Publications

Below is a listing of publications authored or contributed to by members of our group, in chronological order. Current and past group members are in bold.


Schroeter, E.R., DeHart, C.J., Cleland, T.P., Zheng, W., Thomas, P., Kelleher, N.L., Bern, M., Schweitzer, M.H. (2017). Expansion for the Brachylophosaurus canadensis collagen I sequence and additional evidence for the preservation of Cretaceous protein. Journal of Proteome Research, 16(2):920-932.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.6b00873
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Pan, Y., Zheng, W., Moyer, A.E., O’Connor, J.K., Wang, M., Zheng, X., Wang, X., Schroeter, E.R., Zhou, Z., Schweitzer, M.H. (2016). Molecular evidence of keratin and melanosomes in feathers of the Early Cretaceous bird Eoconfuciusornis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(49):E7900-E7907.
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1617168113
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Moyer, A.E., Zheng, W., Schweitzer, M.H. (2016). Microscopic and Immunohistochemical Analyses of the Claw of the Nesting Dinosaur, Citipati osmolskae. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 283 (1842):20161997.
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.1997
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Schroeter, E.R., DeHart, C.J., Schweitzer, M.H., Thomas, P.M., Kelleher, N. (2016). Bone protein “extractomics”: Comparing the efficiency of bone protein extractions of Gallus gallus in tandem mass spectrometry, with an eye towards paleoproteomics. PeerJ, 4:e2603.
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.2603
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Moyer, A.E., Zheng, W., Schweitzer, M.H. (2016). Keratin durability has implications for the fossil record: Results from a 10-year feather degradation experiment. PLoS One, 11(7):e0157699.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0157699
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Cleland,T.P., Schroeter, E.R., Feranec, R.S., Vashishth, D. (2016). Peptide sequences from the first Castoroides ohioensis skull and the utility of old museum collections for palaeoproteomics. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 283:20160593.
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.0593
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Schweitzer, M.H., Zheng, W., Zanno, L.E., Sugiyama, T. (2016). Chemistry supports the identification of gender-specific reproductive tissue in Tyrannosaurus rex. Nature Scientific Reports, 6:23099.
DOI: 10.1038/srep23099
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Schweitzer, M.H., Moyer, A.E., Zheng, W. (2016). Testing the hypothesis of biofilm as a source for soft tissue and cell-like structures preserved in dinosaur bone. PLoS One, 11(2):e0150238.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150238
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Lindgren, J., Moyer, A.E., Schweitzer, M.H., Sjövall, P., Uvdal, P., Heimdal, J., Nilsson, D.E., Gren, J., Schultz, B.P., Kear, B.P. (2015). “Interpreting melanin-based coloration through deep time: fossil mealnosomes recognition criteria and related issues.” Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 282:20150614.
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.0614
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Dacke, C.G., Elsey, R.M., Trosclair, .PL. III, Sugiyama, T., Nevarez, J.G., Schweitzer, M.H. (2015). Alligator osteoderms as a source of labile calcium for eggshell formation. Journal of Zoology, 297(4):255-264.
DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12272
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Schroeter, E.R. and Cleland, T.P. (2016). “Glutamine deamidation: an indicator of antiquity, or preservational quality?” Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 30(2):251–255.
DOI: 10.1002/rcm.7445
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Cleland, T.P., Schroeter, E.R., Zamdborg, L., Zheng, W., Lee, J.E., Tran, J., Bern, M., Duncan, M.B., Lebleu, V.D., Ahlf, D., Thomas, P.M., Kalluri, R., Kelleher, N.L., Schweitzer, M.H. (2015). “Mass spectrometry and antibody-based characterization of blood vessels from Brachylophosaurus canadensis.” Journal of Proteome Research, 14(12): 5252–5262.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.5b00675
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Cleland, T.P., Schroeter, E.R., and Schweitzer, M.H., Biologically and diagenetically derived peptide modifications in Moa collagens. (2015). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 282(1808):20150015.
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Schroeter, E.R., Egerton, V.M., Ibruciu, L.M. and Lacovara, K.J., (2014). “Lamniform shark teeth from the Late Cretaceous of southernmost South America (Santa Cruz Province, Argentina).” PLoS ONE, 9(8): e104800.
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Lacovara, K., Lamanna, M.C., Ibiricu, L.M., Poole, J.C., Schroeter, E.R., Ullman, P.V., Voegele, K.K., Boles, Z.M., Carter, A.M., Fowler, E.K., Egerton, V.M., Moyer, A.E., Coughenour, C.L., Schein, J.P., Harris, J.D., Martínez, R.D., and Novas, F.E., (2014). A gigantic, exceptionally complete titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from southern Patagonia, Argentina. Scientific Reports, 4(6196):1–9.
DOI: 10.1038/srep06196
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Schweitzer, M.H., Schroeter, E.R., Goshe, M.B. (2014). Protein molecular data from ancient (>1 million years old) fossil material: pitfalls, possibilities and grand challenges. Analytical Chemistry.
DOI: 10.1021/ac500803w
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Moyer, A.E., Zheng, W., Johnson, E.A., Lamanna, M.C., Li, D., Lacovara, K.J., Schweitzer, M.H. (2014). Melanosomes or Microbes: Testing an Alternative Hypothesis for the Origin of Microbodies in Fossil Feathers. Scientific Reports 4:4233.
DOI: 10.1038/srep04233
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Schweitzer, M.H., Zheng, W., Cleland, T., Goodwin, M.B., Boatman, E., Theil, E., Marcus, M., and Fakra, S. (2014). A role for iron and oxygen chemistry in preserving soft tissues, cells and molecules from deep time. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 281(1775):20132741.
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2741
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Schweitzer, M.H., Cleland T.P., Zheng W., Bern, M. (2013). Molecular Analyses of Dinosaur Osteocytes Supports the Presence of Endogenous Molecules. Bone, 52:414-423.
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2012.10.010
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Cleland, T.P., Voegele, K., Schweitzer, M.H. (2012). Empirical evaluation of bone extraction protocols. PLoS ONE, 7(2):e31443.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031443
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Cadena, E., Schweitzer, M.H., (2012). Variation in osteocytes morphology vs bone type in turtle shell and their exceptional preservation from the Jurassic to the present. Bone, 51:614-620.
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2012.05.002

