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