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Allan Larson is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their academic contributions focus on historical and evolutionary biology topics.

Among their recent works is the paper titled Evolution Since Darwin: Topics in the History of Evolutionary Biology, Primary Sources, 1858-1958, published in 2021. This work appeared in the Open Scholarship Institutional Repository at Washington University in St. Louis.

Larson's research collaborations include frequent coauthorship with Garland E. Allen.

The publication venues associated with Larson's work include:

  • Open Scholarship Institutional Repository (Washington University in St. Louis)

Coauthors frequently collaborating with Allan Larson include:

  • Garland E. Allen

Best Publications

  • Genetic variation increases during biological invasion by a Cuban lizard

    Jason J. Kolbe;Richard E. Glor;Lourdes Rodríguez Schettino;Ada Chamizo Lara

  • Contingency and Determinism in Replicated Adaptive Radiations of Island Lizards

    Jonathan B. Losos;Todd R. Jackman;Todd R. Jackman;Allan Larson;Allan Larson;Kevin de Queiroz;Kevin de Queiroz

  • Tempo and Mode of Evolutionary Radiation in Iguanian Lizards

    Luke J. Harmon;James A. Schulte;Allan Larson;Jonathan B. Losos

  • Two novel gene orders and the role of light-strand replication in rearrangement of the vertebrate mitochondrial genome.

    J R Macey;A Larson;N B Ananjeva;Z Fang

  • Molecular Phylogenetics of Squamata: The Position of Snakes, Amphisbaenians, and Dibamids, and the Root of the Squamate Tree

    Ted M. Townsend;Allan Larson;Edward Louis;J. Robert Macey

  • Niche lability in the evolution of a Caribbean lizard community

    Jonathan B. Losos;Manuel Leal;Manuel Leal;Richard E. Glor;Kevin de Queiroz

  • Evaluating trans-tethys migration: an example using acrodont lizard phylogenetics.

    J. Robert Macey;James A. Schulte;Allan Larson;Natalia B. Ananjeva

  • ADAPTATION REVIEWED: A PHYLOGENETIC METHODOLOGY FOR STUDYING CHARACTER MACROEVOLUTION

    David A. Baum;Allan Larson

  • Rapid lineage accumulation in a non-adaptive radiation: phylogenetic analysis of diversification rates in eastern North American woodland salamanders (Plethodontidae: Plethodon)

    Kenneth H Kozak;David W Weisrock;Allan Larson

  • Phylogenetic relationships in the iguanid lizard genus Liolaemus: multiple origins of viviparous reproduction and evidence for recurring Andean vicariance and dispersal

    James A. Schulte Ii;J. Robert Macey;Robert E. Espinoza;Allan Larson

  • The comparison of morphological and molecular data in phylogenetic systematics

    Allan Larson

  • DEVELOPMENTAL CORRELATES OF GENOME SIZE IN PLETHODONTID SALAMANDERS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR GENOME EVOLUTION.

    Stanley K. Sessions;Allan Larson

  • Evolutionary shifts in three major structural features of the mitochondrial genome among iguanian lizards.

    J. Robert Macey;Allan Larson;Natalia B. Ananjeva;Theodore J. Papenfuss

  • Phylogenetic Relationships and Tempo of Early Diversification in Anolis Lizards

    Todd R. Jackman;Allan Larson;Kevin De Queiroz;Jonathan B. Losos

  • Multidimensional analysis of an evolving lineage.

    David B. Wake;Allan Larson

  • Mainland colonization by island lizards

    Kirsten E. Nicholson;Richard E. Glor;Jason J. Kolbe;Allan Larson

  • Measuring Gene Flow among Populations Having High Levels of Genetic Fragmentation

    Allan Larson;David B. Wake;Kay P. Yanev

  • Phylogenetic relationships of toads in the Bufo bufo species group from the eastern escarpment of the Tibetan Plateau: a case of vicariance and dispersal.

    J.Robert Macey;James A Schulte;Allan Larson;Zhili Fang

  • Phylogenetic relationships among agamid lizards of the Laudakia caucasia species group : testing hypotheses of biogeographic fragmentation and an area cladogram for the Iranian Plateau

    J.Robert Macey;James A. Schulte;Natalia B. Ananjeva;Allan Larson

  • Molecular Phylogenetics, tRNA Evolution, and Historical Biogeography in Anguid Lizards and Related Taxonomic Families

    J.Robert Macey;James A. Schulte;Allan Larson;Boris S. Tuniyev

  • THE EVOLUTION OF FISH SPECIES FLOCKS

    Allan Larson

Frequent Co-Authors

Theodore J. Papenfuss
Theodore J. Papenfuss University of California, Berkeley
James A. Schulte
James A. Schulte Clarkson University
Jonathan B. Losos
Jonathan B. Losos Washington University in St. Louis
Richard E. Glor
Richard E. Glor University of Kansas
Kevin de Queiroz
Kevin de Queiroz National Museum of Natural History
Jane Melville
Jane Melville Museums Victoria
Jason J. Kolbe
Jason J. Kolbe University of Rhode Island
Luke J. Harmon
Luke J. Harmon University of Idaho
David B. Wake
David B. Wake University of California, Berkeley
Brian W. Bowen
Brian W. Bowen University of Hawaii at Manoa

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