Dr. Julián Torres-DowdallDepartment of Biology Building M, Room M816 University of Konstanz Universitätsstr. 10 78457 Konstanz Tel: +49 (0) 7531 884066 E-mail: julian.torres-dowdall@uni-konstanz.de |
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I am an evolutionary ecologist interested in the study of adaptation in natural populations. My aim is to determine the underlying molecular mechanisms that produce phenotypic variation and elucidate the role of natural selection in sorting and maintaining this variation. To address these questions, I take a multidisciplinary perspective, linking concepts from ecology, animal behaviour, molecular biology, and evolutionary biology. Thus, my research is broad in perspective and methodology, using a combination of field and laboratory approaches. My work has mostly focused on freshwater fishes, but I have also done research on other vertebrates.
EDUCATION
2005-2012 Ph.D. in Zoology. Department of Biology. Colorado State University, USA
Dissertation title: Intra- and Interspecific variation along environmental gradients: Adaptation, plasticity, and range limits.
Advisor: Dr. Cameron K. Ghalambor.
2002-2005 Master in Wildlife Management. Centro de Zoología Aplicada. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina.
Dissertation title: Using stable isotopes to link seasonal habitat of neartic shorebirds..
Advisor: Dr. Adrian H. Farmer and Dr. Enrique H. Bucher.
1996-2002 B.A. in Zoology. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto Miguel Lillo. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Argentina.
APPOINTMENTS
2015 – 2022 Project Leader Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. Host: Prof. Dr. Axel Meyer. Laboratory for Zoology and
Evolutionary Biology. Department of Biology. University of Konstanz. Germany.
2013 – 2015 Marie Curie-Zukunftskolleg Incoming Fellowship. University of Konstanz, Germany
2012 – 2013 Post-Doctoral Researcher. University of Konstanz, Germany
2007 – 2012 Graduate Research Teaching Assistant. Colorado State University, USA
2007 – 2011 Graduate Student Teaching Assistant. Colorado State University, USA
2005 – 2007 Fulbright OAS Fellowship in Ecology. Colorado State University, USA
2002 – 2005 University of Córdoba / US Fish and Wildlife Service Fellowship in Wildlife Management. University of Córdoba, Argentina
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2020 – 2023 German Research Foundation (DFG) “Applying integrative multispecies coalescent models to tackle the long-standing problem of species delimitation in allopatrically distributed populations” (Co-PI) with Prof. Axel Meyer
2019 – 2022 German Research Foundation (DFG) “Ontogeny and evolution: parallel cooption of developmental pathways in the adaptive
evolution of the visual system of Neotropical cichlid fish in recently colonized crater lakes”
2018 Zufunftkolleg Mentorship Program "The role of phenotypic plasticity in the evolution of the visual system" With Prof. Dr.
Cameron Ghalambor, Colorado State University, Colorado, USA.
2018 Young Scholar Fund "The Why and How of the complex retina of the Amazonian dwarf cichlid fish Dicrossus filamentosus"
2018 Zukunftskolleg Transdepartmental teaching programme "Quantitative methods in marine behavioural ecology" With Dr. Alex
Jordan and Dr. Ari Strandburg-Peshkin.
2017 Zukunftskolleg Investment Program “Evolution of color vision in cichlid fishes: the role of opsin expression in adaptation to divergent light environments”
2016 Young Scholar Fund "Molecular evolution of color vision in Neotropical cichlid fishes"
2015 – 2018 German Research Foundation (DFG) “Does side matter? The evolution of asymmetric genitalia in livebearing fish”
2014 – 2015 Zufunftkolleg Co-Funding Grant. University of Konstanz. “Effects of early life stress in patterns of gene expression in a
livebearing fish”
2010 – 2011 National Science Foundation (NSF), DEB- Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant, “Ecological aspects of
species distribution limits: interaction of biotic and abiotic factors” With Prof. Dr. Cameron Ghalambor, Colorado State
University, Colorado, USA.
