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Project

Convergent evolution of functional surfaces in biology: surface structure complexity of lizard skin

Outputs and Outcomes

Publications

When adaptation is slowed down : genomic analysis of evolutionary stasis in thermal tolerance during biological invasion in a novel climate

Dan G. BockSimon BaeckensJason J. KolbeJonathan B. Losos

A1 Journal Article in MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Foraging mode constrains the evolution of cephalic horns in lizards and snakes

Federico BanfiShai MeiriRichard ShineRaoul Van DammeSimon Baeckens

A1 Journal Article in BIOLOGY LETTERS

Digest : environmental variability as a constraint on cognitive evolution in lizards

Benjamin J. AshtonSimon Baeckens

Editorial material

Rapidly evolved traits enable new conservation tools : perspectives from the cane toad invasion of Australia

Richard ShineSimon Baeckens

A1 Journal Article in EVOLUTION

Repeated evolution of non-wettable skin surfaces in semi-aquatic lizards

Simon BaeckensM. TemmermanS. N. GorbC. NetoM. J. WhitingR. Van Damme

Introduction history and hybridization determine the hydric balance of an invasive lizard facing a recent climate niche shift

Simon BaeckensJonathan B. LososDuncan J. IrschickJason J. KolbeDan G. Bock

A1 Journal Article in EVOLUTION

Protein-lipid association in lizard chemical signals

Marco MangiacottiSimon BaeckensMarco FumagalliJosé MartinStefano ScaliRoberto Sacchi

A1 Journal Article in INTEGRATIVE ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY

Chromosome-level genome assembly of the Cape cliff lizard (Hemicordylus capensis)

Henrique G. LeitãoGenevieve DiedericksChris BroeckhovenSimon BaeckensHannes Svardal

A1 Journal Article in GENOME BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Sexual selection and proteinaceous diversity in the femoral gland secretions of lacertid lizards

Marco MangiacottiSimon BaeckensMarco FumagalliJosé MartínStefano ScaliRoberto Sacchi

A1 Journal Article in DIVERSITY-BASEL

Upper beak depression instead of elevation dominates cranial kinesis in woodpeckers

S. LyonsSimon BaeckensS. Van Wassenbergh

A1 Journal Article in BIOLOGY LETTERS

Foraging mode affects extinction risk of snakes and lizards, but in different ways

Simon BaeckensShai MeiriRichard Shine

A1 Journal Article in CONSERVATION LETTERS

Parallel evolution of semicircular canal form and sensitivity in subterranean mammals

Jana GoyensSimon BaeckensEwan St. John SmithJasmine PozziMatthew J. Mason

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY

How to behave when marooned: the behavioural component of the island syndrome remains underexplored

Ioanna GavriilidiGilles De MeesterRaoul Van DammeSimon Baeckens

A1 Journal Article in BIOLOGY LETTERS