Evidence for divergent patterns of local selection driving venom variation in Mojave Rattlesnakes (Crotalus scutulatus) JL Strickland, CF Smith, AJ Mason, DR Schield, M Borja, ... Scientific reports 8 (1), 17622, 2018 | 74 | 2018 |
Evaluating the performance of de novo assembly methods for venom-gland transcriptomics ML Holding, MJ Margres, AJ Mason, CL Parkinson, DR Rokyta Toxins 10 (6), 249, 2018 | 67 | 2018 |
Phylogenetically diverse diets favor more complex venoms in North American pitvipers ML Holding, JL Strickland, RM Rautsaw, EP Hofmann, AJ Mason, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118 (17), e2015579118, 2021 | 59 | 2021 |
The Tiger Rattlesnake genome reveals a complex genotype underlying a simple venom phenotype MJ Margres, RM Rautsaw, JL Strickland, AJ Mason, TD Schramer, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118 (4), e2014634118, 2021 | 52 | 2021 |
Comparative venom-gland transcriptomics and venom proteomics of four Sidewinder Rattlesnake (Crotalus cerastes) lineages reveal little differential expression … EP Hofmann, RM Rautsaw, JL Strickland, ML Holding, MP Hogan, ... Scientific Reports 8 (1), 15534, 2018 | 49 | 2018 |
Phenotypic Variation in Mojave Rattlesnake (Crotalus scutulatus) Venom Is Driven by Four Toxin Families JL Strickland, AJ Mason, DR Rokyta, CL Parkinson Toxins 10 (4), 135, 2018 | 45 | 2018 |
A single mutation unlocks cascading exaptations in the origin of a potent pitviper neurotoxin AC Whittington, AJ Mason, DR Rokyta Molecular Biology and Evolution 35 (4), 887-898, 2018 | 35 | 2018 |
Reticulate evolution in nuclear Middle America causes discordance in the phylogeny of palm‐pitvipers (Viperidae: Bothriechis) AJ Mason, FG Grazziotin, H Zaher, AR Lemmon, E Moriarty Lemmon, ... Journal of Biogeography 46 (5), 833-844, 2019 | 31 | 2019 |
A cryptic palm-pitviper species (Squamata: Viperidae: Bothriechis) from the Costa Rican highlands, with notes on the variation within B. nigroviridis TM Doan, AJ Mason, TA Castoe, M Sasa, CL Parkinson Zootaxa 4138 (2), 271-290, 2016 | 22 | 2016 |
Trait differentiation and modular toxin expression in palm-pitvipers AJ Mason, MJ Margres, JL Strickland, DR Rokyta, M Sasa, CL Parkinson BMC genomics 21, 1-20, 2020 | 20 | 2020 |
Intraspecific sequence and gene expression variation contribute little to venom diversity in sidewinder rattlesnakes (Crotalus cerastes) RM Rautsaw, EP Hofmann, MJ Margres, ML Holding, JL Strickland, ... Proceedings of the Royal Society B 286 (1906), 20190810, 2019 | 20 | 2019 |
ToxCodAn: a new toxin annotator and guide to venom gland transcriptomics PG Nachtigall, RM Rautsaw, SA Ellsworth, AJ Mason, DR Rokyta, ... Briefings in Bioinformatics 22 (5), bbab095, 2021 | 15 | 2021 |
Genomic adaptations to salinity resist gene flow in the evolution of Floridian watersnakes RM Rautsaw, TD Schramer, R Acuna, LN Arick, M DiMeo, KP Mercier, ... Molecular Biology and Evolution 38 (3), 745-760, 2021 | 11 | 2021 |
Venom gene sequence diversity and expression jointly shape diet adaptation in pitvipers AJ Mason, ML Holding, RM Rautsaw, DR Rokyta, CL Parkinson, ... Molecular Biology and Evolution 39 (4), msac082, 2022 | 10 | 2022 |
Differences in PLA2 Constitution Distinguish the Venom of Two Endemic Brazilian Mountain Lanceheads, Bothrops cotiara and Bothrops fonsecai PG Nachtigall, LA Freitas-de-Sousa, AJ Mason, AM Moura-da-Silva, ... Toxins 14 (4), 237, 2022 | 9 | 2022 |
Duvernoy’s Gland Transcriptomics of the Plains Black-Headed Snake, Tantilla nigriceps (Squamata, Colubridae): Unearthing the Venom of Small Rear-Fanged … EP Hofmann, RM Rautsaw, AJ Mason, JL Strickland, CL Parkinson Toxins 13 (5), 336, 2021 | 9 | 2021 |
Functional genomic diversity is correlated with neutral genomic diversity in populations of an endangered rattlesnake S Mathur, AJ Mason, GS Bradburd, HL Gibbs Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120 (43), e2303043120, 2023 | 7 | 2023 |
Evolutionary allometry and ecological correlates of fang length evolution in vipers ML Holding, VC Trevine, O Zinenko, JL Strickland, RM Rautsaw, ... Proceedings of the Royal Society B 289 (1982), 20221132, 2022 | 7 | 2022 |
De Novo Genome Assembly Highlights the Role of Lineage-Specific Gene Duplications in the Evolution of Venom in Fea's Viper (Azemiops feae) EA Myers, JL Strickland, RM Rautsaw, AJ Mason, TD Schramer, ... Genome Biology and Evolution 14 (7), evac082, 2022 | 7 | 2022 |
Sequence Divergence in Venom Genes Within and Between Montane Pitviper (Viperidae: Crotalinae: Cerrophidion) Species is Driven by Mutation–Drift Equilibrium RA Rosales-García, RM Rautsaw, EP Hofmann, CI Grünwald, ... Journal of molecular evolution 91 (4), 514-535, 2023 | 3 | 2023 |