List of works - Karen L Carleton

A BAC-based physical map of the Nile tilapia genome.

scientific article

A detailed investigation of the visual system and visual ecology of the Barrier Reef anemonefish, Amphiprion akindynos

scientific article published on 11 November 2019

A novel exome probe set captures phototransduction genes across birds (Aves) enabling efficient analysis of vision evolution

scientific article published in 2021

A second locus contributing to the differential expression of the blue sensitive opsin SWS2A in Lake Malawi cichlids

scientific article published in 2022

A second-generation genetic linkage map of tilapia (Oreochromis spp.).

scientific article

Adaptive molecular evolution in the opsin genes of rapidly speciating cichlid species

scientific article

Adult plasticity in African cichlids: Rapid changes in opsin expression in response to environmental light differences.

scientific article

Allelic variation in Malawi cichlid opsins: a tale of two genera

scientific article published on 4 June 2010

An EST resource for tilapia based on 17 normalized libraries and assembly of 116,899 sequence tags

scientific article

An evaluation of the role of sensory drive in the evolution of lake Malawi cichlid fishes

scientific article

Ancestral duplications and highly dynamic opsin gene evolution in percomorph fishes

scientific article

Axes of visual adaptation in the ecologically diverse family Cichlidae

scientific article published on 19 May 2020

Behavioral color vision in a cichlid fish: Metriaclima benetos.

scientific article published on 25 May 2017

Cardinalfishes (Apogonidae) show visual system adaptations typical of nocturnally and diurnally active fish

scientific article published on 11 June 2019

Chromosome-scale assemblies reveal the structural evolution of African cichlid genomes

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Cichlid fish visual systems: mechanisms of spectral tuning

scientific article published on March 2009

Color discrimination thresholds in a cichlid fish: Metriaclima benetos

scientific article published on 03 September 2019

Colour vision and speciation in Lake Victoria cichlids of the genus Pundamilia.

scientific article published in December 2005

Colour vision in marine organisms

scientific article published on 25 February 2015

Depth-dependent plasticity in opsin gene expression varies between damselfish (Pomacentridae) species.

scientific article published on 4 June 2016

Determination of the Genetic Architecture Underlying Short Wavelength Sensitivity in Lake Malawi Cichlids

scientific article

Diurnal variation in opsin expression and common housekeeping genes necessitates comprehensive normalization methods for quantitative real-time PCR analyses

scientific article published on 07 August 2019

Divergence in cis-regulatory sequences surrounding the opsin gene arrays of African cichlid fishes

scientific article

Evolution of cichlid vision via trans-regulatory divergence

scientific article

Evolution of the cichlid visual palette through ontogenetic subfunctionalization of the opsin gene arrays.

scientific article published on 23 May 2006

Gene duplication and differential gene expression play an important role in the diversification of visual pigments in fish.

scientific article

Group Active Engagements Using Quantitative Modeling of Physiology Concepts in Large-Enrollment Biology Classes.

scientific article published on 2 December 2016

Interspecific variation in Rx1 expression controls opsin expression and causes visual system diversity in African cichlid fishes

scientific article published on 24 May 2014

Intraspecific cone opsin expression variation in the cichlids of Lake Malawi.

scientific article published on 19 November 2010

Limited variation in visual sensitivity among bowerbird species suggests that there is no link between spectral tuning and variation in display colouration.

scientific article

Lineage-specific expansion of vomeronasal type 2 receptor-like (OlfC) genes in cichlids may contribute to diversification of amino acid detection systems

scientific article

Long‐wavelength‐sensitive (<i>lws</i>) opsin gene expression, foraging and visual communication in coral reef fishes

scientific article published in 2023

Mix and match color vision: tuning spectral sensitivity by differential opsin gene expression in Lake Malawi cichlids.

scientific article

Movement of transposable elements contributes to cichlid diversity

scientific article published on 13 October 2020

Multiple Genetic Mechanisms Contribute to Visual Sensitivity Variation in the Labridae

scientific article published on 12 October 2015

Multiple trans QTL and one cis-regulatory deletion are associated with the differential expression of cone opsins in African cichlids

scientific article published on 18 December 2018

New evidence for the role of heterochrony in the repeated evolution of cichlid opsin expression

scientific article published in March 2011

Opsin Expression in the Central Nervous System of the Mantis Shrimp Neogonodactylus oerstedii

scientific article

Opsin evolution in damselfish: convergence, reversal, and parallel evolution across tuning sites.

