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Sequential female assessment drives complex sexual selection on bower shape in a cichlid fish (2010)
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Young, K. A., Genner, M. J., Haesler, M. P., & Joyce, D. A. (2010). Sequential female assessment drives complex sexual selection on bower shape in a cichlid fish. Evolution, 64(8), 2246-2253. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.00984.x

In many animals, sexual selection on male traits results from female mate choice decisions made during a sequence of courtship behaviors. We use a bower-building cichlid fish, Nyassachromis cf. microcephalus, to show how applying standard selection a... Read More about Sequential female assessment drives complex sexual selection on bower shape in a cichlid fish.

Do taxonomic divisions reflect genetic differentiation? A comparison of morphological and genetic data in Coenonympha tullia (Müller), Satyrinae (2009)
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Joyce, D. A., Dennis, R. L. H., Bryant, S. R., Shreeve, T. G., Pullin, A. S., & Ready, J. S. (2009). Do taxonomic divisions reflect genetic differentiation? A comparison of morphological and genetic data in Coenonympha tullia (Müller), Satyrinae. Biological journal of the Linnean Society, 97(2), 314-327. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01213.x

Historically, morphological variation has been used to classify many species (and subspecies) of Lepidop tera. However, some of this variation may be unsuitable for inferring the recent evolutionary history of populations. Genetic data provide an alt... Read More about Do taxonomic divisions reflect genetic differentiation? A comparison of morphological and genetic data in Coenonympha tullia (Müller), Satyrinae.

Solutions for PCR, cloning and sequencing errors in population genetic analysis (2009)
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Cummings, S. M., McMullan, M., Joyce, D. A., & van Oosterhout, C. (2010). Solutions for PCR, cloning and sequencing errors in population genetic analysis. Conservation genetics, 11(3), 1095-1097. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-009-9864-6

PCR and sequencing artefacts can seriously bias population genetic analyses, particularly of populations with low genetic variation such as endangered vertebrate populations. Here, we estimate the error rates, discuss their population genetics implic... Read More about Solutions for PCR, cloning and sequencing errors in population genetic analysis.

Simple practical approach for sample loading prior to DNA extraction using a silica monolith in a microfluidic device (2009)
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Shaw, K. J., Docker, P. T., Haswell, S. J., Joyce, D. A., Dyer, C. E., Greenman, J., & Greenway, G. M. (2009). Simple practical approach for sample loading prior to DNA extraction using a silica monolith in a microfluidic device. Lab on a chip, 9(23), 3430-3432. https://doi.org/10.1039/b913309g

A novel DNA loading methodology is presented for performing DNA extraction on a microfluidic system. DNA in a chaotropic salt solution was manually loaded onto a silica monolith orthogonal to the subsequent flow of wash and elution solutions. DNA was... Read More about Simple practical approach for sample loading prior to DNA extraction using a silica monolith in a microfluidic device.

Disruptive sexual selection on male nuptial coloration in an experimental hybrid population of cichlid fish (2008)
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Seehausen, O., van der Sluijs, I., Pierotti, M. E. R., Stelkens, R. B., Smith, A. M., & Joyce, D. A. (2008). Disruptive sexual selection on male nuptial coloration in an experimental hybrid population of cichlid fish. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences, 363(1505), 2861-2870. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2008.0049

Theory suggests that genetic polymorphisms in female mating preferences may cause disruptive selection on male traits, facilitating phenotypic differentiation despite gene flow, as in reinforcement or other models of speciation with gene flow. Very l... Read More about Disruptive sexual selection on male nuptial coloration in an experimental hybrid population of cichlid fish.

Indirect mate choice, direct mate choice and species recognition in a bower-building cichlid fish lek (2008)
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Genner, M. J., Young, K. A., Haesler, M. P., & Joyce, D. A. (2008). Indirect mate choice, direct mate choice and species recognition in a bower-building cichlid fish lek. Journal of evolutionary biology, 21(5), 1387-1396. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01558.x

Sexual selection arising through female mate choice typically favours males with larger, brighter and louder signals. A critical challenge in sexual selection research is to determine the degree to which this pattern results from direct mate choice,... Read More about Indirect mate choice, direct mate choice and species recognition in a bower-building cichlid fish lek.

Age of cichlids: New dates for ancient lake fish radiations (2007)
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Genner, M. J., Seehausen, O., Lunt, D. H., Joyce, D. A., Shaw, P. W., Carvalho, G. R., & Turner, G. F. (2007). Age of cichlids: New dates for ancient lake fish radiations. Molecular biology and evolution, 24(5), 1269-1282. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msm050

Timing divergence events allow us to infer the conditions under which biodiversity has evolved and gain important insights into the mechanisms driving evolution. Cichlid fishes are a model system for studying speciation and adaptive radiation, yet, w... Read More about Age of cichlids: New dates for ancient lake fish radiations.

An extant cichlid fish radiation emerged in an extinct Pleistocene lake (2005)
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Joyce, D. A., Lunt, D. H., Bills, R., Turner, G. F., Katongo, C., Duftner, N., …Seehausen, O. (2005). An extant cichlid fish radiation emerged in an extinct Pleistocene lake. Nature, 435(7038), 90-95. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature03489

The haplochromine cichlid fish of the East African Great Lakes represent some of the fastest and most species-rich adaptive radiations known(1), but rivers in most of Africa accommodate only a few morphologically similar species of haplochromine cich... Read More about An extant cichlid fish radiation emerged in an extinct Pleistocene lake.