Genome reannotation of the lizard Anolis carolinensis based on 14 adult and embryonic deep transcriptomes

WL Eckalbar, ED Hutchins, GJ Markov, AN Allen… - BMC genomics, 2013 - Springer
Background The green anole lizard, Anolis carolinensis, is a key species for both laboratory
and field-based studies of evolutionary genetics, development, neurobiology, physiology …

Developing a community-based genetic nomenclature for anole lizards

K Kusumi, RJ Kulathinal, A Abzhanov, S Boissinot… - BMC genomics, 2011 - Springer
Background Comparative studies of amniotes have been hindered by a dearth of reptilian
molecular sequences. With the genomic assembly of the green anole, Anolis carolinensis …

Chromosome-scale genome assembly of the brown anole (Anolis sagrei), an emerging model species

AJ Geneva, S Park, DG Bock, PLH de Mello… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Rapid technological improvements are democratizing access to high quality, chromosome-
scale genome assemblies. No longer the domain of only the most highly studied model …

Comparative genomics reveals accelerated evolution in conserved pathways during the diversification of anole lizards

M Tollis, ED Hutchins, J Stapley… - Genome Biology and …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Squamates include all lizards and snakes, and display some of the most diverse and
extreme morphological adaptations among vertebrates. However, compared with birds and …

A genome draft of the legless anguid lizard, Ophisaurus gracilis

B Song, S Cheng, Y Sun, X Zhong, J Jin, R Guan… - …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Background Transition from a lizard-like to a snake-like body form is one of the most
important transformations in reptilian evolution. The increasing number of sequenced …

Chromosome-Level Assembly of the Common Lizard (Zootoca vivipara) Genome

AA Yurchenko, H Recknagel… - Genome Biology and …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Squamate reptiles exhibit high variation in their phenotypic traits and geographical
distributions and are therefore fascinating taxa for evolutionary and ecological research …

Reptilian transcriptomes v2. 0: an extensive resource for Sauropsida genomics and transcriptomics

AC Tzika, A Ullate-Agote, D Grbic… - Genome Biology and …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Despite the availability of deep-sequencing techniques, genomic and transcriptomic data
remain unevenly distributed across phylogenetic groups. For example, reptiles are poorly …

A chromosome-level genome assembly for the eastern fence lizard (Sceloporus undulatus), a reptile model for physiological and evolutionary ecology

AK Westfall, RS Telemeco, MB Grizante, DS Waits… - …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background High-quality genomic resources facilitate investigations into behavioral
ecology, morphological and physiological adaptations, and the evolution of genomic …

The genome of the tegu lizard Salvator merianae: combining Illumina, PacBio, and optical mapping data to generate a highly contiguous assembly

JG Roscito, K Sameith, M Pippel, KJ Francoijs… - …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background Reptiles are a species-rich group with great phenotypic and life history diversity
but are highly underrepresented among the vertebrate species with sequenced genomes …

Multi-Locus Phylogeographic and Population Genetic Analysis of Anolis carolinensis: Historical Demography of a Genomic Model Species

M Tollis, G Ausubel, D Ghimire, S Boissinot - PLoS One, 2012 - journals.plos.org
The green anole (Anolis carolinensis) has been widely used as an animal model in
physiology and neurobiology but has recently emerged as an important genomic model. The …