Michael Matschiner

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

This study investigates patterns and drivers of cranial evolution in rhinos using geometric morphometrics, phylogenetic methods, and allometric analysis, finding that horn presence and size influenced cranial shape under phylogenetic constraints.

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

This study uses ancient DNA techniques to sequence museum specimens of Lophichthys boschmai, revealing its phylogenetic position as a sister lineage to Tathicarpidae within Antennarioidei.

The study uses mitochondrial genome sequencing of museum specimens to assess species diversity within the Channichthys genus, finding high divergence in Charcoal Icefish and suggesting its validity as a distinct species.

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

The paper presents a chromosome-level genome assembly and structural annotation for Emplectonema gracile, a ribbon worm, and highlights its utility for studying nemertean evolution and toxicology.

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 introduces msprime 1.0, a high-performance simulation tool for ancestry and mutation in population genetics, showing it is faster and more memory efficient than existing alternatives.

Dsuite, a C++ tool, computes D and f4-ratio statistics across all trios of tens to hundreds of taxa directly from VCF, plus windowed fd/fdM and f-branch.

The paper presents a high-quality chromosome-level genome assembly of the nine-spined stickleback, revealing evolutionary insights and chromosomal rearrangements compared to the three-spined stickleback.

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.