Brendan J. Pinto

Publications

• XX/XY Sex Chromosomes in the South American Dwarf Gecko (Gonatodes humeralis)
• Sex chromosomes and sex-specific molecular markers in Indo-Pacific combtooth blennies (Blenniidae, Istiblennius)
• Embryonic development of a parthenogenetic vertebrate, the mourning gecko ( Lepidodactylus lugubris )
• ZZ/ZW Sex Chromosomes in the Endemic Puerto Rican Leaf-Toed Gecko (Phyllodactylus wirshingi)
• Escaping the evolutionary trap? Sex chromosome turnover in basilisks and related lizards (Corytophanidae: Squamata)
• The transcriptome of the veiled chameleon ( Chamaeleo calyptratus ): A resource for studying the evolution and development of vertebrates
• The sprightly little sphaerodactyl: Systematics and biogeography of the Puerto Rican dwarf geckos Sphaerodactylus (Gekkota, Sphaerodactylidae)
• Embryonic development of a parthenogenetic vertebrate, the mourning gecko (Lepidodactylus lugubris)
• The transcriptome of the veiled chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus): A resource for studying the evolution and development of vertebrates
• Population genetic structure and species delimitation of a widespread, Neotropical dwarf gecko
• Persistence of a Geographically-Stable Hybrid Zone in Puerto Rican Dwarf Geckos
• Transcriptomic data support a nocturnal bottleneck in the ancestor of gecko lizards
• First Report of Sex Chromosomes in Night Lizards (Scincoidea: Xantusiidae)
• A Chromosome-Level Genome Assembly of the Parasitoid Wasp, Cotesia glomerata (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
• Evolution of the canonical sex chromosomes of the guppy and its relatives
• Comparative phylogenomic patterns in the Baja California avifauna, their conservation implications, and the stages in lineage divergence
• X chromosome inactivation in the human placenta is patchy and distinct from adult tissues
• Genetic sex test for the short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)
• A New Species of Sphaerodactylus (Gekkota: Sphaerodactylidae) from the Northwest Limestone Region of Puerto Rico
• Chromosome-Level Genome Assembly Reveals Dynamic Sex Chromosomes in Neotropical Leaf-Litter Geckos (Sphaerodactylidae: Sphaerodactylus)
• Clinical signs of pathogenic fungal infection in Coluber constrictor foxii (Colubridae, Squamata) in Illinois, USA
• PITUOPHIS CATENIFER SAYI (Bullsnake) and PANTHEROPHIS VULPINUS (Western Foxsnake) INTERGENERIC HYBRIDIZATION
• The revised reference genome of the leopard gecko (Eublepharis macularius) provides insight into the considerations of genome phasing and assembly
• A lizard is never late: Squamate genomics as a recent catalyst for understanding sex chromosome and microchromosome evolution
• It’s a trap?! Escape from an ancient, ancestral sex chromosome system and implication of Foxl2 as the putative primary sex-determining gene in a lizard (Anguimorpha; Shinisauridae)
• Mitonuclear Sex Determination? Empirical Evidence from Bivalves
• Genomic signatures of mitonuclear sex determination in a bivalve with doubly uniparental inheritance
• Cross species amplification of thirteen distinct microsatellite loci in Z. aquatica