2009 U.S. Fulbright Commission, "Creating Regional Partnerships in the America’s" Grant
2005 U.S. Fulbright Commission, US$ 80,000.
PUBLICATIONS
(* equally contributing authors)
[48] Rometsch S.J., Torres-Dowdall J., Karagic N., Machado-Schiaffino G., Meyer A. (in press) Dual function and associated costs of a highly exaggerated trait in a cichlid fish. Ecology and Evolution
[47] Härer A., Torres-Dowdall J., Ibrahim A., Meyer A. (in press) Heterogeneity across Neotropical aquatic environments affects prokaryotic and eukaryotic biodiversity based on environmental DNA. Environmental DNA
[46] Mauro A.*, Torres-Dowdall J.*, Marshall C.A., Ghalambor C.K (in press) A genetically based ecological trade- off contributes to setting a geographic range limit. Ecology Letters DOI: 10.1111/ele.13900.
[45] Torres-Dowdall J., Meyer A. (2021). Sympatric and allopatric diversification in the adaptive radiation of Midas cichlids in Nicaraguan lakes. In ME Abate and DLG Noakes: The Behavior, Ecology and Evolution of Cichlid Fishes: A Contemporary Modern Synthesis (to be published by Springer Academic). pp 175-216
[44] Torres‐Dowdall J., Karagic N., Härer A., Meyer A. (2021) Diversity in visual sensitivity across Neotropical cichlid fishes via differential expression and intraretinal variation of opsin genes. Molecular Ecology. Accepted Author Manuscript. doi.org/10.1111/mec.15855
[43] Potter T., Bassar R.D, Bentzen P., Ruell E.W., Torres-Dowdall J., Handelsman C.A., Ghalambor C.K, Travis J., Reznick D.N., Coulson T. (2021) Environmental change, if unaccounted, prevents detection of cryptic evolution in a wild population. The American Naturalist 197: 29-46
[42] Kautt A., Kratochwil C.F., Nater A., Machado-Schiaffino G., Olave M., Henning F., Torres-Dowdall J., Härer A., Hulsey C.D., Franchini P., Pippel M., Myers E.W., Meyer A. (2020) Contrasting signatures of genomic divergence during sympatric speciation. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2845-0
[41] Härer A., Torres-Dowdall J., Rometsch S.J., Yohannes E., Machado-Schiaffino G., Meyer A. (2020) Parallel and non-parallel changes of the gut microbiota during trophic diversification in repeated young adaptive radiations of sympatric cichlid fish. Microbiome 8: 149
[40] Torres-Dowdall J., Rometsch S.J., Kautt A.F., Aguilera G., and Meyer A. (2020) The direction of genital asymmetry is expressed stochastically in internally fertilizing anablepid fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 287: 20200969 http://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.0969
[39] Rometsch S.J., Torres-Dowdall J., and Meyer A. (2020) Evolutionary dynamics of pre- and postzygotic reproductive isolation in
cichlid fishes. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 375: 20190535 http://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0535
[38] Schneider R.F.*, Rometsch S.J.*, Torres-Dowdall J., Meyer A. (2020) Habitat light sets the boundaries for the rapid evolution of
cichlid fish vision, while sexual selection can tune it within those limits. Molecular Ecology 29: 1476-1493. doi.org/10.1111/mec.15416
[37] Torres-Dowdall J., Rometsch S.J., Aguilera G., Goyenola G., Meyer A. (2020) Asymmetry in genitalia is in sync with lateralized mating behavior but not with the lateralization of other behaviors. Current Zoology. 66: 71-81
[36] Reznick D.N., Bassar R.D, Handelsman C.A., Ghalambor C.K, Arendt J., Coulson T., Potter T., Ruell E.W., Torres-Dowdall J., Bentzen P., Travis J. (2019) Eco-evolutionary feedbacks predict the time course of rapid life history evolution. The American Naturalist 194: 671- 692.
[35] Härer A., Karagic N., Meyer A., Torres-Dowdall J. (2019) Reverting ontogeny: rapid adaptive plasticity of color vision in cichlid fish. Royal Society Open Science 6: 190841. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.190841
[34] Kratochwil C.F., Liang Y., Urban S., Torres-Dowdall J., Meyer A. (2019) Evolutionary dynamics of structural variation at a key locus for color pattern diversification in cichlid fishes. Genome Biology and Evolution. 11: 2452-3465.
