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Before I got to know Dave Wake as a person, I got to know him from reading his papers while I was in college.
Here& #39;s a thread on 10 of my favorite papers of DBW& #39;s. All but the first were important to me in college when trying to figure out what I wanted to study for a PhD.
Here& #39;s a thread on 10 of my favorite papers of DBW& #39;s. All but the first were important to me in college when trying to figure out what I wanted to study for a PhD.
There& #39;s no shame in being a taxon-oriented biologist. They can ask very insightful questions because of their unique knowledge. DBW unabashedly championed salamanders.
Wake 2009 What salamanders have taught us about evolution https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.39.110707.173552">https://doi.org/10.1146/a...
Wake 2009 What salamanders have taught us about evolution https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.39.110707.173552">https://doi.org/10.1146/a...
Hanken flexing his developmental biology lab skills on a non-model organism!
Wake & Hanken 1996 Direct development in the lungless salamanders: what are the consequences for developmental biology, evolution and phylogenesis? http://www.ijdb.ehu.es/web/paper.php?doi=8877460">https://www.ijdb.ehu.es/web/paper...
Wake & Hanken 1996 Direct development in the lungless salamanders: what are the consequences for developmental biology, evolution and phylogenesis? http://www.ijdb.ehu.es/web/paper.php?doi=8877460">https://www.ijdb.ehu.es/web/paper...
This is one part of what I saw DBW talk about at EvMorph , and it& #39;s the paper that my grad school application focused on. Still would love to study it.
Parra-Olea & Wake 2001 Extreme morphological and ecological homoplasy in tropical salamanders https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.131203598">https://doi.org/10.1073/p...
Parra-Olea & Wake 2001 Extreme morphological and ecological homoplasy in tropical salamanders https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.131203598">https://doi.org/10.1073/p...
Such a cool combination of DBW& #39;s ideas on genome size and morphological diversity and evolution. Roth brain papers w/ DBW and MW are great!
Roth, Blanke, & Wake 1994 Cell size predicts morphological complexity in the brains of frogs and salamanders https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.91.11.4796">https://doi.org/10.1073/p...
Roth, Blanke, & Wake 1994 Cell size predicts morphological complexity in the brains of frogs and salamanders https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.91.11.4796">https://doi.org/10.1073/p...
Check out Fig 6 featuring a phylogeny "generated by electronic computer utilizing program developed by J. Felsenstein".
Is this the earliest cladistic analysis for amphibians?
Wake & Ăzeti 1969. Evolutionary relationships in the family Salamandridae https://doi.org/10.2307/1441702 ">https://doi.org/10.2307/1...
Is this the earliest cladistic analysis for amphibians?
Wake & Ăzeti 1969. Evolutionary relationships in the family Salamandridae https://doi.org/10.2307/1441702 ">https://doi.org/10.2307/1...
This remains one of my all-time favorites. Not a lot of papers out there featuring "Schmaulhausen& #39;s m".
@NeilShubin, Wake, and @CrawfordAJ 1995 Morphological variation in the limbs of Taricha granulosa (Caudata: Salamandridae) https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.1995.tb02323.x">https://doi.org/10.1111/j...
@NeilShubin, Wake, and @CrawfordAJ 1995 Morphological variation in the limbs of Taricha granulosa (Caudata: Salamandridae) https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.1995.tb02323.x">https://doi.org/10.1111/j...
IMO, this is the type of paper that only someone that knows and loves a taxon can write well. Love this one. I see a clear connection between this work and that of @JLosos.
Wake 1987 Adaptive radiation of salamanders in Middle American cloud forests https://doi.org/10.2307/2399397 ">https://doi.org/10.2307/2...
Wake 1987 Adaptive radiation of salamanders in Middle American cloud forests https://doi.org/10.2307/2399397 ">https://doi.org/10.2307/2...
This was the first reprint I was given, from Eric Lombard (my first bio prof in college and one of DBW& #39;s first students).
Lombard & Wake 1977 Tongue evolution in the lungless salamanders, family Plethodontidae. II. Function and evolutionary diversity https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.1051530104">https://doi.org/10.1002/j...
Lombard & Wake 1977 Tongue evolution in the lungless salamanders, family Plethodontidae. II. Function and evolutionary diversity https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.1051530104">https://doi.org/10.1002/j...
This paper has always stuck with me. As a paleo-focused undergrad, this helped me "cross over" to neontology.
Wake 1970 Aspects of vertebral evolution in the modern Amphibia https://www.researchgate.net/publication/285352091_Aspects_of_vertebral_evolution_in_the_modern_Amphibia">https://www.researchgate.net/publicati...
Wake 1970 Aspects of vertebral evolution in the modern Amphibia https://www.researchgate.net/publication/285352091_Aspects_of_vertebral_evolution_in_the_modern_Amphibia">https://www.researchgate.net/publicati...
Last but not least: what I& #39;m pretty sure is DBW& #39;s first paper.
Yes, before he ever published on a salamander, DBW published on African frogs. Go figure.
Wake & Kluge. 1961. The Machris Expedition to Tchad, Africa. Amphibians and Reptiles. #page/51/mode/1up">https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/214285 #page/51/mode/1up">https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/2142...
Yes, before he ever published on a salamander, DBW published on African frogs. Go figure.
Wake & Kluge. 1961. The Machris Expedition to Tchad, Africa. Amphibians and Reptiles. #page/51/mode/1up">https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/214285 #page/51/mode/1up">https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/2142...
I will miss communicating with DBW. We exchanged papers, talked about @AmphibiaWeb, argued about taxonomic changes, and he was always there to weigh in on ms that I sent.
In addition to many fond memories, I will always still love returning to his papers.
In addition to many fond memories, I will always still love returning to his papers.
