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Repeated origin and loss of adhesive toepads in geckos by Gamble, Tony, Greenbaum, Eli, Jackman, Todd R, Russell, Anthony P, Bauer, Aaron M

“…Geckos are well known for their extraordinary clinging abilities and many species easily scale vertical or even inverted surfaces. This ability is enabled by a…”
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Into the light: diurnality has evolved multiple times in geckos by Gamble, Tony, Greenbaum, Eli, Jackman, Todd R., Bauer, Aaron M.

“…Geckos are the only major lizard group consisting mostly of nocturnal species. Nocturnality is presumed to have evolved early in gecko evolution and geckos…”
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Optimizing Phylogenomics with Rapidly Evolving Long Exons: Comparison with Anchored Hybrid Enrichment and Ultraconserved Elements by Karin, Benjamin R, Gamble, Tony, Jackman, Todd R

“…Marker selection has emerged as an important component of phylogenomic study design due to rising concerns of the effects of gene tree estimation error, model…”
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Evidence for Gondwanan vicariance in an ancient clade of gecko lizards by Gamble, Tony, Bauer, Aaron M., Greenbaum, Eli, Jackman, Todd R.

“…Geckos (Reptilia: Squamata), due to their great age and global distribution, are excellent candidates to test hypotheses of Gondwanan vicariance against…”
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Insights into Himalayan biogeography from geckos: A molecular phylogeny of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) by Agarwal, Ishan, Bauer, Aaron M., Jackman, Todd R., Karanth, K. Praveen

“…[Display omitted] •Species diversity vastly underestimated – 17 potentially new Cyrtodactylus from the Himalayas and NE India.•Diversification within…”
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Resolving the higher-order phylogenetic relationships of the circumtropical Mabuya group (Squamata: Scincidae): An out-of-Asia diversification by Karin, Benjamin R., Metallinou, Margarita, Weinell, Jeffrey L., Jackman, Todd R., Bauer, Aaron M.

“…[Display omitted] •Concatenated and species tree approaches resolve intergeneric relationships of Mabuya group.•Southeast Asian lineages are found to be…”
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Phylogenetic and morphological investigation of the Mochlus afer-sundevallii species complex (Squamata: Scincidae) across the arid corridor of sub-Saharan Africa by Freitas, Elyse S., Bauer, Aaron M., Siler, Cameron D., Broadley, Donald G., Jackman, Todd R.

“…[Display omitted] •Phylogenetic analyses do not support two distinct species.•Phylogenetic analyses recover six well-supported geographic subclades.•Higher…”
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The measure of success: geographic isolation promotes diversification in Pachydactylus geckos by Heinicke, Matthew P, Jackman, Todd R, Bauer, Aaron M

“…Geckos of the genus Pachydactylus and their close relatives comprise the most species-rich clade of lizards in sub-Saharan Africa. Many explanations have been…”
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Phylogeny of bent-toed geckos (Cyrtodactylus) reveals a west to east pattern of diversification by Wood, Perry L., Heinicke, Matthew P., Jackman, Todd R., Bauer, Aaron M.

“…[Display omitted] ▸ We estimate relationships and divergence times for the diverse Asian–Pacific gecko genus Cyrtodactylus. ▸ Cyrtodactylus is monophyletic…”
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A species-level phylogeny of Trachylepis (Scincidae: Mabuyinae) provides insight into their reproductive mode evolution by Weinell, Jeffrey L., Branch, William R., Colston, Timothy J., Jackman, Todd R., Kuhn, Arianna, Conradie, Werner, Bauer, Aaron M.

“…[Display omitted] •Species-level phylogeny of Trachylepis inferred.•Oviparity inferred as ancestral reproductive condition for Trachylepis.•Multiple…”
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Old but not ancient: coalescent species tree of New Caledonian geckos reveals recent post‐inundation diversification by Skipwith, Phillip L., Bauer, Aaron M., Jackman, Todd R., Sadlier, Ross A.