[33] Aguilera G., Terán G., Mirande J.M., Alonso F., Rometsch S., Meyer A., Torres-Dowdall J. (2019) Molecular and morphological convergence to sulfide-tolerant fishes in a new species of Jenynsia (Cyprinodontiformes: Anablepidae), the first extremophile member of the family. PLoS one https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0218810
[32] Irisarri I., Singh P., Koblmüller S., Torres-Dowdall J., Franchini P, Henning F., Fischer C., Lemmon A.R., Lemmon E.M., Thallinger G.G., Sturmbauer C., Meyer A. (2018) Phylogenomics uncovers early hybridization and adaptive loci shaping the radiation of Lake Tanganyika cichlid fishes. Nature Communications. 9(1), 3159. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05479-9
[31] Härer A. §, Meyer A., Torres-Dowdall J. (2018) Convergent phenotypic evolution of the visual system via different molecular routes: How Neotropical cichlid fishes adapt to novel light environments. Evolution Letters. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/evl3.71
[30] Karagic N. §, Härer A. §, Meyer A., Torres-Dowdall J. (2018) Heterochronic opsin expression due to early light deprivation results in drastically shifted visual sensitivity in a cichlid fish: Possible role of thyroid hormone signaling. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.b.22806
[29] Torres-Dowdall J., Karagic N., Plath M., Riesch R. (2018). Evolution in caves: Selection from darkness causes spinal deformities in teleost fishes. Biology Letters. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2018.0197
[28] Härer A.*, Torres-Dowdall J.*, Meyer A. (2017). Rapid adaptation to a novel light environment: The importance of ontogeny and phenotypic plasticity in shaping the visual system of Nicaraguan Midas cichlid fish (Amphilophus citrinellus spp.). Molecular Ecology. 10.1111/mec.14289
[27] Torres-Dowdall, J., Pierotti, E.J., Härer, A., Karagic, N., Wootering, J.M., Henning, F., Elmer, K.R., and A. Meyer. (2017). Rapid and parallel adaptive evolution of the visual system of Neotropical Midas cichlid fishes. Molecular Biology and Evolution 34:2469–2485. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msx143.
[26] Torres-Dowdall, J.*, Golcher-Benavides, J.*, Machado-Schiaffino, G., and A. Meyer. (2017). The role of rare morph advantage and conspicuousness in the stable gold-dark colour polymorphism of a crater lake Midas cichlid fish. Journal of Animal Ecology 86:1044- 1053. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12693
[25] Fitzpatrick S.W., Handelsman C.A., Torres‐Dowdall J., Ruell E.W., Broder D., Kronenberger J.A., Reznick D.N., Ghalambor C.K., Angeloni L.M., Funk C.W. (2017). Gene Flow Constrains and Facilitates Genetically Based Divergence in Quantitative Traits. Copeia 105:462- 474.
[24] Härer A., Torres-Dowdall J., Meyer A. (2017) The imperiled fish fauna in the Nicaragua Canal zone. Conservation Biology 31: 86-95. doi: 10.1111/cobi.12768
[23] Machado-Schiaffino, G., Kautt, A.F.*, Torres-Dowdall, J.*, Baumgarten, L., Henning, F. and A. Meyer. (2017). Incipient speciation driven by hypertrophied lips in Midas cichlids fish? Molecular Ecology 26: 2348-2362.
[22] Kautt A., Machado-Schiaffino G., Torres-Dowdall J., Meyer A. (2016) Incipient sympatric speciation in Midas cichlid fish from the youngest and one of the smallest crater lakes in Nicaragua due to differential use of the benthic and limnetic habitats? Ecology and Evolution 6:5342-5357. doi: 10.1002/ece3.2287
[21] Fitzpatrick S.W., Gerberich J.C., Angeloni L.M., Bailey L.L., Broder E.D., Torres‐Dowdall J., Handelsman C.A., López‐Sepulcre A., Reznick D.N., Ghalambor C.K. and Funk C.W. (2016). Gene flow from an adaptively divergent source causes rescue through genetic and demographic factors in two wild populations of Trinidadian guppies. Evolutionary Applications 9:879-891. doi: 10.1111/eva.12356
[20] Verheyen E, [and 69 others, including Torres-Dowdall J.] (2016). Oil extraction imperils Africa’s Great Lakes. Science 354: 561-562.
