoS ONE, 9(12).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0115076

Karolyi, F., Colville, J. F., Handschuh, S., Metscher, B. D., & Krenn, H. W. (2014).
One proboscis, two tasks: Adaptations to blood-feeding and nectar-extracting in long-proboscid horse flies (Tabanidae, Philoliche).
Arthropod Structure & Development, 43(5), 403-413.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S146780391400067X

Herdina, A. N., Hulva, P., Horáček, I., Benda, P., Mayer, C., Hilgers, H., & Metscher, B. D. (2014).
MicroCT imaging reveals morphometric baculum differences for discriminating the cryptic species Pipistrellus pipistrellus and P. pygmaeus.
Acta Chiropterologica, 16(1), 157-168.
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3161/150811014X683372

Čapek, D., Metscher, B. D., & Muller, G. B. (2014).
Thumbs down: a molecular-morphogenetic approach to avian digit homology.
Journal of experimental zoology. Part B, Molecular and developmental evolution, 322(1), 1-12.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jez.b.22545/abstract

Schulz-Mirbach, T., Hess, M., Metscher, B. D., & Ladich, F. (2013).
A unique swim bladder-inner ear connection in a teleost fish revealed by a combined high-resolution microtomographic and three-dimensional histological study.
BMC Biology, 11, 75.
https://bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1741-7007-11-75

Schulz-Mirbach, T., Hess, M., & Metscher, B. D. (2013).
Sensory epithelia of the fish inner ear in 3D: studied with high-resolution contrast enhanced microCT.
Frontiers in Zoology, 10, 63.
http://www.frontiersinzoology.com/content/10/1/63

Metscher, B. D. (2013).
Biological applications of X-ray microtomography: imaging micro-anatomy, molecular expression and organismal diversity.
Microscopy and Analysis, 27(2), 13-16.
http://www.microscopy-analysis.com/sites/default/files/2013_March_Metscher.pdf
http://clients.digipage.co.uk/?userpath=00000016/00005506/00086845/&page=13

Merkle, A., Metscher, B., Yun, S., & Lau, S. H. (2013).
Quantitative Immunostaining: 3D X-ray Microscopy for Visualizing and Measuring Protein Distribution in Three Dimensions. Paper presented at the Joint Annual Meeting of the ASPET/BPS at Experimental Biology (EB), Boston, MA.
http://www.fasebj.org/cgi/content/meeting_abstract/27/1_MeetingAbstracts/532.6?sid=4e4ad484-85f5-47cf-b0a6-0751ffd3c3ef

Klietmann, J., Metscher, B. D., Ostende, L. W. v. d. H., Nagel, D., & Rummel, M. (2013).
First record of an upper deciduous molar in Desmanella (Uropsilinae, Talpidae, Mammalia) with comments on function.
Geobios (Jodhpur), 46(6), 503-510.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016699513000764

Kerbl, A., Handschuh, S., Nodl, M. T., Metscher, B., Walzl, M., & Wanninger, A. (2013).
Micro-CT in cephalopod research: Investigating the internal anatomy of a sepiolid squid using a non-destructive technique with special focus on the ganglionic system.
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 447, 140-148.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2013.02.022

Karolyi, F., Morawetz, L., Colville, J. F., Handschuh, S., Metscher, B. D., & Krenn, H. W. (2013).
Time management and nectar flow: flower handling and suction feeding in long-proboscid flies (Nemestrinidae: Prosoeca).
Die Naturwissenschaften, 100(11), 1083-1093.
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00114-013-1114-6

Bauder, J. A. S., Handschuh, S., Metscher, B. D., & Krenn, H. W. (2013).
Functional morphology of the feeding apparatus and evolution of proboscis length in metalmark butterflies (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae).
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 110(2), 291-304.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bij.12134/abstract

Schulz-Mirbach, T., Metscher, B., & Ladich, F. (2012).
Relationship between Swim Bladder Morphology and Hearing Abilities: Case Study on Asian and African Cichlids.
PLoS ONE, 7(8), e42292.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0042292

Herdina, A., Metscher, B., Gruber, D., Hahn, D., Lederer, J., & Jr, H. P. (2012).
Combined microCT, LM and BSE-SEM evaluation of a trephine bone biopsy after human extraction-socket filling with Bio-Oss-Collagen®.
eCM Journal, 24(Suppl 1), 48.
http://www.ecmjournal.org/journal/supplements/vol024supp01/pdf/v024supp01a48.pdf

Zimmermann, D., Randolf, S., Metscher, B. D., & Aspöck, U. (2011).
The function and phylogenetic implications of the tentorium in adult Neuroptera (Insecta).
Arthropod Struct Dev, 40(6), 571-582.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1467803911000697
http://131.130.78.25/Metscher_publications/Zimmermann11_Tentorium.pdf

Metscher, B. D., & Müller, G. B. (2011).
MicroCT for Molecular Imaging: Quantitative Visualization of Complete 3D Distributions of Gene Products in Embryonic Limbs.
Developmental Dynamics, 240(10), 2301-2308.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/dvdy.22733/abstract

Metscher, B. D. (2011).
X-ray microtomographic imaging of intact vertebrate embryos.
Cold Spring Harbor protocols, 2011(12), 1462-1471.
http://cshprotocols.cshlp.org/content/2011/12/pdb.prot067033.full

Briguglio, A., Metscher, B., & Hohenegger, J. (2011).
Growth Rate Biometric Quantification by X- ray Microtomography on Larger Benthic Foraminifera: Three-dimensional Measurements push Nummulitids into the Fourth Dimension.
Turkish J. Earth Sci., 20, 683-699.
http://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/earth/abstract.htm?id=12064

Okorn, G., Metscher, B., Draxler, G., & Janauer, G. A. (2010).
Value-adding application of micro-CT to highly rigid plant tissues: Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. Ex Steud. knot sections.
Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Österreich, 147, 93-98.
http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/VZBG_147_0093-0098.pdf

Metscher, B. D. (2010).
X-Ray Microtomographic Imaging of Vertebrate Embryos.
In J. Sharpe, R. Wong, & R. Yuste (Eds.), Imaging in Developmental Biology: A Laboratory Manual: Cold Spring Harbor Press.