San Antonio, J.D., Schweitzer, M.H., Jensen, S.T., Kalluri, R., Buckley, M., Orgel, J. Dinosaur peptides suggest mechanisms of protein survival. PLOS One 6(6):e20381.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020381
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Cleland, T.P., Stoskopf, M.K., Schweitzer, M.H. 2011. Histological, chemical, and morphological reexamination of the ‘heart’ of a small late Cretaceous Thescelosaurus. Naturwissenschaften, 98(3):203–211.
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-010-0760-1
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Schweitzer, M.H. (2011). Soft Tissue Preservation in Mesozoic Vertebrates. Annual Reviews of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 39:187-216.
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-earth-040610-133502
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Zheng, W., Schweitzer, M.H. Chemical analyses of fossil bone. (2012). IN: Forensic Microscopy for Skeletal Tissues: Methods and Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol. 915, Chapter 10, Lynne S. Bell, Editor.
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-977-8_10

Green, J.L., Schweitzer, M.H., Lamm E-T. Limb bone histology and growth in Placerias hesternus (therapsida: anomodontia) from the Upper Triassic of North America. (2010). Paleonotology, 53(2):347–364.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00944.x
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Schweitzer, M.H., Zheng, W., Organ, C.L., Avci, R., Suo, Z., Freimark, L.M., Lebleu, V.S., Duncan, M.B., Vander Heiden, M.G., Neveu, J.M., Lane, W.S., Cottrell, J.S., Horner, J.R., Cantley, L.C., Kalluri, R., Asara, J.M. (2009). Biomolecular characterization and protein sequences of the Campanian hadrosaur Brachylophosaurus canadensis. Science. 324:626–629.
DOI: 10.1126/science.1165069
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Asara, J.M., Schweitzer, M.H., Cantley, L.C., Cottrell, J.S. (2008). Response to comment on ‘Protein Sequences from Mastodon and Tyrannosaurus rex Revealed by Mass Spectrometry.’ Science, 321:1040c
DOI: 10.1126/science.1157829
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Asara, J.M., Schweitzer, M.H. (2008). Response to comment on ‘Protein Sequences from Mastodon and Tyrannosaurus rex Revealed by Mass Spectrometry.’ Science, 319:33d.
DOI: 10.1126/science.1147364
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Schweitzer, M.H., Avci, R., Collier, T., Goodwin M. (2008). Microscopic, chemical and molecular methods for examining fossil specimens. Comptes Rendus Palevol, 7:159–184.
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2008.02.005
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Organ, C.L., Schweitzer, M.H., Zheng, W., Freimark, L.M., Cantley, L.C., Asara, J.M. (2008). Molecular phylogenetics of mastodon and Tyrannosaurus rex. Science, 320:499.
DOI: 10.1126/science.1154284
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Asara, J.M., Schweitzer, M.H., Phillips, M.P., Freimark, L.M., Cantley, L.C. (2007). Protein sequences from mastodon (Mammut americanum) and dinosaur (Tyrannosaurus rex) revealed by mass spectrometry. Science. 316:280-285.
DOI: 10.1126/science.1137614
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Asara, J.M., Garavelli, J.S., Slatter, D.A., Schweitzer, M.H., Freimark, L.M., Phillips, M., Cantley, L.C. (2007). Interpreting sequences from mastodon and Tyrannosaurus rex. Science, 317:1324–1325.
DOI: 10.1126/science.317.5843.1324

Schweitzer, M.H., Suo, Z., Avci, R., Asara, J.M., Allen, M.A., Teran Arce, F., Horner, J.R. (2007). Analyses of soft tissue from Tyrannosaurus rex suggests the presence of protein. Science 316:277–280.
DOI: 10.1126/science.1138709
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Schweitzer, M.H., Elsey, R.M., Dacke, C.G., Horner, J.R., Lamm, E.T. Do Egglaying Crocodilian (Alligator mississippiensis) Archosaurs Form Medullary Bone? (2007). Bone 40: 1152–1158.
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2006.10.029
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Suo, Z., Avci, R., Schweitzer, M.H., Deliorman, M. (2007). Porphyrin as an ideal biomarker in the search for extraterrestrial life. Astrobiology, 7(4):605–615.
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2006.0120

Schweitzer, M.H. (2007). The Sauropods:Evolution and Paleobiology (Book Review). Copeia (1):234-237.
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2007)7[234:TSEAP]2.0.CO;2

Schweitzer, M.H., Wittmeyer, J.L., Horner, J.R. (2007). Soft tissue and cellular preservation in vertebrate skeletal elements from the Cretaceous to the present. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B. 274:183–197.
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3705
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Schweitzer, M.H., Wittmeyer, J.L., Horner, J.R. (2005). Gender-specific reproductive tissue in ratites and Tyrannosaurus rex. Science, 308:1456–1460.
DOI: 10.1126/science.1112158
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Schweitzer, M.H., Wittmeyer, J.L., Horner, J.R., Toporski, J.B. (2005). Soft Tissue Vessels and Cellular Preservation in Tyrannosaurus rex. Science, 307:1952–1955.
DOI: 10.1126/science.1108397
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Avci, R., Schweitzer, M.H., Boyd, R.D., Wittmeyer, J., Teran Arce, F., Calvo, J.O. (2005). Preservation of bone collagen from the late Cretaceous period, studied by immunolocalization and atomic force microscopy. Langmuir, 21(8):3584–3590.
DOI: 10.1021/la047682e

Schweitzer, M.H., Chiappe, L.M., Garrido, A.C., Lowenstein, J.M., Pincus, S.H. (2005). Molecular preservation in Late Cretaceous sauropod dinosaur eggshells. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 272:775–784.
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2876
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Channing, A.,Schweitzer, M.H., Horner, J.R., McEneaney, T. (2005). A silicified bird from Quaternary hot spring deposits. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 272:905–911.
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2989

Schweitzer, M.H., Wittmeyer, J., Avci, R., Steele, A. (2005). Rationale for an immunological approach to the search for life on other planets. Astrobiology, 5(1):30–47.
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2005.5.30

