Christine Elizabeth Wall

Christine Elizabeth Wall
Research Professor Emerita of Evolutionary Anthropology

The focus of my work is the functional and evolutionary anatomy of the head, with an emphasis on how the feeding apparatus works and how it influences and is influenced by other structures and functions. My research focuses primarily on the functional anatomy of extant and extinct primates, but I am also interested in other mammalian groups.

Current research projects include:

(1) a detailed study of the architecture, fiber types, and the recruitment patterns of the jaw adductor muscles of priamtes. The goals are to determine the nature of the general relationship between architecture (e.g., cross-sectional area) and fiber type for the jaw adductors, to find out whether the jaw adductors are sexually dimorphic in these anthropoid primates, to test for co-variation with dietary adaptation, and to develop biomechanical models to describe this relationship and relate it to size, function, and energetic requirements;

(2) investigations of the energetic costs of feeding behaviors in humans and nonhuman primates. The goal of this work is to better understand the relationship between the functional anatomy of the feeding apparatus and the metabolic costs that an animal incurs during feeding.

(3) development of a public database - the Feeding Experiments End-user Database (FEED, www.feedexp.org) in collaboration with Dr. Rebecca German (Johns Hopkins), Dr. Susan Williams (Ohio Univ.), Dr. Chris Vinyard (NEOUCOM), and the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center. This database includes physiological data from a large number of mammalian species collected by numerous researchers. Its design will allow synthetic and integrative analyses of the evolution of the oropharyngeal apparatus and feeding behaviors in mammals. The public instance of FEED is available at https://feedexp.org/ We are also developing new analytical tools for inter-specific comparisons of raw electromyographic recordings that can be used to process data in FEED.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Research Professor Emerita of Evolutionary Anthropology, Evolutionary Anthropology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2018

Contact Information

Duke Box 90383, Durham, NC 27708-0383
Room 202 Biological Sciences Building, Durham, NC 27708
christine.wall@duke.edu (919) 612-1306
This is the Wall Lab webpage
This is the link to the Feeding Experiments Enduser Database

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., State University of New York, Stony Brook 1995
- M.A., State University of New York, Stony Brook 1992
Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Research Professor in the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Evolutionary Anthropology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2014 - 2018
- Associate Research Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology, Evolutionary Anthropology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2007 - 2014
- Associate Research Professor of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy, Basic Science Departments, School of Medicine 2007
- Assistant Research Professor of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy, Basic Science Departments, School of Medicine 2000 - 2006
Recognition
In the News
- JUN 16, 2014 Duke Research Blog
  
  Duke Undergrads Sink Their Teeth into Evolution Research
- MAY 5, 2014
  
  Getting to the Root of Enamel Evolution
Research
Selected Grants
- CSBR:Continued Support of the Duke Lemur Center for the Study of Primate Biology and History awarded by National Science Foundation 2020 - 2023
- Function and Evolution of Jaw-Muscle FIber Type in Primates awarded by National Science Foundation 2016 - 2019
- Collaborative Research-ABI Innovation: A novel database and ontology for evolutionary analyses of mammalian feeding physiology awarded by National Science Foundation 2011 - 2016
- Energetic Costs of Feeding in Primates awarded by National Science Foundation 2011 - 2016
- Collaborative Research: Genetic Bases for the Evolution of Human Diet awarded by National Science Foundation 2008 - 2014
- Adductor Muscle Function and Fiber Type in Macaca and Papio awarded by National Science Foundation 2001 - 2006
- Strain In The Facial Bones of Primates awarded by National Institutes of Health 1976 - 2000
- Muscular Effect On Mandibular Movements awarded by National Institutes of Health 1995 - 1998
- Muscular Effect On Mandibular Movements awarded by National Institutes of Health 1995 - 1998
- \Uscular Effect On Mandibular Movements In Primates awarded by National Institutes of Health 1995 - 1998
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Books
  - Vinyard, C. J., M. J. Ravosa, and C. E. Wall, eds. Primate Craniofacial Function and Biology. New York: Springer Academic Publishers, 2008.
  - Vinyard, C. J., M. J. Ravosa, and C. E. Wall, eds. Primate Craniofacial Function and Biology. New York: Springer Academic Publishers, 2008.
- Academic Articles
  - Cullen, Mark M., Daniel Schmitt, Michael C. Granatosky, Christine E. Wall, Michael Platt, and Roxanne Larsen. “Gaze-behaviors of runners in a natural, urban running environment.” Plos One 15, no. 5 (January 2020): e0233158. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0233158.
