Dr. Darrin HulseyDepartment of Biology
Building M, Room M808 University of Konstanz Universitätsstr. 10 78457 Konstanz Tel: +49 (0) 7531 885470 Fax: +49 (0) 7531 883018 CV IMPRS website |
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I study the evolution of complex morphological phenotypes. Although I have worked on a large number of aquatic organisms and phenotypes ranging from pectoral fin swimming in African Lake Malawi cichlids to anti-predator defenses in Central American snails, my research is largely concentrated on the feeding apparatus of fish. The jaws of fishes offer an ideal organismal phenotype for examining the forces that structure functional adaptation in a complex system. In contrast to humans that only have a few joints and muscles that readily move while we feed, fish generally have over 30 muscle and skeletal elements that move in a coordinated fashion when they capture and breakdown a prey item.
By studying the mechanistic basis of fish feeding specialization, my research program is also able to circumvent the lack of replication that often plagues evolutionary studies of ecologically important historical phenomena. Determining why a particular species of fish might be specialized to eat snails or other fish is particularly difficult if it happened only once. However, because there are over 25,000 species of fish, particular feeding habits have often evolved repeatedly. Within the cichlid fishes for example, a huge number of historically independent and convergent trophic phenotypes have arisen through modifications of conserved musculoskeletal elements that comprise their highly kinetic skull. This replicated evolutionary framework within a single fish group provides the power to address broad questions concerning the mechanisms underlying the evolution of ecological novelty.
In both the field and in the lab, I have been involved with studies to determine performance capabilities in live organisms to test if phenotypes one can model as simple machines like levers or force-resisting structures exhibit mechanical tradeoffs in vivo. This approach allows the examination of the functional consequences of both predatory abilities and anti-predatory defenses to quantitatively elucidate the mechanistic properties of adaptations in predator-prey interactions. My work also integrates phylogenetic reconstruction and population genetics to provide evolutionary maps for understanding when and how traits arise. These evolutionary studies that lie at the interface of micro- and macroevolution provide a means to place phenotypic novelties that arise plastically and/or have a genetic basis within a comparative framework.
Currently, I am working to incorporate genomic tools such as gene expression and quantitative genetics into microevolutionary analyses of fish feeding. These exciting new techniques and technologies will allow us to ultimately understand what the developmental genetic changes are that occur within populations to produce functional novelties.
By studying the mechanistic basis of fish feeding specialization, my research program is also able to circumvent the lack of replication that often plagues evolutionary studies of ecologically important historical phenomena. Determining why a particular species of fish might be specialized to eat snails or other fish is particularly difficult if it happened only once. However, because there are over 25,000 species of fish, particular feeding habits have often evolved repeatedly. Within the cichlid fishes for example, a huge number of historically independent and convergent trophic phenotypes have arisen through modifications of conserved musculoskeletal elements that comprise their highly kinetic skull. This replicated evolutionary framework within a single fish group provides the power to address broad questions concerning the mechanisms underlying the evolution of ecological novelty.
In both the field and in the lab, I have been involved with studies to determine performance capabilities in live organisms to test if phenotypes one can model as simple machines like levers or force-resisting structures exhibit mechanical tradeoffs in vivo. This approach allows the examination of the functional consequences of both predatory abilities and anti-predatory defenses to quantitatively elucidate the mechanistic properties of adaptations in predator-prey interactions. My work also integrates phylogenetic reconstruction and population genetics to provide evolutionary maps for understanding when and how traits arise. These evolutionary studies that lie at the interface of micro- and macroevolution provide a means to place phenotypic novelties that arise plastically and/or have a genetic basis within a comparative framework.
Currently, I am working to incorporate genomic tools such as gene expression and quantitative genetics into microevolutionary analyses of fish feeding. These exciting new techniques and technologies will allow us to ultimately understand what the developmental genetic changes are that occur within populations to produce functional novelties.
Publications
67. Kautt, A.F., C.F. Kratochwil, A. Nater, G. Machado-Schiaffino, M. Olave, F. Henning, J. Torres-Dowdall, A. Härer, C.D. Hulsey, P. Franchini, M. Pippel, G. Myers, and A. Meyer. 2020. Contrasting signatures of genomic divergence in rapidly speciating crater lake cichlid fishes. Nature (in press).
