Zebrafish pigment pattern formation: insights into the development and evolution of adult form

LB Patterson, DM Parichy - Annual Review of Genetics, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Vertebrate pigment patterns are diverse and fascinating adult traits that allow animals to
recognize conspecifics, attract mates, and avoid predators. Pigment patterns in fish are …

Validity of **phophorus fish as models for human disease

M Schartl, Y Lu - Disease Models & Mechanisms, 2024 - journals.biologists.com
Platyfish and swordtails of the genus **phophorus provide a well-established model for
melanoma research and have become well known for this feature. Recently, modelling …

Natural hybridization reveals incompatible alleles that cause melanoma in swordtail fish

DL Powell, M García-Olazábal, M Keegan, P Reilly… - Science, 2020 - science.org
The establishment of reproductive barriers between populations can fuel the evolution of
new species. A genetic framework for this process posits that “incompatible” interactions …

Complex hybridization between deeply diverged fish species in a disturbed ecosystem

SM Banerjee, DL Powell, BM Moran… - …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Over the past two decades researchers have documented the extent of natural hybridization
between closely related species using genomic tools. Many species across the tree of life …

The biology of polymorphic melanic side-spotting patterns in poeciliid fishes

TC Zerulla, PK Stoddard - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Melanin-based color patterns are an emerging model for studying molecular and
evolutionary mechanisms driving phenotypic correlations. Extensive literature exists on color …

Environmental heterogeneity generates opposite gene-by-environment interactions for two fitness-related traits within a population

ZW Culumber, M Schumer, S Monks, M Tobler - Evolution, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Theory predicts that environmental heterogeneity offers a potential solution to the
maintenance of genetic variation within populations, but empirical evidence remains sparse …

Variation in the evolutionary integration of melanism with behavioral and physiological traits in **phophorus variatus

ZW Culumber - Evolutionary Ecology, 2016 - Springer
Vertebrate pigmentation is emerging as a powerful system for studying the evolution of
adaptive traits and the maintenance of genetic and phenotypic variation in natural …

Spatiotemporal environmental heterogeneity and the maintenance of the tailspot polymorphism in the variable platyfish (**phophorus variatus)

ZW Culumber, M Tobler - Evolution, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Genetic variation is critical for adaptive evolution. Despite its importance, there is still limited
evidence in support of some prominent theoretical models explaining the maintenance of …

[PDF][PDF] Aspek reproduksi ikan ekor pedang, **phophorus hellerii Heckel 1848 di Danau Tamblingan, Bali

INY Parawangsa, MF Rahardjo… - Jurnal Iktiologi …, 2020 - scholar.archive.org
Informasi eNobiologi iNan eNor pedang di Danau Tamblingan belum pernah ada.
Penelitian ini bertujuan mengungNap nisbah Nelamin, indeNs Nematangan gonad …

Does fin coloration signal social status in a dominance hierarchy of the livebearing fish **phophorus variatus?

ZW Culumber, S Monks - Behavioural processes, 2014 - Elsevier
In each population of the livebearing fish **phophorus variatus, only a small portion of the
adult males develop bright yellow-red (YR) coloration on the dorsal and caudal fins. Here …