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A genetic component of resistance to fungal infection in frog embryos

scientific article published in June 2008

A significant component of ageing (DNA damage) is reflected in fading breeding colors: an experimental test using innate antioxidant mimetics in painted dragon lizards

scientific article published on 09 April 2012

Acid-shock, aluminium, and presence of Sphagnum aurantiacum: effects on embryological development in the common frog, Rana temporaria and the moor frog, Rana arvalis

scientific article published on 01 July 1987

Advantages of Multiple Matings to Females: A Test of the Infertility Hypothesis Using Lizards

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Afternoon T: testosterone level is higher in red than yellow male polychromatic lizards

scientific article

Age-related sex differences in body condition and telomere dynamics of red-sided garter snakes

scientific article published in April 2017

Ageing and the cost of maintaining coloration in the Australian painted dragon

scientific article published on July 2016

Aggression, but not testosterone, is associated to oxidative status in a free-living vertebrate

Basal superoxide as a sex-specific immune constraint

scientific article published on June 2011

Can female adders multiply?

Carotenoid intake does not mediate a relationship between reactive oxygen species and bright colouration: experimental test in a lizard.

scientific article published on April 2008

Climate change, multiple paternity and offspring survival in lizards

scientific article

Climate effects on offspring sex ratio in a viviparous lizard

scientific article

Complex selection associated with Hox genes in a natural population of lizards

scientific article

Conditional Handicaps in Exuberant Lizards: Bright Color in Aggressive Males Is Correlated with High Levels of Free Radicals

article by Christopher R. Friesen et al published 1 February 2017 in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Consistent male-male paternity differences across female genotypes.

scientific article published on 25 February 2009

Consistent paternity skew through ontogeny in Peron's tree frog (Litoria peronii)

scientific article

Consistent sex ratio bias of individual female dragon lizards

scientific article published on December 2006

Continuous male presence required for fertilization in captive painted dragons, Ctenophorus pictus.

scientific article published on December 2005

Contrasting seasonal patterns of telomere dynamics in response to environmental conditions in the ectothermic sand lizard, Lacerta agilis

scientific article published on 13 January 2020

Corticosterone: a costly mediator of signal honesty in sand lizards

scientific article

Costly parasite resistance: a genotype-dependent handicap in sand lizards?

scientific article

Differential sex allocation in sand lizards: bright males induce daughter production in a species with heteromorphic sex chromosomes

scientific article

Digit ratio, color polymorphism and egg testosterone in the Australian painted dragon

scientific article

Digit ratio, polychromatism and associations with endurance and antipredator behaviour in male painted dragon lizards

Discrepancy in mitochondrial and nuclear polymorphism in meadow vipers (Vipera ursinii) questions the unambiguous use of mtDNA in conservation studies

article published in 2005

Disentangling the complexities of vertebrate sex allocation: a role for squamate reptiles?

scientific article published in 2007

Does Mate Guarding Prevent Rival Mating in Snow Skinks? A Test Using AFLP

Does reproductive success increase with age or with size in species with indeterminate growth? A case study using sand lizards (Lacerta agilis).

scientific article

Ectothermic telomeres: it's time they came in from the cold

scientific article published in March 2018

Effects of long-term fox baiting on species composition and abundance in an Australian lizard community

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Effects of male telomeres on probability of paternity in sand lizards

Effects of sperm storage and male colour on probability of paternity in a polychromatic lizard

Evaluation of offspring size-number invariants in 12 species of lizard

scientific article published in January 2009

Evolutionary ecology of telomeres: a review

scientific article

Extreme plasticity in reproductive biology of an oviparous lizard

article by Mats Olsson et al published July 2018 in Ecology and Evolution

Facultative sex allocation in snow skink lizards (Niveoscincus microlepidotus).

scientific article published in January 2001

Family and population effects on disease resistance in a reptile.

scientific article published in August 2003

Fecundity and MHC affects ejaculation tactics and paternity bias in sand lizards

scientific article

Female choice for males with greater fertilization success in the Swedish Moor frog, Rana arvalis.

scientific article

Female choice on male quantitative traits in lizards — why is it so rare?

