| The Burmese python genome reveals the molecular basis for extreme adaptation in snakes TA Castoe, APJ De Koning, KT Hall, DC Card, DR Schield, MK Fujita, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110 (51), 20645-20650, 2013 | 280 | 2013 |
| Evolutionary transformation of rod photoreceptors in the all-cone retina of a diurnal garter snake RK Schott, J Müller, CGY Yang, N Bhattacharyya, N Chan, M Xu, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113 (2), 356-361, 2016 | 78 | 2016 |
| The tuatara genome reveals ancient features of amniote evolution NJ Gemmell, K Rutherford, S Prost, M Tollis, D Winter, JR Macey, ... Nature 584 (7821), 403-409, 2020 | 76 | 2020 |
| Divergent positive selection in rhodopsin from lake and riverine cichlid fishes RK Schott, SP Refvik, FE Hauser, H López-Fernández, BSW Chang Molecular biology and evolution 31 (5), 1149-1165, 2014 | 71 | 2014 |
| The oldest North American pachycephalosaurid and the hidden diversity of small-bodied ornithischian dinosaurs DC Evans, RK Schott, DW Larson, CM Brown, MJ Ryan Nature communications 4 (1), 1-11, 2013 | 66 | 2013 |
| Molecular adaptations for sensing and securing prey and insight into amniote genome diversity from the garter snake genome BW Perry, DC Card, JW McGlothlin, GIM Pasquesi, RH Adams, ... Genome biology and evolution 10 (8), 2110-2129, 2018 | 64 | 2018 |
| Cranial ontogeny in Stegoceras validum (Dinosauria: Pachycephalosauria): a quantitative model of pachycephalosaur dome growth and variation RK Schott, DC Evans, MB Goodwin, JR Horner, CM Brown, NR Longrich PLoS One 6 (6), e21092, 2011 | 45 | 2011 |
| Accelerated evolution and functional divergence of the dim light visual pigment accompanies cichlid colonization of Central America FE Hauser, KL Ilves, RK Schott, GM Castiglione, H López-Fernández, ... Molecular Biology and Evolution 34 (10), 2650-2664, 2017 | 43 | 2017 |
| The molecular origin and evolution of dim‐light vision in mammals C Bickelmann, JM Morrow, J Du, RK Schott, I van Hazel, S Lim, J Müller, ... Evolution 69 (11), 2995-3003, 2015 | 42 | 2015 |
| The anatomy and systematics of Colepiocephale lambei (Dinosauria: Pachycephalosauridae) RK Schott, DC Evans, TE Williamson, TD Carr, MB Goodwin Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29 (3), 771-786, 2009 | 36 | 2009 |
| Cone-like rhodopsin expressed in the all-cone retina of the colubrid pine snake as a potential adaptation to diurnality N Bhattacharyya, B Darren, RK Schott, V Tropepe, BSW Chang Journal of Experimental Biology 220 (13), 2418-2425, 2017 | 35 | 2017 |
| Targeted capture of complete coding regions across divergent species RK Schott, B Panesar, DC Card, M Preston, TA Castoe, BSW Chang Genome Biology and Evolution 9 (2), 398-414, 2017 | 32 | 2017 |
| A second visual rhodopsin gene, rh1-2, is expressed in zebrafish photoreceptors and found in other ray-finned fishes JM Morrow, S Lazic, M Dixon Fox, C Kuo, RK Schott, E de A. Gutierrez, ... Journal of Experimental Biology 220 (2), 294-303, 2017 | 30 | 2017 |
| Evolution of nonspectral rhodopsin function at high altitudes GM Castiglione, FE Hauser, BS Liao, NK Lujan, A Van Nynatten, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114 (28), 7385-7390, 2017 | 29 | 2017 |
| The role of ecological factors in shaping bat cone opsin evolution EA Gutierrez, RK Schott, MW Preston, LO Loureiro, BK Lim, BSW Chang Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 285 (1876), 20172835, 2018 | 27 | 2018 |
| Eye size and investment in frogs and toads correlate with adult habitat, activity pattern and breeding ecology KN Thomas, DJ Gower, RC Bell, MK Fujita, RK Schott, JW Streicher Proceedings of the Royal Society B 287 (1935), 20201393, 2020 | 24 | 2020 |
| Shifts in selective pressures on snake phototransduction genes associated with photoreceptor transmutation and dim-light ancestry RK Schott, A Van Nynatten, DC Card, TA Castoe, BSW Chang Molecular Biology and Evolution 35 (6), 1376-1389, 2018 | 24 | 2018 |
| Functional shifts in bat dim-light visual pigment are associated with differing echolocation abilities and reveal molecular adaptation to photic-limited environments EA Gutierrez, GM Castiglione, JM Morrow, RK Schott, LO Loureiro, ... Molecular Biology and Evolution 35 (10), 2422-2434, 2018 | 20 | 2018 |
| Convergent selection pressures drive the evolution of rhodopsin kinetics at high altitudes via nonparallel mechanisms GM Castiglione, RK Schott, FE Hauser, BSW Chang Evolution 72 (1), 170-186, 2018 | 20 | 2018 |
| Evolutionary signatures of photoreceptor transmutation in geckos reveal potential adaptation and convergence with snakes RK Schott, N Bhattacharyya, BSW Chang Evolution 73 (9), 1958-1971, 2019 | 18 | 2019 |
Belinda S W ChangProfessor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology & Cell and Systems Biology, University of TorontoVerified email at utoronto.ca
