Rapid Evolution of Beta-Keratin Genes Contribute to Phenotypic Differences That Distinguish Turtles and Birds from Other Reptiles

The draft genomes of soft-shell turtle and green sea turtle yield insights into the development and evolution of the turtle-specific body plan

(2013) Zhuo Wang et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Evolution of the turtle bauplan: the topological relationship of the scapula relative to the ribcage

(2012) T. R. Lyson et al.   Biology Letters

Extensive and Continuous Duplication Facilitates Rapid Evolution and Diversification of Gene Families

(2012) Dan Chang et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Major taste loss in carnivorous mammals

(2012) P. Jiang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

MrBayes 3.2: Efficient Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference and Model Choice Across a Large Model Space

(2012) Fredrik Ronquist et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

The evolutionary history of the SAL1 gene family in eutherian mammals

(2011) Camille Meslin et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Linking the molecular evolution of avian beta (β) keratins to the evolution of feathers

(2011) Matthew J. Greenwold et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION

Radiation and Functional Diversification of Alpha Keratins during Early Vertebrate Evolution

(2011) W. Vandebergh et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Opsin gene duplication and divergence in ray-finned fish

(2011) Diana J. Rennison et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

The genome of the green anole lizard and a comparative analysis with birds and mammals

(2011) Jessica Alföldi et al.   NATURE

Genomic organization and molecular phylogenies of the beta (β) keratin multigene family in the chicken (Gallus gallus) and zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata): implications for feather evolution

(2010) Matthew J Greenwold et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Contrasting Modes of Evolution of the Visual Pigments in Heliconius Butterflies

(2010) F. Yuan et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The genome of a songbird

(2010) Wesley C. Warren et al.   NATURE

New Algorithms and Methods to Estimate Maximum-Likelihood Phylogenies: Assessing the Performance of PhyML 3.0

(2010) Stéphane Guindon et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Biased Gene Conversion and the Evolution of Mammalian Genomic Landscapes

(2009) Laurent Duret et al.   Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics

Beta-keratins of turtle shell are glycine-proline-tyrosine rich proteins similar to those of crocodilians and birds

(2009) Luisa Dalla Valle et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

Evolution of hard proteins in the sauropsid integument in relation to the cornification of skin derivatives in amniotes

(2009) Lorenzo Alibardi et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

Evolution of the Turtle Body Plan by the Folding and Creation of New Muscle Connections

(2009) H. Nagashima et al.   SCIENCE

β-keratins of the crocodilian epidermis: composition, structure, and phylogenetic relationships

(2008) Luisa Dalla Valle et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION

jModelTest: Phylogenetic Model Averaging

(2008) D. Posada   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Turtle origins out to sea

(2008) Robert R. Reisz et al.   NATURE

An ancestral turtle from the Late Triassic of southwestern China

(2008) Chun Li et al.   NATURE

Identification of reptilian genes encoding hair keratin-like proteins suggests a new scenario for the evolutionary origin of hair

(2008) L. Eckhart et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A thin-shelled reptile from the Late Triassic of North America and the origin of the turtle shell

(2008) W. G Joyce et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES