In 2011, the first high-quality genome assembly of a squamate reptile (lizard or snake) was
published for the green anole. Dozens of genome assemblies were subsequently published …

Simple Summary As a group of organisms, non-avian reptiles, most of which are the~
11,000 species of lizards and snakes, are an extraordinarily diverse group, displaying a …

In some mammals, notably humans, recombination occurs almost exclusively where the
protein PRDM9 binds, whereas in vertebrates lacking an intact PRDM9, such as birds and …

Birds (Aves) are the most speciose of terrestrial vertebrates, displaying Class-specific
characteristics yet incredible external phenotypic diversity. Critical to agriculture and as …

Genomic studies of vertebrate chromosome evolution have long been hindered by the
scarcity of chromosome-scale DNA sequences of some key taxa. One of those limiting taxa …

The existence of an environmentally regulated version of meiotic crossing-over, or eco-
crossover, is proposed, and the main consequences of this hypothesis are considered. Eco …

Geckos (Gekkota), the species-rich clade of reptiles with more than 2200 currently
recognized species, demonstrate a remarkable variability in diploid chromosome numbers …

Background Although multiple chicken genomes have been assembled and annotated, the
numbers of protein-coding genes in chicken genomes and their variation among breeds are …

Karyotype diversification represents an important, yet poorly understood, driver of evolution.
Squamate reptiles are characterized by a high taxonomic diversity which is reflected at the …

Crocodilians have maintained very similar karyotype structures and diploid chromosome
numbers for around 100 million years, with only minor variations in collinearity. Why this …