66. Karagic, N., R.F. Schneider, A. Meyer, and C.D. Hulsey. 2020. A genomic cluster with novel and conserved genes is associated with cichlid dental developmental convergence. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 37: 3165–3174. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msaa153
65. Hulsey, C.D., Meyer, A., and J.T. Streelman. 2020. Convergent evolution of cichlid fish pharyngeal jaw dentitions in mollusk-crushing predators: comparative x-ray computed tomography of tooth sizes, numbers, and replacement. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 60: 656-664.
64. Karagic, N., Meyer, A., and C.D. Hulsey. 2020. Phenotypic plasticity in vertebrate dentitions. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 60: 608-618.
63. Gorman, C.E. and C.D Hulsey. 2020. Non-trophic functional ecology of vertebrate teeth: a review. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 60: 665-675..
62. Hulsey, C.D., Cohen, K.E., Johanson, Z., Karagic, N., Meyer, A., Miller, C.T., Sadier, A., Summers, A.P., and G.J. Fraser. 2020. Grand challenges in comparative tooth biology. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 60: 563-580.
61. Fraser, G.J. and C.D Hulsey. 2020. Biology at the cusp: teeth as a model phenotype for integrating developmental genomics, biomechanics, and ecology. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 60: 559-562.
60. Franchini, P., P. Xiong, C. Fruciano, R.F. Schneider, J.M. Woltering, C.D. Hulsey, and A. Meyer. 2019. MicroRNA gene regulation in the extremely young and parallel adaptive radiations of Nicaraguan crater lake cichlid fish. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 36: 2498-2511.
59. Xiong, P., R.F. Schneider, C.D. Hulsey, A. Meyer, and P. Franchini. 2019. Conservation and novelty in the microRNA genomic landscape of “hyper-diverse” cichlid fishes. Scientific Reports. 9: 13848.
58. Hulsey, C.D., M.E. Alfaro, J. Zheng, A. Meyer, and R. Holzman. 2019. Pleiotropic jaw morphology links the evolution of mechanical modularity and functional feeding convergence in Lake Malawi cichlids. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B. 286: 20182358.
57. Bell, K., C. Nice, and C.D. Hulsey. 2019. Population genomic evidence reveals subtle patterns of differentiation in the trophically polymorphic Cuatro Ciénegas Cichlid, Herichthys minckleyi. Journal of Heredity. 110: 361-369..
56. Hulsey, C.D., J. Zheng, R. Holzman, M.E. Alfaro, M. Olave, and A. Meyer. 2018. Phylogenomics of a putatively convergent novelty: Did hypertrophied lips evolve once or repeatedly in Lake Malawi cichlid fishes? BMC Evolutionary Biology. 18: 179.
55. Hulsey, C.D., R. Holzman, and A. Meyer. 2018. Dissecting a potential spandrel of adaptive radiation: Body depth and pectoral fin ecomorphology coevolve in Lake Malawi cichlid fishes. Ecology and Evolution. 8: 11945-11953.
54. Kratochwil, C.F. Y. Liang, J. Gerwin, J.M. Woltering, S. Urban, F. Henning, G. Machado-Schiaffino, C.D. Hulsey, and A. Meyer. 2018. Agouti-related peptide 2 facilitates convergent evolution of stripe patterns across cichlid fish radiations. Science. 362: 457-460.
53. Xiong, P., C.D. Hulsey, A. Meyer, and P. Franchini. 2018. Evolutionary divergence of 3’ UTRs in cichlid fishes. BMC Genomics. 19: 433.
52. Hulsey, C.D., G. Machado-Schiaffino, L. Keicher, D. Ellis-Soto, F. Henning, and A. Meyer. 2017. The integrated genomic architecture and evolution of dental divergence in East African cichlid fishes (Haplochromis chilotes x H. nyererei). G3: Genes, Genomes, and Genetics. 7: 3195-3202.
51. Hulsey, C.D., J. Zheng, B.C. Faircloth, A. Meyer, and M.E. Alfaro. 2017. Phylogenomic analysis of Lake Malawi cichlid fishes: further evidence that the three-stage model of diversification does not fit. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 114: 40-48.
50. Holzman, R. and C.D. Hulsey. 2017. Mechanical transgressive segregation and the rapid origin of trophic novelty. Scientific Reports. 7: 40306.
49. Hulsey, C.D., G.F. Fraser, and A. Meyer. 2016. Biting into the genome to phenome map: developmental genetic modularity of cichlid fish dentitions. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 56: 373-388.
