My current project stems from my interest in the study of bone histology in the field of vertebrate palaeontology. I noticed that while bone histology had been well documented in extinct species very little had been done in extant species. Thus I began to study how physiological changes caused by seasonal variation, behaviours such as hibernation and migration and stress caused by disease and reproduction are reflected in the bone histology of extant species. From this research it is hoped that we will be able to more fully understand what similar histological patterns may mean in extinct species.
Office: Room 304, Redpath Museum
Email: maria.deboef
mail.mcgill.ca
Phone: (514) 398-4086 ext 4085
Fax: (514) 398-3185
