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Phylogenomic evidence for a recent and rapid radiation of lizards in the Patagonian Liolaemus fitzingerii species group by Grummer, Jared A., Morando, Mariana M., Avila, Luciano J., Sites, Jack W., Leaché, Adam D.

“…[Display omitted] •Sequenced 580 nuclear loci and the mitogenome for 12 lizard species (n = 28).•Interspecific relationships based on nuclear DNA were weakly…”
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Environmental correlates of phenotypic evolution in ecologically diverse Liolaemus lizards by Edwards, Danielle L., Avila, Luciano J., Martinez, Lorena, Sites, Jack W., Morando, Mariana

“…Evolutionary correlations between phenotypic and environmental traits characterize adaptive radiations. However, the lizard genus Liolaemus, one of the most…”
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PHYLOGENY AND PHYLOGEOGRAPHY OF THE LIOLAEMUS DARWINII COMPLEX (SQUAMATA: LIOLAEMIDAE): EVIDENCE FOR INTROGRESSION AND INCOMPLETE LINEAGE SORTING by Morando, Mariana, Avila, Luciano J., Baker, Jay, Sites Jr, Jack W.

“…Although mitochondrial DNA markers have several properties that make them suitable for phylogeographic studies, they are not free of difficulties…”
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Reptiles of Chubut province, Argentina: richness, diversity, conservation status and geographic distribution maps by Minoli, Ignacio, Morando, Mariana, Avila, Luciano Javier

“…An accurate estimation of species and population geographic ranges is essential for species-focused studies and conservation and management plans. Knowledge of…”
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Description of a new species of Homonota (Reptilia, Squamata, Phyllodactylidae) from the central region of northern Paraguay by Cacciali, Pier, Morando, Mariana, Avila, Luciano Javier, Koehler, Gunther

“…Homonota is a gecko distributed in central and southern South America with 12 species allocated in three groups. In this work, we performed molecular and…”
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Taxonomic analysis of Paraguayan samples of Homonota fasciata Duméril & Bibron (1836) with the revalidation of Homonota horrida Burmeister (1861) (Reptilia: Squamata: Phyllodactylidae) and the description of a new species by Cacciali, Pier, Morando, Mariana, Medina, Cintia D, Köhler, Gunther, Motte, Martha, Avila, Luciano J

“…is a Neotropical genus of nocturnal lizards characterized by the following combination of characters: absence of femoral pores, infradigital lamellae not…”
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Four Species Linked by Three Hybrid Zones: Two Instances of Repeated Hybridization in One Species Group (Genus Liolaemus) by Grummer, Jared A., Avila, Luciano J., Morando, Mariana M., Leaché, Adam D.

“…Hybridization is an evolutionary process that can generate diverse outcomes, such as reinforcing species boundaries, generating new species, or facilitating…”
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Philodryas agassizi (Jan, 1863) (Squamata: Dipsadidae): distribution extension by Perez, Cristian Hernán Fulvio, Morando, Mariana, Avila, Luciano Javier

“…We provide the first record of Philodryas agassizi from Río Negro province, as well as the southernmost record from La Pampa Province, central Argentina. The…”
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Characterization of 10 polymorphic microsatellite loci in the South American lizard Liolaemus fitzingerii with cross-amplification in L. chehuachekenk by Hanna, Nathan, Brown, Doug, Avila, Luciano J., Sites, Jack W., Morando, Mariana, Fontanella, Frank M.

“…We describe the characterization of ten polymorphic microsatellite loci from the Liolaemus fitzingerii species complex with cross-amplification for nine of the…”
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Lizards of Rio Negro province, northern Patagonia, Argentina by Perez, Cristian Hernan Fulvio, Frutos, Nicolas, Kozykariski, Monica, Morando, Mariana, Perez, Daniele Roberto, Avila, Luciano Javier

“…We provide a checklist of lizards distributed in the Rio Negro province, northern Patagonia, Argentina. Representatives of 45 species of lizards were found…”
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How important is it to consider lineage diversification heterogeneity in macroevolutionary studies? Lessons from the lizard family Liolaemidae by Olave, Melisa, Avila, Luciano J., Sites, Jack W., Morando, Mariana

“…Macroevolutionary and biogeographical studies commonly apply multiple models to test state‐dependent diversification. These models track the association…”
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SPECIES DELIMITATION WITH ABC AND OTHER COALESCENT-BASED METHODS: A TEST OF ACCURACY WITH SIMULATIONS AND AN EMPIRICAL EXAMPLE WITH LIZARDS OF THE LIOLAEMUS DARWINII COMPLEX (SQUAMATA: LIOLAEMIDAE) by Camargo, Arley, Morando, Mariana, Avila, Luciano J., Sites, Jack W.