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  - Peckre, Louise Rachel, Aurélien Lowie, David Brewer, Erin Ehmke, Kay Welser, Erin Shaw, Christine Wall, Emmanuelle Pouydebat, and Anne-Claire Fabre. “Food mobility and the evolution of grasping behaviour: a case study in strepsirrhine primates.” The Journal of Experimental Biology 222, no. Pt 20 (October 18, 2019): jeb207688. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.207688.
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  - Fabre, A. C., L. Peckre, E. Pouydebat, and C. E. Wall. “Does the shape of forelimb long bones co-vary with grasping behaviour in strepsirrhine primates?” Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 127, no. 3 (June 21, 2019): 649–60. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/bly188.
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  - Peckre, L. R., A. C. Fabre, J. Hambuckers, C. E. Wall, L. Socias-Martínez, and E. Pouydebat. “Food properties influence grasping strategies in strepsirrhines.” Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 127, no. 3 (June 21, 2019): 583–97. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/bly215.
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  - Granatosky, Michael C., Caleb M. Bryce, Jandy Hanna, Aidan Fitzsimons, Myra F. Laird, Kelsey Stilson, Christine E. Wall, and Callum F. Ross. “Inter-stride variability triggers gait transitions in mammals and birds.” Proceedings. Biological Sciences 285, no. 1893 (December 2018): 20181766. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.1766.
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  - Wall, Christine E., Megan Holmes, Erik J. Soderblom, and Andrea B. Taylor. “Proteomics and immunohistochemistry identify the expression of α-cardiac myosin heavy chain in the jaw-closing muscles of sooty mangabeys (order Primates).” Arch Oral Biol 91 (July 2018): 103–8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archoralbio.2018.01.019.
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  - Ying, Rex, and Christine E. Wall. “A method for discrimination of noise and EMG signal regions recorded during rhythmic behaviors.” Journal of Biomechanics 49, no. 16 (December 2016): 4113–18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2016.10.010.
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  - Peckre, Louise, Anne-Claire Fabre, Christine E. Wall, David Brewer, Erin Ehmke, David Haring, Erin Shaw, Kay Welser, and Emmanuelle Pouydebat. “Holding-on: co-evolution between infant carrying and grasping behaviour in strepsirrhines.” Scientific Reports 6 (November 24, 2016): 37729. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep37729.
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  - Dumont, M., C. E. Wall, L. Botton-Divet, A. Goswami, S. Peigné, and A. C. Fabre. “Do functional demands associated with locomotor habitat, diet, and activity pattern drive skull shape evolution in musteloid carnivorans?” Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 117, no. 4 (April 1, 2016): 858–78. https://doi.org/10.1111/bij.12719.
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  - Druzinsky, Robert E., James P. Balhoff, Alfred W. Crompton, James Done, Rebecca Z. German, Melissa A. Haendel, Anthony Herrel, et al. “Muscle Logic: New Knowledge Resource for Anatomy Enables Comprehensive Searches of the Literature on the Feeding Muscles of Mammals.” Plos One 11, no. 2 (January 2016): e0149102. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0149102.
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  - Huq, Emranul, Christine E. Wall, and Andrea B. Taylor. “Epaxial muscle fiber architecture favors enhanced excursion and power in the leaper Galago senegalensis.” J Anat 227, no. 4 (October 2015): 524–40. https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.12351.
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  - Deans, Andrew R., Suzanna E. Lewis, Eva Huala, Salvatore S. Anzaldo, Michael Ashburner, James P. Balhoff, David C. Blackburn, et al. “Finding our way through phenotypes.” Plos Biology 13, no. 1 (January 6, 2015): e1002033. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002033.
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  - Horvath, Julie E., Gowri L. Ramachandran, Olivier Fedrigo, William J. Nielsen, Courtney C. Babbitt, Elizabeth M. St Clair, Lisa W. Pfefferle, Jukka Jernvall, Gregory A. Wray, and Christine E. Wall. “Genetic comparisons yield insight into the evolution of enamel thickness during human evolution.” Journal of Human Evolution 73 (August 2014): 75–87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2014.01.005.
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  - Wall, Christine E., Margaret M. Briggs, Emranul Huq, William L. Hylander, and Frederick Schachat. “Regional variation in IIM myosin heavy chain expression in the temporalis muscle of female and male baboons (Papio anubis).” Archives of Oral Biology 58, no. 4 (April 2013): 435–43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archoralbio.2012.09.008.
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  - Kivell, Tracy L., Isabelle Guimont, and Christine E. Wall. “Sex-related shape dimorphism in the human radiocarpal and midcarpal joints.” Anatomical Record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007) 296, no. 1 (January 2013): 19–30. https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.22609.
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  - Hylander, William L., Christopher J. Vinyard, Christine E. Wall, Susan H. Williams, and Kirk R. Johnson. “Functional and evolutionary significance of the recruitment and firing patterns of the jaw adductors during chewing in Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi).” American Journal of Physical Anthropology 145, no. 4 (August 2011): 531–47. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.21529.
