ArticleBiological journal of the Linnean Society. Linnean Society of London2022
Convergent developmental patterns underlie the repeated evolution of adhesive toe pads among lizards.
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- Integrative architecture and structural boundaries of the subdigital adhesive toe pads of Gekko gecko (Linnaeus, 1758) and guidelines for toe pad demarcation in other geckos.Journal of anatomy · 2026Article
- Summarizing Evolutionary Trajectories from Phylogenetic Character Maps of Discrete Traits.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Osteology and arthrology of the ankle and tarsometatarsus of anoles (Iguania: Anolidae): not convergent with geckos but divergent from the ancestral iguanian condition.Journal of anatomy · 2026Article
- Microscopic studies on the structure of microornamentation and adhesive setae in normal and regenerating tail scales of some geckos.Histology and histopathology · 2026Review
- Oogenesis and germinal bed morphology of the brown anole (A. sagrei).Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists · 2026Article
- Oogenesis and germinal bed morphology of the brown anole (bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Geometric Morphometric Assessment of Toe Shape in Forest and Urban Lizards Following Hurricane Disturbances.Integrative organismal biology (Oxford, England) · 2023Article
- Ontogeny of the paraphalanges and derived phalanges of Hemidactylus turcicus (Squamata: Gekkonidae).Journal of anatomy · 2022Article
- Geometric Morphometrics Reveal Shape Differences in the Toes of Urban Lizards.Integrative organismal biology (Oxford, England) · 2022Article
- And thereby hangs a tail: morphology, developmental patterns and biomechanics of the adhesive tails of crested geckos (Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2021Article
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Abstract
How developmental modifications produce key innovations, which subsequently allow for rapid diversification of a clade into new adaptive zones, has received much attention. However, few studies have used a robust comparative framework to investigate the influence of evolutionary and developmental constraints on the origin of key innovations, such as the adhesive toe pad of lizards. Adhesive toe pads evolved independently at least 16 times in lizards, allowing us to examine whether the patterns observed are general evolutionary phenomena or unique, lineage-specific events. We performed a high-resolution comparison of plantar scale development in 14 lizard species in
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