scientific article published in 1995

Fit and fat from enlarged badges: a field experiment on male sand lizards.

scientific article published in May 2004

Free radicals run in lizard families

scientific article published on April 2008

Free radicals run in lizard families without (and perhaps with) mitochondrial uncoupling

scientific article published on 18 March 2009

Genetics and evolution of colour patterns in reptiles.

scientific article published on 08 April 2013

Giving offspring a head start in life: field and experimental evidence for selection on maternal basking behaviour in lizards

scientific article published on 14 January 2010

Growth to death in lizards

scientific article published on 01 September 2002

Haldane rules: costs of outbreeding at production of daughters in sand lizards

scientific article published in 2004

High prevalence of Hepatozoon spp. (Apicomplexa, Hepatozoidae) infection in water pythons (Liasis fuscus) from tropical Australia

scientific article published in June 2004

How accurately do behavioural observations predict reproductive success in free-ranging lizards?

Identification of the linkage group of the Z sex chromosomes of the sand lizard (Lacerta agilis, Lacertidae) and elucidation of karyotype evolution in lacertid lizards

scientific article published on 20 May 2014

In hot pursuit: fluctuating mating system and sexual selection in sand lizards

scientific article published on 5 November 2010

Incubation temperature and parental identity determine sex in the Australian agamid lizard

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Is sperm really so cheap? Costs of reproduction in male adders, Vipera berus

scientific article

Long term effects of superoxide and DNA repair on lizard telomeres

scientific article published on 10 December 2018

Low genetic diversity threatens imminent extinction for the Hungarian meadow viper (Vipera ursinii rakosiensis)

MHC diversity and female age underpin reproductive success in an Australian icon; the Tasmanian Devil.

scientific article published on 8 March 2018

MHC, health, color, and reproductive success in sand lizards

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Major histocompatibility complex and mate choice in sand lizards

scientific article

Male and female effects on fertilization success and offspring viability in the Peron's tree frog, Litoria peronii

scientific article published in 2008

Males with high genetic similarity to females sire more offspring in sperm competition in Peron's tree frog Litoria peronii.

scientific article published in April 2008

Maternal basking behaviour determines offspring sex in a viviparous reptile.

scientific article

Mating system variation and morph fluctuations in a polymorphic lizard

scientific article

Measuring telomere length and telomere dynamics in evolutionary biology and ecology

scientific article

Microsatellites in the sand lizard (Lacerta agilis): description, variation, inheritance, and applicability

scientific article published on August 1, 1997

Morph-specific metabolic rate and the timing of reproductive senescence in a color polymorphic dragon

scientific article published on 01 August 2017

Multiple paternity in reptiles: patterns and processes

scientific article published on 29 April 2008

Net superoxide levels: steeper increase with activity in cooler female and hotter male lizards

scientific article published on March 2012

No Interstitial Telomeres on Autosomes but Remarkable Amplification of Telomeric Repeats on the W Sex Chromosome in the Sand Lizard (Lacerta agilis).

scientific article published on 12 October 2015

No seasonal sex-ratio shift despite sex-specific fitness returns of hatching date in a lizard with genotypic sex determination

scientific article published in October 2006

Novel genes continue to enhance population growth in adders (Vipera berus)

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Offspring size and timing of hatching determine survival and reproductive output in a lizard

scientific article published in March 2010

Offspring size-number strategies: experimental manipulation of offspring size in a viviparous lizard (Lacerta vivipara)

scientific article published in 2002

Offspring-driven local dispersal in female sand lizards (Lacerta agilis)

scientific article published on 01 November 2004

Old pythons stay fit; effects of haematozoan infections on life history traits of a large tropical predator.

scientific article published on 27 October 2004

On parsimonious paternity and scientific rigor: a reply to Madsen

scientific article published on 24 November 2008

Oxidant trade-offs in immunity: an experimental test in a lizard

scientific article published on 4 May 2015

Oxidative stress physiology in relation to life history traits of a free-living vertebrate: the spotted snow skink, Niveoscincus ocellatus

scientific article published on June 2011

PATERNAL GENOTYPE INFLUENCES INCUBATION PERIOD, OFFSPRING SIZE, AND OFFSPRING SHAPE IN AN OVIPAROUS REPTILE.

