Publications
Evolutionary relatedness does not predict competition and co-occurrence in natural or experimental communities of green algae. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 282:20141745.
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2015. Genome duplication and multiple evolutionary origins of complex migratory behavior in Salmonidae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 69:514-523. (814.25 KB)
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2013. 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. Symbiotic organs shaped by distinct modes of genome evolution in cephalopods. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. :201817322.
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2019. Ocular and Extraocular Expression of Opsins in the Rhopalium of Tripedalia cystophora (Cnidaria: Cubozoa)). Plos One. 9(6)
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2014. Cnidarians: Diversity and evolution of cnidarian visual systems. Distributed Vision: From Simple Sensors to Sophisticated Combination Eyes. :21–47.
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2023. Evolutionary history and the effect of biodiversity on plant productivity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105:17012.
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2008. Using phylogenetic, functional and trait diversity to understand patterns of plant community productivity. PLoS One. 4:e5695.
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2009. Phylogenetic diversity metrics for ecological communities: integrating species richness, abundance and evolutionary history. Ecology letters. 13:96–105.
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2010. Two new sympatric species of Eusarsiella (Ostracoda: Myodocopida: Sarsiellidae) from the Florida Keys with a morphological phylogeny of Sarsiellinae. Zootaxa. 3802:444–458.
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2014. Collecting and processing marine ostracods. Journal of Crustacean Biology. 37:347-352.
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2017. The ecoresponsive genome of Daphnia pulex. Science. 331:555.
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2011. Reconstructing ancestral character states: a critical reappraisal. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 13:361–366. (136.95 KB)
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1998. Phylogenetic analysis of Pacific salmon (genus Oncorhynchus) using nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 54:1865–1872.
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1997. Different phylogenomic methods support monophyly of enigmatic ‘Mesozoa’(Dicyemida+ Orthonectida, Lophotrochozoa). Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 289:20220683.
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2022. 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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2023. High Rates of Species Accumulation in Animals with Bioluminescent Courtship Displays. Current Biology. (1.33 MB)
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2016. The comb jelly opsins and the origins of animal phototransduction. Genome biology and evolution. 6:1964–1971.
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2013. Investigations on the G-protein involved in Cnidarian phototransduction. Marine Biology. MS:58. (830.99 KB)
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2011. Expression of Opsins of the Box Jellyfish Tripedalia cystophora Reveals the First Photopigment in Cnidarian Ocelli and Supports the Presence of Photoisomerases. Frontiers in Neuroanatomy. 16:916510.
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2022. Laboratory culture of the California Sea Firefly Vargula tsujii (Ostracoda: Cypridinidae): Developing a model system for the evolution of marine bioluminescence. Scientific Reports. 10:10443.
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2020. Myelin sheaths are formed with proteins that originated in vertebrate lineages. Neuron Glia Biology. 4:137–152.
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2008. 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. Collective synchrony of mating signals modulated by ecological cues and social signals in bioluminescent sea fireflies. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 290:20232311.
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