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Hirst, S. R., Rautsaw, R. M., VanHorn, C. M., Beer, M. A., McDonald, P. J., Rosales-García, R. A., Lopez, B. R., Rubio Rincón, A., Franz-Chávez, H., Vásquez-Cruz, V., Kelly-Hernández, A., Storfer, A., Borja, M., Castañeda-Gaytán, G., Frandsen, P. B., Parkinson, C. L., Strickland, J. L., & Margres, M. J. (2024). Where The ‘ruber’ meets the road: Using the genome of the red diamond rattlesnake to unravel the evolutionary processes driving Venom Evolution. Genome Biology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evae198
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Heptinstall, T. C., Rosales-Garcia, R. A., Rautsaw, R. M., Hofmann, E. P., De Queiroz, A., Canseco-Márquez, L., & Parkinson, C. L. (2024). Size doesn’t matter: Body size is not linked to diet specialization in garter snakes (Squamata: Natricidae: Thamnophis). Journal of Herpetology, 58(2). https://doi.org/10.1670/23-048
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Musick, S., Mann, N., Margres, M. J., Solis Solis, S. S., & Parkinson, C. (2024). Fab antivenom reversal of neurotoxicity caused by a juvenile crotalus horridus lacking canebrake toxin. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1177/10806032241253823
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Myers, E. A., Rautsaw, R. M., Borja, M., Jones, J., Grünwald, C. I., Holding, M. L., Grazziotin, F. G., & Parkinson, C. L. (2024). Phylogenomic discordance is driven by wide-spread introgression and incomplete lineage sorting during rapid species diversification within rattlesnakes (Viperidae: crotalus and sistrurus). Systematic Biology. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syae018
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Hogan, M. P., Holding, M. L., Nystrom, G. S., Colston, T. J., Bartlett, D. A., Mason, A. J., Ellsworth, S. A., Rautsaw, R. M., Lawrence, K. C., Strickland, J. L., He, B., Fraser, P., Margres, M. J., Gilbert, D. M., Gibbs, H. L., Parkinson, C. L., & Rokyta, D. R. (2024). The genetic regulatory architecture and epigenomic basis for age-related changes in Rattlesnake Venom. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(16). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2313440121
Commentary: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2405708121
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Napolitano, J. M., Srikanth, S., Noorai, R. E., Wilson, S., Williams, K. E., Rosales-Garcia, R. A., Krueger, B., Emerson, C., Parker, S., Pruitt, J., Dango, R., Iyer, L., Shafi, A., Jayawardena, I., Parkinson, C. L., McMahan, C., Rennert, L., Peng, C. A., & Dean, D. (2024). SARS-COV-2 variant introduction following spring break travel and Transmission Mitigation Strategies. PLOS ONE, 19(5). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0301225
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Castro, E. N., Zarzosa, V., Lomonte, B., Zamudio, F., Hernandez-Orihuela, L., Olvera-Rodríguez, A., Rodríguez-Solís, A. M., Borja, M., García-Vázquez, U. O., Jones, J. M., Parkinson, C. L., & Alagón, A. (2024). Exploring venom diversity in Mixcoatlus Browni and Mixcoatlus Barbouri: A comparative analysis of two rare Mexican snake species with crotoxin-like presence. Biochimie. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biochi.2024.05.015
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Borja, M., Neri-Castro, E., Gutiérrez-Martínez, A., Bledsoe, R., Zarzosa, V., Rodriguez-López, B., Strickland, J. L., Becerra-López, J., Valenzuela-Ceballos, S., Parkinson, C. L., Alagón, A., & Castañeda-Gaytán, G. (2023). Ontogenetic change in the venom composition of one Mexican black-tailed rattlesnake (Crotalus molossus nigrescens) from Durango, Mexico. Toxicon, 107280. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2023.107280
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Peng, C., Wu, D.-D., Ren, J.-L., Peng, Z.-L., Ma, Z., Wu, W., Lv, Y., Wang, Z., Deng, C., Jiang, K., Parkinson, C. L., Qi, Y., Zhang, Z.-Y., & Li, J.-T. (2023). Large-scale snake genome analyses provide insights into vertebrate development. Cell, S0092867423005822. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2023.05.030
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Rosales-García, R.A., Rautsaw, R.M., Hofmann, E.P. et al. Sequence Divergence in Venom Genes Within and Between Montane Pitviper (Viperidae: Crotalinae: Cerrophidion) Species is Driven by Mutation–Drift Equilibrium. J Mol Evol (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00239-023-10115-2
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Heptinstall TC, Strickland JL, Rosales-Garcia RA, Rautsaw RM, Simpson CL, Nystrom GS, Ellsworth SA, Hogan MP, Borja M, Fernandes Campos P, Grazziotin FG, Rokyta DR, Junqueira-de-Azevedo ILM, Parkinson CL. Venom phenotype conservation suggests integrated specialization in a lizard-eating snake. Toxicon. 2023 ;229:107135. doi: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2023.107135.
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Manjerovic, M. B., Hoffman, E. A., Parkinson, C. L., & Waterman, J. M. (2022). Intraspecific variation in male mating strategies in an African ground squirrel (Xerus inauris). Ecology and Evolution, 12, e9208. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9208
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Edward A Myers, Jason L Strickland, Rhett M Rautsaw, Andrew J Mason, Tristan D Schramer, Gunnar S Nystrom, Michael P Hogan, Shibu Yooseph, Darin R Rokyta, Christopher L Parkinson, De Novo Genome Assembly Highlights the Role of Lineage-Specific Gene Duplications in the Evolution of Venom in Fea's Viper (Azemiops feae), Genome Biology and Evolution, Volume 14, Issue 7, July 2022, evac082, https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evac082
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King, K., Wilson, S. Napolitano, J., Sell, K., Rennert, L., C.L. Parkinson, and D. Dean. 2022 COVID-19 Variants of Concern Alpha and Delta Show Increased Viral Load in Saliva. Plos One 17(5):e0267750; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0267750
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Mason, A.J., M.L. Holding, R.M. Rautsaw, D.R. Rokyta, C.L. Parkinson, and H.L. Gibbs. 2022. Venom gene sequence diversity and expression jointly shape diet adaptation in pitvipers. Mol. Bio. Evol. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac082
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Schramer TD, Rautsaw RM, Bayona Serrano JD, Nystrom GS, West TR, Ortiz-Medina JA, Sabido-Alpuche B, Meneses-Millán M, Borja M, Junqueira de Azevedo ILM, et al. 2021. An integrative view of the toxic potential of Conophis lineatus (Dipsadidae: Xenodontinae), a medically relevant rear-fanged snake. Toxicon. 205(August 2021):38–52. doi:10.1016/j.toxicon.2021.11.009.
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Colis-Torres A, Neri-Castro E, Strickland JL, Olvera-Rodríguez A, Borja M, Calvete J, Jones J, Parkinson CL, Bañuelos J, López de León J, et al. Intraspecific venom variation of Mexican west coast rattlesnakes (Crotalus Basiliscus) and its implications for antivenom production. Biochimie. 2021. doi:10.1016/j.biochi.2021.10.006
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Hofmann, E.P.; Rautsaw, R.M.; Mason, A.J.; Strickland, J.L.; Parkinson, C.L. Duvernoy’s Gland Transcriptomics of the Plains Black-Headed Snake, Tantilla nigriceps (Squamata, Colubridae): Unearthing the Venom of Small Rear-Fanged Snakes. Toxins 2021, 13, 336. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins13050336
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Matthew L. Holding, Jason L. Strickland, Rhett M. Rautsaw, Erich P. Hofmann, Andrew J. Mason, Michael P. Hogan, Gunnar S. Nystrom, Schyler A. Ellsworth, Timothy J. Colston, Miguel Borja, Gamaliel Castañeda-Gaytán, Christoph I. Grünwald, Jason M. Jones, Luciana A. Freitas-de-Sousa, Vincent Louis Viala, Mark J. Margres, Erika Hingst-Zaher, Inácio L. M. Junqueira-de-Azevedo, Ana M. Moura-da-Silva, Felipe G. Grazziotin, H. Lisle Gibbs, Darin R. Rokyta, Christopher L. Parkinson. Phylogenetically diverse diets favor more complex venoms in North American pitvipers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2021; 118 (17): e2015579118 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2015579118
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Pedro G Nachtigall, Rhett M Rautsaw, Schyler A Ellsworth, Andrew J Mason, Darin R Rokyta, Christopher L Parkinson, Inácio L M Junqueira-de-Azevedo, ToxCodAn: a new toxin annotator and guide to venom gland transcriptomics, Briefings in Bioinformatics, 2021;, bbab095, https://doi.org/10.1093/bib/bbab095
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Margres MJ, Rautsaw RM, Strickland JL, Mason AJ, Schramer TD, Hofmann EP, Stiers E, Ellsworth SA, Nystrom GS, Hogan MP, Bartlett DA, Colston TJ, Gilbert DM, Rokyta DR, Parkinson CL. 2021. The Tiger Rattlesnake genome reveals a complex genotype underlying a simple venom phenotype. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. Jan 2021, 118 (4) e2014634118; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2014634118
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Bayona-Serrano JD, Viala VL, Rautsaw RM, Schramer TD, Barros G. Nishiyama Junior MY, Sousa L, Moura-da-Silva AM, Parkinson CL, Grazziotin FG, Junqueira-de-Azevedo ILM. 2020. Metalloproteinase replacement and parallel structural simplification maintain venom phenotypes in diverse groups of rear-fanged snakes. Molecular Biology and Evolution. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msaa192
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Reyes-Velasco J, Adams RH, Boissinot S, Parkinson CL, Campbell JA, Castoe TA, Smith EN. 2020. Genome-wide SNPs clarify lineage diversity confused by coloration in coralsnakes of the Micrurus diastema species complex (Serpentes: Elapidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 147(106770). DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106770
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Rautsaw RM, Hofmann EP, Margres MJ, Holding ML, Strickland JL, Mason AJ, Rokyta DR, Parkinson CL. 2019. Intraspecific sequence variation and gene expression contribute little to venom diversity in the Sidewinder Rattlesnake (Crotalus cerastes). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 286(1906). DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2019.0810
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Strickland JL, Smith CF, Mason AJ, Schield DR, Borja M, Castañeda-Gaytán G, Spencer CL, Smith LL, Trápaga A, Bouzid NM, Campillo-García G, Flores-Villela OA, Antonio-Rangel D, Mackessy SP, Castoe TA, Rokyta DR, Parkinson CL. 2018. Evidence for divergent patterns of local selection driving venom variation in Mojave Rattlesnakes (Crotalus scutulatus). Scientific Reports 8: 17622.