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  - Vinyard, Christopher J., Susan H. Williams, Christine E. Wall, Alison H. Doherty, Alfred W. Crompton, and William L. Hylander. “A preliminary analysis of correlations between chewing motor patterns and mandibular morphology across mammals.” Integrative and Comparative Biology 51, no. 2 (August 2011): 260–70. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icr066.
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  - Wall, Christine E., Christopher J. Vinyard, Susan H. Williams, Vladimir Gapeyev, Xianhua Liu, Hilmar Lapp, and Rebecca Z. German. “Overview of FEED, the feeding experiments end-user database.” Integrative and Comparative Biology 51, no. 2 (August 2011): 215–23. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icr047.
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  - Williams, Susan H., Christopher J. Vinyard, Christine E. Wall, Alison H. Doherty, Alfred W. Crompton, and William L. Hylander. “A preliminary analysis of correlated evolution in Mammalian chewing motor patterns.” Integrative and Comparative Biology 51, no. 2 (August 2011): 247–59. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icr068.
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  - Babbitt, Courtney C., Lisa R. Warner, Olivier Fedrigo, Christine E. Wall, and Gregory A. Wray. “Genomic signatures of diet-related shifts during human origins.” Proceedings. Biological Sciences 278, no. 1708 (April 2011): 961–69. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2010.2433.
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  - Perry, Jonathan M. G., Adam Hartstone-Rose, and Christine E. Wall. “The jaw adductors of strepsirrhines in relation to body size, diet, and ingested food size.” Anatomical Record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007) 294, no. 4 (April 2011): 712–28. https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.21354.
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  - Fedrigo, O., A. D. Pfefferele, C. C. Babbitt, R. Haygood, C. E. Wall, and G. A. Wray. “Molecular evidence that a metabolic trade-off contributed to human brain size evolution.” Brain, Behavior, and Evolution 78 (2011): 315–26.
  - Fedrigo, Olivier, Adam D. Pfefferle, Courtney C. Babbitt, Ralph Haygood, Christine E. Wall, and Gregory A. Wray. “A potential role for glucose transporters in the evolution of human brain size.” Brain, Behavior and Evolution 78, no. 4 (January 2011): 315–26. https://doi.org/10.1159/000329852.
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  - Vinyard, C. J., A. H. Doherty, C. E. Wall, S. H. Williams, C. F. Ross, S. W. Herring, and A. W. Crompton. “Patterns of functional integration in the mammalian masticatory apparatus.” Integrative and Comparative Biology 51, no. 2 (2011): 260–72.
  - Williams, S. H., C. J. Vinyard, C. E. Wall, A. W. Crompton, and W. L. Hylander. “Patterns of jaw-muscle recruitment evolution in mammals.” Integrative and Comparative Biology 51, no. 2 (2011): 247–59.
  - MacLean, E. L., N. L. Barrickman, E. M. Johnson, and C. Wall. “Sociality, Ecology, and Relative Brain Size in Lemurs.” Journal of Human Evolution 56, no. 5 (2010): 471–78.
  - Williams, S. H., C. J. Vinyard, C. E. Wall, and W. L. Hylander. “In vivo bone strain in the mandibular corpus of selenodont artiodactyls.” Journal of Anatomy 214 (2009): 65–78.
  - Williams, Susan H., Christopher J. Vinyard, Christine E. Wall, and William L. Hylander. “Mandibular corpus bone strain in goats and alpacas: implications for understanding the biomechanics of mandibular form in selenodont artiodactyls.” Journal of Anatomy 214, no. 1 (January 2009): 65–78. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7580.2008.01008.x.
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  - Vinyard, Christopher J., Christine E. Wall, Susan H. Williams, and William L. Hylander. “Patterns of variation across primates in jaw-muscle electromyography during mastication.” Integrative and Comparative Biology 48, no. 2 (August 2008): 294–311. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icn071.
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  - Vinyard, C. J., M. J. Ravosa, S. H. Williams, C. E. Wall, K. R. Johnson, and W. L. Hylander. “Jaw-muscle function and the origin of primates,” December 1, 2007, 179–231. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-33507-0_6.
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  - Williams, Susan H., Christopher J. Vinyard, Christine E. Wall, and William L. Hylander. “Masticatory motor patterns in ungulates: a quantitative assessment of jaw-muscle coordination in goats, alpacas and horses.” Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part A, Ecological Genetics and Physiology 307, no. 4 (April 2007): 226–40. https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.362.
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  - Vinyard, Christopher J., Christine E. Wall, Susan H. Williams, Kirk R. Johnson, and William L. Hylander. “Masseter electromyography during chewing in ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta).” American Journal of Physical Anthropology 130, no. 1 (May 2006): 85–95. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20307.
