The tuatara genome: insights into vertebrate evolution from the sole survivor of an ancient reptilian order

NJ Gemmell, K Rutherford, S Prost, M Tollis, D Winter… - bioRxiv, 2019 - biorxiv.org
The tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus), the only living member of the archaic reptilian order
Rhynchocephalia (Sphenodontia) once widespread across Gondwana, is an iconic and …

The tuatara genome reveals ancient features of amniote evolution

NJ Gemmell, K Rutherford, S Prost, M Tollis, D Winter… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
The tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus)—the only living member of the reptilian order
Rhynchocephalia (Sphenodontia), once widespread across Gondwana,—is an iconic …

De novo sequence assembly and characterisation of a partial transcriptome for an evolutionarily distinct reptile, the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus)

HC Miller, PJ Biggs, C Voelckel, NJ Nelson - BMC genomics, 2012 - Springer
Abstract Background The tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) is a species of extraordinary
zoological interest, being the only surviving member of an entire order of reptiles which …

Molecular systematics of primary reptilian lineages and the tuatara mitochondrial genome

JS Rest, JC Ast, CC Austin, PJ Waddell… - Molecular phylogenetics …, 2003 - Elsevier
We provide phylogenetic analyses for primary Reptilia lineages including, for the first time,
Sphenodon punctatus (tuatara) using data from whole mitochondrial genomes. Our …

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 …

Tuatara genome reveals diverse insights into a remarkable reptile

RN Johnson - 2020 - nature.com
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A Chromosome-Scale Hybrid Genome Assembly of the Extinct Tasmanian Tiger (Thylacinus cynocephalus)

C Feigin, S Frankenberg, A Pask - Genome Biology and …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The extinct Tasmanian tiger or thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) was a large marsupial
carnivore native to Australia. Once ranging across parts of the mainland, the species …

Reptilian-transcriptome v1. 0, a glimpse in the brain transcriptome of five divergent Sauropsida lineages and the phylogenetic position of turtles

AC Tzika, R Helaers, G Schramm, MC Milinkovitch - Evodevo, 2011 - Springer
Background Reptiles are largely under-represented in comparative genomics despite the
fact that they are substantially more diverse in many respects than mammals. Given the high …

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 …

Complete mitochondrial genomes of Tuatara endemic to different islands of New Zealand

E Mohandesan, S Subramanian, CD Millar… - Mitochondrial …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Tuatara are the sister taxon to the Squamata (including lizards and snakes) and are
regarded as the most distinctive surviving reptilian genus. They are currently inhabits on …