Papers
Luría-Manzano, R.; Pinheiro, P. ; Kohlsdorf, T. ; Haddad, C. ; Martins, M. Evolution of territoriality in Hylinae treefrogs: ecological and morphological correlates and lineage diversification. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, v. 00, p. 1-12, 2023. doi: 10.1111/jeb.14189.
Pereira AG; Grizante MB; Kohlsdorf T. What snakes and caecilians have in common? Molecular interaction units and the independent origins of similar morphotypes in Tetrapoda. Proceedings of the Royal Society B – Biological Sciences, 289: 20220841. 2022. doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.0841.
Rothier PS; Nouailhetas MS; Marroig G, Herrel A; Kohlsdorf T. Development and function explain the modular evolution of phalanges in gecko lizards. Proceedings of the Royal Society B – Biological Sciences, 289: 20212300. 2022. doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.2300.
Rossigalli-Costa N; Kohlsdorf T. Native lizards living in Brazilian cities: effects of developmental environments on thermal sensitivity and morpho-functional associations of locomotion. Frontiers in Physiology, 13: 891545. 2022. doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2022.891545.
Giacometti D; Bars-Closel M; Kohlsdorf T; Carvalho JE; Barros FC. Environmental temperature predicts resting metabolic rates in tropidurinae lizards. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A – Ecological and Integrative Physiology, 2022,377: 1039-1052. 2022. doi.org/10.1002/jez.2656.
Kohlsdorf T. Reversibility of digit loss revisited: Limb diversification in Bachia lizards (Gymnophthalmidae). Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B – Molecular and Developmental Evolution, Early View. 2021. doi.org/10.1002/jez.b.23024.
Rossigalli-Costa N; Barros FC; Cipriano AP; Prandini LP; Andrade TM; Rothier PS; Lofeur L; Brandt R; Kohlsdorf T. A guide to incubate eggs of Tropidurus lizards under laboratory conditions. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B – Molecular and Developmental Evolution, 336: 576-584. 2021. doi.org/10.1002/jez.b.23095.
Kohlsdorf T; Schneider I. Towards an evolutionary framework for animal regeneration. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B – Molecular and Developmental Evolution, SI: 87-88. 2021. doi.org/10.1002/jez.b.23034.
Lofeu L; Anelli V; Straker LC; Kohlsdorf T. Developmental plasticity reveals hidden fish phenotypes and enables morphospace diversification. Evolution, 75: 1170-1188. 2021. doi.org/10.1111/evo.14221.
Barros FC; Grizante MB; Zampieri FAM; Kohlsdorf T. Peculiar relationships among morphology, burrowing performance and sand type in two fossorial microteiid lizards. Zoolgy, 144: 125880. 2021. doi.org/10.1016/j.zool.2020.125880.
Anelli V; Kohlsdorf T. Convergência ou paralelismo: padrões fenotípicos e mecanismos adjacentes. Genética na Escola (online), 15: 118-127. 2020.
Lofeu L; Brandt R; Kohlsdorf T. Digit identity matters: origin and evolution of sexual dimorphism in the digit lengths of tropidurid lizards. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 131: 109-121. 2020. doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blaa088.
Bonini‐Campos B; Lofeu L; Brandt R; Kohlsdorf T. Different developmental environments reveal multitrait plastic responses in South American Anostomidae fish. Journal of Experimental Zoology B – Molecular and Developmental Evolution, 332(7): 238-244. 2019. doi.org/10.1002/jez.b.22905.
Rodrigues AV; Kohlsdorf T. Learning skills in Tropidurus lizards are associated with territory harshness. Journal of Zoology, 309: 1. 2019. doi.org/10.1111/jzo.12721.
Simon MN; Brandt R; Kohlsdorf T; Arnold SJ. Bite performance surfaces of three ecologically divergent Iguanidae lizards: relationships with lower jaw bones. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 124(4): 810–825. 2019. doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blz067.
Wagner GP; Griffith OW; Bergmann PJ; Bello-Hellegouarch G; Kohlsdorf T; Bhullar A Siler CD. Are there general laws for digit evolution in squamates? The loss and re-evolution of digits in a clade of fossorial lizards ( Brachymeles, Scincinae). Journal of Morphology, 279(8): 1104-1119. 2018. doi.org/10.1002/jmor.20834.
Bars-Closel M; Camacho A; Kohlsdorf T. Shifts in space and time: ecological transitions affect the evolution of resting metabolic rates in microteiid lizards. Journal of Experimental Biology, 221(14): jeb.175661-8. 2018. doi.org/10.1242/jeb.175661.