[19] Torres-Dowdall J., Henning F., Elmer K.R., Meyer A. (2015) Ecological and lineage specific factors drive the molecular evolution of rhodopsin in cichlid fishes. Molecular Biology and Evolution 32: 2876-2882. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msv159 .
[18] Handelsman C.A., Ruell E.W., Torres-Dowdall J., Ghalambor C.K. (2014) Phenotypic plasticity changes correlations of traits following experimental introductions of Trinidadian Guppies (Poecilia reticulata). Integrative and Comparative Biology, doi:10.1093/icb/icu112 .
[17] Torres-Dowdall J., Machado-Schiaffino G., Kautt A.F., Kusche H., Meyer A. (2014) Differential predation on colour morphs of Nicaraguan Crater lake Midas cichlid fish: implications for the maintenance of gold-normal polymorphism. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 112:123-131.
[16] Fitzpatrick S.W., Torres-Dowdall J., Reznick D.N., Ghalambor C.K., Funk C. (2014) Parallelism Isn’t Perfect: Could Disease and Flooding Drive a Life-History Anomaly in Trinidadian Guppies? The American Naturalist 183: 290-300.
[15] Torres-Dowdall J., Dargent F., Handelsman C.A., Ramnarine I.W., Ghalambor C.K. (2013) Ecological correlates of the distribution limits of two poeciliid species across a salinity gradient. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 108: 790-805.
[14] Dargent F., Torres-Dowdall J.,Scott M.E., Ramnarine I.W., Fussmann G.F. (2013) Can mixed-species groups reduce individual parasite load? A field test with two closely related Poeciliid fishes (Poecilia reticulata and Poecilia picta). PLoS one 8(2):e56789.
[13] Torres-Dowdall J., Handelsman C.A., Reznick D.N., Ghalambor C.K. (2012) Local adaptation and the evolution of phenotypic plasticity in Trinidadian guppies (Poecilia reticulata). Evolution 66:3432-3443.
[12] Torres-Dowdall J., Handelsman C.A., Ruell E., Auer S.K., Reznick D.N., Ghalambor C.K. (2012) Fine scale local adaptation in life histories along a continuous environmental gradient in Trinidadian guppies. Functional Ecology 26:616-627.
[11] Echevarria A.L., Lobo Allende I.R., Juri M.D., Chani J.M., Torres-Dowdall J., Martín E. (2011) Composición, estructura y variación estacional de la comunidad de aves del Jardín Botánico de la Fundación Miguel Lillo, Tucumán, Argentina. Acta Zoologica Lilloana 55:123-136.
[10] Torres-Dowdall J., Farmer A.H., Abril M., Bucher E.H., Ridley I. (2010) Trace elements have limited utility for studying migratory connectivity in shorebirds that winter in Argentina. Condor 112:490-498.
[9] Torres-Dowdall J., Farmer A.H., Bucher E.H., Rye R.O., & Landis G. (2009) Population variation in the isotopic composition of shorebirds feathers: implications for determine molting grounds. Waterbirds 32:300-310.
[8] Farmer A.H., Cade B.S, & Torres-Dowdall J. (2008) Fundamental limits to the accuracy of deuterium basemaps for identifying the spatial origin of birds. Oecologia 158:183-192.
[7] Strum K.M., Alfaro M., Haase B, Hooper M.J., Johnson K.A., Lanctot R.B., Lesterhuis A.J., López L., Matz A.C., Morales C., Paulson B, Sandercock B.K., Torres-Dowdall J., & Zaccagnini M.E. (2008) Plasma cholinesterase for monitoring pesticide exposure in neotropical migratory shorebirds. Ornitologia Neotropical 19:641-651.
[6] Echevarria A, Chani J, Lobo I, Juri MD, Torres-Dowdall J, Martin E, Tribulo E. (2007). Aves del Jardín Botánico de la Fundación Miguel Lillo. Fundación Miguel Lillo, Tucumán, Argentina.
