The readings below are available either as a pdf that you can download, or as a master original that you can copy, or a handout, meaning that it will be photocopied for you and handed out for class. The handouts and master are in file folders on top of the file cabinet outside of Cannatella's office (PAT 657).

High priority means you will be lost if you don't read it; medium means that it's a good idea to read it; low means that if you read it, you are a serious student.
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  Lecture 1  
  Lecture 2  
  Lecture 3  
  Lecture 4  
  Lecture 5  
     
  Readings for Lecture 1  
Med Trueb, L., and R. Cloutier. 1991a. A phylogenetic investigation of the inter- and intrarelationships of the Lissamphibia (Amphibia: Temnospondyli). Pages 233-313 in Origins of the higher groups of tetrapods. (H.-P. Schultze, and L. Trueb, eds.). Cornell University Press, Ithaca. handout
High Trueb, L., and R. Cloutier. 1991b. Toward an understanding of the amphibians: two centuries of systematic history. Pages 175-193 in Origins of the higher groups of tetrapods: controversy and consensus (H.-P. Schultze, and L. Trueb, eds.). Cornell University Press, Ithaca. master
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Trueb, L. 1993. Patterns of cranial diversity among the Lissamphibia. Pp. 255-343 In J. Hanken and B. K. Hall (Eds.), The Skull. Vol. 2. Patterns of structural and systematic diversity. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago.

master
Low Milner, A. R. 1988. The relationships and origin of living amphibians. Pp. 59-102 In M. J. Benton (Eds.), The Phylogeny and Classification of the Tetrapods. 1. Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds. Oxford University Press, Oxford. master
High Laurin, M., and R. R. Reisz. 1997. A new perspective on tetrapod phylogeny. Pp. 9--59 In S. S. Sumida and K. L. M. Martin (Eds.), Amniote origins. Completing the transition to land. Academic Press, San Diego. handout
High Donoghue, M. J., J. A. Doyle, J. Gauthier, A. G. Kluge, and T. Rowe. 1989. The importance of fossils in phylogeny reconstruction. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 20:431-460. pdf
High de Queiroz, K., and J. Gauthier. 1992. Phylogenetic taxonomy. Ann. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 23:449-480. pdf
High Feller, A. E., and S. B. Hedges. 1998. Molecular evidence for the early history of living amphibians. Mol. Phyl. Evol. 9(3):509-516. pdf
High Carroll, R. 2000. The lissamphibian enigma. Pages 1270-1273 in Amphibian Biology. Volume 4. (H. Heatwole, and R. L. Carroll, eds.). Surrey Beatty & Sons, Chipping Norton. handout
High Chapter 3. Evolution of ancient and modern amphibians and reptiles. In Zug, Vitt and Caldwell. Herpetology. 2nd Ed. Academic Press master
Med Chapter 9 in Carroll, R. L. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H. Freeman and Co., New York. master
High Laurin, M. 1998. The importance of global parsimony and historical bias in understanding tetrapod evolution. Part I. Systematics, middle ear evolution and jaw suspension. Annales des Sciences Naturelles 1:1-42. pdf
Med Laurin, M. 1998. The importance of global parsimony and historical bias in understanding tetrapod evolution. Part II. Vertebral centrum, costal ventilation, and paedomorphosis. Annales des Sciences Naturelles 2:99-114. pdf
Med Laurin, M., M. Girondot, and A. de Ricqlès. 2000. Early tetrapod evolution. TREE 15:118-123. pdf
Low Coates, M. I., M. Ruta, and A. R. Milner. 2000. Early tetrapod evolution. TREE 15:327-328. pdf
Low Laurin, M., M. Girondot, and A. de Ricqlès. 2000. Reply from M. Laurin, M. Girondot, and A. de Ricqlès. TREE 15:328. pdf
  Website for the tetrapod node on the Tree of Life  
     
  Readings for Lecture 2  
High Chapter 17. Phylogeny. in Duellman, W. E., and L. Trueb. 1986. Biology of Amphibians. McGraw-Hill Book Co, NY. handout
High Chapter 17. Frogs. In Zug, Vitt and Caldwell. Herpetology. 2nd Ed. Academic Press handout
High Rocek, Z. 2000. Mesozoic anurans. Pages 1295-1331 in Amphibian Biology. Volume 4. (H. Heatwole, and R. L. Carroll, eds.). Surrey Beatty & Sons, Chipping Norton. handout
High Cannatella, D. C. 1999. Architecture. Cranial and axial musculoskeleton. Pages 52-91 in Tadpoles. The biology of anuran larvae (R. W. McDiarmid, and R. Altig, eds.). The University of Chicago Press, Chicago. [read mainly the beginning and the conclusion] handout
Med Kluge, A. G., and J. S. Farris. 1969. Quantitative phyletics and the evolution of anurans. Syst. Zool. 18:1-32. handout
Med Trueb, L. 1973. Bones, frogs, and evolution. Pp. 65-132 In J. L. Vial (Eds.), Evolutionary Biology of the Anurans: Contemporary Research on Major Problems. Univ. of Missouri Press, Columbia. handout
High Ford, L. S., and D. C. Cannatella. 1993. The major clades of frogs. Herpetol. Monographs 7:94-117. handout
High Ruvinsky, I., and L. Maxson. 1996. Phylogenetic relationships among bufonid frogs (Anura:Neobatrachia) inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Mol. Phyl. Evol. 5:533-547. handout
High Feller, A. E., and S. B. Hedges. 1998. Molecular evidence for the early history of living amphibians. Mol. Phyl. Evol. 9(3):509-516. see Lecture 1
Med Rocek, Z., and J.-C. Rage. 2000. Anatomical transformations in the transition from temnospondyl to proanuran stages. Pages 1274-1282 in Amphibian Biology. Volume 4. (H. Heatwole, and R. L. Carroll, eds.). Surrey Beatty & Sons, Chipping Norton. master
Med Rocek, Z., and J.-C. Rage. 2000. Proanuran stages (Triadobatrachus, Czatkobatrachus). Pages 1283-1294 in Amphibian Biology. Volume 4. (H. Heatwole, and R. L. Carroll, eds.). Surrey Beatty & Sons, Chipping Norton. master
     
     
  Readings for Lecture 3  
  Ford and Cannatella (1993) (read archaeobatrachian section) see Lecture 2
  Cannatella (1999) "
  Kluge and Farris (1969) "
  Chapter 17 in Duellman and Trueb (frog section) "
  Chapter 17 in Zug et al. "
     
  Readings for Lecture 5  
  Feller, A. E., and S. B. Hedges. 1998. Molecular evidence for the early history of living amphibians. Mol. Phyl. Evol. 9(3):509-516. see above
  Hay, J. M., I. Ruvinsky, S. B. Hedges, and L. R. Maxson. 1995. Phylogenetic relationships of amphibian families inferred from DNA sequences of mitochondrial 12S and 16S ribosomal RNA genes. Mol. Biol. Evol. 12:928-937. handout
  Ruvinsky, I., and L. Maxson. 1996. Phylogenetic relationships among bufonid frogs (Anura:Neobatrachia) inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Mol. Phyl. Evol. 5:533-547. handout