PUBLICATIONS
† Equal Contribution; * Undergrad Mentorship
Peer-Reviewed Publications
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de Oliveira-Dalland LG, Alencar LRV, Tambosi LR, Carrasco P, Rautsaw RM, Sigala-Rodriguez J, Scrocchi G, Martins M. Conservation gaps for Neotropical vipers: Mismatches between protected areas, species richness and evolutionary distinctiveness. Biological Conservation 275(109750). DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109750
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Holding ML, Trevine VC, Zinenko O, Strickland JL, Rautsaw RM, Mason AJ, Hogan MP, Parkinson CL, Grazziotin FG, Santana SE, Davis MA, Rokyta DR. Evolutionary allometry and ecological correlates of fang length evolution in vipers. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 289(1982). DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2022.1132
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Myers EA, Strickland JL, Rautsaw RM, Mason AJ, Schramer TD, Nystrom GS, Hogan MP, Yooseph S, Rokyta DR, Parkinson CL. 2022. De novo genome assembly highlights the role of lineage-specific duplications in the evolution of the venom in Fea’s Viper. Genome Biology and Evolution. DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evac082
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Schramer TD, Rautsaw RM, Bayona-Serrano JD, Nystrom GS, West TR, Ortiz-Medina JA, Sabido-Alpuche B, Meneses-Millán M, Borja M, Junqueira-de-Azevedo ILM, Rokyta DR, Parkinson CL. 2022. An integrative view of the toxic potential of Conophis lineatus (Dipsadidae: Xenodontinae), a medically relevant rear-fanged snake. Toxicon 205(15):38-52. DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2021.11.009
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Jenkins DG, Ohyama L, Lopez-Borghesi F, Hart JD, Bogata-Gregory JD, Rautsaw RM, Roldán VC, Guilfoyle K, Jarvis A, Loch J, Mercier KP, Myers O, Shaw R, Volk D, Bard AM. 2021. Biogeography and predictors of wildlife killed on roads at peninsular Florida State Parks. Ecology and Evolution. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.7743
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Holding ML, Strickland JL, Rautsaw RM, Hofmann EP, Mason AJ, Hogan MP, Nystrom GS, Ellsworth SA, Colston TJ, Borja M, Castañeda-Gaytán G, Grünwald CI, Jones JM, Freitas-de-Sousa L, Viala VL, Margres MJ, Grazziotin FG, Junqueira-de-Azevedo ILM, Moura-da-Silva AM, Hingst-Zaher E, Gibbs HL, Rokyta DR, Parkinson CL. 2021. Phylogenetically diverse diets favor more complex venoms in North American pitvipers. PNAS 118(17):e2015579118. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2015579118
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Margres MJ, Rautsaw RM, Strickland JL, Mason AJ, Schramer TD, Hofmann EP, Stiers E, Ellsworth SA, Nystrom GS, Hogan MP, Bartlett DA, Colston TJ, Gilbert DM, Rokyta DR, Parkinson CL. 2021. The Tiger Rattlesnake genome reveals a complex genotype underlying a simple venom phenotype. PNAS 118(4): e2014634118. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2014634118
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Rautsaw RM, Schramer TD, Acuña R, Arick LN, DiMeo M, Mercier KP, Schrum M, Mason AJ, Margres MJ, Strickland JL, Parkinson CL. 2021. Genomic adaptations to salinity resist gene flow in the evolution of Floridian watersnakes. Molecular Biology and Evolution 38(3): 745–760. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msaa266
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Bayona-Serrano JD, Viala VL, Rautsaw RM, Schramer TD, Barros G. Nishiyama Junior MY, Sousa L, Moura-da-Silva AM, Parkinson CL, Grazziotin FG, Junqueira-de-Azevedo ILM. 2020. Metalloproteinase replacement and parallel structural simplification maintain venom phenotypes in diverse groups of rear-fanged snakes. Molecular Biology and Evolution 37(12): 3563-3575. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msaa1920810
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Rautsaw RM, Hofmann EP, Margres MJ, Holding ML, Strickland JL, Mason AJ, Rokyta DR, Parkinson CL. 2019. Intraspecific sequence variation and gene expression contribute little to venom diversity in the Sidewinder Rattlesnake (Crotalus cerastes). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 286(1906). DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2019.0810
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Rautsaw RM†, Hofmann EP†, Strickland JL, Holding ML, Hogan MP, Mason AJ, Rokyta DR, Parkinson CL. 2018. Comparative venom-gland transcriptomics and venom proteomics of four Sidewinder Rattlesnake (Crotalus cerastes) lineages reveal little differential expression despite individual variation. Scientific Reports 8: 15534. DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-33943-5
* Undergrad Mentorship
Natural History
* Undergrad Mentorship
Other Publications
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Rautsaw RM. 2022. Phylogenomics of Vipers and the Role of Competition on Venom Evolution. PhD Dissertation. Clemson University.
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Rautsaw RM. 2017. The paths less traveled: Movement of Gopher Tortoises along roads and railways. MS Thesis, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL USA. Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 5705. http://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/5705