Farmer, CG. 2016. Similarity of crocodilian and avian lungs indicates unidirectional flow is ancestral for archosaurs. Integrative and Comparative Biology 55 (6): 1-10. PDF
Farmer, C.G. 2016. A lizard that generates heat. Nature 529: 470-472. PDF
Farmer, C.G. 2016. Hot-blooded lizard illuminates endothermy origins. Journal of Experimental Biology 219: 908-911. PDF
Farmer, CG. 2015. The evolution of unidirectional pulmonary airflow. Physiology 30: 260-272. PDF
Cieri, R., Farmer, CG. 2015. Unidirectional pulmonary airflow in vertebrates: a review of structure, function, and evolution. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 186 (5): 541-552. PDF
Cieri, R., Craven, B., Schachner, E., Farmer, CG. 2014. New insight into the evolution of the vertebrate respiratory system and the discovery of unidirectional airflow in iguanan lungs. PNAS 111 (48) 17218-17223. PDF Supplemental data PDF
Schachner, E.R., Cieri, R. Butler, J., Farmer, CG. 2014. Unidirectional pulmonary airflow patterns in the savannah monitor lizard. Nature 506: 367-370. PDF
Schachner, E.R., Hutchinson, J.R. and CG Farmer. 2013. Pulmonary anatomy in the Nile crocodile and the evolution of unidirectional airflow in Archosauria. PeerJ 1:e60http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.60
Sanders, K and CG Farmer. 2012. The pulmonary anatomy of Alligator mississippiensis and its similarity to the avian respiratory system. Anatomical Record 295:699-714. PDF
Farmer, CG 2011. On the Evolution of Vascular Patterns of Tetrapods. Journal of Morphology 272(11):1325-1341. PDF
Reide, T., I.T. Tokuda, CG Farmer. 2011. Subglottal pressure and fundamental frequency control in contact calls of juvenile Alligator mississippiensis. Journal of Experimental Biology. 214: 3082- 3095 (cover). PDF
Schachner, E.R., CG Farmer, A.T. McDonald, P.Dodson. 2011. Evolution of the dinosauriform respiratory apparatus: new evidence from the postcranial axial skeleton. Anatomical Record 294: 1532-1547.
Farmer, CG and K Sanders. 2010. Unidirectional airflow in the lungs of alligators. Science. 327:338-340 PDF Supplemental data PDF
Farmer, CG. 2010. The provenance of the alveolar and parabronchial lungs: Insights from paleoecology and the discovery of cardiogenic, unidirectional airflow in the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 83 (4): 561-575 (cover). PDF
Torday, J.S., Powell, F.L., Farmer, CG, Orgeig, S., Nielsen, H.C., Hall, A.J. 2010. Leptin integrates vertebrate evolution: From oxygen to the blood-gas barrier. Respiration Physiology and Neurobiology 173S:S37-S42.
Uriona, TJ, Lyon, M., Farmer, CG. 2009. The importance of the diaphragmaticus to dive-time in the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis). Zoology 112 (4): 263-269. PDF
Uriona, T.J., and CG Farmer. 2008. Recruitment of the diaphragmaticus, ischiopubis, and other respiratory muscles to control pitch and roll in the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis). Journal of Experimental Biology 211(7):1141-1147 (cover). PDF
Farmer, CG., TJ Uriona, M. Steenblik, D. Olsen, K. Sanders. 2008. The right-to-left shunt of crocodilians serves digestion. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 81(2):125–137, (cover). PDF
Chan, B.K., Peterson, A.L., CG Farmer. 2007. Predation of Dendrobates auratus larvae by Phelsuma laticauda. Herpetological Review 38(3): 321-322.
Uriona, T.J. and CG Farmer. 2006. Contribution of the diaphragmaticus muscle to vital capacity in postprandial American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis). Journal of Experimental Biology 209(21): 4313-4318. PDF
Farmer, CG. 2006. On the Origin of Avian Air Sacs. Respiration Physiology and Neurobiology 154:89-106. PDF
T.J. Uriona, CG. Farmer, J. Dazely, F. Clayton, J. Moore. 2005. Structure and function of the esophagus of the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis). Journal of Experimental Biology 208:3047-3053. PDF
Farmer, CG. 2003. Reproduction: the adaptive significance of endothermy. American Naturalist 162(6):826-840. PDF
Farmer, CG. and J.W. Hicks. 2002. The intracardiac shunt as a source of myocardial oxygen in a turtle, Trachemys scripta. Integrative and Comparative Biology 42(2):208-215. PDF
Farmer, CG. 2001. Parental care: A new perspective on the origin of endothermy. Pp. 389-412, In J.A. Gauthier and L.F. Gall, eds., New Perspectives on the Origin and Early Evolution of Birds: Proceedings of the International Symposium in Honor of John H. Ostrom. Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University. PDF
Carrier, D.R. and CG. Farmer. 2000. The evolution of pelvic aspiration in archosaurs. Paleobiology 26(2):271-293. PDF
Carrier, D.R. and CG. Farmer. 2000. The integration of ventilation and locomotion in archosaurs. American Zoologist 40(1):87-100. PDF
Farmer, CG. 2000. Parental Care: The key to understanding endothermy and other convergent features in birds and mammal. American Naturalist 155 (3): 326-334. PDF
Farmer, CG. and D.R. Carrier. 2000. Pelvic aspiration in the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis). Journal of Experimental Biology 203:1671-1678. PDF
Farmer, CG. and D.R. Carrier. 2000. Respiration and gas exchange during recovery in alligators. Respiration Physiology 120(1):81-87. PDF
Farmer, CG. and D.R. Carrier. 2000. Ventilation and gas exchange during treadmill-locomotion in the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis). Journal of Experimental Biology 203:1679-1687. PDF
Farmer, CG. and J.W. Hicks. 2000. Circulatory impairment induced by exercise in the lizard Iguana iguana. Journal of Experimental Biology 203: 2691-2697. PDF
Farmer, CG. 1999. The evolution of the vertebrate cardio-pulmonary system. Annual Review of Physiology 61:573-592 PDF
Hicks, J.W. and CG. Farmer. 1999. Gas exchange potential in reptilian lungs: implications for the dinosaur-avian connection. Respiration Physiology 117(2-3): 73-83 PDF
Janis, C.M. and CG. Farmer. 1999. Proposed habitats of early tetrapods: Were all Devonian forms aquatic? Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 126 (1):117-126 PDF
Owerkowicz, T., CG. Farmer, J.W. Hicks, and E.L. Brainerd. 1999. Contribution of the gular pump to ventilation. Science 284:1661-1663 PDF
Farmer, CG. and D.C. Jackson. 1998. Air-breathing during activity in the fishes Amia calva and Lepisosteus oculatus. Journal of Experimental Biology 201:943-948. PDF
Hicks, J.W and CG. Farmer. 1998. Lung ventilation and gas exchange in theropod dinosaurs. Science 281:45-46
Farmer, C. 1997. Did lungs and the intracardiac shunt evolve to oxygenate the heart in vertebrates? Paleobiology 23(3):358-72 PDF
Simons, A.D., D.R. Carrier, C. Farmer, and C. Gregerson. 1997. Lack of locomotor-cardiac coupling in trotting dogs. American Journal of Physiology 273(4 part 2):R1352-R60 PDF