48. Hulsey, C.D., K. Bell, F.J. García de Leon, C. Nice, and A. Meyer. 2016. Do relaxed selection and habitat temperature facilitate biased mitogenomic introgression in a narrowly endemic fish? Ecology and Evolution. 6: 3684-3698.
47. Mcgee., M.D., B.C. Fair-Cloth, S.R. Borstein, J. Zheng, C.D. Hulsey, P.C. Wainwright, and M.E. Alfaro. 2016. Replicated divergence in cichlid radiations mirrors a major vertebrate innovation. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B. 283: 20151413.
46. Hulsey, C.D., F.J. García de Leon, and A. Meyer. 2015. Sexual dimorphism in a trophically polymorphic fish? Journal of Morphology. 276: 1448-1454.
45. Higham, T.E., A. Birn-Jeffery, C.E. Collins, C.D. Hulsey, and A.P. Russell. 2015. Adaptive simplification and the evolution of gecko locomotion: Morphological and biomechanical consequences of losing adhesion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 112: 809-814.
44. York, R.A., C. Patil, C.D. Hulsey, J.T. Streelman, and R.D. Fernald. 2015. Evolution of bower building in Lake Malawi cichlid fish: phylogeny, morphology, and behavior. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 3: 18.
43. Rupp, M.F. and C.D. Hulsey. 2014. Influence of substrate orientation on feeding kinematics and performance of algae grazing Lake Malawi cichlid fishes. Journal of Experimental Biology. 217: 3057-3066.
42. Coghill, L.M., C.D. Hulsey, J. Chaves-Campos, F.J. García de Leon, and S.G. Johnson. 2014. Next generation phylogeography of cave and surface Astyanax mexicanus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 79: 368-374.
41. Keck, B.P. and C.D. Hulsey. 2014. Continental monophyly of cichlid fishes and the phylogenetic position of Heterochromis multidens. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 73: 53-59.
40. Hollingsworth, P.R. Jr., A.M. Simons, J.A. Fordyce, and C.D. Hulsey. 2013. Explosive diversification following a benthic to pelagic shift in freshwater fishes. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 13: 272.
39. Douglas, M., B.P. Keck, C. Ruble, M. Petty, J.R. Shute, P. Rakes, and C.D. Hulsey. 2013. Pelagic larval duration predicts extinction risk in a freshwater fish clade. Biology Letters. 9: 20130672.
38. Hulsey, C.D. and F.J. García de León. 2013. Introgressive hybridization in a trophically polymorphic cichlid. Ecology and Evolution. 3: 4536-4547.
37. Coghill, L.M., C.D. Hulsey, J. Chaves-Campos, F.J. García de León, and S.G. Johnson. 2013. Phylogeography and conservation genetics of a distinct lineage of sunfish in the Cuatro Ciénegas valley of Mexico. PLoS One. 8: e77013.
36. Friedman M., B.P. Keck, A. Dornburg, R.I. Eytan, C.H. Martin, C.D. Hulsey, P.C. Wainwright, and T.J. Near. 2013. Molecular and fossil evidence place the origin of cichlid fishes long after Gondwanan rifting. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B. 280: 20131733.
35. Hulsey, C.D., R.J. Roberts, Y.H.E. Loh, M.F. Rupp, and J.T. Streelman. 2013. Lake Malawi cichlid evolution along a benthic/limnetic axis. Ecology and Evolution. 3: 2262-2272.
34. Hulsey C.D., B.P. Keck, H. Alamillo, and B.C. O’Meara. 2013. Mitochondrial genome primers for Lake Malawi cichlids. Molecular Ecology Resources. 13: 347-353.
33. Parnell, N.F., C.D. Hulsey, and J.T. Streelman. 2012. The genetic basis of a complex functional system. Evolution. 66: 3352-3366.
32. Holzman, R., D.C. Collar, S.A. Price, C.D. Hulsey, R.C. Thomson, and P.C. Wainwright. 2012. Biomechanical trade-offs bias rates of evolution in the feeding apparatus of fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B. 279: 1287-1292.
31. Chaves-Campos, J., S.G. Johnson, and C.D. Hulsey. 2011. Spatial geographic mosaic in an aquatic predator-prey network. PLoS One. 6: e22472.
30. Hollingsworth, P.R. Jr. and C.D. Hulsey. 2011. Reconciling gene trees of eastern North American minnows. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 61: 149-156.
