Published in Evolution on May 27, 2008
A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes. BMC Evol Biol (2013) 3.61
Uterine gene expression in the live-bearing lizard, Chalcides ocellatus, reveals convergence of squamate reptile and mammalian pregnancy mechanisms. Genome Biol Evol (2012) 1.50
The mitochondrial phylogeny of an ancient lineage of ray-finned fishes (Polypteridae) with implications for the evolution of body elongation, pelvic fin loss, and craniofacial morphology in Osteichthyes. BMC Evol Biol (2010) 1.39
Rapid and repeated limb loss in a clade of scincid lizards. BMC Evol Biol (2008) 1.21
A molecular footprint of limb loss: sequence variation of the autopodial identity gene Hoxa-13. J Mol Evol (2008) 0.87
Widespread convergence in toxin resistance by predictable molecular evolution. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2015) 0.87
Intercontinental dispersal by a microendemic burrowing reptile (Dibamidae). Proc Biol Sci (2011) 0.86
Estimating rates and patterns of morphological evolution from phylogenies: lessons in limb lability from Australian Lerista lizards. J Biol (2009) 0.85
Hand/foot splitting and the 're-evolution' of mesopodial skeletal elements during the evolution and radiation of chameleons. BMC Evol Biol (2015) 0.82
Diversity of functional microornamentation in slithering geckos Lialis (Pygopodidae). Proc Biol Sci (2013) 0.80
On the measurement of ecological novelty: scale-eating pupfish are separated by 168 my from other scale-eating fishes. PLoS One (2013) 0.80
Digits lost or gained? Evidence for pedal evolution in the dwarf salamander complex (Eurycea, Plethodontidae). PLoS One (2012) 0.78
The embryology of the retinal pigmented epithelium in dwarf geckos (Gekkota: Sphaerodactylinae): a unique developmental pattern. BMC Dev Biol (2014) 0.77
Reconstruction and in vivo analysis of the extinct tbx5 gene from ancient wingless moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes). BMC Evol Biol (2014) 0.77
Evolution of body elongation in gymnophthalmid lizards: relationships with climate. PLoS One (2012) 0.76
Genetic basis of a violation of Dollo's Law: re-evolution of rotating sex combs in Drosophila bipectinata. Genetics (2012) 0.76
Plausibility of inferred ancestral phenotypes and the evaluation of alternative models of limb evolution in scincid lizards. Biol Lett (2009) 0.75
Distinct patterns of desynchronized limb regression in malagasy scincine lizards (squamata, scincidae). PLoS One (2015) 0.75
Species delimitation and digit number in a North African skink. Ecol Evol (2012) 0.75
Evidence for complex life cycle constraints on salamander body form diversification. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2017) 0.75
MrBayes 3: Bayesian phylogenetic inference under mixed models. Bioinformatics (2003) 130.85
MrBayes 3.2: efficient Bayesian phylogenetic inference and model choice across a large model space. Syst Biol (2012) 40.23
Bayesian phylogenetic analysis of combined data. Syst Biol (2004) 6.89
Parallel Metropolis coupled Markov chain Monte Carlo for Bayesian phylogenetic inference. Bioinformatics (2004) 6.88
Comparative performance of Bayesian and AIC-based measures of phylogenetic model uncertainty. Syst Biol (2006) 6.72
BEAGLE: an application programming interface and high-performance computing library for statistical phylogenetics. Syst Biol (2011) 5.40
A large-scale phylogeny of Amphibia including over 2800 species, and a revised classification of extant frogs, salamanders, and caecilians. Mol Phylogenet Evol (2011) 4.84
Alignment uncertainty and genomic analysis. Science (2008) 4.09
A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes. BMC Evol Biol (2013) 3.61
Integrating GIS-based environmental data into evolutionary biology. Trends Ecol Evol (2008) 2.63
Efficiency of Markov chain Monte Carlo tree proposals in Bayesian phylogenetics. Syst Biol (2008) 2.59
How does climate change cause extinction? Proc Biol Sci (2012) 2.24
Statistical assignment of DNA sequences using Bayesian phylogenetics. Syst Biol (2008) 2.13
Does niche conservatism promote speciation? A case study in North American salamanders. Evolution (2006) 1.85
Phylogeny, niche conservatism and the latitudinal diversity gradient in mammals. Proc Biol Sci (2010) 1.83
Modeling the site-specific variation of selection patterns along lineages. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2004) 1.82
Recurrent evolution of herbivory in small, cold-climate lizards: breaking the ecophysiological rules of reptilian herbivory. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2004) 1.82
Explaining species richness from continents to communities: the time-for-speciation effect in emydid turtles. Am Nat (2002) 1.69
The phylogeny of advanced snakes (Colubroidea), with discovery of a new subfamily and comparison of support methods for likelihood trees. Mol Phylogenet Evol (2010) 1.63
Climatic zonation drives latitudinal variation in speciation mechanisms. Proc Biol Sci (2007) 1.63
Phylogenetic analyses reveal unexpected patterns in the evolution of reproductive modes in frogs. Evolution (2012) 1.62
