The king cobra genome reveals dynamic gene evolution and adaptation in the snake venom system

Molecular basis for prey relocation in viperid snakes

(2013) Anthony J Saviola et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Genome reannotation of the lizard Anolis carolinensis based on 14 adult and embryonic deep transcriptomes

(2013) Walter L Eckalbar et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Rates of molecular evolution vary in vertebrates for insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), a pleiotropic locus that regulates life history traits

(2012) Amanda M. Sparkman et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Evolution of CRISPs Associated with Toxicoferan-Reptilian Venom and Mammalian Reproduction

(2012) K. Sunagar et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Black mamba venom peptides target acid-sensing ion channels to abolish pain

(2012) Sylvie Diochot et al.   NATURE

MrBayes 3.2: Efficient Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference and Model Choice Across a Large Model Space

(2012) Fredrik Ronquist et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

A brief review of the scientific history of several lesser-known snake venom proteins: l-amino acid oxidases, hyaluronidases and phosphodiesterases

(2012) Jay W. Fox   TOXICON

Complex cocktails: the evolutionary novelty of venoms

(2012) Nicholas R. Casewell et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Dynamic evolution of venom proteins in squamate reptiles

(2012) Nicholas R. Casewell et al.   Nature Communications

Snake venom: From fieldwork to the clinic

(2011) Freek J. Vonk et al.   BIOESSAYS

MAKER2: an annotation pipeline and genome-database management tool for second-generation genome projects

(2011) Carson Holt et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

A Limited Role for Gene Duplications in the Evolution of Platypus Venom

(2011) E. S. W. Wong et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Domain Loss Facilitates Accelerated Evolution and Neofunctionalization of Duplicate Snake Venom Metalloproteinase Toxin Genes

(2011) N. R. Casewell et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

A heteromeric Texas coral snake toxin targets acid-sensing ion channels to produce pain

(2011) Christopher J. Bohlen et al.   NATURE

The genome of the green anole lizard and a comparative analysis with birds and mammals

(2011) Jessica Alföldi et al.   NATURE

Full-length transcriptome assembly from RNA-Seq data without a reference genome

(2011) Manfred G Grabherr et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

A Deep Insight into the Sialotranscriptome of the Gulf Coast Tick, Amblyomma maculatum

(2011) Shahid Karim et al.   PLoS One

Snakebite Mortality in India: A Nationally Representative Mortality Survey

(2011) Bijayeeni Mohapatra et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Sequencing the genome of the Burmese python (Python molurus bivittatus) as a model for studying extreme adaptations in snakes

(2011) Todd A Castoe et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Scaffolding pre-assembled contigs using SSPACE

(2010) Marten Boetzer et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

iGTP: A software package for large-scale gene tree parsimony analysis

(2010) Ruchi Chaudhary et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

Changes in Hox genes’ structure and function during the evolution of the squamate body plan

(2010) Nicolas Di-Poï et al.   NATURE

Ancient animal microRNAs and the evolution of tissue identity

(2010) Foteini Christodoulou et al.   NATURE

Structure, function and evolution of three-finger toxins: Mini proteins with multiple targets

(2010) R. Manjunatha Kini et al.   TOXICON

De novo transcriptome assembly with ABySS

(2009) I. Birol et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

ABySS: A parallel assembler for short read sequence data

(2009) J. T. Simpson et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

The sequence and de novo assembly of the giant panda genome

(2009) Ruiqiang Li et al.   NATURE

Ultrafast and memory-efficient alignment of short DNA sequences to the human genome

(2009) Ben Langmead et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Genome analysis of the platypus reveals unique signatures of evolution

(2008) Wesley C. Warren et al.   NATURE

Evolutionary origin and development of snake fangs

(2008) Freek J. Vonk et al.   NATURE

The Global Burden of Snakebite: A Literature Analysis and Modelling Based on Regional Estimates of Envenoming and Deaths

(2008) Anuradhani Kasturiratne et al.   PLOS MEDICINE