29. Hulsey, C.D. and P.R. Jr. Hollingsworth. 2011. Do constructional constraints influence cyprinid (Leuciscine: Cyprinidae) craniofacial coevolution? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 103: 136-146.
28. Hulsey, C.D. and H. López-Fernández. 2011. Chapter 17: Historical biogeography of the fishes of Nuclear Central America. in Historical Biogeography of Neotropical Freshwater Fishes (eds. James Albert and Roberto Reis). University of California Press.
27. Chaves-Campos, J., S.G. Johnson, F.J. García de León, and C.D. Hulsey. 2011. Phylogeography, genetic structure, and gene flow in the endemic freshwater shrimp Palaemonetes suttkusi from Cuatro Ciénegas, Mexico. Conservation Genetics. 557-567.
26. Hulsey, C.D., B.P. Keck, and P.R. Jr. Hollingsworth. 2011. Species tree estimation and the historical biogeography of heroine cichlids. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 58: 124-131.
25. Hulsey, C.D., P.R. Jr. Hollingsworth, and J.A. Fordyce. 2010. Temporal diversification of Central American cichlids. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 10: 279.
24. Hulsey, C.D., P.R. Jr. Hollingsworth, and R. Holzman. 2010. Co-evolution of the premaxilla and jaw protrusion in cichlid fishes (Heroine: Cichlidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 100: 619-629.
23. Hulsey, C.D., M.C. Mims, N.F. Parnell, and J.T. Streelman. 2010. Comparative rates of lower jaw diversification in cichlid adaptive radiations. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 23: 1456-1467.
22. Mims, M.C., C.D. Hulsey, B.M. Fitzpatrick, and J.T. Streelman. 2010. Geography disentangles introgression from ancestral polymorphism in Lake Malawi cichlids. Molecular Ecology. 19: 940-951.
21. Hulsey, C.D. 2009. Cichlid genomics and phenotypic diversity in a comparative context. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 49: 618-629.
20. Hulsey, C.D. and S.C.P. Renn. 2009. Genomics and vertebrate adaptive radiation: a celebration of the first cichlid genome. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 49: 613-617.
19. Fraser, G.J., C.D. Hulsey, R.F. Bloomquist, K. Uyesugi, N.R. Manley, and J.T. Streelman. 2009. An ancient gene network is co-opted for teeth on old and new jaws PLoS Biology 7: 2e1000031.
18. Hulsey C.D., R.J. Roberts, A.S.P Lin, R. Guldberg, and J.T. Streelman. 2008. Convergence in mechanically complex phenotype: Detecting structural adaptations for crushing in cichlid fish. Evolution. 62: 1587-1599.
17. Parnell, N.F., C.D. Hulsey, and J.T. Streelman. 2008. Hybridization produces novelty when the mapping of form to function is many to one. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 8: 122.
16. Hulsey, C.D., M.C. Mims, and J.T. Streelman. 2007. Do constructional constraints influence cichlid craniofacial diversification? Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B. 274: 1867-1875.
15. Johnson, S.G., C.D. Hulsey, and F.J. García de León. 2007. Spatial mosaic evolution of snail defensive traits. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 7: 50.
14. Higham, T.E., C.D. Hulsey, O. Rican, and A.M. Carroll. 2007. Feeding with speed: prey capture evolution in cichlids. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 20: 70-78.
13. Hulsey, C.D., F.J. García de León, and R. Rodiles-Hernández. 2006. Micro- and macroevolutionary decoupling of cichlid jaws: a test of Liem’s key innovation hypothesis. Evolution. 60: 2096-2109.
12. Hulsey, C.D. 2006. Function of a key morphological innovation: fusion of the cichlid pharyngeal jaw.Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B. 273: 669-675.
11. Hulsey, C.D., J. Marks, D.A. Hendrickson, C.A. Williamson, A.E. Cohen, and M.J. Stephens. 2006. Feeding specialization in Herichthys minckleyi: a trophically polymorphic fish.Journal of Fish Biology. 68: 1-12.
10. Hulsey, C.D., G.J. Fraser, and J.T. Streelman. 2005. Evolution and development of complex biomechanical systems: 300 million years of fish jaws. Zebrafish. 2: 243-257.
9. Hulsey, C.D. and F.J. García de León. 2005. Cichlid jaw mechanics: linking morphology to feeding specialization. Functional Ecology. 19: 487-494.