[5] Torres-Dowdall J, Osorio F. & Suárez G.M. (2007). Materiales utilizados por el Picaflor Rubí (Sephanoides sephaniodes) para la construcción de nidos en la Selva Valdiviana, Chile. Ornitologia Neotropical 18:433-437.
[4] Osinaga Acosta O, Torres-Dowdall J, Martin E, Lazcano E & Bucher E. (2007). Aves Playeras (Shorebirds). In Bañados del Río Dulce y Laguna Mar Chiquita. (E Bucher eds). Chapter 16: 263-275. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina.
[3] Torres-Dowdall J, A Farmer; EH Bucher. (2006). Uso de isótopos estables para determinar conectividad migratoria en aves: Posibilidades y limitaciones (Using stable isotopes to determine migratory connectivity in birds: possibilities and limitations). El Hornero 21:73-84, Argentina.
[2] Edelaar P., Torres-Dowdall J., & Abril M. (2005). Probable first record of a drinking seedsnipe (Family Thinocoridae) in the wild. WSG Bulletin 106:62-63.
[1] Farmer A, Abril M, Fernandez M, Torres J, Kester C & Bern C. (2004). Using stable isotopes to associate migratory shorebirds with their wintering locations in Argentina. Ornitología Neotropical 15:377-384.
2005-2012 Ph.D. in Zoology. Department of Biology. Colorado State University, USA
Dissertation title: Intra- and Interspecific variation along environmental gradients: Adaptation, plasticity, and range limits.
Advisor: Dr. Cameron K. Ghalambor.
2002-2005 Master in Wildlife Management. Centro de Zoología Aplicada. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina.
Dissertation title: Using stable isotopes to link seasonal habitat of neartic shorebirds..
Advisor: Dr. Adrian H. Farmer and Dr. Enrique H. Bucher.
1996-2002 B.A. in Zoology. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto Miguel Lillo. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Argentina.
APPOINTMENTS
2015 – 2022 Project Leader Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. Host: Prof. Dr. Axel Meyer. Laboratory for Zoology and
Evolutionary Biology. Department of Biology. University of Konstanz. Germany.
2013 – 2015 Marie Curie-Zukunftskolleg Incoming Fellowship. University of Konstanz, Germany
2012 – 2013 Post-Doctoral Researcher. University of Konstanz, Germany
2007 – 2012 Graduate Research Teaching Assistant. Colorado State University, USA
2007 – 2011 Graduate Student Teaching Assistant. Colorado State University, USA
2005 – 2007 Fulbright OAS Fellowship in Ecology. Colorado State University, USA
2002 – 2005 University of Córdoba / US Fish and Wildlife Service Fellowship in Wildlife Management. University of Córdoba, Argentina
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2020 – 2023 German Research Foundation (DFG) “Applying integrative multispecies coalescent models to tackle the long-standing problem of species delimitation in allopatrically distributed populations” (Co-PI) with Prof. Axel Meyer
2019 – 2022 German Research Foundation (DFG) “Ontogeny and evolution: parallel cooption of developmental pathways in the adaptive
evolution of the visual system of Neotropical cichlid fish in recently colonized crater lakes”
2018 Zufunftkolleg Mentorship Program "The role of phenotypic plasticity in the evolution of the visual system" With Prof. Dr.
Cameron Ghalambor, Colorado State University, Colorado, USA.
2018 Young Scholar Fund "The Why and How of the complex retina of the Amazonian dwarf cichlid fish Dicrossus filamentosus"
2018 Zukunftskolleg Transdepartmental teaching programme "Quantitative methods in marine behavioural ecology" With Dr. Alex
Jordan and Dr. Ari Strandburg-Peshkin.
2017 Zukunftskolleg Investment Program “Evolution of color vision in cichlid fishes: the role of opsin expression in adaptation to divergent light environments”
2016 Young Scholar Fund "Molecular evolution of color vision in Neotropical cichlid fishes"
2015 – 2018 German Research Foundation (DFG) “Does side matter? The evolution of asymmetric genitalia in livebearing fish”
2014 – 2015 Zufunftkolleg Co-Funding Grant. University of Konstanz. “Effects of early life stress in patterns of gene expression in a
livebearing fish”
2010 – 2011 National Science Foundation (NSF), DEB- Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant, “Ecological aspects of
species distribution limits: interaction of biotic and abiotic factors” With Prof. Dr. Cameron Ghalambor, Colorado State
University, Colorado, USA.