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  - Wall, Christine E., Christopher J. Vinyard, Kirk R. Johnson, Susan H. Williams, and William L. Hylander. “Phase II jaw movements and masseter muscle activity during chewing in Papio anubis.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology 129, no. 2 (February 2006): 215–24. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20290.
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  - Wall, C. E., C. J. Vinyard, S. H. Williams, K. R. Johnson, and W. L. Hylander. “Phase II occlusion in relation to jaw movement and masseter muscle recruitment during chewing in Papio anubis. (Accepted)” American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2006.
  - Hylander, William L., Christine E. Wall, Christopher J. Vinyard, Callum Ross, Mathew R. Ravosa, Susan H. Williams, and Kirk R. Johnson. “Temporalis function in anthropoids and strepsirrhines: an EMG study.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology 128, no. 1 (September 2005): 35–56. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20058.
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  - Vinyard, Christopher J., Susan H. Williams, Christine E. Wall, Kirk R. Johnson, and William L. Hylander. “Jaw-muscle electromyography during chewing in Belanger's treeshrews (Tupaia belangeri).” American Journal of Physical Anthropology 127, no. 1 (May 2005): 26–45. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20176.
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  - Vinyard, Christopher J., Christine E. Wall, Susan H. Williams, and William L. Hylander. “Comparative functional analysis of skull morphology of tree-gouging primates.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology 120, no. 2 (February 2003): 153–70. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.10129.
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  - Williams, Susan H., Christine E. Wall, Christopher J. Vinyard, and William L. Hylander. “A biomechanical analysis of skull form in gum-harvesting galagids.” Folia Primatologica; International Journal of Primatology 73, no. 4 (July 2002): 197–209. https://doi.org/10.1159/000065429.
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  - Hylander, W. L., M. J. Ravosa, C. F. Ross, C. E. Wall, and K. R. Johnson. “Symphyseal fusion and jaw-adductor muscle force: an EMG study.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology 112, no. 4 (August 2000): 469–92.
  - Wall, C. E., and W. L. Hylander. “A comment on: the instantaneous center of rotation during human jaw opening and its significance in interpreting the functional meaning of condylar translation (Chen, x., 1998, Am J phys anthropol 106:35-46).” American Journal of Physical Anthropology 110, no. 1 (September 1999): 105–7. https://doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1096-8644(199909)110:1<105::aid-ajpa9>3.0.co;2-6.
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  - Wall, C. E. “A model of temporomandibular joint function in anthropoid primates based on condylar movements during mastication.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology 109, no. 1 (May 1999): 67–88. https://doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1096-8644(199905)109:1<67::aid-ajpa7>3.0.co;2-f.
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  - Wall, C. E., and W. L. Hylander. “A reply to "The instantaneous center of rotation during human jaw opening and its significance in interpreting the functional meaning of condylar translation" (Chen, X., 1998, Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 106:35-46).” Am. J. Physical Anthropology 105 (1999): 105–7.
  - Wall, C. E. “The expanded mandibular condyle of the Megaladapidae.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology 103, no. 2 (June 1997): 263–76. https://doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1096-8644(199706)103:2<263::aid-ajpa9>3.0.co;2-u.
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  - Jungers, W. L., A. B. Falsetti, and C. E. Wall. “Shape, relative size, and size‐adjustments in morphometrics.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology 38, no. 21 S (January 1, 1995): 137–61. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.1330380608.
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  - Wall, C. E., S. G. Larson, and J. T. Stern. “EMG of the digastric muscle in gibbon and orangutan: functional consequences of the loss of the anterior digastric in orangutans.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology 94, no. 4 (August 1994): 549–67. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.1330940408.
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  - Krause, D. W., J. H. Hartman, N. A. Wells, G. A. Buckley, C. H. Lockwood, C. E. Wall, R. E. Wunderlich, J. A. Rabarison, and L. L. Randriamiaramanana. “Cretaceous mammal from Madagascar.” Nature 368 (1994): 298.
  - Wall, C. E., and D. W. Krause. “A biomechanical analysis of the masticatory apparatus of Ptilodus (Multituberculata).” Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 12, no. 2 (June 10, 1992): 172–87. https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.1992.10011448.
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  - Wall, C. E. “Evidence of weaning stress in the long bones of a Central California Amerindian sample.” Annals of Human Biology 18 (1991): 9–22.
  - Druzinsky, R. E. D., H. Lapp, A. W. Crompton, A. Herrel, S. W. Herring, C. Mungall, P. Mabee, et al. “The Mammalian Feeding Muscle Ontology: an anatomy ontology for oral/pharyngeal structures (In preparation).” Plos One, n.d.
