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

Studying convergent evolution to relate genotype to behavioral phenotype

(2020) Jason R. Gallant et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Rapid evolution of a voltage-gated sodium channel gene in a lineage of electric fish leads to a persistent sodium current

(2018) Ammon Thompson et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Resolving Deep Nodes in an Ancient Radiation of Neotropical Fishes in the Presence of Conflicting Signals from Incomplete Lineage Sorting

(2018) Fernando Alda et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Mitogenomics of Central American weakly-electric fishes

(2018) Celestino Aguilar et al.   GENE

Insights into electrosensory organ development, physiology and evolution from a lateral line-enriched transcriptome

(2017) Melinda S Modrell et al.   eLife

Genome-wide interrogation advances resolution of recalcitrant groups in the tree of life

(2017) Dahiana Arcila et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Evidence for Non-neutral Evolution in a Sodium Channel Gene in African Weakly Electric Fish (Campylomormyrus, Mormyridae)

(2016) Christiane Paul et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION

The myogenic electric organ ofSternopygus macrurus: a non-contractile tissue with a skeletal muscle transcriptome

(2016) Matthew Pinch et al.   PeerJ

Voltage-Gated Na+ Channel Isoforms and Their mRNA Expression Levels and Protein Abundance in Three Electric Organs and the Skeletal Muscle of the Electric Eel Electrophorus electricus

(2016) Biyun Ching et al.   PLoS One

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

(2015) Lindsay L Traeger et al.   BMC GENOMICS

ZBTB42 mutation defines a novel lethal congenital contracture syndrome (LCCS6)

(2014) Nisha Patel et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

The shocking predatory strike of the electric eel

(2014) Kenneth Catania   SCIENCE

Genomic basis for the convergent evolution of electric organs

(2014) J. R. Gallant et al.   SCIENCE

Comparable Ages for the Independent Origins of Electrogenesis in African and South American Weakly Electric Fishes

(2012) Sébastien Lavoué et al.   PLoS One

Skeletal muscle Na+ channel disorders

(2011) Dina Simkin   Frontiers in Pharmacology

Sexual Signal Evolution Outpaces Ecological Divergence during Electric Fish Species Radiation

(2010) Matthew E. Arnegard et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Expansion of Voltage-dependent Na+ Channel Gene Family in Early Tetrapods Coincided with the Emergence of Terrestriality and Increased Brain Complexity

(2010) Harold H. Zakon et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Old gene duplication facilitates origin and diversification of an innovative communication system--twice

(2010) M. E. Arnegard et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Genetic dissection of neural circuits by Tol2 transposon-mediated Gal4 gene and enhancer trapping in zebrafish

(2008) K. Asakawa et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

MCAT Elements and the TEF-1 Family of Transcription Factors in Muscle Development and Disease

(2007) Tadashi Yoshida   ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY