MSU Electric Fish Lab - Publications

A review of the reproductive biology of mormyroid fishes: An emerging model for biomedical research

Alyssa N. Saunders, Jason R. Gallant

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution · 15 Feb 2024

Reproduction

Timing and precision of rattlesnake spinal motoneurons are determined by the KV72/3 potassium channel

Maximilian S. Bothe, Tobias Kohl, Felix Felmy, Jason R Gallant, Boris P. Chagnaud

Current Biology · 28 Dec 2023

Transcriptome

Molecular evolution of the ependymin-related gene epdl2 in African weakly electric fish

Mauricio Losilla, Jason R Gallant

G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics · 19 Dec 2022

Signal Evolution Genome

Divergent cis-regulatory evolution underlies the convergent loss of sodium channel expression in electric fish

Sarah LaPotin, Mary E. Swartz, David M. Luecke, Savvas J. Constantinou, Jason R. Gallant, Johann K. Eberhart, Harold H. Zakon

Science Advances · 03 Jun 2022

Evo-Devo

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Sperm competition, sexual selection and the diverse reproductive biology of Osteoglossiformes

Lauren A. Koenig, Jason R. Gallant

Journal of Fish Biology · 24 May 2021

Reproduction

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Genetic drift does not sufficiently explain patterns of electric signal variation among populations of the mormyrid electric fish Paramormyrops kingsleyae

Sophie Picq, Joshua Sperling, Catherine J. Cheng, Bruce A. Carlson, Jason R. Gallant

Evolution · 13 Apr 2020

Signal Evolution

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Studying convergent evolution to relate genotype to behavioral phenotype

Jason R. Gallant, Lauren A. O'Connell

Journal of Experimental Biology · 01 Feb 2020

Review

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The transcriptional correlates of divergent electric organ discharges in Paramormyrops electric fish

Mauricio Losilla, David Michael Luecke, Jason R. Gallant

BMC Evolutionary Biology · 09 Jan 2020

Transcriptome Signal Evolution

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Silencing the Spark: CRISPR/Cas9 Genome Editing in Weakly Electric Fish

Savvas J. Constantinou, Linh Nguyen, Frank Kirschbaum, Vielka L. Salazar, Jason R. Gallant

Journal of Visualized Experiments · 27 Oct 2019

CRISPR Protocol

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The Evolution and Development of Electric Organs

Jason R. Gallant

Springer Handbook of Auditory Research · 01 Jan 2019

Evo-Devo

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Electrostatic Tuning of a Potassium Channel in Electric Fish

Immani Swapna, Alfredo Ghezzi, Julia M. York, Michael R. Markham, D. Brent Halling, Ying Lu, Jason R. Gallant, Harold H. Zakon

Current Biology · 01 Jul 2018

Signal Evolution

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The Genome and Adult Somatic Transcriptome of the Mormyrid Electric Fish Paramormyrops kingsleyae

Jason R Gallant, Mauricio Losilla, Chad Tomlinson, Wesley C Warren

Genome Biology and Evolution · 01 Dec 2017

Genome

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Electric fish genomics: Progress, prospects, and new tools for neuroethology

William R. Pitchers, Savvas J. Constantinou, Mauricio Losilla, Jason R. Gallant

Journal of Physiology-Paris · 01 Oct 2016

Review

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Unique patterns of transcript and miRNA expression in the South American strong voltage electric eel (Electrophorus electricus)

Lindsay L Traeger, Jeremy D Volkening, Howell Moffett, Jason R Gallant, Po-Hao Chen, Carl D Novina, George N Phillips, Rene Anand, Gregg B Wells, Matthew Pinch, Robert Güth, Graciela A Unguez, James S Albert, Harold Zakon, Michael R Sussman, Manoj P Samanta

BMC Genomics · 26 Mar 2015

Genome Transcriptome

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Ancient homology underlies adaptive mimetic diversity across butterflies

Jason R. Gallant, Vance E. Imhoff, Arnaud Martin, Wesley K. Savage, Nicola L. Chamberlain, Ben L. Pote, Chelsea Peterson, Gabriella E. Smith, Benjamin Evans, Robert D. Reed, Marcus R. Kronforst, Sean P. Mullen

Nature Communications · 08 Sep 2014

Transcriptome Genome

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Genomic basis for the convergent evolution of electric organs

Jason R. Gallant, Lindsay L. Traeger, Jeremy D. Volkening, Howell Moffett, Po-Hao Chen, Carl D. Novina, George N. Phillips, Rene Anand, Gregg B. Wells, Matthew Pinch, Robert Güth, Graciela A. Unguez, James S. Albert, Harold H. Zakon, Manoj P. Samanta, Michael R. Sussman

Science · 27 Jun 2014

Genome Transcriptome Evo-Devo

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