  - Dumont, M., C. E. Wall, A. Goswami, S. Peigné, and A. C. Fabre. “Do constraints associated with locomotor habitat, diet, and activity pattern drive skull shape evolution in musteloid carnivorans? (In preparation)” Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society, n.d.
  - Wall, C. E., and J. M. G. Perry. “Testing the frequent recruitment hypothesis: Sexual dimorphism, fiber architecture, and frequent type in the jaw-adductor muscles of Papio anubis (Submitted).” American Journal of Physical Anthropology, n.d.
- Book Sections
  - Vinyard, C. J., C. E. Wall, S. H. Williams, A. L. Mork, A. G. Brooke, L. C. De Oliveira Melo, M. M. Valenca-Montenegro, et al. “The evolutionary morphology of tree gouging in marmosets.” In The Smallest Anthropoids: The Marmoset/Callimico Radiation, edited by L. C. Davis, S. M. Ford, and S. M. PorterLM. New York: Springer Academic Publishers, 2009.
  - Perry, J. M. G., and C. E. Wall. “Scaling of the chewing muscles in prosimians.” In Primate Craniofacial Function and Biology, edited by C. J. Vinyard, M. J. Ravosa, and C. E. Wall. New York: Springer Academic Publishers, 2008.
  - Perry, J. M. G., and C. E. Wall. “Scaling of the chewing muscles in prosimians.” In Primate Craniofacial Function and Biology, edited by C. J. Vinyard, M. J. Ravosa, and C. E. Wall. New York: Springer Academic Publishers, 2008.
  - Schmitt, D., C. E. Wall, and P. Lemelin. “Experimental comparative anatomy in physical anthropology: the functional anatomy of the skull and the contributions of Dr. William Hylander.” In Primate Craniofacial Function and Biology, edited by C. J. Vinyard, M. J. Ravosa, and C. E. Wall. New York: Springer Academic Publishers, 2008.
  - Schmitt, D., C. E. Wall, and P. Lemelin. “Experimental comparative anatomy in physical anthropology: the functional anatomy of the skull and the contributions of Dr. William Hylander.” In Primate Craniofacial Function and Biology, edited by C. J. Vinyard, M. J. Ravosa, and C. E. Wall. New York: Springer Academic Publishers, 2008.
  - Wall, C. E., C. J. Vinyard, S. H. Wiliams, K. R. Johnson, and W. L. Hylander. “Specialization of the superficial anterior temporalis muscle for hard-object feeding in baboons.” In Primate Craniofacial Function and Biology, edited by C. J. Vinyard, M. J. Ravosa, and C. E. Wall, 113–26. New York: Springer Academic Publishers, 2008.
  - Wall, C. E., C. J. Vinyard, S. H. Wiliams, K. R. Johnson, and W. L. Hylander. “Specialization of the superficial anterior temporalis muscle for hard-object feeding in baboons.” In Primate Craniofacial Function and Biology, edited by C. J. Vinyard, M. J. Ravosa, and C. E. Wall, 113–26. New York: Springer Academic Publishers, 2008.
  - Williams, S. H., C. E. Wall, C. J. Vinyard, and W. L. Hylander. “Symphyseal fusion in selenodont artiodactyls: new insights from in vivo and comparative data.” In Primate Craniofacial Function and Biology, edited by C. J. Vinyard, M. J. Ravosa, and C. E. Wall. New York: Springer Academic Publishers, 2008.
  - Williams, S. H., C. E. Wall, C. J. Vinyard, and W. L. Hylander. “Symphyseal fusion in selenodont artiodactyls: new insights from in vivo and comparative data.” In Primate Craniofacial Function and Biology, edited by C. J. Vinyard, M. J. Ravosa, and C. E. Wall. New York: Springer Academic Publishers, 2008.
  - Vinyard, C. J., M. J. Ravosa, C. E. Wall, S. H. Williams, K. R. Johnson, and W. L. Hylander. “Functional morphology of the primate masticatory apparatus and the origin of primates.” In Primate Origins and Adaptations: A Multidisciplinary Perspective, edited by M. J. Ravosa and M. Dagosto, 179–231. New York: Kluwer Press, 2006.
  - Hylander, W. L., C. J. Vinyard, M. J. Ravosa, C. F. Ross, C. E. Wall, and K. R. Johnson. “Jaw adductor force and symphyseal fusion.” In Shaping Primate Evolution, edited by F. Anapol, R. Z. German, and N. Jablonski, 229–57. London: Cambridge University Press, 2003.
  - Vinyard, C. J., C. E. Wall, S. H. Williams, D. Schmitt, and W. L. Hylander. “A preliminary report on the jaw mechanics during tree gouging in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus).” In Dental Morphology 2001, edited by A. Brook, 283–98. Sheffield, UK: Sheffield Academic Press, Ltd, 2001.
