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Rebecca Fisher, PhD

Associate Professor, Basic Medical Sciences
Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences - Arizona State University
Phone: 
UA: (602) 827-2109
Phone: 
ASU: (480) 727-9772
Email: 
rfisher@email.arizona.edu
Website: 
http://fisher.lab.asu.edu/
UA Office Building and Room : 
HSEB, Room B624
435 N. 5th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004
Education: 
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Functional Anatomy of the Hippopotamidae; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; 2002-2004
PhD; Yale University; 2002
BA; Stanford University; 1995
Research

In my research lab, we study the anatomy and evolution of vertebrates. We are currently analyzing the functional anatomy of the tail in green anoles. Since these lizards are capable of regenerating their tail, we are comparing tail structure and function pre- and post-autotomy. In addition to the anole project, my lab also investigates the appendicular anatomy of mammals.    

 

Rebecca Fisher, PhD
Rebecca Fisher, PhD
Selected Publications

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  1. Kusumi K, Fisher RE; Studying mechanisms of regeneration in amphibian and reptilian vertebrate models; The Anatomical Record; 2012; 295(10):1529–1531.
  2. Ritzman TB, Stroik LK, Julik E, Hutchins ED, Lasku E, Denardo DF, Wilson-Rawls J; Rawls JA, Kusumi K, Fisher RE; The gross anatomy of the original and regenerated tail in the green anole (Anolis carolinensis); The Anatomical Record; 2012; 295(10):1596-1608.
  3. Fisher RE, Geiger L, Stroik LK, Hutchins ED, George RM, DeNardo DF, Kusumi K, Rawls JA, Wilson-Rawls J; A Histological comparison of the original and regenerated tail in the green anole, Anolis carolinensis; The Anatomical Record; 2012; 295(10):1609-1619.
  4. Julik E, Zack S, Adrian B, Maredia S, Parsa A, Poole M, Starbuck A, Fisher RE; Functional anatomy of the forelimb muscles of the ocelot (Leopardus pardalis); Journal of Mammalian Evolution; 2012; 19(4): 277-304.
  5. Eckalbar WL,Fisher RE, Rawls A, Kusumi K. 2012. Scoliosis and segmentation defects of the vertebrae. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews (WIREs) Developmental Biology doi: 10.1002/wdev.34.
  6. Fisher RE, Smith HF, Kusumi K, Tassone E, Rawls A, Wilson-Rawls J. 2012. Mutations in the Notch Pathway Alter the Patterning of Multifidus. The Anatomical Record 295(1):32-39.
  7. Boisserie JR, Fisher RE, Lihoreau F, Weston E. 2011. Evolving between land and water: key questions on the emergence and history of the Hippopotamidae (Hippopotamoidea, Cetancodonta, Cetartiodactyla).Biological Reviews 86(3): 601-625.
  8. Fisher RE. 2011. Red Panda Anatomy. In: Red Panda: Biology and Conservation of the First Panda, Angela Glatston (editor), Elsevier. pp 89-100.
  9. Fisher RE, Scott KM, and Adrian B. 2010. Hindlimb Myology of the Common Hippopotamus,Hippopotamus amphibius (Artiodacytla: Hippopotamidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 158(3): 661-682.
  10. Rawls A and Fisher RE. 2010. Development and Functional Anatomy of the Spine. In The Genetics and Development of Scoliosis, Kenro Kusumi and Sally Dunwoodie (editors), Springer. pp. 21-46.
  11. Boisserie J-R, Lihoreau F, Orliac M, Fisher RE, Weston EM, and Ducrocq S. 2010. Morphology and phylogenetic relationships of the earliest known hippopotamids (Cetartiodactyla, Hippopotamidae, Kenyapotaminae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 158(2): 325-366.
  12. Smith HF, Fisher RE, Everett ML, Thomas AD, Bollinger RR, and Parker W. 2009. Comparative anatomy and phylogenetic distribution of the mammalian cecal appendix. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(10): 1984-1999.
  13. Fisher RE, Adrian B, Barton M, Holmgren J, and Tang, SY. 2009. The phylogeny of the red panda (Ailurus fulgens): evidence from the forelimb. Journal of Anatomy 215: 611-635.
  14. Fisher RE, Adrian B, Elrod C, and Hicks M. 2008. The phylogeny of the red panda (Ailurus fulgens): evidence from the hindlimb. Journal of Anatomy 213: 607-628.
  15. Fisher RE, Scott KM, and Naples VL. 2007. Forelimb myology of the pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis). Journal of Anatomy 290(6): 673-693.
  16. Fisher RE. 2003. Fetus to Adult: The Development and Evolutionary Significance of Pedal Muscle Variation. Ph.D. Dissertation (December, 2002). Yale University. (679 pp.).
  17. Fisher RE. 2000. The primate appendix: A reassessment. Anatomical Record Part B 261: 228-236.