Genome evolution and the future of phylogenomics of non-avian reptiles

DC Card, WB Jennings, SV Edwards - Animals, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Simple Summary As a group of organisms, non-avian reptiles, most of which are the~
11,000 species of lizards and snakes, are an extraordinarily diverse group, displaying a …

A genome assembly for the southern Pacific rattlesnake, Crotalus oreganus helleri, in the western rattlesnake species complex

EP Westeen, M Escalona, ML Holding… - Journal of …, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
Rattlesnakes play important roles in their ecosystems by regulating prey populations, are
involved in complex coevolutionary dynamics with their prey, and exhibit a variety of unusual …

Reference genome of the rubber boa, Charina bottae (Serpentes: Boidae)

JL Grismer, M Escalona, C Miller, E Beraut… - Journal of …, 2022‏ - academic.oup.com
The rubber boa, Charina bottae is a semi-fossorial, cold-temperature adapted snake that
ranges across the wetter and cooler ecoregions of the California Floristic Province. The …

[PDF][PDF] Considering admixture when producing draft genomes: an example in North American ratsnakes (Pantherophis alleghaniensis/Pantherophis obsoletus)

FT Burbrink, SM Harrington, D Bobo… - G3: Genes, Genomes …, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
The number of reference genomes of snakes lags behind several other vertebrate groups
(eg birds and mammals). However, in the last two years, a concerted effort by researchers …

A reference genome assembly for the continentally distributed ring-necked snake, Diadophis punctatus

EP Westeen, M Escalona, E Beraut… - Journal of …, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
Snakes in the family Colubridae include more than 2,000 currently recognized species, and
comprise roughly 75% of the global snake species diversity on Earth. For such a spectacular …