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Treer, D., Maex, M., Van Bocxlaer, I., Proost, P., & F. Bossuyt (2017). - Divergence of species-specific protein sex pheromone blends in two related, non-hybridising newts (Salamandridae).
Molecular Ecology 2017: 1-12.
Biju, S.D., Senevirathne, G., Garg, S., Mahony, S., Kamei, R.G., Thomas, A., Shouche, Y., Raxworthy, C.J., Meegaskumbura, M. & I. Van Bocxlaer, 2016 - Frankixalus, a new rhacophorid genus of tree hole breeding frogs with oophagous tadpoles. PLoS ONE 11 (1): e0145727. - pdf
Van Bocxlaer, I., Maex, M., Treer, D., Janssenswillen, S., Janssens, R., Vandebergh, W., Proost, P. & F. Bossuyt, 2016. - Beyond sodefrin: evidence for a multi-component pheromone system in the model newt Cynops pyrrhogaster (Salamandridae).
Scientific Reports, 6: 21880. - pdf
Maex, M., Van Bocxlaer, I., Mortier, A., Proost, P. & F. Bossuyt, 2016 - Courtship pheromone use in a model urodele, the Mexican Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum).
Scientific Reports, 6: 20184. - pdf
Janssenswillen, I., Willaert, B. Treer, D., Vandebergh, W., Bossuyt, F. & I. Van Bocxlaer, 2015 - High pheromone diversity in the male cheek gland of the red-spotted newt Nothophthalmus viridescens (Salamandridae).
BMC Evolutionary Biology, 15: 54.
Van Bocxlaer, I., Treer, D., Maex, M., Vandebergh, W., Janssenswillen, S., Stegen, G., Kok, P., Willaert, B., Matthijs, S., Martens, E., Mortier, A., de Greve, H., Proost, P. & F. Bossuyt, 2015 - Side-by-side secretion of late Palaeozoic diverged courtship pheromones in an aquatic salamander.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B London, 282: 20142960.
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Janssenswillen, S., Vandebergh, W., Treer, D., Willaert, B., Maex, M., Van Bocxlaer, I. & F. Bossuyt, 2015 - Origin and diversification of a salamander sex pheromone system.
Molecular Biology & Evolution 32 (2): 472-480.
Martel, A., Blooi, M., Adriaensen, C., Van Rooij, P., Beukema, W., Fisher, M.C., Farrer, R.A., Schmidt, B.R., Tobler, U., Goka, K., Lips, K.R., Muletz, C., Zamudio, K., Bosch, J., Lötters, S., Wombwell, E., Garner, T.W.J., Cunningham, A.A., Spitzen-van der Sluijs, A., Salvidio, S., Ducatelle, R., Nishikawa, K., Nguyen, T.T., Kolby, J.E., Van Bocxlaer, I., Bossuyt, F. & F. Pasmans, 2014 - Recent introduction of a chytrid fungus endangers Western Palearctic salamanders.
Science 346: 630 - 631.
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Willaert, B., Bossuyt, F., Janssenswillen, S., Adriaens, D., Baggerman, G., Matthijs, S., Pauwels, E., Proost, P., Raepsaet, A., Schoofs, L., Stegen, G., Treer, D., Van Hoorebeke, L., Vandebergh, W. & I. Van Bocxlaer, 2013 - Frog nuptial pads secrete mating season-specific proteins related to salamander pheromones.
The Journal of Experimental Biology 216, 4139-4143 - pdf
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Vandebergh, W., Maex, M., Bossuyt, F. & I. Van Bocxlaer, 2013 - Recurrent functional divergence of early tetrapod keratins in amphibian toe pads and mammalian hair.
Biology Letters 9: 20130051.
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Treer, D., Van Bocxlaer, I., Matthijs, S., Du Four, D., Janssenswillen, S., Willaert, B. & F. Bossuyt, 2013 - Love Is Blind: Indiscriminate Female Mating Responses to Male Courtship Pheromones in Newts (Salamandridae).
PLoS ONE, 8(2): e56538.
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Kok, P. J. R. , MacCulloch, R. D., Means, D. B., Roelants, K., Van Bocxlaer, I. & F. Bossuyt, 2012 - Low genetic diversity in tepui summit vertebrates.
Current Biology, 22 (15): R589-590. - pdf
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Van Bocxlaer, I., Biju, S.D., Willaert, B., Giri, V.B., Shouche, Y.S. & F. Bossuyt, 2012 - Mountain-associated clade endemism in an ancient frog family (Nyctibatrachidae) on the Indian subcontinent.
Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 62 (3): 839-847.
Kamei, R.G., San Mauro, D., Gower, D.J., Van Bocxlaer, I., Sherratt, E., Thomas, A., Babu, S., Bossuyt, F., Wilkinson M. & S.D. Biju, 2012. Discovery of a new family of amphibians from Northeast India with ancient links to Africa.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B London, 279 (1737): 2396-2401.
Biju, S.D., Van Bocxlaer, I., Mahony, S., Dinesh, K.P., Radhakrishnan, C., Zachariah, A., Giri, V. & F. Bossuyt, 2011 - A taxonomic review of the Night Frog genus Nyctibatrachus Boulenger, 1882 in the Western Ghats, India (Anura: Nyctibatrachidae) with description of twelve new species.
Zootaxa 3029: 1–96.
Van Bocxlaer, I., Loader, S.P., Roelants, K., Biju, S.D., Menegon, M. & F. Bossuyt, 2010 - Gradual adaptation toward a range-expansion phenotype initiated the global radiation of toads.
Science 327, 679-682.
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Biju, S.D., Van Bocxlaer, I., Giri, V.B., Loader, S.P. & F. Bossuyt, 2009 - Two new endemic genera and a new species of toad (Anura: Bufonidae) from the Western Ghats of India.
BMC Research Notes 2009, 2: 241. - Download
Van Bocxlaer, I., Biju, S.D., Loader, S.P., & F. Bossuyt, 2009 - Toad radiation reveals into-India dispersal as a source of endemism in the Western Ghats-Sri Lanka biodiversity hotspot.
BMC Evol Biol 2009, 9: 131. - Download
Biju, S.D., Van Bocxlaer, I., Giri, V.B., Roelants, K., Nagaraju, J. & F. Bossuyt, 2007 - A new nighfrog, Nyctibatrachus minimus sp. nov. (Anura: Nyctibatrachidae): The smallest frog from India.
Current Science 93 (6): 854-858. pdf
Van Bocxlaer, I., Roelants, K., Biju, S.D., Nagaraju, J. & F. Bossuyt, 2006 - Late Cretaceous Vicariance in Gondwanan Amphibians.
PLoS ONE 1 (1): e74. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000074