Walter Salzburger

The paper compares brain transcriptomes of social and solitary cichlid fishes to explore shared genetic mechanisms underlying social behavior evolution and plasticity.

This study presents the first comprehensive phylogenomic analysis of Cypriniformes, establishing a robust backbone topology and identifying unresolved conflicts in evolutionary relationships.

The paper quantifies recombination landscape divergence across percomorph fish species using PRDI and finds divergence increases with genetic differentiation and divergence time, with variation among species pairs.

The paper uses whole-genome sequencing to identify selfing in a cichlid fish, revealing genomic patterns consistent with self-fertilization rather than parthenogenesis or inbreeding.

The paper shows that social and environmental cues mask circadian activity patterns in shell-dwelling cichlid fish, revealing new relationships between circadian rhythms and sociality.

This study shows that newts exhibit behavioral and cellular plasticity when transitioning between aquatic and terrestrial environments, revealing how nervous system changes support adaptation.

The paper investigates the molecular evolution of nonapeptides in Tanganyika cichlids, finding positive selection in VTR2A receptors and a correlation between an amino acid variant and pair-bonding behavior.

The paper uses single-cell transcriptomic data to study dietary adaptations in cichlid fish intestines, finding that anterior enterocytes drive evolutionary changes in gene expression and cell abundance.

This study investigates the genomic correlates of miniaturization in Cypriniformes, finding convergent genome streamlining in progenetic miniatures but not proportioned dwarfs.

The paper presents high-quality reference genomes for four cypriniform fish species from acidic peat-swamp blackwaters, highlighting genomic features related to miniaturization and adaptation.

This study shows deep-sea fish larvae use a hybrid cone-rod photoreceptor type for vision in dim light, revealing an alternative developmental pathway for vertebrate vision.

This study shows the Greenland shark retains a functional visual system adapted to dim light, with intact rod-based vision genes and no retinal degeneration despite its age.

This study links chromatin accessibility divergence to phenotypic diversity in cichlid fishes by analyzing ATAC-seq and transcriptomes across multiple tissues and species.

This study shows that temporal niche partitioning, through distinct activity patterns, contributed to the adaptive radiation of cichlid fishes in Lake Tanganyika.

Hi-reComb estimates recombination maps from bulk gamete Hi-C data, showing accurate results in fish sperm and enabling structural variant analysis.

This study analyzes the evolutionary dynamics of Wnt genes across vertebrates, revealing lineage-specific expansions and variations in gene repertoire sizes and evolutionary rates.

This study examines the evolution of opsin genes in ray-finned fishes, showing variation in gene numbers, co-evolution of visual and non-visual opsins, and reduced opsin repertoires in dark environments.

The paper examines macroevolutionary dynamics in African cichlid radiations, finding inverse correlation between vertebral count evolution rates and radiation age, but no early burst pattern within individual systems.

The paper identifies 18 teleost-to-teleost horizontal gene transfer events involving immune-related genes across 11 fish orders, suggesting these transfers confer selective advantages.

This study examines hemoglobin gene evolution in teleost and cichlid fishes, showing gene duplications and rearrangements drive diversity in oxygen transport systems.

The paper generates and analyzes genome assemblies for 24 Antarctic notothenioid fish species to study cold adaptations, identifying genomic changes related to antifreeze proteins and haemoglobin loss.

The paper uses DNA barcoding and morphospecies analysis to study the distribution and diversification of Lake Ohrid's endemic Gammarus species-flock, revealing vertical structure, new species candidates, and links to environmental changes.

This study examines two dwarf minnow species, showing extensive Hox gene loss and genome reduction linked to developmental truncation.

This paper introduces a new Bayesian node dating method that improves age estimates by using first fossil occurrences and clade-specific sampling rates, revealing trans-Atlantic dispersal of cichlid fishes.

This study develops a method to distinguish incomplete lineage sorting from introgression in Lake Tanganyika cichlids, refining species-tree estimates by excluding introgressed lineages.