  - Wall, C. E., D. Schmitt, C. J. Vinyard, K. R. Johnson, and W. L. Hylander. “Correlation between transverse mandibular movement and masseter muscle activity during chewing in Papio anubis.” In Dental Morphology 2001, edited by A. Brook, 277–82. Sheffield, UK: Sheffield Academic Press, Ltd, 2001.
  - Wall, C. E., and K. K. Smith. “Ingestion in mammals.” In Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. London: Macmillan, 2001.
- Other Articles
  - Ross, C. F., and C. E. Wall. “Mammalian feeding and primate evolution: An overview.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology, August 2000. https://doi.org/10.1002/1096-8644(200008)112:4<449::aid-ajpa3>3.0.co;2-6.
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- Conference Papers
  - Doyle, Daniel J., Megan Holmes, Daniel Schmitt, Angel Zeininger, and Christine E. Wall. “Gorilla hindlimb muscle fiber phenotypes.” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 168:62–62. WILEY, 2019.
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  - Huq, Emranul, Andrea B. Taylor, Zuowei Su, and Christine E. Wall. “Fiber type composition of epaxial muscles is geared toward facilitating rapid spinal extension in the leaper Galago senegalensis.” In Am J Phys Anthropol, 166:95–106, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23405.
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  - Laird, Myra F., Michael C. Granatosky, Christine E. Wall, Andrea B. Taylor, and Callum F. Ross. “Quantifying energy costs in the primate feeding system.” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 165:151–151. WILEY, 2018.
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  - Toler, Maxx C., and Christine E. Wall. “The aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) uses post-cranial musculature to modify bite forces during gnawing behavior.” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 165:275–275. WILEY, 2018.
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  - Wall, Christine E. “The power stroke and the power curve.” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 165:293–293. WILEY, 2018.
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  - Granatosky, M. C., M. F. Laird, J. B. Hanna, K. T. Stilson, J. A. Schultz, C. E. Wall, and C. F. Ross. “Stride Variability Underlies Gait Transitions in Tetrapods.” In Integrative and Comparative Biology, 58:E80–E80. OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, 2018.
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  - Fabre, Anne-Claire, Louise Peckre, Aymeline Eveno, Ameline Bardo, Christine E. Wall, David Brewer, Erin Ehmke, Kay Welser, and Emmanuelle Pouydebat. “Coevolution between Grasping Ability and Forelimb Shape in Strepsirrhines and Platyrrhines.” In Folia Primatologica, 88:141–141, 2017.
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  - Fabre, Anne-Claire, Maitena Dumont, Christine E. Wall, Elizabeth Dumont, Laurie Godfrey, and Anthony Herrel. “Geometric Morphometric Approaches to Infer Bite Force and Diet in Extinct Strepsirrhines.” In Folia Primatologica, 88:156–156, 2017.
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  - Fabre, A. C., M. Dumont, C. E. Wall, D. Brewer, E. Ehmke, K. Welser, E. Dumont, L. Godfrey, and A. Herrel. “Geometric morphometric approaches to inferring bite force and diet in extinct strepsirrhines.” In Integrative and Comparative Biology, 57:E256–E256. OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, 2017.
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  - Fabre, Anne-Claire, Louise Peckre, Aymeline Eveno, Ameline Bardo, Christine E. Wall, David Brewer, Erin Ehmke, Kay Welser, and Emmanuelle Pouydebat. “Coevolution between Grasping Ability and Forelimb Shape in Strepsirrhines and Platyrrhines.” In Folia Primatologica, 88:141–141. KARGER, 2017.
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  - Fabre, Anne-Claire, Maitena Dumont, Christine E. Wall, Elizabeth Dumont, Laurie Godfrey, and Anthony Herrel. “Geometric Morphometric Approaches to Infer Bite Force and Diet in Extinct Strepsirrhines.” In Folia Primatologica, 88:156–156. KARGER, 2017.
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  - Chalk, Janine, Erin R. Vogel, Christine E. Wall, Patricia Izar, and Melissa Emery-Thompson. “Quantifying urinary C-peptide levels in wild tufted capuchins: a validation of filter paper storage methods.” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 159:112–112. WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2016.
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  - Fabre, A. -. C., L. Peckre, D. Brewer, E. Ehmke, K. Wesler, E. Pouydebat, and C. E. Wall. “Influence of grasping ability on forelimb long bone shape in Prosimians.” In Integrative and Comparative Biology, 56:E62–E62. OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, 2016.
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  - Hanna, Jandy B., and Christine E. Wall. “Energetic costs of eating raw foods in humans.” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 159:168–168. WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2016.