Herdina, A. N., Herzig-Straschil, B., Hilgers, H., Metscher, B. D., & Plenk, H. (2010).
Histomorphology of the Penis Bone (Baculum) in the Gray Long-Eared Bat Plecotus austriacus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae).
Anat Rec, 293(7), 1248-1258.
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/123345780/HTMLSTART

Handschuh, S., Schwaha, T., & Metscher, B. D. (2010).
Showing their true colors: a practical approach to volume rendering from serial sections.
BMC Dev Biol, 10(1), 41.
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-213X/10/41

Eberhard, M. J. B., Lang, D., Metscher, B., Pass, G., Picker, M. D., & Wolf, H. (2010).
Structure and sensory physiology of the leg scolopidial organs in Mantophasmatodea and their role in vibrational communication.
Arthropod Structure and Development, 39(4), 230-241.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6W66-50819SF-1/2/f7a58c2a05bcd12143e0a65654a5cf97

Metscher, B. D. (2009).
MicroCT for comparative morphology: simple staining methods allow high-contrast 3D imaging of diverse non-mineralized tissues.
BMC Physiology, 9, 11.
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6793/9/11

Metscher, B. D. (2009).
Postcards from The Wedge: review and commentary on Explore Evolution: The Arguments For and Against Neo-Darwinism by Steven C. Meyer et al.
Evolution & Development, 11(1), 124-125.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-142X.2008.00309.x

Metscher, B. D. (2009).
MicroCT for developmental biology: A versatile tool for high-contrast 3D imaging at histological resolutions.
Developmental Dynamics, 238(3), 632-640.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/dvdy.21857/full

Keckeis, H., Anhelt, H., Ladich, F., & Metscher, B. (2009).
Forschungsbereiche aus Biologie, Ökologie und Systematik von Fischen an der Universität Wien.
Österreichs Fischerei, Nov/Dez 2009(11/12), 303-307.

Metscher, B. D., Takahashi, K., Crow, K., Amemiya, C., Nonaka, D. F., & Wagner, G. P. (2005).
Expression of Hoxa-11 and Hoxa-13 in the pectoral fin of a basal ray-finned fish, Polyodon spathula: implications for the origin of tetrapod limbs.
Evolution & Development, 7(3), 186-195.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1525-142X.2005.05021.x/abstract

Metscher, B. D., & Ahlberg, P. E. (2001).
Origin of the teleost tail: phylogenetic frameworks for developmental studies.
In Major Events in Early Vertebrate Evolution: Palaeontology, Phylogeny, Genetics and Development (Vol. 61, pp. 333-349).
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Brian_Metscher/publication--.pdf

Metscher, B., & Weiss, K. (2001).
EVOLUTION. Third Edition. By Monroe W Strickberger.
The Quarterly Review of Biology, 76(1), 78-79.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/2664170

Metscher, B. D., & Ahlberg, P. E. (1999).
Zebrafish in context: uses of a laboratory model in comparative studies.
Developmental Biololgy, 210(1), 1-14.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012160699992308

Metscher, B. D., Northcutt, R. G., Gardiner, D. M., & Bryant, S. V. (1997).
Homeobox genes in axolotl lateral line placodes and neuromasts.
Dev Genes Evol, 207, 287-295.
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s004270050116

Metscher, B., Mullen, L., Gardiner, D., & Bryant, S. V. (1995).
Differential Expression of Homeobox Genes in Axolotl Lateral-Line Organs.
Developmental Biology, 170(2), 752-752.

Ansari, H., Metscher, B. D., & Lesh, J. R. (1990).
Experimental Considerations for 2-D Acoustooptic Spectrum Analysis.
Applied Optics, 29(36), 5317-5319.
http://homepage.univie.ac.at/brian.metscher/Ansari90_ApplOptics.pdf

Ansari, H., Metscher, B., & Lesh, J. R. (1990).
3-Dimensional Acoustooptic Spectrum Analysis.
Optics Letters, 15(21), 1245-1246.
http://homepage.univie.ac.at/brian.metscher/Ansari90_OpticsLett.pdf

Cicerone, C., & Metscher, B. (1989).
Variations in the cone populations and related changes in color perception with eccentricity in the human retina.
Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci., Suppl. 30, 53.

Robinson, D. L., & Metscher, B. D. (1987).
Photon Detection with Cooled Avalanche Photodiodes.
Applied Physics Letters, 51(19), 1493-1494.
http://homepage.univie.ac.at/brian.metscher/Robinson87_APDs.pdf

Metscher, B. D. (1987).
An Evaluation of the Communications System for the TAU Mission Study.
TDA Progress Reports, 42-89, 108-117.
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19870014407
http://ipnpr.jpl.nasa.gov/progress_report/42-89/89L.PDF

Robinson, D. L., & Metscher, B. D. (1986).
A Cooled Avalanche Photodiode With High Photon Detection Probability.
TDA Progress Reports, 42-87, 41-47.
http://ipnpr.jpl.nasa.gov/progress_report/42-87/87E.PDF

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