Early origin of viviparity and multiple reversions to oviparity in squamate reptiles

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

(2013) R Pyron et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Exploring power and parameter estimation of the BiSSE method for analyzing species diversification

(2013) Matthew P Davis et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

EVOLUTION OF VIVIPARITY: A PHYLOGENETIC TEST OF THE COLD-CLIMATE HYPOTHESIS IN PHRYNOSOMATID LIZARDS

(2013) Shea M. Lambert et al.   EVOLUTION

The evolution of viviparity opens opportunities for lizard radiation but drives it into a climatic cul-de-sac

(2013) Daniel Pincheira-Donoso et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Are lizards feeling the heat? A tale of ecology and evolution under two temperatures

(2013) Shai Meiri et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

A Comparative Method for Both Discrete and Continuous Characters Using the Threshold Model

(2012) Joseph Felsenstein   AMERICAN NATURALIST

treePL: divergence time estimation using penalized likelihood for large phylogenies

(2012) Stephen A. Smith et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Resolving the phylogeny of lizards and snakes (Squamata) with extensive sampling of genes and species

(2012) J. J. Wiens et al.   Biology Letters

PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSES REVEAL UNEXPECTED PATTERNS IN THE EVOLUTION OF REPRODUCTIVE MODES IN FROGS

(2012) Ivan Gomez-Mestre et al.   EVOLUTION

Uterine Gene Expression in the Live-Bearing Lizard, Chalcides ocellatus, Reveals Convergence of Squamate Reptile and Mammalian Pregnancy Mechanisms

(2012) Matthew C. Brandley et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Morphology and development of the placentae in Eulamprus quoyii group skinks (Squamata: Scincidae)

(2012) Bridget F. Murphy et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

Estimating divergence dates and evaluating dating methods using phylogenomic and mitochondrial data in squamate reptiles

(2012) Daniel G. Mulcahy et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Diversitree: comparative phylogenetic analyses of diversification in R

(2012) Richard G. FitzJohn   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Phylogenetic Insights on Evolutionary Novelties in Lizards and Snakes: Sex, Birth, Bodies, Niches, and Venom

(2011) Jack W. Sites et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

EXTINCTION, ECOLOGICAL OPPORTUNITY, AND THE ORIGINS OF GLOBAL SNAKE DIVERSITY

(2011) R. Alexander Pyron et al.   EVOLUTION

The serpent and the egg: unidirectional evolution of reproductive mode in vipers?

(2011) Allyson M. Fenwick et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGICAL SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTIONARY RESEARCH

A gravid lizard from the Cretaceous of China and the early history of squamate viviparity

(2011) Yuan Wang et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Viviparity and K-Selected Life History in a Mesozoic Marine Plesiosaur (Reptilia, Sauropterygia)

(2011) F. R. O'Keefe et al.   SCIENCE

Slaying dragons: limited evidence for unusual body size evolution on islands

(2010) Shai Meiri et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Live birth among Iguanian lizards predates Pliocene-Pleistocene glaciations

(2009) J. A. Schulte et al.   Biology Letters

LIVE-BIRTH IN VIPERS (VIPERIDAE) IS A KEY INNOVATION AND ADAPTATION TO GLOBAL COOLING DURING THE CENOZOIC

(2009) Vincent J. Lynch   EVOLUTION

DID EGG-LAYING BOAS BREAK DOLLO'S LAW? PHYLOGENETIC EVIDENCE FOR REVERSAL TO OVIPARITY IN SAND BOAS (ERYX: BOIDAE)

(2009) Vincent J. Lynch et al.   EVOLUTION

Estimating Trait-Dependent Speciation and Extinction Rates from Incompletely Resolved Phylogenies

(2009) Richard G. FitzJohn et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

ON PHYLOGENETIC TESTS OF IRREVERSIBLE EVOLUTION

(2008) Emma E. Goldberg et al.   EVOLUTION