Publications

The roles of balancing selection and recombination in the evolution of rattlesnake venom. Schield D, Perry B, Adams R, Holding M, Nikolakis Z, Gopalan S, Smith C, Parker S, DeGiorgio M, Mackessy S, and Castoe T. 2022. Nature Ecology and Evolution. Article in Press.

Fifty million years of beetle evolution along the Antarctic Polar Front. Baird H, Shin S, Oberprieler R, Hullé M, Vernon P, Moon K, Adams R, McKenna D, Chown S Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2021. PNAS Commentary VIDEO

Genome-wide SNPs clarify lineage diversity confused by coloration in coralsnakes of the Micrurus diastema (Serpentes: Elapidae) species complex. *Reyes-Velasco J, *Adams R, S. Boissinot, C.L. Parkinson, J.A. Campbell, Castoe T, and E.N. Smith. 2020. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.*co-first author PDF.

Snake Recombination Landscapes Are Concentrated in Functional Regions despite PRDM9. Schield D, Pasquesi G, Perry B, Adams R, Nikolakis Z, Orton R, Meik J, Mackessy S, and Castoe T 2020. Molecular Biology and Evolution. PDF

Recent advances in the inference of gene flow from population genomic data. Adams R, Schield D, and Castoe T. 2019. Current Molecular Biology Reports. PDF

Genomic basis of convergent island phenotypes in boa constrictors. Card D, Adams R, Corbin A, Perry B, Andrew A, Pasquesi G, Boback S, and Castoe T. Genome Biology and Evolution. 2019. PDF

Allopatric divergence and secondary contact with gene flow – a recurring theme in rattlesnake speciation. Schield D,* Perry B*, Adams R, Card D, T. Jezkova, Pasquesi G, Z.L. Nikolakis, K. Row, Meik J, Smith C, Mackessy S, and Castoe T. 2019. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. *joint primary authors. PDF

The origins and evolution of chromosomes, dosage compensation, and mechanisms underlying venom regulation in snakes. Schield D, Card D, Hales N, Perry B, Pasquesi G, Blackmon H, Adams R, Corbin A, Smith C, B. Ramesh, Demuth J, Betran E, Tollis M, Meik J, Mackessy S and Castoe T. 2019. Genome Research. PDF

A database of amphibian karyotypes. Perkins R, Gamboa J, Jonika M, Lo J, Shum A, Adams R, & Blackmon H 2019. Chromosome Research

Novel ecological and climatic conditions drive rapid adaptation in invasive Florida Burmese pythons. Card D, B. Perry, Adams R, Schield D, Young A, Andrew A, Jezkova T, Walsh M, Rockford M, Mazzotti F, Hart K, Hunter M, and Castoe T. 2018. Molecular Ecology. PDF

Molecular adaptations for sensing and securing prey, and insight into amniote genome diversity, from the garter snake genome. Perry, B.W, Card D, Pasquesi, G.I.M., Adams R, Schield D, N.R. Hales, Corbin A, Demuth J, F.G. Hoffmann, M.W. Vandewege, R. Schott, N. Bhattacharyya, B.S.W. Chang, N.R. Casewell, G. Whiteley, J. Reyes-Velasco, Mackessy S, K.B. Storey, Gamble, T., K.K. Biggar, C.N. Passow, C. Kuo, S.E. McGaugh, A.M. Bronikowski, J. de Koning, S.V. Edwards, M.E. Pfrender, P. Minx, E.D. Brodie III, E.D. Brodie, Jr., W.C. Warren, and Castoe T. 2018. Genome Biology and Evolution. PDF

Cryptic genetic diversity, population structure, and gene flow in Mohave rattlesnakes Crotalus scutulatus. Schield D, Card D, Adams R, Corbin A, T. Jezkova, N.R. Hales, Meik J, C.L. Spencer, L.L. Smith, G. Campillo Garcia, N.M. Bouzid, J.L. Strickland, R.W. Bryson Jr., C.L. Parkinson, O. Flores-Viella, Mackessy S and Castoe T. 2018. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. PDF

Squamate reptiles challenge paradigms of genomic repeat element evolution set by birds and mammals. Pasquesi, G.I.M., Adams R, Card D, Schield D, Perry B, Corbin A, J. Reyes-Velasco, R.P. Ruggiero, M.W. Vandewege, J.A. Shortt, and Castoe T. 2018. Nature Communications. PDF

Insight into the roles of selection in speciation from genomic patterns of divergence and introgression in secondary contact in venomous rattlesnakes. Schield D, Adams R, Card D, Perry B, Pasquesi G, T. Jezkova, D.M. Portik, Andrew A, C.L. Spencer, E.E. Sanchez, M.K. Fujita, Mackessy S, and Castoe T. 2017. Ecology and Evolution. PDF

Microsatellite landscape evolutionary dynamics across 450 million years of vertebrate genome evolution. Adams R, H.G. Blackman, J. Reyes-Velasco, Schield D, Card D, Andrew A, N. Waynewood, and Castoe T. 2016. Genome. Received the Editor’s Choice Award for the journal Genome. PDF

A suite of potentially amplifiable microsatellite loci for reptiles of conservation concern from Africa and Asia. Shaney, K.J., Adams R, N. Kurniawan, A. Hamidy, E.N. Smith, and Castoe T. 2016. Conservation Genetics Resources. PDF

Phylogeographic and population genetic analyses reveal multiple species of Boa and independent origins of insular dwarfism. Card D, D.R Schield, Adams R, Corbin A, Perry B, Andrew A, Pasquesi G, E.N. Smith, T. Jezkova, S.M. Boback, W. Booth, and Castoe T. 2016. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. PDF

EpiRadSeq: genome-wide analysis of shifts in DNA methylation using next-generation sequencing. Schield D, M.F. Walsh, Card D, Andrew A, Adams R, and Castoe T. 2016. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. Cover Article. PDF

Rapid changes in gene expression direct rapid shifts in intestinal form and function in the Burmese python after feeding. Andrew, A.L., Card D, R.P. Ruggiero, Schield D, Adams R, D.D. Pollock, S.M. Secor, and Castoe T. 2015. Physiological Genomics. PDF

Incipient speciation with biased gene flow between two lineages of the Western Diamondback Rattlesnake Crotalus atrox. Schield D, Card D, Adams R, T. Jezkova, J. Reyes-Velasco, F.N. Proctor, C.L. Spencer, H-W. Herrmann, Mackessy S, and Castoe T. 2015. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. PDF

Expression of venom gene homologs in diverse python tissues suggests a new model for the evolution of snake venom. Reyes-Velasco J., Card D, Andrew A, K.J. Shaney, Adams R, Schield D, N.R. Casewell, Mackessy S, and Castoe T. 2014. Molecular Biology and Evolution. PDF