Rothier PS; Brandt R; Kohlsdorf T. Ecological associations of autopodial osteology in Neotropical geckos. Journal of Morphology, 278: 290-299. 2017. doi.org/10.1002/jmor.20635.
Bars-Closel M; Kohlsdorf T; Moen D; Wiens JJ. Diversification rates are more strongly related to microhabitat than climate in squamate reptiles (lizards and snakes). Evolution, 71(9): 2243-2261. 2017. doi.org/10.1111/evo.13305.
Lofeu L; Brandt R; Kohlsdorf T. Phenotypic integration mediated by hormones: associations among digit ratios, body size and testosterone during tadpole development. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 17: 175. 2017. doi.org/10.1186/s12862-017-1021-0.
Brandt R; Barros FC; Noronha C; Tulli MJ; Kohlsdorf T. Sexual differences in locomotor performance in lizards (Squamata: Tropiduridae) – body shape, size and limb musculature explain variation between males and females. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 118: 598-609. 2016. doi.org/10.1111/bij.12760.
Tulli MJ; Cruz F; Kohlsdorf T; Abdala V. When a general morphology allows many habitat uses. Integrative Zoology, 11(6):483-499. 2016. doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12193.
Barros FC; Carvalho JE; Abe AS; Kohlsdorf T. Beyond body size: muscle biochemistry and body shape explain ontogenetic variation of anti-predatory behaviour in the lizard Salvator merianae (Squamata: Teiidae). Journal of Experimental Biology, 219(11): 1649-1658. 2016. doi.org/10.1242/jeb.130740.
Herrel A; Lopez-Darias M; Vanhooydonck B; Cornette R; Kohlsdorf T; Brandt R. Do Adult Phenotypes Reflect Selection on Juvenile Performance? A Comparative Study on Performance and Morphology in Lizards. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 56(3): 469-478. 2016. doi.org/10.1093/icb/icw010.
Nery MF; Borges B; Dragalzew AC; Kohlsdorf T. Selection on different genes with equivalent functions: the convergence story told by Hox genes along the evolution of aquatic mammalian lineages. BMC Evolutionary Biology (Online), 16: 113. 2016. doi.org/10.1186%2Fs12862-016-0682-4.
Oliveira TB; Brando FR; Kohlsdorf T; Caldeira AMA. Eco-Evo-Devo: uma (re)leitura sobre o papel do ambiente no contexto das Ciências Biológicas. Filosofia e História da Biologia, 11(2): 323-346. 2016.
Camacho A; Recoder R; Teixeira M; Kohlsdorf T; Rodrigues MT; Lee MSY. Overcoming phylogenetic and geographic uncertainties to test for correlates of range size evolution in gymnophthalmid lizards. Ecography, 40: 764-773. 2016. doi.org/10.1111/ecog.02282.
Lambertz M; Grommes K; Kohlsdorf T; Perry S. F. Lungs of the first amniotes: why simple if they can be complex?. Biology Letters (Print), 11(1): 20140848-20140848. 2015. doi.org/10.1098%2Frsbl.2014.0848.
Lofeu L; Kohlsdorf, T. Mais que seleção: o papel do ambiente na origem e evolução da diversidade fenotípica. Genética na Escola, 10(1): 10-19. 2015.
Brandt R; Galvani F; Kohlsdorf T. Sprint performance of a generalist lizard running on different substrates: grip matters. Journal of Zoology, 297(1): 15-21. 2015. doi.org/10.1111/jzo.12253.
Singarete ME ; Grizante, M ; Milograna, SR ; Nery, M. F. ; Kin, K. ; Wagner, G. ; Kohlsdorf, T. . Molecular evolution of HoxA13 and the multiple origins of limbless morphologies in amphibians and reptiles. Genetics and Molecular Biology (online version), 38(3): 255-262. 2015. doi.org/10.1590/S1415-475738320150039.
Abdala Virginia; Grizante Mariana, B; Diogo Rui; Molnar Julia; Kohlsdorf Tiana . Musculoskeletal anatomical changes that accompany limb reduction in lizards. Journal of Morphology (Print), 276: 1290-1310. 2015. doi.org/10.1002/jmor.20419.
Pereira Anieli G.; Abdala Virginia; Kohlsdorf Tiana. Function and position determine relative proportions of different fiber types in limb muscles of the lizard Tropidurus psammonastes. Zoology (Jena),118(1): 27-33. 2014. doi.org/10.1016/j.zool.2014.09.001.