scientific article published on June 1996

Paternal alleles enhance female reproductive success in tropical pythons.

scientific article published in May 2005

Polymorphic ROS scavenging revealed by CCCP in a lizard

scientific article published on 24 March 2009

Polymorphic male color morphs visualized with steroids in monomorphic females: a tool for designing analysis of sex-limited trait inheritance

scientific article published on 01 February 2012

Population size and genetic diversity in sand lizards (Lacerta agilis) and adders (Vipera berus)

Pre-hatching exposure to water mold reduces size at metamorphosis in the moor frog

scientific article published on 3 February 2009

Predictors of telomere content in dragon lizards

scientific article published on 08 July 2012

Prenatal exposure to testosterone increases ectoparasite susceptibility in the common lizard (Lacerta vivipara)

scientific article published on 01 September 2003

Prenatal sex ratios influence sexual dimorphism in a reptile.

scientific article published in February 2003

Proximate determinants of telomere length in sand lizards (Lacerta agilis)

scientific article

Restoration of an inbred adder population

scientific article published in Nature

Rewards of promiscuity

Sand lizard (Lacerta agilis) phenology in a warming world

scientific article published on 8 October 2015

Seasonal shifts along the oviparity-viviparity continuum in a cold-climate lizard population

scientific article published on 28 October 2017

Selection and constraints on offspring size-number trade-offs in sand lizards (Lacerta agilis).

scientific article published on 6 February 2016

Sex differences in sand lizard telomere inheritance: paternal epigenetic effects increases telomere heritability and offspring survival

scientific article

Sex- And tissue-specific differences in telomere length in a reptile

scientific article published on 22 May 2019

Sex-specific SOD levels and DNA damage in painted dragon lizards (Ctenophorus pictus).

scientific article published on 15 June 2012

Sex-specific developmental plasticity in response to yolk corticosterone in an oviparous lizard.

scientific article

Sexual coloration and sperm performance in the Australian painted dragon lizard, Ctenophorus pictus

scientific article published on 20 April 2017

Sexual differences in telomere selection in the wild

scientific article published on 12 April 2011

Sexual dimorphism in lizard body shape: the roles of sexual selection and fecundity selection

scientific article published on July 2002

Sons are made from old stores: sperm storage effects on sex ratio in a lizard

scientific article published on October 2007

Sperm competition and offspring viability at hybridization in Australian tree frogs, Litoria peronii and L. tyleri.

scientific article published on 2 September 2009

Sperm selection by females

scientific article published in Nature

Sperm storage and sperm competition across ovarian cycles in the dragon lizard, Ctenophorus fordi

scientific article

TIMING OF PARTURITION AS A MATERNAL CARE TACTIC IN AN ALPINE LIZARD SPECIES.

scientific article published on December 1998

Telomere dynamics in a lizard with morph-specific reproductive investment and self-maintenance

scientific article published on 07 June 2017

Telomere length varies substantially between blood cell types in a reptile

scientific article published on 03 June 2020

Telomeric attrition with age and temperature in Eastern mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki)

scientific article published on 22 January 2014

Testing the quality of a carrier: a field experiment on lizard signalers

scientific article published on 19 December 2008

Testosterone, ticks and travels: a test of the immunocompetence-handicap hypothesis in free-ranging male sand lizards.

scientific article published in November 2000

The more pieces, the better the puzzle: sperm concentration increases gametic compatibility.

scientific article

The role of Haldane's rule in sex allocation

scientific article published in January 2005

UV-Deprived Coloration Reduces Success in Mate Acquisition in Male Sand Lizards (Lacerta agilis)

scientific article published on May 13, 2011

Variation in heritability of tadpole growth: an experimental analysis

scientific article published on 01 June 2002

Variation in levels of reactive oxygen species is explained by maternal identity, sex and body-size-corrected clutch size in a lizard

scientific article published on 27 August 2008

Why do male snakes have longer tails than females?

scientific article published in 1999

Within-population variation in ejaculate characteristics in a prolonged breeder, Peron’s tree frog, Litoria peronii

scientific article published on 11 July 2008