Chase Doran Brownstein

This study investigates the adaptive radiation of butterflyfishes on coral reefs, finding a recent radiation in the Late Miocene linked to ecological opportunities from coral reef turnover and coral diversification.

The paper reports the geographic distribution of the Birmingham Darter Etheostoma birminghamense, extending its known range and linking its occurrence to specific geological features.

This study uses genome data from 48 chondrichthyan species to test shark monophyly, finding conflicting results across genomic markers.

This paper challenges the classification of the fossil Cryptovaranoides microlanius as a crown squamate, highlighting issues with the morphological analysis supporting this claim.

The study resolves the phylogenetic relationships of Percomorpha's closest relatives and shows their diversification occurred after the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction, obscuring Mesozoic origins.

This study reconstructs the evolutionary history of holocephalians, finding that their diversification into deep-sea environments occurred after the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction, contrasting with earlier hypotheses.

This study shows how sexual parasitism and immune gene degeneration in anglerfishes enabled their evolutionary radiation into deep-sea pelagic habitats during a global warming event.