8. Wainwright, P.C., M.E. Alfaro, D.I. Bolnick, and C.D. Hulsey. 2005. Many-to-one mapping of form to function: a general principle in organismal design. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 45: 256-262.
7. Hulsey, C.D., D.A. Hendrickson, and F.J. García de León. 2005. Trophic morphology, feeding performance, and prey use in the polymorphic fish Herichthys minckleyi. Evolutionary Ecology Research. 7: 303-324.
6. Hulsey, C.D., F.J. García de León, Y. Sanchez-Johnson, D.A. Hendrickson, and T.J. Near. 2004. Temporal diversification of Mesoamerican cichlid fishes across a major biogeographic boundary. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 31: 754-764.
5. Bolnick, D.I., R. Svanbäck, J.A. Fordyce, L.H. Yang, J.M. Davis, C.D. Hulsey, and M.L. Forister. 2003. The ecology of individuals: incidence and implications of individual specialization. American Naturalist. 161: 1-28. (Mercer Award)
4. Hulsey, C.D. and P.C. Wainwright. 2002. Projecting mechanics into morphospace: disparity in the feeding system of Labrid Fish. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B. 269: 317-326.
3. Wainwright, P.C., L.A. Ferry-Graham, T.B. Waltzek, A.M. Carroll, C.D. Hulsey, and J.R. Grubich. 2001. Examination of ram and suction feeding performance in cichlid fishes.Journal of Experimental Biology. 204: 3039-3051.
2. Ferry-Graham, L.A., P.C. Wainwright, C.D. Hulsey, and D.R. Bellwood. 2001. Evolution and mechanics of long jaws in Butterflyfishes (Family Chaetodontidae). Journal of Morphology. 248: 120-143.
1. Vargo, E.L. and C.D. Hulsey. 2000. Multiple glandular origins of queen pheromones in the fire ant Solenopsis invicta. Journal of Insect Physiology. 46: 1151-1159.
67. Kautt, A.F., C.F. Kratochwil, A. Nater, G. Machado-Schiaffino, M. Olave, F. Henning, J. Torres-Dowdall, A. Härer, C.D. Hulsey, P. Franchini, M. Pippel, G. Myers, and A. Meyer. 2020. Contrasting signatures of genomic divergence in rapidly speciating crater lake cichlid fishes. Nature (in press).
66. Karagic, N., R.F. Schneider, A. Meyer, and C.D. Hulsey. 2020. A genomic cluster with novel and conserved genes is associated with cichlid dental developmental convergence. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 37: 3165–3174. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msaa153
65. Hulsey, C.D., Meyer, A., and J.T. Streelman. 2020. Convergent evolution of cichlid fish pharyngeal jaw dentitions in mollusk-crushing predators: comparative x-ray computed tomography of tooth sizes, numbers, and replacement. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 60: 656-664.
64. Karagic, N., Meyer, A., and C.D. Hulsey. 2020. Phenotypic plasticity in vertebrate dentitions. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 60: 608-618.
63. Gorman, C.E. and C.D Hulsey. 2020. Non-trophic functional ecology of vertebrate teeth: a review. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 60: 665-675..
62. Hulsey, C.D., Cohen, K.E., Johanson, Z., Karagic, N., Meyer, A., Miller, C.T., Sadier, A., Summers, A.P., and G.J. Fraser. 2020. Grand challenges in comparative tooth biology. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 60: 563-580.
61. Fraser, G.J. and C.D Hulsey. 2020. Biology at the cusp: teeth as a model phenotype for integrating developmental genomics, biomechanics, and ecology. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 60: 559-562.
60. Franchini, P., P. Xiong, C. Fruciano, R.F. Schneider, J.M. Woltering, C.D. Hulsey, and A. Meyer. 2019. MicroRNA gene regulation in the extremely young and parallel adaptive radiations of Nicaraguan crater lake cichlid fish. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 36: 2498-2511.
59. Xiong, P., R.F. Schneider, C.D. Hulsey, A. Meyer, and P. Franchini. 2019. Conservation and novelty in the microRNA genomic landscape of “hyper-diverse” cichlid fishes. Scientific Reports. 9: 13848.
58. Hulsey, C.D., M.E. Alfaro, J. Zheng, A. Meyer, and R. Holzman. 2019. Pleiotropic jaw morphology links the evolution of mechanical modularity and functional feeding convergence in Lake Malawi cichlids. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B. 286: 20182358.