2009 U.S. Fulbright Commission, "Creating Regional Partnerships in the America’s" Grant
2005 U.S. Fulbright Commission, US$ 80,000.
PUBLICATIONS
(* equally contributing authors)
[48] Rometsch S.J., Torres-Dowdall J., Karagic N., Machado-Schiaffino G., Meyer A. (in press) Dual function and associated costs of a highly exaggerated trait in a cichlid fish. Ecology and Evolution
[47] Härer A., Torres-Dowdall J., Ibrahim A., Meyer A. (in press) Heterogeneity across Neotropical aquatic environments affects prokaryotic and eukaryotic biodiversity based on environmental DNA. Environmental DNA
[46] Mauro A.*, Torres-Dowdall J.*, Marshall C.A., Ghalambor C.K (in press) A genetically based ecological trade- off contributes to setting a geographic range limit. Ecology Letters DOI: 10.1111/ele.13900.
[45] Torres-Dowdall J., Meyer A. (2021). Sympatric and allopatric diversification in the adaptive radiation of Midas cichlids in Nicaraguan lakes. In ME Abate and DLG Noakes: The Behavior, Ecology and Evolution of Cichlid Fishes: A Contemporary Modern Synthesis (to be published by Springer Academic). pp 175-216
[44] Torres‐Dowdall J., Karagic N., Härer A., Meyer A. (2021) Diversity in visual sensitivity across Neotropical cichlid fishes via differential expression and intraretinal variation of opsin genes. Molecular Ecology. Accepted Author Manuscript. doi.org/10.1111/mec.15855
[43] Potter T., Bassar R.D, Bentzen P., Ruell E.W., Torres-Dowdall J., Handelsman C.A., Ghalambor C.K, Travis J., Reznick D.N., Coulson T. (2021) Environmental change, if unaccounted, prevents detection of cryptic evolution in a wild population. The American Naturalist 197: 29-46
[42] Kautt A., Kratochwil C.F., Nater A., Machado-Schiaffino G., Olave M., Henning F., Torres-Dowdall J., Härer A., Hulsey C.D., Franchini P., Pippel M., Myers E.W., Meyer A. (2020) Contrasting signatures of genomic divergence during sympatric speciation. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2845-0
[41] Härer A., Torres-Dowdall J., Rometsch S.J., Yohannes E., Machado-Schiaffino G., Meyer A. (2020) Parallel and non-parallel changes of the gut microbiota during trophic diversification in repeated young adaptive radiations of sympatric cichlid fish. Microbiome 8: 149
[40] Torres-Dowdall J., Rometsch S.J., Kautt A.F., Aguilera G., and Meyer A. (2020) The direction of genital asymmetry is expressed stochastically in internally fertilizing anablepid fishes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 287: 20200969 http://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.0969
[39] Rometsch S.J., Torres-Dowdall J., and Meyer A. (2020) Evolutionary dynamics of pre- and postzygotic reproductive isolation in
cichlid fishes. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 375: 20190535 http://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0535
[38] Schneider R.F.*, Rometsch S.J.*, Torres-Dowdall J., Meyer A. (2020) Habitat light sets the boundaries for the rapid evolution of
cichlid fish vision, while sexual selection can tune it within those limits. Molecular Ecology 29: 1476-1493. doi.org/10.1111/mec.15416
[37] Torres-Dowdall J., Rometsch S.J., Aguilera G., Goyenola G., Meyer A. (2020) Asymmetry in genitalia is in sync with lateralized mating behavior but not with the lateralization of other behaviors. Current Zoology. 66: 71-81
[36] Reznick D.N., Bassar R.D, Handelsman C.A., Ghalambor C.K, Arendt J., Coulson T., Potter T., Ruell E.W., Torres-Dowdall J., Bentzen P., Travis J. (2019) Eco-evolutionary feedbacks predict the time course of rapid life history evolution. The American Naturalist 194: 671- 692.
[35] Härer A., Karagic N., Meyer A., Torres-Dowdall J. (2019) Reverting ontogeny: rapid adaptive plasticity of color vision in cichlid fish. Royal Society Open Science 6: 190841. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.190841
[34] Kratochwil C.F., Liang Y., Urban S., Torres-Dowdall J., Meyer A. (2019) Evolutionary dynamics of structural variation at a key locus for color pattern diversification in cichlid fishes. Genome Biology and Evolution. 11: 2452-3465.
[33] Aguilera G., Terán G., Mirande J.M., Alonso F., Rometsch S., Meyer A., Torres-Dowdall J. (2019) Molecular and morphological convergence to sulfide-tolerant fishes in a new species of Jenynsia (Cyprinodontiformes: Anablepidae), the first extremophile member of the family. PLoS one https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0218810
[32] Irisarri I., Singh P., Koblmüller S., Torres-Dowdall J., Franchini P, Henning F., Fischer C., Lemmon A.R., Lemmon E.M., Thallinger G.G., Sturmbauer C., Meyer A. (2018) Phylogenomics uncovers early hybridization and adaptive loci shaping the radiation of Lake Tanganyika cichlid fishes. Nature Communications. 9(1), 3159. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05479-9
[31] Härer A. §, Meyer A., Torres-Dowdall J. (2018) Convergent phenotypic evolution of the visual system via different molecular routes: How Neotropical cichlid fishes adapt to novel light environments. Evolution Letters. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/evl3.71
[30] Karagic N. §, Härer A. §, Meyer A., Torres-Dowdall J. (2018) Heterochronic opsin expression due to early light deprivation results in drastically shifted visual sensitivity in a cichlid fish: Possible role of thyroid hormone signaling. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.b.22806
[29] Torres-Dowdall J., Karagic N., Plath M., Riesch R. (2018). Evolution in caves: Selection from darkness causes spinal deformities in teleost fishes. Biology Letters. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2018.0197
[28] Härer A.*, Torres-Dowdall J.*, Meyer A. (2017). Rapid adaptation to a novel light environment: The importance of ontogeny and phenotypic plasticity in shaping the visual system of Nicaraguan Midas cichlid fish (Amphilophus citrinellus spp.). Molecular Ecology. 10.1111/mec.14289
[27] Torres-Dowdall, J., Pierotti, E.J., Härer, A., Karagic, N., Wootering, J.M., Henning, F., Elmer, K.R., and A. Meyer. (2017). Rapid and parallel adaptive evolution of the visual system of Neotropical Midas cichlid fishes. Molecular Biology and Evolution 34:2469–2485. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msx143.
[26] Torres-Dowdall, J.*, Golcher-Benavides, J.*, Machado-Schiaffino, G., and A. Meyer. (2017). The role of rare morph advantage and conspicuousness in the stable gold-dark colour polymorphism of a crater lake Midas cichlid fish. Journal of Animal Ecology 86:1044- 1053. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12693
[25] Fitzpatrick S.W., Handelsman C.A., Torres‐Dowdall J., Ruell E.W., Broder D., Kronenberger J.A., Reznick D.N., Ghalambor C.K., Angeloni L.M., Funk C.W. (2017). Gene Flow Constrains and Facilitates Genetically Based Divergence in Quantitative Traits. Copeia 105:462- 474.
[24] Härer A., Torres-Dowdall J., Meyer A. (2017) The imperiled fish fauna in the Nicaragua Canal zone. Conservation Biology 31: 86-95. doi: 10.1111/cobi.12768
[23] Machado-Schiaffino, G., Kautt, A.F.*, Torres-Dowdall, J.*, Baumgarten, L., Henning, F. and A. Meyer. (2017). Incipient speciation driven by hypertrophied lips in Midas cichlids fish? Molecular Ecology 26: 2348-2362.
[22] Kautt A., Machado-Schiaffino G., Torres-Dowdall J., Meyer A. (2016) Incipient sympatric speciation in Midas cichlid fish from the youngest and one of the smallest crater lakes in Nicaragua due to differential use of the benthic and limnetic habitats? Ecology and Evolution 6:5342-5357. doi: 10.1002/ece3.2287
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