Schweitzer, M.H. (2004). Molecular paleontology: some current advances and problems. Annales de Palaeontologie, 90:81–102.
DOI: 10.1016/j.annpal.2004.02.001
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Avci, R., Schweitzer, M.H., Boyd, R.D., Wittmeyer, J.L., Steele, A., Toporski, J.B., Beech, I., Teran-Arce, F., Spangler, B., Cole, K.M., McKay, D.S. (2004). A comparison of Antibody-antigen interactions on collagen measured by conventional immunological techniques and liquid atomic force microscopy. Langmuir, 20:11053–11063.
DOI: 10.1021/la036376i

Schweitzer, M.H. (2003). The future of molecular paleontology. Paleontologica Electronica, 5(2):1–11.
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Schweitzer, M.H., Hill, C.L., Asara, J.M., Lane, W.S., Pincus, S.H., (2002). Identification of immuno-reactive material in mammoth fossils. Journal of Molecular Evolution, 55:696–705.
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-002-2365-6

Chin, K., Eberth, D.A., Schweitzer, M.H., Rando, T.A., Sloboda, W.J., Horner, J.R. (2003). Remarkable preservation of muscle tissue within a tyrannosaurid coprolite. Palaios, 18:287–293.
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Jackson, F.D. Schweitzer M.H., Schmitt, J.G. (2002). Dinosaur eggshell study using Scanning Electron Microscopy. Scanning, 24:217–223.
DOI: 10.1002/sca.4950240501

Schweitzer M.H., and Marshall, C.L. (2001). A molecular model for the evolution of endothermy in the theropod-bird lineage. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, 291:317–338.
DOI: 10.1002/jez.1132

Schweitzer M.H., Jackson, F.D., Chiappe, L.M., Calvo, J.O., Rubilar, D.E. (2001). Late Cretaceous avian eggs with embryos from Argentina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 22(1):191–195.
Stable URL: www.jstor.org/stable/4524212

Schweitzer, M.H. (2001). Evolutionary implications of possible protofeather structures associated with a specimen of Shuvuuia deserti. IN: Jacques A. Gauthier, editor. New Perspectives on the Origin and Evolution of Birds: Proceedings of the International Symposium in Honor of John H. Ostrom. Peabody Museum of Natural History Special Publication, New Haven, CT. 181–194.
Publisher’s Website: Proceedings of the International Symposium in Honor of John H. Ostrom

Schweitzer, M.H., Watt, J.A., Avci, R., Knapp, L., Chiappe, L. Norell, M., Marshall, M. (1999). Beta-keratin specific immunological reactivity in feather-like structures of the Cretaceous Alvarezsaurid, Shuvuuia deserti. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, 285:146–157.
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19990815)285:2<146::AID-JEZ7>3.0.CO;2-A
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Schweitzer, M.H., Watt, J.A., Avci, R. Forster, C.A., Krause, D.W., Knapp, L., Rogers, R., Beech, I., Marshall, M. (1999). Keratin immunoreactivity in the Late Cretaceous bird Rahonavis ostromi. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 19(4):712–722.
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.1999.10011183
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Schweitzer, M.H., and Horner, J.R. (1999). Intravascular microstructures in trabecular bone tissues of Tyrannosaurus rex. Annals de Paleontologie, 85(3):179–192.
DOI: 10.1016/S0753-3969(99)80013-5

Hill, C.L., and Schweitzer, M.H. (1999). Mammoth (Mammuthus) from the Doden Gravels, Eastern Montana: biometric and molecular analyses. Current Research in the Pleistocene, 16:120–123.

Schweitzer, M.H., Marshall, M. Carron, K., Bohle, D.S., Busse, S. Arnold, E., Johnson, C., Starkey, J.R. (1997). Heme compounds in dinosaur trabecular tissues. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 94:6291–6296.
Stable URL: www.pnas.org/content/94/12/6291.abstract
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Schweitzer, M.H., Johnson, C., Zocco, T.G., Horner, J.R., Starkey, J.R. (1997). Preservation of biomolecules in cancellous bone of Tyrannosaurus rex. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 17(2):349–359.
Stable URL: www.jstor.org/stable/4523811