Sophie Sanchez
Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at Department of Organismal Biology; Evolution and Development
- E-mail:
- sophie.sanchez@ebc.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Evolutionsbiologiskt Centrum EBC Norbyv. 18A
- Postal address:
- Norbyv. 18A
752 36 UPPSALA
- Academic merits:
- PhD, Docent

Publications
Recent publications
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Part of Royal Society Open Science, 2026
- DOI for Metabolic features of enantiornithines (Avialae: Ornithothoraces): evidence supporting a semi-precocial/precocial developmental trajectory
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Part of Developmental Biology Advances, 2026
- DOI for Ossification of the pectoral fin of Glyptolepis groenlandica: implications for the evolution of the lungfish appendicular skeleton
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Part of Journal of Anatomy, p. 665-681, 2025
- DOI for Microstructure and development of the dermal ossicles of Antarctopelta oliveroi (Dinosauria, Ankylosauria): A complex morphogenetic system deciphered through three-dimensional X-ray microtomography
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Investigating the Morphogenesis and Replacement of Lamprey Toothlets Using Synchrotron Imaging
Part of Journal of morphology, 2025
- DOI for Investigating the Morphogenesis and Replacement of Lamprey Toothlets Using Synchrotron Imaging
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Acquisition of neural crest promoted thyroid evolution from chordate endostyle
Part of Science Advances, 2025
- DOI for Acquisition of neural crest promoted thyroid evolution from chordate endostyle
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All publications
Articles in journal
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Part of Royal Society Open Science, 2026
- DOI for Metabolic features of enantiornithines (Avialae: Ornithothoraces): evidence supporting a semi-precocial/precocial developmental trajectory
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Part of Developmental Biology Advances, 2026
- DOI for Ossification of the pectoral fin of Glyptolepis groenlandica: implications for the evolution of the lungfish appendicular skeleton
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Part of Journal of Anatomy, p. 665-681, 2025
- DOI for Microstructure and development of the dermal ossicles of Antarctopelta oliveroi (Dinosauria, Ankylosauria): A complex morphogenetic system deciphered through three-dimensional X-ray microtomography
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Acquisition of neural crest promoted thyroid evolution from chordate endostyle
Part of Science Advances, 2025
- DOI for Acquisition of neural crest promoted thyroid evolution from chordate endostyle
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Part of Molecular biology and evolution, 2024
- DOI for The Sensory Shark: High-quality Morphological, Genomic and Transcriptomic Data for the Small-spotted Catshark Scyliorhinus Canicula Reveal the Molecular Bases of Sensory Organ Evolution in Jawed Vertebrates
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Part of Science, 2023
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Part of Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2023
- DOI for Enhanced contrast synchrotron X-ray microtomography for describing skeleton-associated soft tissue defects in zebrafish mutants
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Part of Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2022
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The Mesozoic terminated in boreal spring
Part of Nature, p. 91-94, 2022
- DOI for The Mesozoic terminated in boreal spring
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Exceptional preservation of organs in Devonian placoderms from the Gogo lagerstätte
Part of Science, p. 1311-1314, 2022
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Fossilized cell structures identify an ancient origin for the teleost whole-genome duplication
Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021
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New light shed on the early evolution of limb-bone growth plate and bone marrow
Part of eLIFE, 2021
- DOI for New light shed on the early evolution of limb-bone growth plate and bone marrow
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The emergence of a complex pore-canal system in the dermal skeleton of Tremataspis (Osteostraci)
Part of Journal of morphology, p. 1141-1157, 2021
- DOI for The emergence of a complex pore-canal system in the dermal skeleton of Tremataspis (Osteostraci)
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Part of Frontiers in Earth Science, 2020
- DOI for Limb-bone development of seymouriamorphs: implications for the evolution of growth strategy in stem amniotes
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Part of eLIFE, 2020
- DOI for The developmental relationship between teeth and dermal odontodes in the most primitive bony fish Lophosteus
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Secondary ossification center induces and protects growth plate structure
Part of eLIFE, 2020
- DOI for Secondary ossification center induces and protects growth plate structure
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Part of Journal of Evolutionary Biology, p. 808-830, 2020
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Part of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, 2020
- DOI for The evolution of dermal shield vascularization in Testudinata and Pseudosuchia: phylogenetic constraints versus ecophysiological adaptations
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Long-bone development and life-history traits of the Devonian tristichopterid Hyneria lindae
Part of Earth and environmental science transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, p. 75-86, 2019
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Wing bone geometry reveals active flight in Archaeopteryx
Part of Nature Communications, 2018
- DOI for Wing bone geometry reveals active flight in Archaeopteryx
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Part of Nature Communications, 2018
- DOI for A diminutive perinate European Enantiornithes reveals an asynchronous ossification pattern in early birds
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Part of Scientific Reports, 2018
- DOI for 3D Maps of Mineral Composition and Hydroxyapatite Orientation in Fossil Bone Samples Obtained by X-ray Diffraction Computed Tomography
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Part of Biological Reviews, p. 1189-1212, 2017
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Vascularization and odontode structure of a dorsal ridge spine of Romundina stellina Ørvig 1975
Part of PLOS ONE, 2017
- DOI for Vascularization and odontode structure of a dorsal ridge spine of Romundina stellina Ørvig 1975