Kohlsdorf T; Navas CA. Evolution of form and function: morphophysiological relationships and locomotor performance in tropidurine lizards. Journal of Zoology, 288(1): 41-49. 2012. doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2012.00918.x.
Grizante MB; Brandt R; Kohlsdorf T. Evolution of Body Elongation in Gymnophthalmid Lizards: Relationships with Climate. Plos One, 7(11): e49772, 2012. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049772.
Lambertz M; Kohlsdorf T; Perry SF; Ávila RW; Silva Reinaldo Jose da. First assessment of the endoparasitic nematode fauna of four psammophilous species of Tropiduridae (Squamata: Iguania) endemic to north-eastern Brazil. Acta Herpetologica, 7(2): 315-323. 2012. doi.org/10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-11067.
Barros FC; Herrel A; Kohlsdorf T. Head shape evolution in Gymnophthalmidae: does habitat use constrain the evolution of cranial design in fossorial lizards?. Journal of Evolutionary Biology (Printed ed.), 24(11): 2423-2433. 2011. doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02372.x.
Gomes Camilla M; Kohlsdorf Tiana. Evolution of Sexual Dimorphism in the Digit Ratio 2D:4D – Relationships with Body Size and Microhabitat Use in Iguanian Lizards. Plos One, 6(12): e28465. 2011. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0028465.
Barros FC; Carvalho José Eduardo de; Abe A S; Kohlsdorf T. Fight versus flight: the interaction of temperature and body size determines anti-predator behaviour in tegu lizards. Animal Behaviour, 79(1): 83-88. 2010. doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.10.006.
Grizante M B; Navas, C A; Garland JR T; Kohlsdorf T. Morphological evolution in Tropidurinae lizards: an integrated view along a continuum of ecological settings. Journal of Evolutionary Biology (Printed ed.), 23(1): 98-111. 2010. doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01868.x.
Kohlsdorf Tiana; Lynch Vincent J; Rodrigues Miguel T; Brandley Matthew C; Wagner Günter P. Data and data interpretation in the study of limb evolution: a reply to Galis et al. on the reevolution of digits in the lizard genus Bachia. Evolution (Lancaster, PA.), 64(8): 2477-2485. 2010. doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.01042.x.
Young RL ; Caputo V; Giovanotti M; Kohlsdorf T; Vargas A O; May G; Wagner G. Evolution of digit identity in the three-toed Italian skink Chalcides chalcides: a new case of Digit Identity Frame Shift. Evolution & Development, 11(6): 647-658. 2009. doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-142x.2009.00372.x.
Kohlsdorf T; Grizante M B; Navas Carlos A; Herrel A. Head shape evolution in Tropidurinae lizards: does locomotion constrain diet?. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 21(3): 781-790. 2008. doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01516.x.
Kohlsdorf T; Cummings, Michael P; Lynch Vincent J; Stopper Geffrey F; Takahashi Kazuhiko; Wagner Günter P. A Molecular Footprint of Limb Loss: Sequence Variation of the Autopodial Identity Gene Hoxa-13. Journal of Molecular Evolution, 67(6): 581-593. 2008. doi.org/10.1007/s00239-008-9156-7.
Vargas A O; Kohlsdorf T; Fallon J F; Vandenbrooks J; Wagner G. The Evolution of HoxD-11 Expression in the Bird Wing: Insights from Alligator mississippiensis. Plos One, 3(10): e3325-1-e3325-7. 2008. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003325.
Kohlsdorf T; Navas C A . Evolution of jumping capacity in Tropidurinae lizards: does habitat complexity influence obstacle-crossing ability?. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 91(3): 393-402. 2007. doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00804.x.
Kohlsdorf T; Biewener A. Negotiating obstacles: running kinematics of the lizard Sceloporus malachiticus. Journal of Zoology, London, Inglaterra, 270(2): 359-371. 2006. doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.2006.00150.x.
Kohlsdorf T; Wagner G. Evidence for the reversibility of digit loss: a phylogenetic study of limb evolution in Bachia (Gymnophthalmidae, Squamata). Evolution (Lancaster), 60(9): 1896-1912. 2006. doi.org/10.1111/j.0014-3820.2006.tb00533.x.
Kohlsdorf T; Navas C A . Ecological constraints on the evolutionary association between field and preferred temperatures in Tropidurinae lizards. Evolutionary Ecology, 20(6): 599-564. 2006. doi.org/10.1007/s10682-006-9116-x.
