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Impressio Librorum (Stradanus, 1590)

 

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  • Hedges, S. B., S. Kumar*, K. Tamura, and M. Stoneking. 1992. Human origins and analysis of mitochondrial DNA sequences. Science 255:737-739. E-print

  • Frye, M. S., and S. B. Hedges. 1995. Monophyly of the order Rodentia inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences of the genes for 12S rRNA, 16S rRNA, and tRNA-valine. Mol. Biol. Evol. 12:168-176. E-print

  • Heise*, P. J., H. G. Dowling, L. R. Maxson, and S. B. Hedges. 1995. Higher-level snake phylogeny inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences of 12SrRNA and 16SrRNA genes. Mol. Biol. Evol. 12:259-265. E-print

  • Hay*, J. M., I. Ruvinsky, S. B. Hedges, and L. R. Maxson. 1995. Phylogenetic relationships of amphibian families inferred from DNA sequences of mitochondrial 12S and 16S ribosomal RNA genes. Mol. Biol. Evol. 12:928-937. E-print

  • Hedges, S. B., Simmons, M. D., VanDikj, M. A., Caspers, G., DeJong, W. W., and C. G. Sibley. 1995. Phylogenetic relationships of the Hoatzin, an enigmatic South American bird. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. (USA) 92:11662-11665. E-print

  • Hedges, S. B., P. H. Parker, C. G. Sibley, and S. Kumar. 1996. Continental breakup and the ordinal diversification of birds and mammals. Nature:381:226-229. E-print

  • van Tuinen, M., C. G. Sibley, and S. B. Hedges. 1998. Phylogeny and biogeography of ratite birds inferred from DNA sequences of the mitochondrial ribosomal genes. Mol. Biol. Evol.: 15:370-376. E-print

  • Schubart*, C., R. Diesel, and S. B. Hedges. 1998. Rapid evolution to terrestrial life in Jamaican crabs. Nature 393:363-365. E-print

  • Feller, A. E. and S. B. Hedges. 1998. Molecular evidence for the early history of living amphibians. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 9:509-516. E-print  

  • Wang, D. Y.-C., S. Kumar, and S. B. Hedges. 1999. Divergence time estimates for the early history of animal phyla and the origin of plants, animals, and fungi. Proc. Roy. Soc. London B 266:163-171. E-print   

  • Hedges, S. B. and L. L. Poling. 1999. A molecular phylogeny of reptiles. Science 283:998-1001. E-print

  • van Tuinen, M., C. G. Sibley, and S. B. Hedges. 2000. The early history of modern birds inferred from DNA sequences of nuclear and mitochondrial ribosomal genes. Mol. Biol. Evol. 17:451-457. E-print

  • Vidal, N., S. G. Kindl, A. Wong, and S. B. Hedges. 2000. Phylogenetic relationships of xenodontine snakes inferred from 12S and 16S ribosomal RNA sequences. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 14:389-402. E-print

  • Tracy, M. R. and S. B. Hedges. 2000. Evolutionary history of the enolase gene family. Gene 259:129-138. E-print

  • van Tuinen, M., and S. B. Hedges. 2001. Calibration of avian molecular clocks. Mol. Biol. Evol. 18:206-213.  E-print

  • van Tuinen, M., D. B. Butvill, J. A. W. Kirsch, and S. B. Hedges. 2001. Convergence and divergence in the evolution of aquatic birds. Proc. Roy. Soc. London, B268: 1345-1350. E-print

  • Heckman, D. S., D. M. Geiser, B. R. Eidell, R. L. Stauffer, N. L. Kardos, and S. B. Hedges. 2001. Molecular evidence for the early colonization of land by fungi and plants. Science 293:1129-1133.E-print

  • Pramuk*, J. B., C. A. Hass, and S. B. Hedges. 2001. Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of West Indian toads (Anura: Bufonidae). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 20:294-301. E-print

  • Hedges, S. B., H. Chen, S. Kumar, D. Y.-C. Wang, A. S. Thompson, and H. Watanabe.  2001.  A genomic timescale for the origin of eukaryotes.  BMC Evolutionary Biology 1:4 (10 pages). E-print

  • Stauffer, R. L., A. Walker, O. Ryder, M. Lyons-Weiler, and S. B. Hedges.  2001.  Human and ape molecular clocks and constraints on paleontological hypotheses.  J. Heredity 92:469-474.E-print

  • Blair, J. E., K. Ikeo, T. Gojobori, and S. B. Hedges.  2002.  The evolutionary position of nematodes.  BMC Evolutionary Biology 2:7 (7 pages). E-print

  • Hedges, S. B. and P. Shah.  2003.  Comparison of mode estimation methods and application in molecular clock analysis.  BMC Bioinformatics 4:31. E-print.

  • Hower, L. M.  and S. B. Hedges.  2003. Molecular Phylogeny and Biogeography of West Indian Teiid Lizards of the Genus Ameiva. Caribb. J. Sci.  39:298-306.  E-print.

  • Pisani, D., L. L. Poling, M. Lyons-Weiler, and S. B. Hedges.  2004.  The colonization of land by animals: molecular phylogeny and divergence times among arthropods.  BMC Biology 2:1 (10 pages). E-print.

  • Hedges, S. B., J. E. Blair, M. L. Venturi, and J. L. Shoe.  2004. A molecular timescale of eukaryote evolution and the rise of complex multicellular life.  BMC Evol. Biol. 4:2 (9 pages). E-print.

  • Battistuzzi, F. B., A. Feijão, and S. B. Hedges. 2004. A genomic timescale of prokaryote evolution: insights into the origin of methanogenesis, phototrophy, and the colonization of land.  BMC Evol. Biol. 4:44 (14 pages).  E-print

  • Rabosky, D. L., K. P. Aplin, S. C. Donnellan, and S. B. Hedges.  2004. Molecular phylogeny of blindsnakes (Ramphotyphlops) from Western Australia and resurrection of Ramphotyphlops bicolor (Peters, 1857).  Australian J. Zool. 52:531-548. E-print

  • Blair, J. E., and S. B. Hedges. 2005. Molecular clocks do not support the Cambrian explosion.  Mol. Biol. Evol. 22:387-390. E-print

  • Blair, J. E., P. Shah, and S. B. Hedges. 2005. Evolutionary sequence analysis of complete eukaryote genomes.  BMC Bioinformatics 4:53. E-print

  • Blair, J. E., and S. B. Hedges. 2005. Molecular phylogeny and divergence times of deuterostome animals. Mol. Bio. Evol. 22:2275-2284. E-print

  • van Rheede, T., T. Bastiaans, D. N. Boone, S. B. Hedges, W. W. de Jong, and O. Madsen.  2006. The platypus is in its place: nuclear genes and indels confirm the sister group relation of monotremes and therians. Mol. Biol. Evol. 23:587-597. E-print

  • Hedges, S. B., and M. P. Heinicke. 2007. Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of West Indian frogs of the genus Leptodactylus. Mol. Phylo. Evol. 44:308-314.  E-print

  • Heinicke, M. P., W. E. Duellman, and S. B. Hedges. 2007. Major Caribbean and Central American frog faunas originated by ancient oceanic dispersal. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (USA): 104:10092-10097.  E-print  SI text and tables SI Table 4 SI Figures: 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14