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Part of PLOS ONE, 2017
- DOI for The internal cranial anatomy of Romundina stellina Orvig, 1975 (Vertebrata, Placodermi, Acanthothoraci) and the origin of jawed vertebrates: Anatomical atlas of a primitive gnathostome
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Part of Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 2017
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Part of Palaeontologia Electronica, 2017
- DOI for Morphology and histology of acanthodian fin spines from the late Silurian Ramsåsa E locality, Skåne, Sweden
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Questioning hagfish affinities of the enigmatic Devonian vertebrate Palaeospondylus
Part of Royal Society Open Science, 2017
- DOI for Questioning hagfish affinities of the enigmatic Devonian vertebrate Palaeospondylus
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Part of Royal Society Open Science, 2017
- DOI for Development of cyclic shedding teeth from semi-shedding teeth: the inner dental arcade of the stem osteichthyan Lophosteus
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Biological and physical evidence for extreme seasonality in central Permian Pangea
Part of Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, p. 210-226, 2016
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Part of PeerJ, 2016
- DOI for Three-dimensional paleohistology of the scale and median fin spine of Lophosteus superbus (Pander 1856)
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Life history of the stem tetrapod Acanthostega revealed by synchrotron microtomography
Part of Nature, p. 408-+, 2016
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The stem osteichthyan Andreolepis and the origin of tooth replacement
Part of Nature, p. 237-+, 2016
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Part of Journal of morphology, p. 873-888, 2015
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A primitive placoderm sheds light on the origin of the jawed vertebrate face
Part of Nature, p. 500-503, 2014
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Part of Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, p. 20140299, 2014
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New insights into the scales of the Devonian tetrapod Tulerpeton curtum Lebedev, 1984
Part of Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, p. 1454-1459, 2014
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Part of Evolution & Development, p. 123-124, 2014
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Part of Annales de Paléontologie, p. 131-135, 2014
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Fossil Musculature of the Most Primitive Jawed Vertebrates
Part of Science, p. 160-164, 2013
- DOI for Fossil Musculature of the Most Primitive Jawed Vertebrates
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Part of PLOS ONE, 2013
- DOI for 3D Microstructural Architecture of Muscle Attachments in Extant and Fossil Vertebrates Revealed by Synchrotron Microtomography
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Scales and Tooth Whorls of Ancient Fishes Challenge Distinction between External and Oral 'Teeth'
Part of PLOS ONE, 2013
- DOI for Scales and Tooth Whorls of Ancient Fishes Challenge Distinction between External and Oral 'Teeth'
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Vertebral architecture in the earliest stem tetrapods
Part of Nature, p. 226-229, 2013
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Part of Evolutionary biology, p. 627-647, 2013
- DOI for Bone Histology Reveals a High Environmental and Metabolic Plasticity as a Successful Evolutionary Strategy in a Long-Lived Homeostatic Triassic Temnospondyl
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Part of Nature Protocols, p. 1708-1717, 2013
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Part of Microscopy and Microanalysis, p. 1095-1105, 2012
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Part of Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, p. 509-515, 2012
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Part of Comptes rendus. Palevol, p. 617-625, 2011
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Part of Comptes rendus. Palevol, p. 369-375, 2010
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Part of Comptes rendus. Palevol, p. 311-317, 2010
Articles, review/survey
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Investigating the Morphogenesis and Replacement of Lamprey Toothlets Using Synchrotron Imaging
Part of Journal of morphology, 2025
- DOI for Investigating the Morphogenesis and Replacement of Lamprey Toothlets Using Synchrotron Imaging
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Conference papers
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The Placoderm Romundina and the Origin of the Gnathostome Face
2013
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The Placoderm Romundina and the Origin of the Gnathostome Face
Part of The Making of a Vertebrate, p. 110-111, 2013
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Part of Programme and Abstracts, p. 21-21, 2013
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Fossil early vertebrates shed lights on the origin of the gnathostome face
Part of Program and Abstracts of the 10th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, p. 245-245, 2013
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Part of Program and abstracts, p. 118-118, 2013
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2013
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Part of Program and Abstracts, p. 103-103, 2013
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2013
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p. 68-68, 2012
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p. 19-19, 2012
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The affinity of Lophosteus and the evolution of osteichthyan characters
p. 12-13, 2011
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The affinity of Lophosteus and the evolution of osteichthyan characters
p. 12-13, 2011
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Part of Abstracts, p. 6-6, 2011
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Affinities of Lophosteus and the origin of the osteichthyan body plan
2011
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Part of CAVEPS Perth 2011, p. 30-30, 2011
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Fossil bone histology revealed in 3D thanks to the synchrotron light: palaeobiological implications
2011
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2011
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Three-dimensional histology of tooth cushions of Lophosteus from the Upper Silurian of Estonia
Part of Abstracts, p. 5-6, 2011
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p. 154-154, 2010