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Borja M, Neri-Castro E, Pérez-Morales R, Strickland JL, Ponce-López R, Parkinson CL, Espinosa-Fematt J, Sáenz-Mata J, Flores-Martínez E, Alagón A, Castañeda-Gaytán Gamaliel. 2018. Ontogenetic change in the venom of Mexican Black-tailed Rattlesnakes (Crotalus molossus nigrescens). Toxins 10(12): 501. DOI: 10.3390/toxins10120501
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Hofmann EP†, Rautsaw RM†, Strickland JL, Holding ML, Hogan MP, Mason AJ, Rokyta DR, Parkinson CL. 2018. Comparative venom-gland transcriptomics and venom proteomics of four Sidewinder Rattlesnake (Crotalus cerastes) lineages reveal little differential expression despite individual variation. Scientific Reports 8: 15534. DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-33943-5
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Schield DR, Adams RH, Card DC, Corbin AB, Jezkova T, Hales NR, Meik JM, Perry BW, Spencer CL, Smith LL, García GC, Bouzid NM, Strickland JL, Parkinson CL, Borja M, Castañeda-Gaytán G, Bryson RW, Flores-Villela OA, Mackessy SP, Castoe TA. 2018. Cryptic genetic diversity, population structure, and gene flow in the Mojave rattlesnake (Crotalus scutulatus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
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Borja, M. E. Neri-Castro, G. Castañeda-Gaytán, JL. Strickland, CL. Parkinson, J Castañeda-Gaytán, R. Ponce-López, B. Lomonte, A. Olvera-Rodríguez, A. Alagón, R. Pérez-Morales. 2018. Biological and proteolytic variation in the venom of Crotalus scutulatus scutulatus from Mexico. Toxins 10(1): doi:10.3390/toxins10010035
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Streicher, J.W., McEntee, J.P., Drzich, L.C., Card, D.C., Schield, D.R., Smart, U., Parkinson, C.L., Jezkova, T., Smith, E.N., and T.A. Castoe. 2016. Genetic surfing, not allopatric divergence, explains spatial sorting of mitochondrial haplotypes in venomous coralsnakes. Evolution. 70:1435-1449. DOI: 10.1111/evo.12967
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Castoe, T.A., J.W. Streicher, J.M. Meik, M.J. Ingrasci, A.W. Poole, A.P.J. de Koning, J.A. Campbell, C.L. Parkinson, E.N. Smith, and D.D. Pollock. (2012) Thousands of microsatellite loci from the venomous coralsnake (Micrurus fulvius) and variability of select loci across populations and related species. Molecular Ecology Resources 12: 1105-1113. doi:10.1111/1755-0998.12000
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∞Manjerovic, M. B., J. M. Waterman, E. A Hoffman, and C. L. Parkinson. (2009) Characterization of nine microsatellite loci in the Cape ground squirrel, Xerus inauris, and their cross-utility in other species. Molecular Ecology Resources 9:1375-1379.
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Castoe,T.A, A. P. Jason de Koning, H-M. Kim, W. Gu, B. Noonan, G. Naylor , Z. Jiang, C.L. Parkinson, and D. Pollock. (2009) Evidence for an ancient adaptive episode of convergent molecular evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106:8986-8991 Cover Feature- Faculty of 1000
PNAS Commentary: Edwards, S. 2009. Natural selection and phylogenetic analysis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 106: 8799-8800.
See Related: Castoe, T.A., A.P.J. de Koning, H.M. Kim, W. Gu, B.P. Noonan, Z.J. Jiang, C.L. Parkinson, and D.D. Pollock. 2008. An ancient adaptive episode of convergent molecular evolution misleads phylogenetic inference. Nature Precedings, npre.2008.2123.1
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∞Castoe, T.A., J.M. Daza, E.N. Smith, M.M. Sasa, U. Kuch, J.A. Campbell, P.T. Chippindale, and C.L. Parkinson. (2009) Comparative Phylogeography of Pitvipers Suggests a Consensus of Ancient Middle American Highland Biogeography. Journal of Biogeography 36: 88–103. Note: Featured Cover of the Journal Article.
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∞Castoe, T.A., E.N. Smith, R.M. Brown, and C.L. Parkinson. (2007) Higher-level phylogeny of Asian and American coralsnakes, their placement within the Elapidae (Squamata), and the systematic affinities of the enigmatic Asian coralsnake Hemibungarus calligaster. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 151:809-831