Tristram O. Dodge

The paper evaluates a practical tissue sampling strategy for non-model reptiles, demonstrating that ethanol-preserved samples can yield high-quality genomic data and provide insights into the evolutionary history of a threatened species.

This study identifies two melanic pigmentation patterns in Xiphophorus nezahualcoyotl linked to the sex chromosome-linked oncogene xmrk through long-read sequencing and GWAS.

This study identifies a retrovirus insertion near the alkal2a gene as the genetic basis for a novel iridescent color trait in swordtail fish, showing its role in chromatin changes and predator interaction signals.

This study shows Aedes sierrensis has heritable genetic variation in heat tolerance that could allow it to adapt to warming faster than projected climate changes.

The paper identifies a genetic basis for a sexual mimicry polymorphism in swordtail fish and links it to behavioral interactions that may maintain the polymorphism.

The paper shows that local ancestry in hybrid swordtail fish populations is repeatable due to strong early selection, and this repeatability increases with deeper evolutionary divergence.

The paper provides complete genomes for all 26 Xiphophorus species, resolves conflicting phylogeny, and shows hybridization precedes speciation in this genus.