The tuatara genome reveals ancient features of amniote evolution

Evolutionary signatures of photoreceptor transmutation in geckos reveal potential adaptation and convergence with snakes

(2019) Ryan K Schott et al.   EVOLUTION

Superior ab initio identification, annotation and characterisation of TEs and segmental duplications from genome assemblies

(2018) Lu Zeng et al.   PLoS One

Squamate reptiles challenge paradigms of genomic repeat element evolution set by birds and mammals

(2018) Giulia I. M. Pasquesi et al.   Nature Communications

Evolution and Diversity of Transposable Elements in Vertebrate Genomes

(2017) Cibele G. Sotero-Caio et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Vertebrate sex determination: evolutionary plasticity of a fundamental switch

(2017) Blanche Capel   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Pulsed evolution shaped modern vertebrate body sizes

(2017) Michael J. Landis et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

MeDIP-seq and nCpG analyses illuminate sexually dimorphic methylation of gonadal development genes with high historic methylation in turtle hatchlings with temperature-dependent sex determination

(2017) Srihari Radhakrishnan et al.   Epigenetics & Chromatin

Marine origin of retroviruses in the early Palaeozoic Era

(2017) Pakorn Aiewsakun et al.   Nature Communications

Transposable Element Targeting by piRNAs in Laurasiatherians with Distinct Transposable Element Histories

(2016) Michael W. Vandewege et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

BUSCO: assessing genome assembly and annotation completeness with single-copy orthologs

(2015) Felipe A. Simão et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

MIR retrotransposon sequences provide insulators to the human genome

(2015) Jianrong Wang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Multiple Lineages of Ancient CR1 Retroposons Shaped the Early Genome Evolution of Amniotes

(2014) Alexander Suh et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Selenoproteins: Molecular Pathways and Physiological Roles

(2014) Vyacheslav M. Labunskyy et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Integration of molecules and new fossils supports a Triassic origin for Lepidosauria (lizards, snakes, and tuatara)

(2013) Marc EH Jones et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

De novo sequence assembly and characterisation of a partial transcriptome for an evolutionarily distinct reptile, the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus)

(2012) Hilary C Miller et al.   BMC GENOMICS

The transient receptor potential family of ion channels

(2011) Bernd Nilius et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

The First Cytogenetic Map of the Tuatara, Sphenodon punctatus

(2010) D. O’Meally et al.   CYTOGENETIC AND GENOME RESEARCH

Promiscuous DNA: horizontal transfer of transposable elements and why it matters for eukaryotic evolution

(2010) Sarah Schaack et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Genetic diversity and taxonomy: a reassessment of species designation in tuatara (Sphenodon: Reptilia)

(2009) Jennifer M. Hay et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

A sphenodontine (Rhynchocephalia) from the Miocene of New Zealand and palaeobiogeography of the tuatara (Sphenodon)

(2009) M. E.H Jones et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Genome analysis of the platypus reveals unique signatures of evolution

(2008) Wesley C. Warren et al.   NATURE

Predicting the fate of a living fossil: how will global warming affect sex determination and hatching phenology in tuatara?

(2008) N. J Mitchell et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Rapid molecular evolution in a living fossil

(2008) Jennifer M. Hay et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Molecular and morphological evolution in tuatara are decoupled

(2008) Sankar Subramanian et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

The evolutionary rate of tuatara revisited

(2008) Hilary C. Miller et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS