Publications
A morphological basis for path-dependent evolution of visual systems. Science. 383:983–987.
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2024. Multi-level convergence of complex traits and the evolution of bioluminescence. Biological Reviews. 96:673–691.
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2021. Myodocopa (Crustacea: Ostracoda) as models for evolutionary studies of light and vision: multiple origins of bioluminescence and extreme sexual dimorphism. Hydrobiologia. 538:179–192.
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2005. The new biology: beyond the Modern Synthesis. Biology direct. 2:30.
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2007. New insights into the evolutionary history of photoreceptor cells. Trends in ecology & evolution. 20:465–467.
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2005. Occurrence of Hemocyanin in Ostracod Crustaceans. Journal of Molecular Evolution. :1–9. (1.42 MB)
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2014. Ontogeny of sexual dimorphism via tissue duplication in an ostracod (Crustacea). Evolution & Development. 11:233–243.
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2009. Opening the “black box”: the genetic and biochemical basis of eye evolution. Evolution: Education and Outreach. 1:390–402. (342.38 KB)
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2008. Opsins in Limulus eyes: Characterization of three visible light-sensitive opsins unique to and co-expressed in median eye photoreceptors and a peropsin/RGR that is expressed in all eyes. The Journal of experimental biology. :jeb–116087.
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2014. The origins of novel protein interactions during animal opsin evolution. PLoS One. 2:e1054.
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2007. Phenotypic evolution shaped by current enzyme function in the bioluminescent courtship signals of sea fireflies. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 286:20182621.
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2019. Phylogenetic diversity metrics for ecological communities: integrating species richness, abundance and evolutionary history. Ecology letters. 13:96–105.
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2010. Phylogenetic position of Alternochelata lizardensis Kornicker, 1982 within Rutidermatidae (Ostracoda: Myodocopida), with an investigation into its green coloration. The Journal of Crustacean Biology. 39:559–566.
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2019. Phylogeny of salmonine fishes based on growth hormone introns: Atlantic (Salmo) and Pacific (Oncorhynchus) salmon are not sister taxa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 11:381–393.
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1999. Phylotranscriptomics to Bring the Understudied into the Fold: Monophyletic Ostracoda, Fossil Placement, and Pancrustacean Phylogeny. Molecular biology and evolution. 30:215–233. (1.19 MB)
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2013. Physical localization and characterization of the BglI element in the genomes of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) and brown trout (S. trutta L.). Gene. 194:9–18.
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1997. A post-synaptic scaffold at the origin of the animal kingdom. PLoS One. 2:e506.
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2007. Prolific origination of eyes in Cnidaria with co-option of non-visual opsins. Current Biology. 28:2413–2419. (2.06 MB)
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2018. Reconstructing ancestral character states: a critical reappraisal. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 13:361–366. (136.95 KB)
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1998. Reconstructing ancestral genome content based on symmetrical best alignments and Dollo parsimony. Bioinformatics. 24:606. (254.73 KB)
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2008. Repression and loss of gene expression outpaces activation and gain in recently duplicated fly genes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103:11637.
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2006. A review of Gene Sharing and Evolution: The Diversity of Protein Functions, by Joram Piatigorsky. Evolution & Development. 9:514–516.
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2007. Selection, drift, and constraint in cypridinid luciferases and the diversification of bioluminescent signals in sea fireflies. Molecular Ecology. 30:1864–1879.
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2021. Sequence, overproduction and purification of Vibrio proteolyticus ribosomal protein L 18 for in vitro and in vivo studies. Gene. 183:237–242.
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1996. Sexual signals persist over deep time: ancient co-option of bioluminescence for courtship displays in cypridinid ostracods. Systematic Biology. 72:264–274.
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