Aims and Scope
The Anatomical Record: Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology, an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists, publishes new discoveries in the morphological aspects of molecular, cellular, systems, and evolutionary biology. The journal focuses on major new findings in the anatomical consequences of gene disruption, activation, or over expression upon cell, tissue, or organ architecture and also recognizes the importance of descriptive studies in contemporary research, particularly when framed in the context of experimental models or questions. Another important priority will be those discoveries and new advances made through the use of imaging modalities ranging from those that image real-time signaling processes to ones that image protein or gene expression in individual cells, tissues, or whole organisms. Papers are accepted dealing with functional morphology of any vertebrate organ system including those with a developmental, comparative, or evolutionary theme. The area of coverage is directed primarily to the organ or system level, where descriptive studies of normal and abnormal development become an important consideration in characterizing phenotypes. In addition, timely reviews of important topics related to Anatomy and its subdisciplines are regularly included. The criteria of acceptance of all papers are the quality of the research, its originality and significance to our readership.
The abstracts and proceedings of the annual meeting of the American Association of Anatomists is also published in The Anatomical Record. No paper that has appeared previously will be accepted nor will simultaneous publication elsewhere be allowed.

EDITOR
Kurt H. Albertine, Ph.D.
University of Utah School of Medicine
kurt.albertine@hsc.utah.edu


EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
Rosalie McFarlane
Rosalie.McFarlane@hsc.utah.edu
EDITORIAL DATABASE SPECIALIST
Kimberly McKay
kimberly.mckay@hsc.utah.edu

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Valéria PS Fazan
School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto
vpsfazan@yahoo.com.br
Julian A. Guttman
Simon Fraser University
jguttman@sfu.ca
Ji-Cheng Li
Zhejiang University
lijichen@zju.edu.cn
Jean-Pierre Timmermans
University of Antwerp
jean-pierre.timmermans@ua.ac.be
José Luis Trejo
Institute Cajal
jltrejo@cajal.scic.es


SENIOR ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Jeffrey T. Laitman
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
jeffrey.laitman@mssm.edu


US ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Kenneth "Bo" Foreman
University of Utah
bo.foreman@hsc.utah.edu

Scott Miller
University of Utah
Scott.Miller@hsc.utah.edu

Timothy D. Smith
Slippery Rock University
timothy.smith@sru.edu

Katherine E. Yutzey
Cincinnati Children's Medical Center
katherine.yutzey@cchmc.org


MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF REVIEWERS
Yoshihiro Akimoto
Kyorin University School of Medicine
Robert H. Anderson
University College London
Boon-Huat Bay
National University of Singapore
David H. Bernanke
Medical University of South Carolina
Martha E. Bickford
University of Louisville
Philip R. Brauer
Creighton University School of Medicine
Herman Cheung
University of Miami School of Medicine
Simon J. Conway
Indiana University
Paul C. Dechow
Baylor College of Dentistry
Peter Dodson
University of Pennsylvania
David R. Friedland
Medical College of Wisconsin
Donald Gerecke
Rutgers University
Marion K. Gordon
Rutgers University
William C. Hall
Duke University Medical Center
Katerina Harvati
Senckenberg Center for Human Evolution and Paleoecology
Patrick R. Hof
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Dallas M. Hyde
University of California at Davis
Keitaro Isokawa
Nihon University School of Dentistry
Jon H. Kaas
Vanderbilt University
Horst-Werner Korf
Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität
Timothy D. Le Cras
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
University of Cincinnati
Hui-Wu Li
Xinjiang Medical University
Rick C.S. Lin
University of Mississippi Medical Center

Cecilia W. Lo
NIH/NHLBI
John W. Lough
Medical College of Wisconsin
Gary Lyons
University of Wisconsin Medical School
Samuel Marquez
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Stephen J. Moorman
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Yuji Nakajima
Osaka City University Medical School
Winfried Neuhuber
University of Elangen-Nuremberg
Jason M. Organ
Indiana University School of Medicine
Robert E. Poelmann
Leiden University Medical Center
Joy S. Reidenberg
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Thomas H. Rosenquist
University of Nebraska School of Medicine
Callum F. Ross
University of Chicago
Philip L. Sannes
North Carolina State University
Mitchell B. Schaffler
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Gina C. Schatteman
University of Iowa
Kathy Svoboda
Baylor College of Dentistry
Yong Tang
Chinqing Medical University
Ian Tattersall
American Museum of Natural History
Satoshi Wakisaka
Osaka University School of Dentistry
Michiko Watanabe
Rainbow, Babies & Childrens Hospital
Jurgen Westermann
Medizinische Universität Lübeck
Fan Yi
Virginia Commonwealth
Changman Zhou
Peking University
Jilin Zhou
Columbia University

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