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  - Taylor, Andrea B., Maxx Toler, and Christine E. Wall. “Fiber phenotype of the jaw adductors in the hard-object feeding sooty mangabey (Cercocebus atys).” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 159:311–311. WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2016.
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  - Le, Kim N., and Christine E. Wall. “Signals related to the advent of walking reflected in the growth allometry of long bone cross-sectional dimensions for a sample of Central Californian Amerindian children.” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 156:199–199. WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2015.
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  - Toler, Maxx C., and Christine E. Wall. “Mandibular kinetics of gnawing in the aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) and biomechanical modeling of anterior tooth use.” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 150:272–272. WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2013.
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  - Wall, Christine E., Jandy Hanna, and Matthew C. O’Neill. “Comparison of the metabolic costs of feeding in a range of food types in small-bodied primates.” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 150:282–282. WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2013.
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  - Horvath, Julie E., Christine Wu, Maxx Toler, Olivier Fedrigo, Lisa W. Pfefferle, Anthony Moore, Gowri L. Ramachandran, et al. “Enamel thickness in Microcebus murinus and Macaca mulana and the evolutionary genetics of enamel matrix proteins in hominoids.” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 147:168–168. WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2012.
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  - Macias, Marisa E., Christine E. Wall, and Steven E. Churchill. “Size and shape in the primate forelimb.” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 147:198–99. WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2012.
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  - Vinyard, C. J., A. H. Doherty, C. E. Wall, S. H. Williams, C. F. Ross, S. W. Herring, A. W. Crompton, and W. L. Hylander. “Patterns of functional integration in the mammalian masticatory apparatus.” In Integrative and Comparative Biology, 51:E143–E143. OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, 2011.
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  - Wall, C. E., C. J. Vinyard, S. H. Williams, R. Z. German, V. Gapeyev, and X. Liu. “Introduction: Overview of the Feeding Experiments End-User Database (FEED).” In Integrative and Comparative Biology, 51:E145–E145. OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, 2011.
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  - Doyle, Sara K., Christine E. Wall, and Daniel Schmitt. “The interplay between mobility, body size and prey capture in living and extinct Canis.” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 144:127–28. WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2011.
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  - Huq, Emranul, Christine E. Wall, and Andrea B. Taylor. “A preliminary comparison of spinal extensor-muscle fiber architecture in Galago senegalensis and Nycticebus coucang.” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 144:172–172. WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2011.
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  - Wall, C. E., V. Gapeyev, R. Z. German, X. Liu, C. J. Vinyard, and S. H. Williams. “The Feeding Experiments End-user Database (FEED).” In Integrative and Comparative Biology, 50:E309–E309. OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, 2010.
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  - Wall, Christine E., Matthew C. O’Neill, and Jandy B. Hanna. “Energetic costs of feeding in primates: Methods and preliminary data.” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 238–238. WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2010.
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  - Williams, Susan H., Vladimir Gapayev, Xianhua Liu, Rebecca Z. German, Christopher J. Vinyard, and Christine E. Wall. “The feeding experiments end-user database (FEED).” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 245–245. WILEY-LISS, 2010.
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  - Wall, C. E., C. J. Vinyard, S. H. Williams, and W. L. Hylander. “Analysis of variation in masseter and temporalis EMGs during mastication in primates and treeshrews.” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 265–66. WILEY-LISS, 2009.
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  - Wall, Christine E. “Feeding in olive baboons (Papio anubis): Sexual size dimorphism, energy requirements, and masticatory mechanics.” In Journal of Morphology, 268:1146–1146. WILEY-LISS, 2007.
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  - Wall, C. E., J. G. M. Perry, M. Briggs, and F. Schachat. “Mechanical correlates of sexual dimorphism in the jaw muscles and bones of baboons.” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 242–242. WILEY-LISS, 2007.
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  - Vinyard, C. J., C. E. Wall, S. H. Williams, K. R. Johnson, and W. L. Hylander. “Are jaw-muscle activity patterns correlated with masticatory apparatus morphology among primate species?” In Integrative and Comparative Biology, 45:1090–1090. OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, 2005.
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  - Williams, S. H., C. J. Vinyard, C. E. Wall, and W. L. Hylander. “Experimental observations on symphyseal fusion in selenodont artiodactyls.” In Integrative and Comparative Biology, 45:1209–1209. OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, 2005.
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  - Johnson, K. R., C. E. Wall, S. H. Williams, W. L. Hylander, and C. J. Vinyard. “Are jaw-muscle activity patterns correlated with masticatory apparatus morphology among primate species?” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 122–122. WILEY-LISS, 2005.
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  - Mork, A. L., C. E. Wall, S. H. Williams, B. A. Garner, K. R. Johnson, D. Schmitt, W. L. Hylander, and C. J. Vinyard. “The biomechanics of tree gouging in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus).” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 153–54. WILEY-LISS, 2005.
