@article{fdi:010075720,
  title = {{E}volutionary history of burrowing asps ({L}amprophiidae : {A}tractaspidinae) with emphasis on fang evolution and prey selection},
  author = {{P}ortillo, {F}. and {S}tanley, {E}. {L}. and {B}ranch, {W}. {R}. and {C}onradie, {W}. and {R}oedel, {M}. {O}. and {P}enner, {J}. and {B}arej, {M}. {F}. and {K}usamba, {C}. and {M}uninga, {W}. {M}. and {A}ristote, {M}. {M}. and {B}auer, {A}. {M}. and {T}rape, {J}ean-{F}ran{\c{c}}ois and {N}agy, {Z}. {T}. and {C}arlino, {P}. and {P}auwels, {O}. {S}. {G}. and {M}enegon, {M}. and {I}neich, {I}. and {B}urger, {M}. and {Z}assi-{B}oulou, {A}. {G}. and {M}azuch, {T}. and {J}ackson, {K}. and {H}ughes, {D}. {F}. and {B}ehangana, {M}. and {G}reenbaum, {E}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{A}tractaspidines are poorly studied, fossorial snakes that are found throughout {A}frica and western {A}sia, including the {M}iddle {E}ast. {W}e employed concatenated gene-tree analyses and divergence dating approaches to investigate evolutionary relationships and biogeographic patterns of atractaspidines with a multi-locus data set consisting of three mitochondrial (16{S}, cyt b, and {ND}4) and two nuclear genes (c-mos and {RAG}1). {W}e sampled 91 individuals from both atractaspidine genera ({A}tractaspis and {H}omoroselaps). {A}dditionally, we used ancestral-state reconstructions to investigate fang and diet evolution within {A}tractaspidinae and its sister lineage ({A}parallactinae). {O}ur results indicated that current classification of atractaspidines underestimates diversity within the group. {D}iversification occurred predominantly between the {M}iocene and {P}liocene. {A}ncestral-state reconstructions suggest that snake dentition in these taxa might be highly plastic within relatively short periods of time to facilitate adaptations to dynamic foraging and life-history strategies.},
  keywords = {{OUGANDA} ; {BURUNDI} ; {CONGO} ; {AFRIQUE} {DU} {SUD} ; {MOZAMBIQUE} ; {AFRIQUE} {SUBSAHARIENNE} ; {MOYEN} {ORIENT} ; {REPUBLIQUE} {DEMOCRATIQUE} {DU} {CONGO}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{PL}o{S} {O}ne},
  volume = {14},
  numero = {4},
  pages = {e0214889 [32 ]},
  ISSN = {1932-6203},
  year = {2019},
  DOI = {10.1371/journal.pone.0214889},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010075720},
}