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Charles Tralka

Museum of Vertebrate Zoology

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Evolutionary Biology· 2 Physiology· 1

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Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Assay:imaging· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 1

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Christopher H. MartiniD· 3 shared M. Fernanda PalominosiD· 3 shared Adán Fernando Mar‐SilvaiD· 2 shared Andrés Alvarez Zapata· 2 shared Carlos A. Gracida-JuáreziD· 2 shared Christopher M. MartineziD· 2 shared Fernando Mex· 2 shared Jairo ArroyaveiD· 2 shared

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Parallel and non-parallel features of adaptive radiation in Yucatan pupfishes

Matthew C. Kustra, David Tian, M. Fernanda Palominos, Feifei Guo, Dylan Chau, Oskar Golwala, HoWan Chan, Andrés Alvarez Zapata, Reyna Guadalupe Cetz Paredes, Frida Ximena Cortés Sánchez, Sonia Gabriela Hernández, Adán Fernando Mar‐Silva, Fernando Mex, Charles Tralka, Maribel Badillo‐Alemán, , Christopher H. Martin

This study compares adaptive radiations in two pupfish populations, finding limited genetic parallelism and highlighting the role of de novo mutations in driving rapid diversification.

bioRxiv · Nov 17, 2025 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

Adaptive radiation along ecological and morphological lines of least resistance in Cyprinodon pupfishes

Christopher H. Martin, Andrés Alvarez Zapata, Reyna Guadalupe Cetz Paredes, Frida Cortés, Sonia Gabriela Hernández, Matthew C. Kustra, Adán Fernando Mar‐Silva, Fernando Mex, M. Fernanda Palominos, Charles Tralka, Maribel Badillo‐Alemán, Juan Jacobo Schmitter-Soto, Christopher M. Martinez, Jairo Arroyave, Carlos A. Gracida-Juárez

The paper examines how pre-existing genetic constraints in generalist populations may limit adaptive divergence in two Caribbean Cyprinodon pupfish radiations, finding congruence between intraspecific variance and interspecific divergence axes.

bioRxiv · Aug 13, 2025 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

The West African lungfish secretes a living cocoon during aestivation with uncertain antimicrobial function

M. Fernanda Palominos, Rangarajan Bharadwaj, Charles Tralka, Kenneth Trang, D. Nos Aka, M. Alami, Dominique Andrews, Ben I Bartlett, Chloe L. Golde, Joseph Liu, Maya Le-Pedroza, Robert Perrot, Blanca Seiter, Claudia Sparrow, Michael Shapira, Christopher H. Martin

The paper investigates the structure and function of the aestivation cocoon in West African lungfish, finding no antimicrobial activity in the cocoon tissue.

bioRxiv · Jul 5, 2024 · PreprintPhysiology