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

DNA barcoding Madagascar’s amphibian fauna

(2014) R.G. Bina Perl et al.   AMPHIBIA-REPTILIA

Reconstruction and in vivo analysis of the extinct tbx5 gene from ancient wingless moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes)

(2014) Leon Huynen et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Beyond fossil calibrations: realities of molecular clock practices in evolutionary biology

(2014) Christy A. Hipsley et al.   Frontiers in Genetics

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

Digit loss in archosaur evolution and the interplay between selection and constraints

(2013) Merijn A. G. de Bakker et al.   NATURE

Exceptional Convergence on the Macroevolutionary Landscape in Island Lizard Radiations

(2013) D. L. Mahler et al.   SCIENCE

To name or not to name: Criteria to promote economy of change in Linnaean classification schemes

(2013) MIGUEL VENCES et al.   ZOOTAXA

Evolution of eye development in the darkness of caves: adaptation, drift, or both?

(2013) Sylvie Rétaux et al.   EvoDevo

Bayesian Phylogenetics with BEAUti and the BEAST 1.7

(2012) Alexei J. Drummond et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

PartitionFinder: Combined Selection of Partitioning Schemes and Substitution Models for Phylogenetic Analyses

(2012) R. Lanfear et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Adaptive Color Polymorphism and Unusually High Local Genetic Diversity in the Side-Blotched Lizard, Uta stansburiana

(2012) Steven Micheletti et al.   PLoS One

Vertebrate time-tree elucidates the biogeographic pattern of a major biotic change around the K-T boundary in Madagascar

(2012) A. Crottini et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Variations on a bauplan: description of a new Malagasy “mermaid skink” with flipper-like forelimbs only (Scincidae,SirenoscincusSakata & Hikida, 2003)

(2012) Aurélien Miralles et al.   ZOOSYSTEMA

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

Vestigial structures in the appendicular skeletons of eight African skink species (Squamata, Scincidae)

(2011) J. G. Moch et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

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

Eocene lizard from Germany reveals amphisbaenian origins

(2011) Johannes Müller et al.   NATURE

Hypotheses on rostral shield evolution in fossorial lizards derived from the phylogenetic position of a new species of Paracontias (Squamata, Scincidae)

(2011) Aurélien Miralles et al.   ORGANISMS DIVERSITY & EVOLUTION

Evolutionary rates of mitochondrial genomes correspond to diversification rates and to contemporary species richness in birds and reptiles

(2010) S. H. Eo et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

DnaSP v5: a software for comprehensive analysis of DNA polymorphism data

(2009) P. Librado et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Axial patterning in snakes and caecilians: Evidence for an alternative interpretation of the Hox code

(2009) Joost M. Woltering et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

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

A multilocus phylogeny of Malagasy scincid lizards elucidates the relationships of the fossorial genera Androngo and Cryptoscincus

(2009) Angelica Crottini et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Appendicular skeleton inBachia bicolor(Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae): osteology, limb reduction and postnatal skeletal ontogeny

(2008) Adriana Jerez et al.   ACTA ZOOLOGICA

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

Formalizing reliability in the taxonomic congruence approach

(2008) Blaise Li et al.   ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA

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