“…Species delimitation is a major research focus in evolutionary biology because accurate species boundaries are a prerequisite for the study of speciation. New…”
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Tracing evolutionary trajectories in the presence of gene flow in South American temperate lizards (Squamata: Liolaemus kingii group) by Sánchez, Kevin I, Recknagel, Hans, Elmer, Kathryn R, Avila, Luciano J, Morando, Mariana

“…Evolutionary processes behind lineage divergence often involve multidimensional differentiation. However, in the context of recent divergences, the signals…”
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Reptilia, Squamata, Liolaemidae, Phymaturus verdugo: distribution extension, new provincial records, filling gaps, and geographic distribution map by Avila, Luciano Javier, Perez, Cristian Hernán Fulvio, Perez, Daniel Roberto, Morando, Mariana

“…None…”
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A new lizard species of the Liolaemus kingii group (Squamata: Liolaemidae) from northwestern Chubut province (Argentina) by Sánchez, Kevin I, Morando, Mariana, Avila, Luciano J

“…We describe Liolaemus attenboroughi sp. nov., a lizard distributed in the northwestern Patagonian Steppe of Chubut province (Argentina) previously confused…”
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Rapid Radiation and Rampant Reticulation: Phylogenomics of South American Liolaemus Lizards by Esquerré, Damien, Keogh, J Scott, Demangel, Diego, Morando, Mariana, Avila, Luciano J, Sites, Jack W, Ferri-Yáñez, Francisco, Leaché, Adam D

“…Abstract Understanding the factors that cause heterogeneity among gene trees can increase the accuracy of species trees. Discordant signals across the genome…”
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ExplorATE: a new pipeline to explore active transposable elements from RNA-seq data by Femenias, Martin M, Santos, Juan C, Sites, Jack W, Avila, Luciano J, Morando, Mariana

“…Abstract Motivation Transposable elements (TEs) are ubiquitous in genomes and many remain active. TEs comprise an important fraction of the transcriptomes with…”
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Erosion of Lizard Diversity by Climate Change and Altered Thermal Niches by Sinervo, Barry, Méndez-de-la-Cruz, Fausto, Miles, Donald B, Heulin, Benoit, Bastiaans, Elizabeth, Villagrán-Santa Cruz, Maricela, Lara-Resendiz, Rafael, Martínez-Méndez, Norberto, Calderón-Espinosa, Martha Lucía, Meza-Lázaro, Rubi Nelsi, Gadsden, Héctor, Avila, Luciano Javier, Morando, Mariana, De la Riva, Ignacio J, Sepulveda, Pedro Victoriano, Rocha, Carlos Frederico Duarte, Ibargüengoytía, Nora, Puntriano, César Aguilar, Massot, Manuel, Lepetz, Virginie, Oksanen, Tuula A, Chapple, David G, Bauer, Aaron M, Branch, William R, Clobert, Jean, Sites, Jack W. Jr

“…It is predicted that climate change will cause species extinctions and distributional shifts in coming decades, but data to validate these predictions are…”
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The global diversity and distribution of lizard clutch sizes by Meiri, Shai, Avila, Luciano, Bauer, Aaron M., Chapple, David G., Das, Indraneil, Doan, Tiffany M., Doughty, Paul, Ellis, Ryan, Grismer, Lee, Kraus, Fred, Morando, Mariana, Oliver, Paul, Pincheira‐Donoso, Daniel, Ribeiro‐Junior, Marco Antonio, Shea, Glenn, Torres‐Carvajal, Omar, Slavenko, Alex, Roll, Uri, McGill, Brian

“…Aim Clutch size is a key life‐history trait. In lizards, it ranges over two orders of magnitude. The global drivers of spatial and phylogenetic variation in…”
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Hybridization could be a common phenomenon within the highly diverse lizard genus Liolaemus by Olave, Melisa, Avila, Luciano J., Sites, Jack W., Morando, Mariana

“…Hybridization is likely to occur more often between closely related taxa that have had insufficient time to diverge to the point of reproductive…”
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