Boyette JL, Bell RC, Fujita MK, Thomas KN, Streicher JW, Gower DJ, Schott RK<\/strong>. 2024. Diversity and Molecular Evolution of Nonvisual Opsin Genes across Environmental, Developmental, and Morphological Adaptations in Frogs. Molecular Biology and Evolution<\/strong> 41 (6). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/molbev\/msae090<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Schott RK<\/strong>, Fujita MK, Streicher JW, Gower DJ, Thomas KN, Loew ER, Bamba Kaya AG, Bittencourt-Silva GB, Becker CG et al. 2024. Diversity and Evolution of Frog Visual Opsins: Spectral Tuning and Adaptation to Distinct Light Environments. Molecular Biology and Evolution<\/strong> 41 (4). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/molbev\/msae049<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Schott RK<\/strong>, RC Bell, ER Loew, KN Thomas, DJ Gower, JW Streicher, MK Fujita. 2022. Transcriptomic evidence for visual adaptation during the aquatic to terrestrial metamorphosis in leopard frogs. BMC Biology<\/em><\/strong> (in press).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thomas KN, DJ Gower, J W Streicher, RC Bell, MK Fujita, RK Schott<\/strong>, HC Liedtke, CFB Haddad, CG Becker, CL Cox, RA Martins, RH Douglas. 2022. Ecology drives patterns of spectral transmission in the ocular lenses of frogs and salamanders. Functional Ecology<\/strong><\/em> 36: 850\u2013864.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Schott RK<\/strong>, L Perez, MA Kwiatkowski, V Imhoff, JM Gumm. 2022. Evolutionary analyses of visual opsin genes in frogs and toads: diversity, duplication, and positive selection. Ecology and Evolution<\/em><\/strong> 12:e8595.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Shrimpton SJ*, JW Streicher*, DJ Gower, RC Bell, MK Fujita, RK Schott<\/strong>, KN Thomas. 2021. Eye-body allometry across biphasic ontogeny in anuran amphibians. Evolutionary Ecology<\/strong><\/em> 35: 337\u2013359.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hauser FE, KL Ilves, RK Schott<\/strong>, Alvi E, H L\u00f3pez-Fern\u00e1ndez, BSW Chang. 2021. Evolution, inactivation, and loss of short wavelength-sensitive opsin genes during the diversification of Neotropical cichlids. Molecular Ecology<\/strong><\/em> 30: 1688\u20131703.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Schott RK<\/strong>, RC Bell, ER Loew, KN Thomas, DJ Gower, JW Streicher, MK Fujita. Preprint. Genomic and spectral visual adaptation in southern leopard frogs during the ontogenetic transition from aquatic to terrestrial light environments. bioRxiv<\/em><\/strong> 2021.02.19.432049; doi:https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1101\/2021.02.19.432049<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Thomas KN, DJ Gower, RC Bell, MK Fujita, RK Schott<\/strong>, JW Streicher. 2020. Eye size and investment in frogs and toads correlate with adult habitat, activity pattern and breeding ecology. Proceedings of the Royal Society B<\/em><\/strong> 287: 20201393.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gemmel NJ, ... RK Schott<\/strong>, ... Ngatiwai Trust Board [60 authors total]. 2020. The tuatara genome reveals ancient features of amniote evolution. Nature <\/em><\/strong>584: 403\u2013409.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Schott RK<\/strong>, N Bhattacharyya, BSW Chang. 2019. Evolutionary signatures of photoreceptor transmutation in geckos reveal potential adaptation and convergence with snakes. Evolution <\/em><\/strong>73: 1958\u20131971.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Schott RK<\/strong>, A Van Nynatten, DC Card, TA Castoe, BSW Chang. 2018. Shifts in selective pressures on snake phototransduction genes associated with photoreceptor transmutation and dim-light ancestry. Molecular Biology and Evolution<\/em><\/strong> 35: 1376\u20131389.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Schott RK<\/strong>, B Panesar, DC Card, M Preston, TA Castoe, BSW Chang. 2017. Targeted capture of complete coding regions across divergent species. Genome Biology and Evolution<\/em><\/strong> 9: 398\u2013414.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Schott RK<\/strong>, J M\u00fcller, CGY Yang, N Bhattacharyya, N Chan, M Xu, JM Morrow, A-H Ghenu, ER Loew, V Tropepe, BSW Chang. 2016. Evolutionary transformation of rod photoreceptors in the all-cone retina of a diurnal garter snake. PNAS <\/em><\/strong>113: 356\u2013361.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For a full list of publications and work:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Please visit the Google Scholar<\/a> and Research Gate<\/a> pages. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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