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University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
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Kathleen S. Paul's research program investigates the genetic and developmental factors influencing human morphology, with a particular focus on dental variation. Her work integrates genealogical data with biological anthropology to understand complex traits. She has published on topics including heterogeneous frailty and its expression in genealogical populations, and the genetic architecture of anterior tooth morphology in longitudinal twin and family samples.
Her research also explores theoretical models of tooth crown morphogenesis, such as the patterning cascade model, and evaluates its predictions in human dentitions. She has examined genetic correlations and pleiotropy in molar morphology and investigated phenomena like identical twin mirroring in tooth crown development. Paul is also involved in interdisciplinary approaches to studying human expansions and biocultural diversity in the Americas.
Paul serves as Principal Investigator on a $630,444 NSF grant that tests the genetic impact on the internal and external shape of teeth in non-human primates. With an h-index of 16 and over 760 citations across 43 publications, her work contributes to the fields of biological anthropology and evolutionary genetics. She collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Randall Feezell and Tess McCrary.
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- h-index: 16
- Publications: 43
- Citations: 762
Selected Publications
- The Patterning Cascade Model and Human Mandibular Premolar Variation (2025) DOI
- Evaluating predictions of the patterning cascade model of crown morphogenesis in the human lower mixed and permanent dentition (2024) DOI
- Mirror, mirror? An evaluation of identical twin mirroring in tooth crown morphology (2024) DOI
- Evaluating the patterning cascade model of tooth morphogenesis in the human lower mixed and permanent dentition (2023) DOI
- Integrating genealogy and dental variation: contributions to biological anthropology (2022) DOI
- Genetic Correlation, Pleiotropy, and Molar Morphology in a Longitudinal Sample of Australian Twins and Families (2022) DOI
- Towards an interdisciplinary perspective for the study of human expansions and biocultural diversity in the Americas (2022) DOI
- The genetic architecture of anterior tooth morphology in a longitudinal sample of Australian twins and families (2021) DOI
- Heterogeneous frailty and the expression of linear enamel hypoplasia in a genealogical population (2021) DOI
Federal Grants 1 $630,444 total
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