“…AIM: New Caledonia is a remnant of the land mass Tasmantis that harbours high levels of endemism. Two primary hypotheses have been proposed for the origin of…”
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N₂-fixation by methanotrophs sustains carbon and nitrogen accumulation in pristine peatlands by Vile, Melanie A., Wieder, R. Kelman, Živković, Tatjana, Scott, Kimberli D., Vitt, Dale H., Hartsock, Jeremy A., Iosue, Christine L., Quinn, James C., Petix, Meaghan, Fillingim, Hope M., Popma, Jacqueline M. A., Dynarski, Katherine A., Jackman, Todd R., Albright, Cara M., Wykoff, Dennis D.

“…Symbiotic relationships between N₂-fixing prokaryotes and their autotrophic hosts are essential in nitrogen (N)-limited ecosystems, yet the importance of this…”
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Mitochondrial introgression via ancient hybridization, and systematics of the Australian endemic pygopodid gecko genus Delma by Brennan, Ian G., Bauer, Aaron M., Jackman, Todd R.

“…[Display omitted] •Molecular phylogenetic methods identify four major species groups within Delma.•Multiple instances of hybridization belie previous…”
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A molecular phylogeny of Afromontane dwarf geckos (Lygodactylus) reveals a single radiation and increased species diversity in a South African montane center of endemism by Travers, Scott L., Jackman, Todd R., Bauer, Aaron M.

“…[Display omitted] •A multilocus phylogeny of montane Lygodactylus in southeast Africa is presented.•We test biogeographic and taxonomic hypotheses for two…”
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How the African house gecko ( Hemidactylus mabouia ) conquered the world by Agarwal, Ishan, Ceríaco, Luis M P, Metallinou, Margarita, Jackman, Todd R, Bauer, Aaron M

“…Alien species are among the greatest threats to biodiversity, but the evolutionary origins of invasiveness remain obscure. We conducted the first range-wide…”
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South Asia supports a major endemic radiation of Hemidactylus geckos by Bauer, Aaron M., Jackman, Todd R., Greenbaum, Eli, Giri, Varad B., de Silva, Anslem

“…Hemidactylus geckos are a species-rich component of many tropical lizard assemblages. We sampled deeply among tropical Asian, and especially South Asian, taxa…”
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New Zealand geckos (Diplodactylidae): Cryptic diversity in a post-Gondwanan lineage with trans-Tasman affinities by Nielsen, Stuart V., Bauer, Aaron M., Jackman, Todd R., Hitchmough, Rod A., Daugherty, Charles H.

“…[Display omitted] ► A monophyletic New Zealand clade, most closely related to Australian Diplodactylidae. ► Hoplodactylus is paraphyletic and composed of…”
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Evolution of gliding in Southeast Asian geckos and other vertebrates is temporally congruent with dipterocarp forest development by Heinicke, Matthew P., Greenbaum, Eli, Jackman, Todd R., Bauer, Aaron M.

“…Gliding morphologies occur in diverse vertebrate lineages in Southeast Asian rainforests, including three gecko genera, plus frogs, snakes, agamid lizards and…”
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Cryptic species, taxonomic inflation, or a bit of both? New species phenomenon in Sri Lanka as suggested by a phylogeny of dwarf geckos (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonidae, Cnemaspis) by Agarwal, Ishan, Biswas, Sayantan, Bauer, Aaron M., Greenbaum, Eli, Jackman, Todd R., Silva, Anslem De, Batuwita, Sudesh

“…We evaluated the status of 16 of 22 recognized Sri Lankan Cnemaspis Strauch species, and flagged overlooked diversity with two mitochondrial (cyt b & ND2) and…”
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Phylogeny of a trans-Wallacean radiation (Squamata, Gekkonidae, Gehyra) supports a single early colonization of Australia by Heinicke, Matthew P., Greenbaum, Eli, Jackman, Todd R., Bauer, Aaron M.

“…Heinicke, M. P., Greenbaum, E., Jackman, T. R. & Bauer, A. M. Phylogeny of a trans‐Wallacean radiation (Squamata, Gekkonidae, Gehyra) supports a single early…”
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