scientific article published on 19 October 2012

Parallel evolution of opsin gene expression in African cichlid fishes

scientific article published on 2 July 2010

Plasticity of opsin gene expression in cichlids from Lake Malawi

scientific article published on 30 March 2010

Proximate and ultimate causes of variable visual sensitivities: Insights from cichlid fish radiations.

scientific article published on 06 April 2016

Retinal specialization through spatially varying cell densities and opsin coexpression in cichlid fish.

scientific article published on 3 November 2016

Reviewing guppy color vision: integrating the molecular and physiological variation in visual tuning of a classic system for sensory drive

scientific article published on 09 June 2018

Rod and cone opsin families differ in spectral tuning domains but not signal transducing domains as judged by saturated evolutionary trace analysis

scientific article published on 16 June 2005

Rose-colored goggles

scientific article published on 01 February 2003

Sea urchin tube feet are photosensory organs that express a rhabdomeric-like opsin and PAX6.

scientific article published on 30 March 2011

Seeing the rainbow: mechanisms underlying spectral sensitivity in teleost fishes

scientific article published on 23 April 2020

Sensory modalities in cichlid fish behavior

scientific article

Short-term colour vision plasticity on the reef: changes in opsin expression under varying light conditions differ between ecologically distinct fish species

scientific article published on 16 November 2018

Speciation through sensory drive in cichlid fish.

scientific article

Spectral tuning by opsin coexpression in retinal regions that view different parts of the visual field.

scientific article published in December 2014

Tbx2a modulates switching of RH2 and LWS opsin gene expression

scientific article published on 19 March 2020

The eyes have it: regulatory and structural changes both underlie cichlid visual pigment diversity

scientific article

The fish eye view: are cichlids conspicuous?

scientific article

The genomic substrate for adaptive radiation in African cichlid fish

scientific article

The opsin genes of amazonian cichlids.

scientific article

The relationship between lens transmission and opsin gene expression in cichlids from Lake Malawi

scientific article published on 11 December 2009

Ultrasensitive dual-beam absorption and gain spectroscopy: applications for near-infrared and visible diode laser sensors ⬇️

scientific article published on June 20, 1995

Variable light environments induce plastic spectral tuning by regional opsin coexpression in the African cichlid fish, Metriaclima zebra

scientific article

Variable vision in variable environments: the visual system of an invasive cichlid (Cichla monoculus) in Lake Gatun, Panama ⬇️

scientific article published on 18 March 2019

Vision using multiple distinct rod opsins in deep-sea fishes

scientific article

Visual adaptation could aid sympatric speciation in a deep crater lake

scientific article published on 20 November 2019

Visual pigment evolution in Characiformes: the dynamic interplay of teleost whole-genome duplication, surviving opsins and spectral tuning

scientific article published on 18 May 2020

Visual sensitivities tuned by heterochronic shifts in opsin gene expression

scientific article

Why UV vision and red vision are important for damselfish (Pomacentridae): structural and expression variation in opsin genes.

scientific article published on 20 December 2016

List of works by Karen L Carleton

A BAC-based physical map of the Nile tilapia genome.

A detailed investigation of the visual system and visual ecology of the Barrier Reef anemonefish, Amphiprion akindynos

A novel exome probe set captures phototransduction genes across birds (Aves) enabling efficient analysis of vision evolution

A second locus contributing to the differential expression of the blue sensitive opsin SWS2A in Lake Malawi cichlids

A second-generation genetic linkage map of tilapia (Oreochromis spp.).

Adaptive molecular evolution in the opsin genes of rapidly speciating cichlid species

Adult plasticity in African cichlids: Rapid changes in opsin expression in response to environmental light differences.

Allelic variation in Malawi cichlid opsins: a tale of two genera

An EST resource for tilapia based on 17 normalized libraries and assembly of 116,899 sequence tags

An evaluation of the role of sensory drive in the evolution of lake Malawi cichlid fishes

Ancestral duplications and highly dynamic opsin gene evolution in percomorph fishes

Axes of visual adaptation in the ecologically diverse family Cichlidae

Behavioral color vision in a cichlid fish: Metriaclima benetos.

Cardinalfishes (Apogonidae) show visual system adaptations typical of nocturnally and diurnally active fish

Chromosome-scale assemblies reveal the structural evolution of African cichlid genomes

Cichlid fish visual systems: mechanisms of spectral tuning

Color discrimination thresholds in a cichlid fish: Metriaclima benetos

Colour vision and speciation in Lake Victoria cichlids of the genus Pundamilia.

