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Integrated analyses resolve conflicts over squamate reptile phylogeny and reveal unexpected placements for fossil taxa by Reeder, Tod W, Townsend, Ted M, Mulcahy, Daniel G, Noonan, Brice P, Wood, Jr, Perry L, Sites, Jr, Jack W, Wiens, John J

“…Squamate reptiles (lizards and snakes) are a pivotal group whose relationships have become increasingly controversial. Squamates include >9000 species, making…”
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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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DEEP DIVERSIFICATION AND LONG-TERM PERSISTENCE IN THE SOUTH AMERICAN 'DRY DIAGONAL': INTEGRATING CONTINENT-WIDE PHYLOGEOGRAPHY AND DISTRIBUTION MODELING OF GECKOS by Werneck, Fernanda P., Gamble, Tony, Colli, Guarino R., Rodrigues, Miguel T., Sites, Jr, Jack W.

“…The relative influence of Neogene geomorphological events and Quaternary climatic changes as causal mechanisms on Neotropical diversification remains largely…”
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Phylogeny of iguanian lizards inferred from 29 nuclear loci, and a comparison of concatenated and species-tree approaches for an ancient, rapid radiation by Townsend, Ted M., Mulcahy, Daniel G., Noonan, Brice P., Sites, Jack W., Kuczynski, Caitlin A., Wiens, John J., Reeder, Tod W.

“…[Display omitted] ► We perform a phylogenetic analysis of iguanian lizards using 29 nuclear loci. ► Most acrodont iguanian relationships are resolved with high…”
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Accuracy and Precision of Species Trees: Effects of Locus, Individual, and Base Pair Sampling on Inference of Species Trees in Lizards of the Liolaemus darwinii Group (Squamata, Liolaemidae) by Camargo, Arley, Avila, Luciano J, Morando, Mariana, Sites, Jack W., Jr

“…Molecular phylogenetics has entered a new era in which species trees are estimated from a collection of gene trees using methods that accommodate their…”
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Lizards as model organisms for linking phylogeographic and speciation studies by Camargo, Arley, Sinervo, Barry, Sites, Jack W. Jr

“…Lizards have been model organisms for ecological and evolutionary studies from individual to community levels at multiple spatial and temporal scales. Here we…”
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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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Climatic stability in the Brazilian Cerrado: implications for biogeographical connections of South American savannas, species richness and conservation in a biodiversity hotspot by Werneck, Fernanda P., Nogueira, Cristiano, Colli, Guarino R., Sites, Jack W., Costa, Gabriel C.

“…Aim: To investigate the historical distribution of the Cerrado across Quaternary climatic fluctuations and to generate historical stability maps to test: (1)…”
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Around the world in 10 million years: biogeography of the nearly cosmopolitan true toads (Anura: Bufonidae) by Pramuk, Jennifer B., Robertson, Tasia, Sites, Jack W., Noonan, Brice P.

“…The species-rich family of true toads (Anura: Bufonidae) has been the focus of several earlier studies investigating the biogeography of geographically…”
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Combining Phylogenomics and Fossils in Higher-Level Squamate Reptile Phylogeny: Molecular Data Change the Placement of Fossil Taxa by Wiens, John J., Kuczynski, Caitlin A., Townsend, Ted, Reeder, Tod W., Mulcahy, Daniel G., Sites, Jack W.

“…Molecular data offer great potential to resolve the phylogeny of living taxa but can molecular data improve our understanding of relationships of fossil taxa?…”
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Resolving the phylogeny of lizards and snakes (Squamata) with extensive sampling of genes and species by Wiens, John J., Hutter, Carl R., Mulcahy, Daniel G., Noonan, Brice P., Townsend, Ted M., Sites, Jack W., Reeder, Tod W.

“…Squamate reptiles (lizards and snakes) are one of the most diverse groups of terrestrial vertebrates. Recent molecular analyses have suggested a very different…”
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An integrative approach to address species limits in the southernmost members of the Liolaemus kingii group (Squamata: Liolaemini) by Sánchez, Kevin I., Avila, Luciano J., Sites Jr, Jack W., Morando, Mariana

“…[Display omitted] •We use an integrative approach to test species limits in Patagonian lizards.•We found support for a candidate species.•We detected…”
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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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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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Revisiting the historical distribution of Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests: new insights based on palaeodistribution modelling and palynological evidencegeb by Werneck, Fernanda P, Costa, Gabriel C, Colli, Guarino R, Prado, Darién E, Sites, Jack W. Jr

“…Aim To investigate the potential distribution of Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests (SDTFs) during the Quaternary climatic fluctuations; to reassess the formerly…”
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Estimating divergence dates and evaluating dating methods using phylogenomic and mitochondrial data in squamate reptiles by Mulcahy, Daniel G., Noonan, Brice P., Moss, Travis, Townsend, Ted M., Reeder, Tod W., Sites, Jack W., Wiens, John J.

“…[Display omitted] ▸ A genomic dataset of 25 nuclear loci is generated for squamate reptiles. ▸ Phylogeny is estimated using parsimony, maximum likelihood, and…”
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The evolutionary history of Lygodactylus lizards in the South American open diagonal by Lanna, Flávia M., Werneck, Fernanda P., Gehara, Marcelo, Fonseca, Emanuel M., Colli, Guarino R., Sites, Jack W., Rodrigues, Miguel T., Garda, Adrian A.

“…The lizard genus Lygodactylus hides an unknown diversity in the South American open diagonal. We found evidence for three new candidate species. [Display…”
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Hidden diversity within the lizard genus Liolaemus: Genetic vs morphological divergence in the L. rothi complex (Squamata:Liolaeminae) by Olave, Melisa, Avila, Luciano J., Sites, Jack W., Morando, Mariana

“…[Display omitted] •We study the level of molecular vs. morphological divergence within a lizard species complex.•We detected strong genetic divergence, but…”
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Estimating synchronous demographic changes across populations using hABC and its application for a herpetological community from northeastern Brazil by Gehara, Marcelo, Garda, Adrian A., Werneck, Fernanda P., Oliveira, Eliana F., Fonseca, Emanuel M., Camurugi, Felipe, Magalhães, Felipe de M., Lanna, Flávia M., Sites, Jack W., Marques, Ricardo, Silveira‐Filho, Ricardo, São Pedro, Vinícius A., Colli, Guarino R., Costa, Gabriel C., Burbrink, Frank T.

“…Many studies propose that Quaternary climatic cycles contracted and/or expanded the ranges of species and biomes. Strong expansion–contraction dynamics of…”
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Phylogenomic data resolve higher-level relationships within South American Liolaemus lizards by Morando, Mariana, Olave, Melisa, Avila, Luciano J., Sites, Jack W., Leaché, Adam D.

“…[Display omitted] •Higher-level phylogenetic relationships in Liolaemus remain poorly resolved.•We used 584 nuclear loci to infer relationships among all major…”
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