57. Bell, K., C. Nice, and C.D. Hulsey. 2019. Population genomic evidence reveals subtle patterns of differentiation in the trophically polymorphic Cuatro Ciénegas Cichlid, Herichthys minckleyi. Journal of Heredity. 110: 361-369..
56. Hulsey, C.D., J. Zheng, R. Holzman, M.E. Alfaro, M. Olave, and A. Meyer. 2018. Phylogenomics of a putatively convergent novelty: Did hypertrophied lips evolve once or repeatedly in Lake Malawi cichlid fishes? BMC Evolutionary Biology. 18: 179.
55. Hulsey, C.D., R. Holzman, and A. Meyer. 2018. Dissecting a potential spandrel of adaptive radiation: Body depth and pectoral fin ecomorphology coevolve in Lake Malawi cichlid fishes. Ecology and Evolution. 8: 11945-11953.
54. Kratochwil, C.F. Y. Liang, J. Gerwin, J.M. Woltering, S. Urban, F. Henning, G. Machado-Schiaffino, C.D. Hulsey, and A. Meyer. 2018. Agouti-related peptide 2 facilitates convergent evolution of stripe patterns across cichlid fish radiations. Science. 362: 457-460.
53. Xiong, P., C.D. Hulsey, A. Meyer, and P. Franchini. 2018. Evolutionary divergence of 3’ UTRs in cichlid fishes. BMC Genomics. 19: 433.
52. Hulsey, C.D., G. Machado-Schiaffino, L. Keicher, D. Ellis-Soto, F. Henning, and A. Meyer. 2017. The integrated genomic architecture and evolution of dental divergence in East African cichlid fishes (Haplochromis chilotes x H. nyererei). G3: Genes, Genomes, and Genetics. 7: 3195-3202.
51. Hulsey, C.D., J. Zheng, B.C. Faircloth, A. Meyer, and M.E. Alfaro. 2017. Phylogenomic analysis of Lake Malawi cichlid fishes: further evidence that the three-stage model of diversification does not fit. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 114: 40-48.
50. Holzman, R. and C.D. Hulsey. 2017. Mechanical transgressive segregation and the rapid origin of trophic novelty. Scientific Reports. 7: 40306.
49. Hulsey, C.D., G.F. Fraser, and A. Meyer. 2016. Biting into the genome to phenome map: developmental genetic modularity of cichlid fish dentitions. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 56: 373-388.
48. Hulsey, C.D., K. Bell, F.J. García de Leon, C. Nice, and A. Meyer. 2016. Do relaxed selection and habitat temperature facilitate biased mitogenomic introgression in a narrowly endemic fish? Ecology and Evolution. 6: 3684-3698.
47. Mcgee., M.D., B.C. Fair-Cloth, S.R. Borstein, J. Zheng, C.D. Hulsey, P.C. Wainwright, and M.E. Alfaro. 2016. Replicated divergence in cichlid radiations mirrors a major vertebrate innovation. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B. 283: 20151413.
46. Hulsey, C.D., F.J. García de Leon, and A. Meyer. 2015. Sexual dimorphism in a trophically polymorphic fish? Journal of Morphology. 276: 1448-1454.
45. Higham, T.E., A. Birn-Jeffery, C.E. Collins, C.D. Hulsey, and A.P. Russell. 2015. Adaptive simplification and the evolution of gecko locomotion: Morphological and biomechanical consequences of losing adhesion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 112: 809-814.
44. York, R.A., C. Patil, C.D. Hulsey, J.T. Streelman, and R.D. Fernald. 2015. Evolution of bower building in Lake Malawi cichlid fish: phylogeny, morphology, and behavior. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 3: 18.
43. Rupp, M.F. and C.D. Hulsey. 2014. Influence of substrate orientation on feeding kinematics and performance of algae grazing Lake Malawi cichlid fishes. Journal of Experimental Biology. 217: 3057-3066.
42. Coghill, L.M., C.D. Hulsey, J. Chaves-Campos, F.J. García de Leon, and S.G. Johnson. 2014. Next generation phylogeography of cave and surface Astyanax mexicanus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 79: 368-374.
41. Keck, B.P. and C.D. Hulsey. 2014. Continental monophyly of cichlid fishes and the phylogenetic position of Heterochromis multidens. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 73: 53-59.