Colour vision in marine organisms

Depth-dependent plasticity in opsin gene expression varies between damselfish (Pomacentridae) species.

Determination of the Genetic Architecture Underlying Short Wavelength Sensitivity in Lake Malawi Cichlids

Diurnal variation in opsin expression and common housekeeping genes necessitates comprehensive normalization methods for quantitative real-time PCR analyses

Divergence in cis-regulatory sequences surrounding the opsin gene arrays of African cichlid fishes

Evolution of cichlid vision via trans-regulatory divergence

Evolution of the cichlid visual palette through ontogenetic subfunctionalization of the opsin gene arrays.

Gene duplication and differential gene expression play an important role in the diversification of visual pigments in fish.

Group Active Engagements Using Quantitative Modeling of Physiology Concepts in Large-Enrollment Biology Classes.

Interspecific variation in Rx1 expression controls opsin expression and causes visual system diversity in African cichlid fishes

Intraspecific cone opsin expression variation in the cichlids of Lake Malawi.

Limited variation in visual sensitivity among bowerbird species suggests that there is no link between spectral tuning and variation in display colouration.

Lineage-specific expansion of vomeronasal type 2 receptor-like (OlfC) genes in cichlids may contribute to diversification of amino acid detection systems

Long‐wavelength‐sensitive (<i>lws</i>) opsin gene expression, foraging and visual communication in coral reef fishes

Mix and match color vision: tuning spectral sensitivity by differential opsin gene expression in Lake Malawi cichlids.

Movement of transposable elements contributes to cichlid diversity

Multiple Genetic Mechanisms Contribute to Visual Sensitivity Variation in the Labridae

Multiple trans QTL and one cis-regulatory deletion are associated with the differential expression of cone opsins in African cichlids

New evidence for the role of heterochrony in the repeated evolution of cichlid opsin expression

Opsin Expression in the Central Nervous System of the Mantis Shrimp Neogonodactylus oerstedii

Opsin evolution in damselfish: convergence, reversal, and parallel evolution across tuning sites.

Parallel evolution of opsin gene expression in African cichlid fishes

Plasticity of opsin gene expression in cichlids from Lake Malawi

Proximate and ultimate causes of variable visual sensitivities: Insights from cichlid fish radiations.

Retinal specialization through spatially varying cell densities and opsin coexpression in cichlid fish.

Reviewing guppy color vision: integrating the molecular and physiological variation in visual tuning of a classic system for sensory drive

Rod and cone opsin families differ in spectral tuning domains but not signal transducing domains as judged by saturated evolutionary trace analysis

Rose-colored goggles

Sea urchin tube feet are photosensory organs that express a rhabdomeric-like opsin and PAX6.

Seeing the rainbow: mechanisms underlying spectral sensitivity in teleost fishes

Sensory modalities in cichlid fish behavior

Short-term colour vision plasticity on the reef: changes in opsin expression under varying light conditions differ between ecologically distinct fish species

Speciation through sensory drive in cichlid fish.

Spectral tuning by opsin coexpression in retinal regions that view different parts of the visual field.

Tbx2a modulates switching of RH2 and LWS opsin gene expression

The eyes have it: regulatory and structural changes both underlie cichlid visual pigment diversity

The fish eye view: are cichlids conspicuous?

The genomic substrate for adaptive radiation in African cichlid fish

The opsin genes of amazonian cichlids.

The relationship between lens transmission and opsin gene expression in cichlids from Lake Malawi

Ultrasensitive dual-beam absorption and gain spectroscopy: applications for near-infrared and visible diode laser sensors ⬇️

Variable light environments induce plastic spectral tuning by regional opsin coexpression in the African cichlid fish, Metriaclima zebra

Variable vision in variable environments: the visual system of an invasive cichlid (Cichla monoculus) in Lake Gatun, Panama ⬇️

Vision using multiple distinct rod opsins in deep-sea fishes

Visual adaptation could aid sympatric speciation in a deep crater lake

Visual pigment evolution in Characiformes: the dynamic interplay of teleost whole-genome duplication, surviving opsins and spectral tuning

Visual sensitivities tuned by heterochronic shifts in opsin gene expression

Why UV vision and red vision are important for damselfish (Pomacentridae): structural and expression variation in opsin genes.