Visual system evolution and the nature of the ancestral snake

RAxML version 8: a tool for phylogenetic analysis and post-analysis of large phylogenies

(2014) Alexandros Stamatakis   BIOINFORMATICS

Eyes underground: Regression of visual protein networks in subterranean mammals

(2014) Christopher A. Emerling et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Genomic evidence for rod monochromacy in sloths and armadillos suggests early subterranean history for Xenarthra

(2014) C. A. Emerling et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

A system-level, molecular evolutionary analysis of mammalian phototransduction

(2013) Brandon M Invergo et al.   BMC 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 Burmese python genome reveals the molecular basis for extreme adaptation in snakes

(2013) T. A. Castoe et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The king cobra genome reveals dynamic gene evolution and adaptation in the snake venom system

(2013) F. J. Vonk et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

S cones: Evolution, retinal distribution, development, and spectral sensitivity

(2013) DAVID M. HUNT et al.   VISUAL NEUROSCIENCE

Rod Monochromacy and the Coevolution of Cetacean Retinal Opsins

(2013) Robert W. Meredith et al.   PLoS Genetics

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

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

Molecular ecology and adaptation of visual photopigments in craniates

(2012) WAYNE I. L. DAVIES et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

jModelTest 2: more models, new heuristics and parallel computing

(2012) Diego Darriba et al.   NATURE METHODS

Photoreceptor types, visual pigments, and topographic specializations in the retinas of hydrophiid sea snakes

(2011) Nathan S. Hart et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Parallel Evolution of KCNQ4 in Echolocating Bats

(2011) Zhen Liu et al.   PLoS One

Blindsnake evolutionary tree reveals long history on Gondwana

(2010) N. Vidal et al.   Biology Letters

The Nocturnal Bottleneck and the Evolution of Mammalian Vision

(2010) Christopher P. Heesy et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION

How Many Bootstrap Replicates Are Necessary?

(2010) Nicholas D. Pattengale et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY

Identification and characterization of visual pigments in caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona), an order of limbless vertebrates with rudimentary eyes

(2010) S. M. Mohun et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Rudimentary Eyes of Squamate Fossorial Reptiles (Amphisbaenia and Serpentes)

(2009) Giselle Foureaux et al.   Anatomical Record-Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology

Conspicuousness of Dickerson's collared lizard (Crotaphytus dickersonae) through the eyes of conspecifics and predators

(2009) JOSEPH M. MACEDONIA et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Shedding Light on Serpent Sight: The Visual Pigments of Henophidian Snakes

(2009) W. L. Davies et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Examining the utility of categorical models and alleviating artifacts in phylogenetic reconstruction of the Squamata (Reptilia)

(2009) D.A. Douglas et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

The evolution of color vision in nocturnal mammals

(2009) H. Zhao 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

Molecular Basis of Spectral Tuning in the Red- and Green-Sensitive (M/LWS) Pigments in Vertebrates

(2008) S. Yokoyama et al.   GENETICS

Crystal structure of the ligand-free G-protein-coupled receptor opsin

(2008) Jung Hee Park et al.   NATURE

Branch Lengths, Support, and Congruence: Testing the Phylogenomic Approach with 20 Nuclear Loci in Snakes

(2008) John J. Wiens et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY