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Christopher A. Emerling

Reedley College
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[HTML][HTML] Macroevolutionary dynamics and historical biogeography of primate diversification inferred from a species supermatrix

MS Springer, RW Meredith, J Gatesy, CA Emerling… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Phylogenetic relationships, divergence times, and patterns of biogeographic descent among
primate species are both complex and contentious. Here, we generate a robust molecular …

[HTML][HTML] Rod monochromacy and the coevolution of cetacean retinal opsins

RW Meredith, J Gatesy, CA Emerling, VM York… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Cetaceans have a long history of commitment to a fully aquatic lifestyle that extends back to
the Eocene. Extant species have evolved a spectacular array of adaptations in conjunction …

Eyes underground: regression of visual protein networks in subterranean mammals

CA Emerling, MS Springer - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2014 - Elsevier
Regressive evolution involves the degeneration of formerly useful structures in a lineage over
time, and may be accompanied by the molecular decay of phenotype-specific genes. The …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic insights into the secondary aquatic transition of penguins

…, DT Ksepka, SR Fiddaman, CA Emerling… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Penguins lost the ability to fly more than 60 million years ago, subsequently evolving a hyper-specialized
marine body plan. Within the framework of a genome-scale, fossil-inclusive …

Chitinase genes (CHIAs) provide genomic footprints of a post-Cretaceous dietary radiation in placental mammals

CA Emerling, F Delsuc, MW Nachman - Science Advances, 2018 - science.org
The end-Cretaceous extinction led to a massive faunal turnover, with placental mammals
radiating in the wake of nonavian dinosaurs. Fossils indicate that Cretaceous stem placentals …

Spectral shifts of mammalian ultraviolet-sensitive pigments (short wavelength-sensitive opsin 1) are associated with eye length and photic niche evolution

CA Emerling, HT Huynh… - … of the Royal …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Retinal opsin photopigments initiate mammalian vision when stimulated by light. Most mammals
possess a short wavelength-sensitive opsin 1 (SWS1) pigment that is primarily sensitive …

Genomic evidence for rod monochromacy in sloths and armadillos suggests early subterranean history for Xenarthra

CA Emerling, MS Springer - Proceedings of the Royal …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Rod monochromacy is a rare condition in vertebrates characterized by the absence of cone
photoreceptor cells. The resulting phenotype is colourblindness and low acuity vision in dim-…

Their loss is our gain: regressive evolution in vertebrates provides genomic models for uncovering human disease loci

CA Emerling, AD Widjaja, NN Nguyen… - Journal of Medical …, 2017 - jmg.bmj.com
Emerling and Springer18 further confirmed that additional armadillo and sloth species
possess an inactivated PDE6C, suggesting that RM is widespread in these animals.18 Although …

Phylogenetic relationships of dasyuromorphian marsupials revisited

…, L Meehan, RW Meredith, CA Emerling… - Zoological Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
We reassessed the phylogenetic relationships of dasyuromorphians using a large
molecular database comprising previously published and new sequences for both nuclear (nDNA) …

Waking the undead: Implications of a soft explosive model for the timing of placental mammal diversification

MS Springer, CA Emerling, RW Meredith… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2017 - Elsevier
The explosive, long fuse, and short fuse models represent competing hypotheses for the
timing of placental mammal diversification. Support for the explosive model, which posits both …