40. Hollingsworth, P.R. Jr., A.M. Simons, J.A. Fordyce, and C.D. Hulsey. 2013. Explosive diversification following a benthic to pelagic shift in freshwater fishes. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 13: 272.
39. Douglas, M., B.P. Keck, C. Ruble, M. Petty, J.R. Shute, P. Rakes, and C.D. Hulsey. 2013. Pelagic larval duration predicts extinction risk in a freshwater fish clade. Biology Letters. 9: 20130672.
38. Hulsey, C.D. and F.J. García de León. 2013. Introgressive hybridization in a trophically polymorphic cichlid. Ecology and Evolution. 3: 4536-4547.
37. Coghill, L.M., C.D. Hulsey, J. Chaves-Campos, F.J. García de León, and S.G. Johnson. 2013. Phylogeography and conservation genetics of a distinct lineage of sunfish in the Cuatro Ciénegas valley of Mexico. PLoS One. 8: e77013.
36. Friedman M., B.P. Keck, A. Dornburg, R.I. Eytan, C.H. Martin, C.D. Hulsey, P.C. Wainwright, and T.J. Near. 2013. Molecular and fossil evidence place the origin of cichlid fishes long after Gondwanan rifting. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B. 280: 20131733.
35. Hulsey, C.D., R.J. Roberts, Y.H.E. Loh, M.F. Rupp, and J.T. Streelman. 2013. Lake Malawi cichlid evolution along a benthic/limnetic axis. Ecology and Evolution. 3: 2262-2272.
34. Hulsey C.D., B.P. Keck, H. Alamillo, and B.C. O’Meara. 2013. Mitochondrial genome primers for Lake Malawi cichlids. Molecular Ecology Resources. 13: 347-353.
33. Parnell, N.F., C.D. Hulsey, and J.T. Streelman. 2012. The genetic basis of a complex functional system. Evolution. 66: 3352-3366.
32. Holzman, R., D.C. Collar, S.A. Price, C.D. Hulsey, R.C. Thomson, and P.C. Wainwright. 2012. Biomechanical trade-offs bias rates of evolution in the feeding apparatus of fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B. 279: 1287-1292.
31. Chaves-Campos, J., S.G. Johnson, and C.D. Hulsey. 2011. Spatial geographic mosaic in an aquatic predator-prey network. PLoS One. 6: e22472.
30. Hollingsworth, P.R. Jr. and C.D. Hulsey. 2011. Reconciling gene trees of eastern North American minnows. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 61: 149-156.
29. Hulsey, C.D. and P.R. Jr. Hollingsworth. 2011. Do constructional constraints influence cyprinid (Leuciscine: Cyprinidae) craniofacial coevolution? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 103: 136-146.
28. Hulsey, C.D. and H. López-Fernández. 2011. Chapter 17: Historical biogeography of the fishes of Nuclear Central America. in Historical Biogeography of Neotropical Freshwater Fishes (eds. James Albert and Roberto Reis). University of California Press.
27. Chaves-Campos, J., S.G. Johnson, F.J. García de León, and C.D. Hulsey. 2011. Phylogeography, genetic structure, and gene flow in the endemic freshwater shrimp Palaemonetes suttkusi from Cuatro Ciénegas, Mexico. Conservation Genetics. 557-567.
26. Hulsey, C.D., B.P. Keck, and P.R. Jr. Hollingsworth. 2011. Species tree estimation and the historical biogeography of heroine cichlids. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 58: 124-131.
25. Hulsey, C.D., P.R. Jr. Hollingsworth, and J.A. Fordyce. 2010. Temporal diversification of Central American cichlids. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 10: 279.
24. Hulsey, C.D., P.R. Jr. Hollingsworth, and R. Holzman. 2010. Co-evolution of the premaxilla and jaw protrusion in cichlid fishes (Heroine: Cichlidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 100: 619-629.
23. Hulsey, C.D., M.C. Mims, N.F. Parnell, and J.T. Streelman. 2010. Comparative rates of lower jaw diversification in cichlid adaptive radiations. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 23: 1456-1467.
22. Mims, M.C., C.D. Hulsey, B.M. Fitzpatrick, and J.T. Streelman. 2010. Geography disentangles introgression from ancestral polymorphism in Lake Malawi cichlids. Molecular Ecology. 19: 940-951.
21. Hulsey, C.D. 2009. Cichlid genomics and phenotypic diversity in a comparative context. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 49: 618-629.
20. Hulsey, C.D. and S.C.P. Renn. 2009. Genomics and vertebrate adaptive radiation: a celebration of the first cichlid genome. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 49: 613-617.
19. Fraser, G.J., C.D. Hulsey, R.F. Bloomquist, K. Uyesugi, N.R. Manley, and J.T. Streelman. 2009. An ancient gene network is co-opted for teeth on old and new jaws PLoS Biology 7: 2e1000031.
18. Hulsey C.D., R.J. Roberts, A.S.P Lin, R. Guldberg, and J.T. Streelman. 2008. Convergence in mechanically complex phenotype: Detecting structural adaptations for crushing in cichlid fish. Evolution. 62: 1587-1599.
17. Parnell, N.F., C.D. Hulsey, and J.T. Streelman. 2008. Hybridization produces novelty when the mapping of form to function is many to one. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 8: 122.
16. Hulsey, C.D., M.C. Mims, and J.T. Streelman. 2007. Do constructional constraints influence cichlid craniofacial diversification? Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B. 274: 1867-1875.
15. Johnson, S.G., C.D. Hulsey, and F.J. García de León. 2007. Spatial mosaic evolution of snail defensive traits. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 7: 50.
14. Higham, T.E., C.D. Hulsey, O. Rican, and A.M. Carroll. 2007. Feeding with speed: prey capture evolution in cichlids. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 20: 70-78.
13. Hulsey, C.D., F.J. García de León, and R. Rodiles-Hernández. 2006. Micro- and macroevolutionary decoupling of cichlid jaws: a test of Liem’s key innovation hypothesis. Evolution. 60: 2096-2109.
12. Hulsey, C.D. 2006. Function of a key morphological innovation: fusion of the cichlid pharyngeal jaw.Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B. 273: 669-675.
11. Hulsey, C.D., J. Marks, D.A. Hendrickson, C.A. Williamson, A.E. Cohen, and M.J. Stephens. 2006. Feeding specialization in Herichthys minckleyi: a trophically polymorphic fish.Journal of Fish Biology. 68: 1-12.
10. Hulsey, C.D., G.J. Fraser, and J.T. Streelman. 2005. Evolution and development of complex biomechanical systems: 300 million years of fish jaws. Zebrafish. 2: 243-257.
9. Hulsey, C.D. and F.J. García de León. 2005. Cichlid jaw mechanics: linking morphology to feeding specialization. Functional Ecology. 19: 487-494.
8. Wainwright, P.C., M.E. Alfaro, D.I. Bolnick, and C.D. Hulsey. 2005. Many-to-one mapping of form to function: a general principle in organismal design. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 45: 256-262.
7. Hulsey, C.D., D.A. Hendrickson, and F.J. García de León. 2005. Trophic morphology, feeding performance, and prey use in the polymorphic fish Herichthys minckleyi. Evolutionary Ecology Research. 7: 303-324.
6. Hulsey, C.D., F.J. García de León, Y. Sanchez-Johnson, D.A. Hendrickson, and T.J. Near. 2004. Temporal diversification of Mesoamerican cichlid fishes across a major biogeographic boundary. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 31: 754-764.
5. Bolnick, D.I., R. Svanbäck, J.A. Fordyce, L.H. Yang, J.M. Davis, C.D. Hulsey, and M.L. Forister. 2003. The ecology of individuals: incidence and implications of individual specialization. American Naturalist. 161: 1-28. (Mercer Award)
4. Hulsey, C.D. and P.C. Wainwright. 2002. Projecting mechanics into morphospace: disparity in the feeding system of Labrid Fish. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B. 269: 317-326.
3. Wainwright, P.C., L.A. Ferry-Graham, T.B. Waltzek, A.M. Carroll, C.D. Hulsey, and J.R. Grubich. 2001. Examination of ram and suction feeding performance in cichlid fishes.Journal of Experimental Biology. 204: 3039-3051.
2. Ferry-Graham, L.A., P.C. Wainwright, C.D. Hulsey, and D.R. Bellwood. 2001. Evolution and mechanics of long jaws in Butterflyfishes (Family Chaetodontidae). Journal of Morphology. 248: 120-143.
1. Vargo, E.L. and C.D. Hulsey. 2000. Multiple glandular origins of queen pheromones in the fire ant Solenopsis invicta. Journal of Insect Physiology. 46: 1151-1159.