The convergent evolution of snake-like forms by divergent evolutionary pathways in squamate reptiles

Size-reduced embryos reveal a gradient scaling-based mechanism for zebrafish somite formation

(2018) Kana Ishimatsu et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Differential scaling patterns of vertebrae and the evolution of neck length in mammals

(2017) Patrick Arnold et al.   EVOLUTION

Developmental, genetic, and genomic insights into the evolutionary loss of limbs in snakes

(2017) Francisca Leal et al.   GENESIS

Multivariate Phylogenetic Comparative Methods: Evaluations, Comparisons, and Recommendations

(2017) Dean C. Adams et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Progressive Loss of Function in a Limb Enhancer during Snake Evolution

(2016) Evgeny Z. Kvon et al.   CELL

The definition, recognition, and interpretation of convergent evolution, and two new measures for quantifying and assessing the significance of convergence

(2015) C. Tristan Stayton   EVOLUTION

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

(2015) Jason J. Head et al.   NATURE

mvmorph: anrpackage for fitting multivariate evolutionary models to morphometric data

(2015) Julien Clavel et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Imperfect Morphological Convergence: Variable Changes in Cranial Structures Underlie Transitions to Durophagy in Moray Eels

(2014) David C. Collar et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

geiger v2.0: an expanded suite of methods for fitting macroevolutionary models to phylogenetic trees

(2014) Matthew W. Pennell et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

The convergent evolution of blue iris pigmentation in primates took distinct molecular paths

(2013) Wynn K. Meyer et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

Multicellularity arose several times in the evolution of eukaryotes (Response to DOI 10.1002/bies.201100187)

(2013) Laura Wegener Parfrey et al.   BIOESSAYS

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

(2013) R Pyron et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

A large-scale view of the evolution of amniote development: insights from somitogenesis in reptiles

(2013) Kenro Kusumi et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN GENETICS & DEVELOPMENT

MULTIPLE EVOLUTIONARY PATHWAYS TO DECREASED LATERAL PLATE COVERAGE IN FRESHWATER THREESPINE STICKLEBACKS

(2012) Tuomas Leinonen et al.   EVOLUTION

CONVERGENT EVOLUTION AS A GENERATOR OF PHENOTYPIC DIVERSITY IN THREESPINE STICKLEBACK

(2012) Matthew D. McGee et al.   EVOLUTION

The probability of genetic parallelism and convergence in natural populations

(2012) G. L. Conte et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Extreme environments as potential drivers of convergent evolution by exaptation: the Atacama Desert Coastal Range case

(2012) Armando Azua-Bustos et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Somitogenesis in the anole lizard and alligator reveals evolutionary convergence and divergence in the amniote segmentation clock

(2011) Walter L. Eckalbar et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

VERTEBRAL EVOLUTION AND THE DIVERSIFICATION OF SQUAMATE REPTILES

(2011) Philip J. Bergmann et al.   EVOLUTION

EVIDENCE FOR REPEATED ACQUISITION AND LOSS OF COMPLEX BODY-FORM CHARACTERS IN AN INSULAR CLADE OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN SEMI-FOSSORIAL SKINKS

(2011) Cameron D. Siler et al.   EVOLUTION

CONVERGENCE, ADAPTATION, AND CONSTRAINT

(2011) Jonathan B. Losos   EVOLUTION

What is parallelism?

(2011) Robert W. Scotland   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

Cryptic diversity and morphological convergence in threatened species of fossorial skinks in the genus Scelotes (Squamata: Scincidae) from the Western Cape Coast of South Africa: Implications for species boundaries, digit reduction and conservation

(2011) Neil J.L. Heideman et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Phylogeny of Philippine slender skinks (Scincidae: Brachymeles) reveals underestimated species diversity, complex biogeographical relationships, and cryptic patterns of lineage diversification

(2011) Cameron D. Siler et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Homoplasy: From Detecting Pattern to Determining Process and Mechanism of Evolution

(2011) D. B. Wake et al.   SCIENCE

Adaptation in the age of ecological genomics: insights from parallelism and convergence

(2011) Kathryn R. Elmer et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

phytools: an R package for phylogenetic comparative biology (and other things)

(2011) Liam J. Revell   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

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

Elongation of the Body in Eels

(2010) Rita S. Mehta et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

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

Phylogenetic signal and linear regression on species data

(2010) Liam J. Revell   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

SIZE-CORRECTION AND PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS FOR INTERSPECIFIC COMPARATIVE STUDIES

(2009) Liam J. Revell   EVOLUTION

Evolution of digit identity in the three-toed Italian skinkChalcides chalcides: a new case of digit identity frame shift

(2009) Rebecca L. Young et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

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

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

Body-form Evolution in the Scincid Lizard Clade Lerista and the Mode of Macroevolutionary Transitions

(2009) Adam Skinner et al.   Evolutionary Biology

Morphological diversity and ecological similarity: versatility of muscular and skeletal morphologies enables ecological convergence in shrews

(2009) Rebecca L. Young et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Vertebrate limb bud development: moving towards integrative analysis of organogenesis

(2009) Rolf Zeller et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Molecular and functional basis of phenotypic convergence in white lizards at White Sands

(2009) E. B. Rosenblum et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Evidence for an ancient adaptive episode of convergent molecular evolution

(2009) T. A. Castoe et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Morphological Integration and Developmental Modularity

(2008) Christian Peter Klingenberg   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Rapid and repeated limb loss in a clade of scincid lizards

(2008) Adam Skinner et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

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

CONTINUOUS AND ARRESTED MORPHOLOGICAL DIVERSIFICATION IN SISTER CLADES OF CHARACIFORM FISHES: A PHYLOMORPHOSPACE APPROACH

(2008) Brian Sidlauskas   EVOLUTION

DIRECTIONAL EVOLUTION OF STOCKINESS COEVOLVES WITH ECOLOGY AND LOCOMOTION IN LIZARDS

(2008) Philip J. Bergmann et al.   EVOLUTION

PATTERNS OF THRESHOLD EVOLUTION IN POLYPHENIC INSECTS UNDER DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENTAL MODELS

(2008) Joseph L. Tomkins et al.   EVOLUTION

Control of segment number in vertebrate embryos

(2008) Céline Gomez et al.   NATURE

Radiation, multiple dispersal and parallelism in the skinks, Chalcides and Sphenops (Squamata: Scincidae), with comments on Scincus and Scincopus and the age of the Sahara Desert

(2007) S. Carranza et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Convergence and parallelism reconsidered: what have we learned about the genetics of adaptation?

(2007) J ARENDT et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION