Search Results - "Cannatella, David C."

Phylogenomics reveals rapid, simultaneous diversification of three major clades of Gondwanan frogs at the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary by Feng, Yan-Jie, Blackburn, David C., Liang, Dan, Hillis, David M., Wake, David B., Cannatella, David C., Zhang, Peng

“…Frogs (Anura) are one of the most diverse groups of vertebrates and comprise nearly 90% of living amphibian species. Their worldwide distribution and diverse…”
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Phenotypic integration emerges from aposematism and scale in poison frogs by Santos, Juan C, Cannatella, David C

“…Complex phenotypes can be modeled as networks of component traits connected by genetic, developmental, or functional interactions. Aposematism, which has…”
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Efficient sequencing of Anuran mtDNAs and a mitogenomic exploration of the phylogeny and evolution of frogs by Zhang, Peng, Liang, Dan, Mao, Rong-Li, Hillis, David M, Wake, David B, Cannatella, David C

“…Anura (frogs and toads) constitute over 88% of living amphibian diversity but many important questions about their phylogeny and evolution remain unresolved…”
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Spatiotemporal Diversification of the True Frogs (Genus Rana): A Historical Framework for a Widely Studied Group of Model Organisms by Yuan, Zhi-Yong, Zhou, Wei-Wei, Chen, Xin, Poyarkov, Nikolay A., Chen, Hong-Man, Jang-Liaw, Nian-Hong, Chou, Wen-Hao, Matzke, Nicholas J., Iizuka, Koji, Min, Mi-Sook, Kuzmin, Sergius L., Zhang, Ya-Ping, Cannatella, David C., Hillis, David M., Che, Jing

“…True frogs of the genus Rana are widely used as model organisms in studies of development, genetics, physiology, ecology, behavior, and evolution. Comparative…”
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Amphibian community structure along elevation gradients in eastern Nepal Himalaya by Khatiwada, Janak R, Zhao, Tian, Chen, Youhua, Wang, Bin, Xie, Feng, Cannatella, David C, Jiang, Jianping

“…Species richness and composition pattern of amphibians along elevation gradients in eastern Nepal Himalaya are rarely investigated. This is a first ever study…”
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Amazonian amphibian diversity is primarily derived from late Miocene Andean lineages by Santos, Juan C, Coloma, Luis A, Summers, Kyle, Caldwell, Janalee P, Ree, Richard, Cannatella, David C

“…The Neotropics contains half of remaining rainforests and Earth's largest reservoir of amphibian biodiversity. However, determinants of Neotropical…”
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Convergent Substitutions in a Sodium Channel Suggest Multiple Origins of Toxin Resistance in Poison Frogs by Tarvin, Rebecca D, Santos, Juan C, O'Connell, Lauren A, Zakon, Harold H, Cannatella, David C

“…Complex phenotypes typically have a correspondingly multifaceted genetic component. However, the genotype-phenotype association between chemical defense and…”
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Aposematism increases acoustic diversification and speciation in poison frogs by Santos, Juan C., Baquero, Margarita, Barrio-Amorós, César, Coloma, Luis A., Erdtmann, Luciana K., Lima, Albertina P., Cannatella, David C.

“…Multimodal signals facilitate communication with conspecifics during courtship, but they can also alert eavesdropper predators. Hence, signallers face two…”
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Two new species of Eleutherodactylus from western and central Mexico ( Eleutherodactylus jamesdixoni sp. nov., Eleutherodactylus humboldti sp. nov.) by Devitt, Thomas J, Tseng, Karen, Taylor-Adair, Marlena, Koganti, Sannidhi, Timugura, Alice, Cannatella, David C

“…The subgenus (genus ) contains >40 species of small, direct-developing frogs that occur at low to moderate elevations from Texas through Mexico and into…”
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A potential cost of evolving epibatidine resistance in poison frogs by York, Julia M, Borghese, Cecilia M, George, Andrew A, Cannatella, David C, Zakon, Harold H

“…Some dendrobatid poison frogs sequester the toxin epibatidine as a defense against predators. We previously identified an amino acid substitution (S108C) at a…”
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Targeted enrichment: maximizing orthologous gene comparisons across deep evolutionary time by Hedtke, Shannon M, Morgan, Matthew J, Cannatella, David C, Hillis, David M

“…Estimated phylogenies of evolutionarily diverse taxa will be well supported and more likely to be historically accurate when the analysis contains large…”
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Insights from Integrative Systematics Reveal Cryptic Diversity in Pristimantis Frogs (Anura: Craugastoridae) from the Upper Amazon Basin by Ortega-Andrade, H Mauricio, Rojas-Soto, Octavio R, Valencia, Jorge H, Espinosa de Los Monteros, Alejandro, Morrone, Juan J, Ron, Santiago R, Cannatella, David C

“…Pluralistic approaches to taxonomy facilitate a more complete appraisal of biodiversity, especially the diversification of cryptic species. Although species…”
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Sexual selection drives speciation in an Amazonian frog by Boul, Kathryn E, Chris Funk, W, Darst, Catherine R, Cannatella, David C, Ryan, Michael J

“…Physalaemus petersi…”
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A Mechanism for Diversity in Warning Signals: Conspicuousness versus Toxicity in Poison Frogs by Darst, Catherine R., Cummings, Molly E., Cannatella, David C.

“…Many animals advertise their chemical defense to predators with conspicuous coloration and unpalatability, but little is known about the information in these…”
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An insight into molecular taxonomy of bufonids, microhylids, and dicroglossid frogs: First genetic records from Pakistan by Akram, Ayesha, Rais, Muhammad, Lopez‐Hervas, Karem, Tarvin, Rebecca D., Saeed, Muhammad, Bolnick, Daniel I., Cannatella, David C.

“…The current study was focused on documentation of amphibian assemblage in North Punjab and Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan, by using mitochondrial gene…”
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Phylogeny and Biogeography of a Cosmopolitan Frog Radiation: Late Cretaceous Diversification Resulted in Continent-Scale Endemism in the Family Ranidae by Bossuyt, Franky, Brown, Rafe M., Hillis, David M., Cannatella, David C., Milinkovitch, Michel C., Kjer, Karl

“…Ranidae is a large anuran group with a nearly cosmopolitan distribution. We investigated the phylogenetic relationships and early biogeographic history of…”
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2b or not 2b? 2bRAD is an effective alternative to ddRAD for phylogenomics by Chambers, E. Anne, Tarvin, Rebecca D., Santos, Juan C., Ron, Santiago R., Betancourth‐Cundar, Mileidy, Hillis, David M., Matz, Mikhail V., Cannatella, David C.

“…Restriction‐site‐associated DNA sequencing (RADseq) has become an accessible way to obtain genome‐wide data in the form of single‐nucleotide polymorphisms…”
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A mitochondrial DNA phylogeny of African clawed frogs: phylogeography and implications for polyploid evolution by Evans, Ben J., Kelley, Darcy B., Tinsley, Richard C., Melnick, Don J., Cannatella, David C.

“…The African clawed frogs ( Silurana and Xenopus), model organisms for scientific inquiry, are unusual in that allopolyploidization has occurred on multiple…”
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Multiple, Recurring Origins of Aposematism and Diet Specialization in Poison Frogs by Santos, Juan Carlos, Coloma, Luis A., Cannatella, David C.

“…Aposematism is the association, in a prey organism, of the presence of a warning signal with unprofitability to predators. The origin of aposematism is…”
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Evolution of Dietary Specialization and Chemical Defense in Poison Frogs (Dendrobatidae): A Comparative Analysis by Darst, Catherine R., Menéndez‐Guerrero, Pablo A., Coloma, Luis A., Cannatella, David C.

“…Defensive mechanisms, including noxious or toxic substances, are favored by predation‐driven natural selection. The acquisition of noxious/toxic substances can…”
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