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  - Olmsted, M. J., C. E. Wall, C. J. Vinyard, and W. L. Hylander. “Human bite force: the relation between EMG activity and bite force at a standardized gape.” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 160–61. WILEY-LISS, 2005.
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  - Perry, J. M. G., and C. E. Wall. “A study of the scaling patterns of physiological cross-sectional area of the chewing muscles in prosimians.” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 165–165. WILEY-LISS, 2005.
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  - Wall, C. E., C. J. Vinyard, K. R. Johnson, S. H. Williams, and W. L. Hylander. “Functional heterogeneity of the temporalis muscle of male and female baboons.” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 217–217. WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2005.
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  - Williams, S. H., C. E. Wall, C. J. Vinyard, and W. L. Hylander. “In vivo data provide insights into alternative explanations of symphyseal fusion in mammals: the case of the selenodont artiodactyls.” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 224–224. WILEY-LISS, 2005.
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  - Williams, S. H., C. J. Vinyard, C. E. Wall, and W. L. Hylander. “Masticatory strains in the mandibular corpus of selenodontartiodactyls.” In Integrative and Comparative Biology, 43:982–982. SOC INTEGRATIVE COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY, 2003.
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  - Hylander, W. L., C. J. Vinyard, C. E. Wall, S. H. Williams, and K. R. Johnson. “Convergence of the "wishboning" jaw-muscle activity pattern in anthropoids and strepsirrhines: The recruitment and firing of jaw muscles in Propithecus verreauxi.” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 120–120. WILEY-LISS, 2003.
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  - Perry, Jonathan, Christine E. Wall, and Blythe A. Williams. “THE ANATOMY OF THE MASTICATORY MUSCLES IN TWO STREPSIRRHINE PRIMATES AND INFERENCE OF MUSCLE ATTACHMENT AREAS FROM OSTEOLOGICAL MATERIAL.” In Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 23:86A-87A. TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC, 2003.
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  - Williams, S. H., C. J. Vinyard, C. E. Wall, and W. L. Hylander. “Symphyseal fusion in anthropoids and ungulates: A case of functional convergence?” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 226–226. WILEY-LISS, 2003.
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  - Williams, S. H., C. E. Wall, C. J. Vinyard, and W. L. Hylander. “Jaw-muscle motor patterns in ungulates: is there a transverse pattern?” In Integrative and Comparative Biology, 42:1336–1336. SOC INTEGRATIVE COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY, 2002.
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  - Vinyard, C. J., S. H. Williams, C. E. Wall, K. R. Johnson, and W. L. Hylander. “Deep masseter recruitment patterns during chewing in callitrichids.” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 156–156. WILEY-LISS, 2001.
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  - Wall, C. E., C. J. Vinyard, S. H. Williams, and W. L. Hylander. “Cranial morphology predicts relatively low forces and relatively large gapes during gouging in primate gumnivores.” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 158–59. WILEY-LISS, 2001.
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  - Ross, C. F., and C. E. Wall. “Biomechanics of mammalian feeding and primate evolution.” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 112:447–48, 2000. https://doi.org/10.1002/1096-8644(200008)112:4<447::AID-AJPA2>3.0.CO;2-B.
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  - Cole, T. M., and C. E. Wall. “Outline-based morphometrics and shape variation in the primate mandibular condyle.” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 127–127. WILEY-LISS, 2000.
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  - Hylander, W. L., M. J. Ravosa, C. F. Ross, C. E. Wall, and K. R. Johnson. “Jaw-muscle recruitment patterns during mastication in anthropoids and prosimians.” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 185–185. WILEY-LISS, 2000.
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  - Williams, S. H., C. J. Vinyard, and C. E. Wall. “The mechanics of tree-gouging in Callithrix jacchus.” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 322–322. WILEY-LISS, 2000.
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  - Klein, P. J., C. E. Wall, and D. Schmitt. “Transverse tooth movements during mastication in Pan troglodytes.” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 170–71. WILEY-LISS, 1999.
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  - Wall, C. E., K. R. Johnson, and W. L. Hylander. “EMG of the anterior temporalis muscle in adult male baboons.” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 272–73. WILEY-LISS, 1999.
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  - Williams, S. H., and C. E. Wall. “Morphological correlates of gummivory in the skull of prosimian primates.” In American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 278–278. WILEY-LISS, 1999.
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- Theses and Dissertations
  - Wall, C. E. “Form and Function of the Temporomandibular Joint in Anthropoid Primates.” Edited by W. L. Jungers, 1995.
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- The Anatomy and Behavior Ontologies in FEED. Research Coordination Network Annual Meeting. January 2, 2013 2013
- National Evolutionary Synthesis Center, Durham, NC. March 23, 2011 2011
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