T F Duda
Affiliation: Smithsonian Institution
- Evolutionary diversification of multigene families: allelic selection of toxins in predatory cone snailsT F Duda
Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Biological Laboratories, Harvard University, USA
Mol Biol Evol 17:1286-93. 2000..These patterns suggest that venoms of closely related CONUS: species may differ due to the differential expression of conotoxin loci...
- Roles of diversifying selection and coordinated evolution in the evolution of amphibian antimicrobial peptidesThomas F Duda
Naos Marine Lab, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Ancon, Republic of Panama
Mol Biol Evol 19:858-64. 2002....
- Molecular genetics of ecological diversification: duplication and rapid evolution of toxin genes of the venomous gastropod ConusT F Duda
Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Biological Laboratories, Harvard University, 16 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 96:6820-3. 1999..Gene duplication and diversifying selection result in the formation of functionally variable conotoxins that are linked to ecological diversification and evolutionary success of this genus...
- Developmental shifts and species selection in gastropodsT F Duda
Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 16 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 96:10272-7. 1999....
- Gene expression and feeding ecology: evolution of piscivory in the venomous gastropod genus ConusThomas F Duda
Naos Marine Laboratory, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Box 2072, Balboa, Ancon, Republic of Panama
Proc Biol Sci 271:1165-74. 2004..These results demonstrate that differential expression of gene-family members can play a key role in adaptive evolution, particularly during shifts to new ecological niches...
- Species-level phylogeography and evolutionary history of the hyperdiverse marine gastropod genus ConusThomas F Duda
Naos Marine Laboratory, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado 2072, Balboa, Ancon, Panama
Mol Phylogenet Evol 34:257-72. 2005..The ranges of <1% of fossil species (N=841) spanned more than one of these regions throughout the evolutionary history of this group...
- Explosive radiation of Cape Verde Conus, a marine species flockThomas F Duda
Naos Marine Laboratory, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado 2072, Balboa Ancon, Republic of Panama
Mol Ecol 14:267-72. 2005..Finally, comparison of levels of divergence between Cape Verde endemics and other Conus species suggests that the radiation of Conus in Cape Verde occurred during the last few million years...
- Did tectonic activity stimulate oligo-miocene speciation in the Indo-West Pacific?Suzanne T Williams
Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK
Evolution 62:1618-34. 2008..After the new habitats were filled, the rate of speciation likely decreased and this combined with high levels of extinction (in some groups), resulted in a slow down in the rate of diversification in the genera examined...