Electroreception, electrogenesis and electric signal evolution

WGR Crampton - Journal of Fish Biology, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Electroreception, the capacity to detect external underwater electric fields with specialised
receptors, is a phylogenetically widespread sensory modality in fishes and amphibians. In …

A systematist's guide to estimating Bayesian phylogenies from morphological data

AM Wright - Insect Systematics and Diversity, 2019‏ - academic.oup.com
Phylogenetic trees are crucial to many aspects of taxonomic and comparative biology. Many
researchers have adopted Bayesian methods to estimate their phylogenetic trees. In this …

Neural heterogeneity and efficient population codes for communication signals

G Marsat, L Maler - Journal of neurophysiology, 2010‏ - journals.physiology.org
Efficient sensory coding implies that populations of neurons should represent information-
rich aspects of a signal with little redundancy. Recent studies have shown that neural …

SIGNAL DESIGN AND PERCEPTION IN HYPOCNEMIS ANTBIRDS: EVIDENCE FOR CONVERGENT EVOLUTION VIA SOCIAL SELECTION

JA Tobias, N Seddon - Evolution, 2009‏ - academic.oup.com
Natural selection is known to produce convergent phenotypes through mimicry or ecological
adaptation. It has also been proposed that social selection—ie, selection exerted by social …

Electrocommunication signals in free swimming brown ghost knifefish, Apteronotus leptorhynchus

GJ Hupé, JE Lewis - Journal of Experimental Biology, 2008‏ - journals.biologists.com
Brown ghost knifefish, Apteronotus leptorhynchus, are a species of weakly electric fish that
produce a continuous electric organ discharge (EOD) that is used in navigation, prey …

Phylogeny, biogeography, and electric signal evolution of Neotropical knifefishes of the genus Gymnotus (Osteichthyes: Gymnotidae)

NR Lovejoy, K Lester, WGR Crampton… - Molecular phylogenetics …, 2010‏ - Elsevier
The Neotropical knifefish genus Gymnotus is the most broadly distributed and the most
diverse (34+ species) gymnotiform genus. Its wide range includes both Central and South …

Signaling aggression

MJ van Staaden, WA Searcy, RT Hanlon - Advances in genetics, 2011‏ - Elsevier
From psychological and sociological standpoints, aggression is regarded as intentional
behavior aimed at inflicting pain and manifested by hostility and attacking behaviors. In …

Tracking activity patterns of a multispecies community of gymnotiform weakly electric fish in their neotropical habitat without tagging

J Henninger, R Krahe, F Sinz… - Journal of Experimental …, 2020‏ - journals.biologists.com
Field studies on freely behaving animals commonly require tagging and often are focused
on single species. Weakly electric fish generate a species-and individual-specific electric …

Evolution and hormonal regulation of sex differences in the electrocommunication behavior of ghost knifefishes (Apteronotidae)

GT Smith - Journal of Experimental Biology, 2013‏ - journals.biologists.com
The ghost knifefishes (family Apteronotidae) are one of the most successful and diverse
families of electric fish. Like other weakly electric fish, apteronotids produce electric organ …

Evolution of androgen receptors contributes to species variation in androgenic regulation of communication signals in electric fishes

MR Proffitt, X Liu, EA Ortlund, GT Smith - Molecular and cellular …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Hormones and receptors coevolve to generate species diversity in hormone action. We
compared the structure and function of androgen receptors (ARs) across fishes, with a focus …