Search Results - "POOK, CATHARINE E."
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Coevolution of diet and prey-specific venom activity supports the role of selection in snake venom evolution
Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences (07-07-2009)“…is associated with shifts in diet. Examination of stomach and hindgut contents revealed extreme variation between the major clades of…”
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A nesting of vipers: Phylogeny and historical biogeography of the Viperidae (Squamata: Serpentes)
Published in Molecular phylogenetics and evolution (01-11-2008)“…Despite their medical interest, the phylogeny of the snake family Viperidae remains inadequately understood. Previous studies have generally focused either on…”
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Inclusion of nuclear intron sequence data helps to identify the Asian sister group of New World pitvipers
Published in Molecular phylogenetics and evolution (2010)“…Despite much effort towards resolving the molecular phylogenetic tree for pitvipers, some aspects remain unresolved. In particular, the sister group of the…”
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Tracing an invasion: landbridges, refugia, and the phylogeography of the Neotropical rattlesnake (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalus durissus)
Published in Molecular ecology (01-04-2005)“…Pleistocene fragmentation of the Amazonian rainforest has been hypothesized to be a major cause of Neotropical speciation and diversity. However, the role and…”
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Phylogeographic patterns of trans-Amazonian vicariants and Amazonian biogeography: the Neotropical rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus complex) as an example
Published in Journal of biogeography (01-08-2007)“…To investigate the phylogeography and execute a historical-demographic analysis of the Neotropical rattlesnake, Crotalus durissus, thereby testing the…”
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Snakes across the Strait: trans-Torresian phylogeographic relationships in three genera of Australasian snakes (Serpentes: Elapidae: Acanthophis, Oxyuranus, and Pseudechis)
Published in Molecular phylogenetics and evolution (2005)“…We analyze the phylogeny of three genera of Australasian elapid snakes ( Acanthophis—death adders; Oxyuranus—taipans; Pseudechis—blacksnakes), using parsimony,…”
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When continents collide: Phylogeny, historical biogeography and systematics of the medically important viper genus Echis (Squamata: Serpentes: Viperidae)
Published in Molecular phylogenetics and evolution (01-12-2009)“…We analyze the phylogeny of the medically important and taxonomically unresolved viper genus Echis using four mitochondrial gene fragments. The results show…”
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The phylogeny of cobras inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences: Evolution of venom spitting and the phylogeography of the African spitting cobras (Serpentes: Elapidae: Naja nigricollis complex)
Published in Molecular phylogenetics and evolution (01-11-2007)“…We use phylogenetic analysis of 1333bp of mitochondrial DNA sequence to investigate the phylogeny and historical biogeography of the cobra-like elapid snakes,…”
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Optimal Intron Analyses in the Trimeresurus Radiation of Asian Pitvipers
Published in Systematic biology (01-02-2006)“…Nuclear introns are commonly used as phylogenetic markers, but a number of issues related to alignment strategies, indel treatments, and the incorporation of…”
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Historical Biogeography of the Western Rattlesnake (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalus viridis), Inferred from Mitochondrial DNA Sequence Information
Published in Molecular phylogenetics and evolution (01-05-2000)“…We infer the phylogeography of the Western Rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis) using phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial DNA sequences from 1345 bp of the genes…”
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Targeting optimal introns for phylogenetic analyses in non-model taxa: experimental results in Asian pitvipers
Published in Cladistics (01-08-2005)“…Nuclear introns are increasingly used as phylogenetic markers. Here, we present a multidisciplinary approach towards optimal locus selection and amplification…”
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No rattlesnakes in the rainforests: reply to Gosling and Bush
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REPLY: No rattlesnakes in the rainforests: reply to Gosling and Bush
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