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Boidae
A family of snakes comprising the boas, anacondas, and pythons. They occupy a variety of habitats through the tropics and subtropics and are arboreal…
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Review
2014
Review
2014
Toward a Tree-of-Life for the boas and pythons: multilocus species-level phylogeny with unprecedented taxon sampling.
R. Graham Reynolds
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M. Niemiller
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L. Revell
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution
2014
Corpus ID: 205838538
Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Comparative Sex Chromosome Genomics in Snakes: Differentiation, Evolutionary Strata, and Lack of Global Dosage Compensation
Beatriz Vicoso
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J. J. Emerson
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Yulia Zektser
,
Shivani Mahajan
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D. Bachtrog
PLoS biology
2013
Corpus ID: 13365049
Analysis of the genomes and transcriptomes of snake species with homomorphic and heteromorphic sex chromosomes reveals the…
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
DID EGG‐LAYING BOAS BREAK DOLLO'S LAW? PHYLOGENETIC EVIDENCE FOR REVERSAL TO OVIPARITY IN SAND BOAS (ERYX: BOIDAE)
Vincent J. Lynch
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G. Wagner
Evolution; international journal of organic…
2010
Corpus ID: 1080703
Re‐evolution of lost complex morphological characters has been proposed for several characters, including insect wings, limbs…
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Material properties of the skin of the Kenyan sand boa Gongylophis colubrinus (Squamata, Boidae)
Marie-Christin Klein
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J. Deuschle
,
S. Gorb
Journal of Comparative Physiology A
2010
Corpus ID: 2848034
On the basis of structural data, it has been previously assumed that the integument of snakes consists of a hard, robust…
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Surface structure and frictional properties of the skin of the Amazon tree boa Corallus hortulanus (Squamata, Boidae)
R. A. Berthé
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G. Westhoff
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H. Bleckmann
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S. Gorb
Journal of Comparative Physiology A
2008
Corpus ID: 206960570
The legless locomotion of snakes requires specific adaptations of their ventral scales to maintain friction force in different…
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Dispersal and vicariance: the complex evolutionary history of boid snakes.
B. Noonan
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P. Chippindale
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution
2006
Corpus ID: 15327536
Review
2001
Review
2001
Snake inhibitors of phospholipase A(2) enzymes.
R. Dunn
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K. Broady
Biochimica et biophysica acta
2001
Corpus ID: 25367718
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Predation on Hapalemur griseus griseus by Boa manditra (Boidae) in the Littoral Forest of Eastern Madagascar
D. Rakotondravony
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S. Goodman
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V. Soarimalala
Folia Primatologica
1998
Corpus ID: 46824809
Over the past decade it has become abundantly clear that levels of predation on lemurs are much higher than previously surmised…
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Review
1991
Review
1991
A review of Neogene and Quaternary snakes of central and eastern Europe. Part 1: Scolecophidia, Boidae, Colubrinae
Z. Szyndlar
1991
Corpus ID: 55203324
Remains of Neogene and Quaternary seoleeophidians, boids and «eolubrine» eolubrids, including snakes previously deseribed and…
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Highly Cited
1966
Highly Cited
1966
Studies on the morphology and function of the skull in the boidae (Serpentes). Part II. Morphology and function of the jaw apparatus in Python sebae and Python molurus
T. Frazzetta
Journal of morphology
1966
Corpus ID: 31421847
Heads of the boid snakes Python sebae and Python molurus were dissected and the arthrology, myology and dentition studied. Living…
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