Phylogenetic evidence for a major reversal of life-history evolution in plethodontid salamanders. Evolution (2004) 1.60
Clonal interference is alleviated by high mutation rates in large populations. Mol Biol Evol (2007) 1.59
Phylogeny of iguanian lizards inferred from 29 nuclear loci, and a comparison of concatenated and species-tree approaches for an ancient, rapid radiation. Mol Phylogenet Evol (2011) 1.52
Large-scale phylogenetic analyses reveal the causes of high tropical amphibian diversity. Proc Biol Sci (2013) 1.42
Are rates of species diversification correlated with rates of morphological evolution? Proc Biol Sci (2009) 1.36
Niche conservatism drives elevational diversity patterns in Appalachian salamanders. Am Nat (2010) 1.34
A phylogenetic perspective on elevational species richness patterns in Middle American treefrogs: why so few species in lowland tropical rainforests? Evolution (2007) 1.33
Rates of projected climate change dramatically exceed past rates of climatic niche evolution among vertebrate species. Ecol Lett (2013) 1.31
Accelerated rates of climatic-niche evolution underlie rapid species diversification. Ecol Lett (2010) 1.23
Estimating divergence dates and evaluating dating methods using phylogenomic and mitochondrial data in squamate reptiles. Mol Phylogenet Evol (2012) 1.21
Phylogenetic evidence for competitively driven divergence: body-size evolution in Caribbean treefrogs (Hylidae: Osteopilus). Evolution (2008) 1.18
Bayesian analysis of biogeography when the number of areas is large. Syst Biol (2013) 1.16
A dirichlet process prior for estimating lineage-specific substitution rates. Mol Biol Evol (2011) 1.16
Parallel genetic evolution within and between bacteriophage species of varying degrees of divergence. Genetics (2008) 1.11
Replicate patterns of species richness, historical biogeography, and phylogeny in Holarctic treefrogs. Evolution (2005) 1.06
Bayesian inference of the metazoan phylogeny; a combined molecular and morphological approach. Curr Biol (2004) 1.06
Rapid development of multiple nuclear loci for phylogenetic analysis using genomic resources: an example from squamate reptiles. Mol Phylogenet Evol (2008) 1.04
Convergence, divergence, and homogenization in the ecological structure of emydid turtle communities: the effects of phylogeny and dispersal. Am Nat (2004) 0.99
Evolution of sexual size dimorphisms in emydid turtles: ecological dimorphism, rensch's rule, and sympatric divergence. Evolution (2009) 0.99
Can parallel diversification occur in sympatry? Repeated patterns of body-size evolution in coexisting clades of North American salamanders. Evolution (2009) 0.99
How does climate influence speciation? Am Nat (2013) 0.98
Community assembly through evolutionary diversification and dispersal in Middle American treefrogs. Evolution (2009) 0.97
Explaining Andean megadiversity: the evolutionary and ecological causes of glassfrog elevational richness patterns. Ecol Lett (2013) 0.97
What are the consequences of combining nuclear and mitochondrial data for phylogenetic analysis? Lessons from Plethodon salamanders and 13 other vertebrate clades. BMC Evol Biol (2011) 0.96
Why are there so few fish in the sea? Proc Biol Sci (2012) 0.91
Latitudinal variation in speciation mechanisms in frogs. Evolution (2009) 0.91
Evolutionary conservatism and convergence both lead to striking similarity in ecology, morphology and performance across continents in frogs. Proc Biol Sci (2013) 0.91
Using historical biogeography to test for community saturation. Ecol Lett (2014) 0.91
Quantifying the impact of dependent evolution among sites in phylogenetic inference. Syst Biol (2010) 0.89
Evolution of viviparity: a phylogenetic test of the cold-climate hypothesis in phrynosomatid lizards. Evolution (2013) 0.87
Comment on "Phylogenetic MCMC algorithms are misleading on mixtures of trees". Science (2006) 0.86
How is the rate of climatic-niche evolution related to climatic-niche breadth? Evolution (2012) 0.86
Evolution of paedomorphosis in plethodontid salamanders: ecological correlates and re-evolution of metamorphosis. Evolution (2013) 0.85
Evolutionary lag times and recent origin of the biota of an ancient desert (Atacama-Sechura). Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2013) 0.83
A phylogenetic model for the detection of epistatic interactions. Mol Biol Evol (2013) 0.79
Parapatric divergence of sympatric morphs in a salamander: incipient speciation on Long Island? Mol Ecol (2013) 0.77
Ecological causes of decelerating diversification in carnivoran mammals. Evolution (2013) 0.77
What Explains Patterns of Diversification and Richness among Animal Phyla? Am Nat (2017) 0.75
A phylogenetic hot spot for evolutionary novelty in Middle American treefrogs. Evolution (2007) 0.75
Rapid Diversification and Time Explain Amphibian Richness at Different Scales in the Tropical Andes, Earth's Most Biodiverse Hotspot. Am Nat (2017) 0.75
Microhabitat and Climatic Niche Change Explain Patterns of Diversification among Frog Families. Am Nat (2017) 0.75