Oliver Griffith

Endometrial recognition of pregnancy occurs in the grey short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis domestica)

Oliver W Griffith, Arun R Chavan, Mihaela Pavlicev, Stella Protopapas, Ryan Callahan, Jamie Maziarz, Gunter P Wagner

Journal article  |  2019  |  Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Are there general laws for digit evolution in squamates? The loss and re-evolution of digits in a clade of fossorial lizards (Brachymeles, Scincinae)

Gunter P Wagner, Oliver W Griffith, Philip J Bergmann, Gaelle Bello-Hellegouarch, Tiana Kohlsdorf, Anjan Bhullars, Cameron D Siler

Journal article  |  2018  |  Journal of Morphology

The mammalian decidual cell evolved from a cellular stress response

Eric M Erkenbrack, Jamie D Maziarz, Oliver W Griffith, Cong Liang, Arun R Chavan, Mauris C Nnamani, Gunter P Wagner

Journal article  |  2018  |  PLOS Biology

Mechanisms of reproductive allocation as drivers of developmental plasticity in reptiles

James U Van Dyke, Oliver W Griffith

Journal article  |  2018  |  Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology

Candidate genes involved in the evolution of viviparity: a RAD sequencing experiment in the lizard Zootoca vivipara (Squamata: Lacertidae)

Luca Cornetti, Oliver W Griffith, Andrea Benazzo, Alex Panziera, Camilla M Whittington, Michael B Thompson, Cristiano Vernesi, Giorgio Bertorelle

Journal article  |  2018  |  Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

The mammalian decidual cell evolved from a cellular stress response

Eric Erkenbrack, Jamie Maziarz, Oliver Griffith, Cong Liang, Arun Chavan, Günter Wagner

Journal article  |  2018

Abstract Among animal species, cell types vary greatly in terms of number and kind. The broad range of number of cell types among ..

REPLY TO LIU: Inflammation before implantation both in evolution and development

Oliver W Griffith, Arun R Chavan, Stella Protopapas, Jamie Maziarz, Roberto Romero, Gunter P Wagner

Journal article  |  2018  |  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The inflammation paradox in the evolution of mammalian pregnancy: turning a foe into a friend

Arun Rajendra Chavan, Oliver William Griffith, Gunter Paul Wagner

Journal article  |  2017  |  Current Opinion in Genetics & Development

Embryo implantation evolved from an ancestral inflammatory attachment reaction

Oliver W Griffith, Arun R Chavan, Stella Protopapas, Jamie Maziarz, Roberto Romero, Gunter P Wagner

Journal article  |  2017  |  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

First Record of the Pseudogekko brevipes Complex from the Northern Philippines, with Description of a New Species

Cameron D Siler, Drew R Davis, Jessa L Watters, Elyse S Freitas, Oliver W Griffith, Jake Wilson B Binaday, Athena Heart T Lobos, Ace Kevin S Amarga, Rafe M Brown

Journal article  |  2017  |  Herpetologica

Comparative genomics of hormonal signaling in the chorioallantoic membrane of oviparous and viviparous amniotes

Oliver W Griffith, Matthew C Brandley, Camilla M Whittington, Katherine Belov, Michael B Thompson

Journal article  |  2017  |  General and Comparative Endocrinology

The placenta as a model for understanding the origin and evolution of vertebrate organs

Oliver W Griffith, Guenter P Wagner

Journal article  |  2017  |  Nature Ecology & Evolution

Reptile Pregnancy Is Underpinned by Complex Changes in Uterine Gene Expression: A Comparative Analysis of the Uterine Transcriptome in Viviparous and Oviparous Lizards

Oliver W Griffith, Matthew C Brandley, Katherine Belov, Michael B Thompson

Journal article  |  2016  |  Genome Biology and Evolution

Allelic expression of mammalian imprinted genes in a matrotrophic lizard, Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii

Oliver W Griffith, Matthew C Brandley, Katherine Belov, Michael B Thompson

Journal article  |  2016  |  Development Genes and Evolution

Seahorse Brood Pouch Transcriptome Reveals Common Genes Associated with Vertebrate Pregnancy

Camilla M Whittington, Oliver W Griffith, Weihong Qi, Michael B Thompson, Anthony B Wilson

Journal article  |  2015  |  Molecular Biology and Evolution

Ancestral state reconstructions require biological evidence to test evolutionary hypotheses: A case study examining the evolution of reproductive mode in squamate reptiles

Oliver W Griffith, Daniel G Blackburn, Matthew C Brandley, James U Van Dyke, Camilla M Whittington, Michael B Thompson

Journal article  |  2015  |  Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

High Food Abundance Permits the Evolution of Placentotrophy: Evidence from a Placental Lizard, Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii

James U Van Dyke, Oliver W Griffith, Michael B Thompson

Journal article  |  2014  |  The American Naturalist

Placental Lipoprotein Lipase (LPL) Gene Expression in a Placentotrophic Lizard, Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii

Oliver W Griffith, Beata Ujvari, Katherine Belov, Michael B Thompson

Journal article  |  2013  |  Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

No implantation in an extra-uterine pregnancy of a placentotrophic reptile

OW Griffith, JU Van Dyke, MB Thompson

Journal article  |  2013  |  Placenta

Interspecific and conspecific colony mergers in the dwarf honey bees Apis andreniformis and A. florea

S Wongvilas, S Deowanish, J Lim, VRD Xie, OW Griffith, BP Oldroyd

Journal article  |  2010  |  Insectes Sociaux