Kohlsdorf T.; Ribeiro J M; Navas C A . Territory quality and male dominance in Tropidurus torquatus (Squamata, Tropiduridae). Phyllomedusa, 5(2): 109-118. 2006. doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v5i2p109-118.
James R S; Wilson R S; Carvalho J e ; Kohlsdorf T; Gomes Fernando R; Navas C A . Inter-individual differences in leg muscle mass and pyruvate kinase activity correlate with inter-individual differences in jumping performance of Hyla multilineata. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 78(5): 857-867. 2005. doi.org/10.1086/432149.
James R S; Kohlsdorf T; Cox V M ; Navas C A . 70 mM caffeine treatment enhances in vitro force and power output during cyclic activities in mouse extensor digitorum longus muscle. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 95(1): 74-82. 2005. doi.org/10.1007/s00421-005-1396-2.
Kohlsdorf T; James R; Carvalho José Eduardo de; Wilson R S; Silva MDP; Navas C A . Locomotor performance of closely related Tropidurus species: relationships with physiological parameters and ecological divergence. Journal of Experimental Biology, Inglaterra, 207(7): 1183-1192. 2004. doi.org/10.1242/jeb.00870.
Navas Carlos A; Antoniazzi M M; Carvalho J e; Berlink J G Chaui ; James R S; Jared C; Kohlsdorf T; Silva M D P; Wilson R S. Morphological and physiological specialization for digging in amphisbaenians, an ancient lineage of fossorial vertebrates. Journal of Experimental Biology, Inglaterra, 207(14): 2433-2441. 2004. doi.org/10.1242/jeb.01041.
Wilson R S; James R S; Kohlsdorf T; Cox V M. Interindividual variation of isolated muscle performance and fibre-type composition in the toad Bufo viridus. Journal of Comparative Physiology. B, Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology, Estados Unidos, 174(6): 453-459. 2004. doi.org/10.1007/s00360-004-0431-7.
Gomes Fernando R; Kohlsdorf T; Navas Carlos A. Death-feigning in Eurolophosaurus divaricatus: Temperature and habituation effects. Amphibia-Reptilia, 25(3): 321-325. 2004.
Silva Reinaldo Jose da ; Kohlsdorf T. Tropidurus hispidus Spix 1825 (Sauria, Tropiduridae): novo hospedeiro para Oswaldofilaria petersi Bain & Sulahian 1974 (Nematoda, Onchocercidae). Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Brasil, 55(3): 377-379. 2003. doi.org/10.1590/S0102-09352003000300022.
Kohlsdorf T; Garland JR T; Navas Carlos A. Limb and Tail Lengths in Relation to Substrate Usage in Tropidurus Lizards. Journal of Morphology, 248(2): 151-164. 2001. doi.org/10.1002/jmor.1026.
Letters & Perspectives
Bockmann FA, Rodrigues MT, Kohlsdorf T, Straker LC, Grant T, de Pinna MCC, Mantelatto FLM, Datovo A, Pombal JP, McNamara JC, Almeida EAB, Klein W, Hsiou AS, Groppo M, Castro RMC, Amorim DS, 2018. Brazil’s government attacks biodiversity. Science 360:865.1-865. doi.org/10.1126/Science.aat7540.
Fonseca RN, Kohlsdorf T, Schneider I, 2015. A joint effort of the Brazilian Evo-Devo community. Genetics and Molecular Biology (online version) 38:231-232. doi.org/10.1590/S1415-475738320140001.
Closel MB, Kohlsdorf T, 2012. Mudanças climáticas e fossorialidade: implicações para a herpetofauna subterrânea. Revista da Biologia. 8:19-24. doi.org/10.7594/revbio.08.04.
Bockmann FA, Almeida EAB, Castro, RMC, Garófalo CA, Groppo M, Hsiou AS, Kohlsdorf T, Langer MC, Mantelatto FLM, 2011. Fund Biodiversity Collections. Nature 472:295. doi.org/10.1038/472295d.
Grizante MB, Kohlsdorf T, 2008. Como formas tão diversas evoluem na natureza? A biologia do desenvolvimento e a evolução da diversidade. C Revista Fecunda.
Scientific dissemination
“De galho em galho”. Maria Guimarães. Interview to Revista Pesquisa FAPESP. Ed 141, nov 2007.
“Energia solar”. Maria Guimarães. Interview to Revista Pesquisa FAPESP. Ed 168, feb 2010.
“Estabelecendo uma Evo-Devo Verde-Amarela”. H Marques-Souza, I Schneider, RN Fonseca, T Kohlsdorf. Ciência Hoje, may 2012.