The Genome 10K Project: a way forward

KP Koepfli, B Paten… - Annu. Rev. Anim …, 2015‏ - annualreviews.org
The Genome 10K Project was established in 2009 by a consortium of biologists and
genome scientists determined to facilitate the sequencing and analysis of the complete …

Burmese pythons in Florida: A synthesis of biology, impacts, and management tools

JC Guzy, BG Falk, BJ Smith, JD Willson, RN Reed… - 2023‏ - digitalcommons.unl.edu
Burmese pythons (Python molurus bivittatus) are native to southeastern Asia, however, there
is an established invasive population inhabiting much of southern Florida throughout the …

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

FJ Vonk, NR Casewell, CV Henkel… - Proceedings of the …, 2013‏ - pnas.org
Snakes are limbless predators, and many species use venom to help overpower relatively
large, agile prey. Snake venoms are complex protein mixtures encoded by several …

Phylogenomic analyses support the position of turtles as the sister group of birds and crocodiles (Archosauria)

Y Chiari, V Cahais, N Galtier, F Delsuc - BMC biology, 2012‏ - Springer
Background The morphological peculiarities of turtles have, for a long time, impeded their
accurate placement in the phylogeny of amniotes. Molecular data used to address this major …

The Burmese python genome reveals the molecular basis for extreme adaptation in snakes

TA Castoe, APJ de Koning, KT Hall, DC Card… - Proceedings of the …, 2013‏ - pnas.org
Snakes possess many extreme morphological and physiological adaptations. Identification
of the molecular basis of these traits can provide novel understanding for vertebrate biology …

Convergent evolution of pain-inducing defensive venom components in spitting cobras

TD Kazandjian, D Petras, SD Robinson, J van Thiel… - Science, 2021‏ - science.org
Convergent evolution provides insights into the selective drivers underlying evolutionary
change. Snake venoms, with a direct genetic basis and clearly defined functional …

Rapid microsatellite identification from Illumina paired-end genomic sequencing in two birds and a snake

TA Castoe, AW Poole, APJ De Koning, KL Jones… - PloS one, 2012‏ - journals.plos.org
Identification of microsatellites, or simple sequence repeats (SSRs), can be a time-
consuming and costly investment requiring enrichment, cloning, and sequencing of …

Toward consilience in reptile phylogeny: miRNAs support an archosaur, not lepidosaur, affinity for turtles

DJ Field, JA Gauthier, BL King, D Pisani… - Evolution & …, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the phylogenetic position of crown turtles (Testudines) among amniotes has
been a source of particular contention. Recent morphological analyses suggest that turtles …

Sequencing three crocodilian genomes to illuminate the evolution of archosaurs and amniotes

JA St John, EL Braun, SR Isberg, LG Miles, AY Chong… - Genome biology, 2012‏ - Springer
Abstract The International Crocodilian Genomes Working Group (ICGWG) will sequence and
assemble the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus …

The biogeography of deep time phylogenetic reticulation

FT Burbrink, M Gehara - Systematic biology, 2018‏ - academic.oup.com
Most phylogenies are typically represented as purely bifurcating. However, as genomic data
have become more common in phylogenetic studies, it is not unusual to find reticulation …