Research Publications
2025
 
      
    
    
      
      
      
        Gene expression correlates and mechanistic insights into electric organ discharge duration changes in mormyrid electric fish
      
      
      
  
        Journal of Experimental Biology
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        01 Jun 2025
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        doi:10.1242/jeb.249548
      
      
        
        
        
          
  
        
      
    2024
 
      
    
    
      
      
      
        A review of the reproductive biology of mormyroid fishes: An emerging model for biomedical research
      
      
      
  
        Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution
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        15 Feb 2024
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        doi:10.1002/jez.b.23242
      
      
        
        
        
          
  
        
      
     
      
    
    
      
      
      
        Timing and precision of rattlesnake spinal motoneurons are determined by the KV72/3 potassium channel
      
      
      
  
        Current Biology
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        01 Jan 2024
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        doi:10.1016/j.cub.2023.11.062
      
      
        
        
        
          
  
        
      
    2022
 
      
    
    
      
      
      
        Molecular evolution of the ependymin-related gene epdl2 in African weakly electric fish
      
      
      
  
        G3
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        19 Dec 2022
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        doi:10.1093/g3journal/jkac331
      
      
        
        
        
          
  
        
      
     
      
    
    
      
      
      
        Divergent cis-regulatory evolution underlies the convergent loss of sodium channel expression in electric fish
      
      
      
  
        Science Advances
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        03 Jun 2022
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        doi:10.1126/sciadv.abm2970
      
      
        
        
        
          
  
        
      
    2021
 
      
    
    
      
      
      
        Sperm competition, sexual selection and the diverse reproductive biology of Osteoglossiformes
      
      
      
  
        Journal of Fish Biology
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        24 May 2021
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        doi:10.1111/jfb.14779
      
      
        
        
        
          
  
        
      
    2020
 
      
    
    
      
      
      
        Genetic drift does not sufficiently explain patterns of electric signal variation among populations of the mormyrid electric fishParamormyrops kingsleyae
      
      
      
  
        Evolution
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        13 Apr 2020
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        doi:10.1111/evo.13953
      
      
        
        
        
          
  
        
      
     
      
    
    
      
      
      
        Studying convergent evolution to relate genotype to behavioral phenotype
      
      
      
  
        Journal of Experimental Biology
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        01 Feb 2020
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        doi:10.1242/jeb.213447
      
      
        
        
        
          
  
        
      
     
      
    
    
      
      
      
        The transcriptional correlates of divergent electric organ discharges in Paramormyrops electric fish
      
      
      
  
        BMC Evolutionary Biology
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        09 Jan 2020
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        doi:10.1186/s12862-019-1572-3
      
      
        
        
        
          
  
        
      
    2019
 
      
    
    
      
      
      
        Silencing the Spark: CRISPR/Cas9 Genome Editing in Weakly Electric Fish
      
      
      
  
        Journal of Visualized Experiments
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        27 Oct 2019
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        doi:10.3791/60253
      
      
        
        
        
          
  
        
      
     
      
    
    
      
      
      
        The Evolution and Development of Electric Organs
      
      
      
  
        Springer Handbook of Auditory Research
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        01 Jan 2019
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        doi:10.1007/978-3-030-29105-1_4
      
      
        
        
        
          
  
        
      
    2018
 
      
    
    
      
      
      
        Electrostatic Tuning of a Potassium Channel in Electric Fish
      
      
      
  
        Current Biology
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        01 Jul 2018
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        doi:10.1016/j.cub.2018.05.012
      
      
        
        
        
          
  
        
      
    
      
      
      
        Electrostatic Tuning of a Potassium Channel in Electric Fish
      
      
      
  
        Current Biology
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        01 Jul 2018
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        doi:10.1016/J.CUB.2018.05.012
      
      
        
        
        
      
    2017
 
      
    
    
      
      
      
        The Genome and Adult Somatic Transcriptome of the Mormyrid Electric Fish Paramormyrops kingsleyae
      
      
      
  
        Genome Biology and Evolution
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        01 Dec 2017
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        doi:10.1093/gbe/evx265
      
      
        
        
        
          
  
        
      
    2016
 
      
    
    
      
      
      
        Electric fish genomics: Progress, prospects, and new tools for neuroethology
      
      
      
  
        Journal of Physiology-Paris
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        01 Oct 2016
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        doi:10.1016/j.jphysparis.2016.10.003
      
      
        
        
        
          
  
        
      
    2015
 
      
    
    
      
      
      
        Unique patterns of transcript and miRNA expression in the South American strong voltage electric eel (Electrophorus electricus)
      
      
      
  
        BMC Genomics
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        26 Mar 2015
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        doi:10.1186/s12864-015-1288-8
      
      
        
        
        
          
  
        
      
    2014
 
      
    
    
      
      
      
        Ancient homology underlies adaptive mimetic diversity across butterflies
      
      
      
  
        Nature Communications
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        08 Sep 2014
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        doi:10.1038/ncomms5817
      
      
        
        
        
          
  
        
      
    
      
      
      
        Genomic basis for the convergent evolution of electric organs
      
      
      
  
        Science
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        27 Jun 2014
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        doi:10.1126/science.1254432
      
      
        
        
        
          
  
        
      
    2013
 
      
    
    
      
      
      
        Hybridization Reveals the Evolving Genomic Architecture of Speciation
      
      
      
  
        Cell Reports
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        01 Nov 2013
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        doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2013.09.042
      
      
        
        
        
          
  
        
      
     
      
    
    
      
      
      
        From Sequence to Spike to Spark: Evo-devo-neuroethology of Electric Communication in Mormyrid Fishes
      
      
      
  
        Journal of Neurogenetics
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        26 Jun 2013
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        doi:10.3109/01677063.2013.799670
      
      
        
        
        
          
  
        
      
    2012
 
      
    
    
      
      
      
        Differential expression of genes and proteins between electric organ and skeletal muscle in the mormyrid electric fishBrienomyrus brachyistius
      
      
      
  
        Journal of Experimental Biology
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        15 Jul 2012
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        doi:10.1242/jeb.063222
      
      
        
        
        
          
  
        
      
    2011
 
      
    
    
      
      
      
        Signal variation and its morphological correlates in Paramormyrops kingsleyae provide insight into the evolution of electrogenic signal diversity in mormyrid electric fish
      
      
      
  
        Journal of Comparative Physiology A
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        20 Apr 2011
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        doi:10.1007/s00359-011-0643-8
      
      
        
        
        
          
  
        
      
    