Pectoral myology of limb-reduced worm lizards (Squamata, Amphisbaenia) suggests decoupling of the musculoskeletal system during the evolution of body elongation

Extended molecular phylogenetics and revised systematics of Malagasy scincine lizards

(2017) Jesse Erens et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Diffusible iodine-based contrast-enhanced computed tomography (diceCT): an emerging tool for rapid, high-resolution, 3-D imaging of metazoan soft tissues

(2016) Paul M. Gignac et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

Musculoskeletal integration at the wrist underlies the modular development of limb tendons

(2015) A. H. Huang et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Towards the resolution of a long-standing evolutionary question: muscle identity and attachments are mainly related to topological position and not to primordium or homeotic identity of digits

(2015) Rui Diogo et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

Musculoskeletal anatomical changes that accompany limb reduction in lizards

(2015) Virginia Abdala et al.   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

Evolution of the snake body form reveals homoplasy in amniote Hox gene function

(2015) Jason J. Head et al.   NATURE

Biogeography of worm lizards (Amphisbaenia) driven by end-Cretaceous mass extinction

(2015) N. R. Longrich et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Four legs too many?

(2015) S. Evans   SCIENCE

Distinct Patterns of Desynchronized Limb Regression in Malagasy Scincine Lizards (Squamata, Scincidae)

(2015) Aurélien Miralles et al.   PLoS One

Relict Endemism of Extant Rhineuridae (Amphisbaenia): Testing for Phylogenetic Niche Conservatism in the Fossil Record

(2014) Christy A. Hipsley et al.   Anatomical Record-Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology

A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes

(2013) R Pyron et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

The relationship between limb reduction, body elongation and geographical range in lizards (Lerista, Scincidae)

(2013) Michael S. Y. Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Crossing the frontier: a hypothesis for the origins of meristic constraint in mammalian axial patterning

(2013) Emily A. Buchholtz   ZOOLOGY

Eocene lizard from Germany reveals amphisbaenian origins

(2011) Johannes Müller et al.   NATURE

Uncoupling skeletal and connective tissue patterning: conditional deletion in cartilage progenitors reveals cell-autonomous requirements for Lmx1b in dorsal-ventral limb patterning

(2010) Y. Li et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Axial Elongation in Fishes: Using Morphological Approaches to Elucidate Developmental Mechanisms in Studying Body Shape

(2010) A. B. Ward et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Comparative anatomy, homologies and evolution of the pectoral and forelimb musculature of tetrapods with special attention to extant limbed amphibians and reptiles

(2010) Virginia Abdala et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

Micro-computed tomography with iodine staining resolves the arrangement of muscle fibres

(2010) Nathan S. Jeffery et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Homeotic effects, somitogenesis and the evolution of vertebral numbers in recent and fossil amniotes

(2010) J. Muller et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

MicroCT for developmental biology: A versatile tool for high-contrast 3D imaging at histological resolutions

(2009) Brian D. Metscher   DEVELOPMENTAL DYNAMICS

Anatomical transformation in mammals: developmental origin of aberrant cervical anatomy in tree sloths

(2009) Emily A. Buchholtz et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

RATES AND PATTERNS IN THE EVOLUTION OF SNAKE-LIKE BODY FORM IN SQUAMATE REPTILES: EVIDENCE FOR REPEATED RE-EVOLUTION OF LOST DIGITS AND LONG-TERM PERSISTENCE OF INTERMEDIATE BODY FORMS

(2008) Matthew C. Brandley et al.   EVOLUTION

Origin of tropical American burrowing reptiles by transatlantic rafting

(2007) N. Vidal et al.   Biology Letters