Natural history collections are invaluable repositories of biological information that provide
an unrivaled record of Earth's biodiversity. Museum genomics—genomics research using …

Snakes possess many extreme morphological and physiological adaptations. Identification
of the molecular basis of these traits can provide novel understanding for vertebrate biology …

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 greater …

Evolutionary convergence has been long considered primary evidence of adaptation driven
by natural selection and provides opportunities to explore evolutionary repeatability and …

Here we use a chromosome-level genome assembly of a prairie rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis),
together with Hi-C, RNA-seq, and whole-genome resequencing data, to study key features …

For over 50 years, biologists have accepted that all extant snakes share the same ZW sex
chromosomes derived from a common ancestor [1–3], with different species exhibiting sex …

We report the discovery of endogenous viral elements (EVEs) from Hepadnaviridae, Bornaviridae
and Circoviridae in the speckled rattlesnake, Crotalus mitchellii, the first viperid snake …

Broad paradigms of vertebrate genomic repeat element evolution have been largely shaped
by analyses of mammalian and avian genomes. Here, based on analyses of genomes …

Snake venom gene evolution has been studied intensively over the past several decades,
yet most previous studies have lacked the context of complete snake genomes and the full …

The design of photovoltaic (PV) and photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) solar energy conversion
systems employing optical concentration requires simple models of solar cells which …