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The changing course of the Amazon River in the Neogene: center stage for Neotropical diversification by Albert, James S., Val, Pedro, Hoorn, Carina

“…ABSTRACT We review geological evidence on the origin of the modern transcontinental Amazon River, and the paleogeographic history of riverine connections among…”
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Genomic basis for the convergent evolution of electric organs by Gallant, Jason R., Traeger, Lindsay L., Volkening, Jeremy D., Moffett, Howell, Chen, Po-Hao, Novina, Carl D., Phillips, George N., Anand, Rene, Wells, Gregg B., Pinch, Matthew, Güth, Robert, Unguez, Graciela A., Albert, James S., Zakon, Harold H., Samanta, Manoj P., Sussman, Michael R.

“…Little is known about the genetic basis of convergent traits that originate repeatedly over broad taxonomic scales. The myogenic electric organ has evolved six…”
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Barrier Displacement on a Neutral Landscape: Toward a Theory of Continental Biogeography by Albert, James S., Schoolmaster, Donald R., Tagliacollo, Victor, Duke-Sylvester, Scott M.

“…Macroevolutionary theory posits three processes leading to lineage diversification and the formation of regional biotas: dispersal (species geographic range…”
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Society for the Study of Systematic Biology symposium: Frontiers in Parametric Biogeography by Albert, James S., Antonelli, Alexandre

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Molecular phylogeny and biogeographic history of the armored neotropical catfish subfamilies hypoptopomatinae, neoplecostominae and otothyrinae (siluriformes: loricariidae) by Roxo, Fábio F, Albert, James S, Silva, Gabriel S C, Zawadzki, Cláudio H, Foresti, Fausto, Oliveira, Claudio

“…The main objectives of this study are estimate a species-dense, time-calibrated molecular phylogeny of Hypoptopomatinae, Neoplecostominae, and Otothyrinae,…”
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Accelerated body size evolution in upland environments is correlated with recent speciation in South American freshwater fishes by Cerezer, Felipe O., Dambros, Cristian S., Coelho, Marco T. P., Cassemiro, Fernanda A. S., Barreto, Elisa, Albert, James S., Wüest, Rafael O., Graham, Catherine H.

“…Speciation rates vary greatly among taxa and regions and are shaped by both biotic and abiotic factors. However, the relative importance and interactions of…”
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Phylogenetic structure of body shape in a diverse inland ichthyofauna by Torgersen, Kevin T., Bouton, Bradley J., Hebert, Alyx R., Kleyla, Noah J., Plasencia, Xavier, Rolfe, Garrett L., Tagliacollo, Victor A., Albert, James S.

“…Body shape is a fundamental metric of animal diversity affecting critical behavioral and ecological dynamics and conservation status, yet previously available…”
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Phylogenetic revision of Gymnotidae (Teleostei: Gymnotiformes), with descriptions of six subgenera by Craig, Jack M, Kim, Lesley Y, Tagliacollo, Victor A, Albert, James S

“…The diversity of gymnotid electric fishes has been intensely studied over the past 25 years, with 35 species named since 1994, compared to 11 species in the…”
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Why the short face? Developmental disintegration of the neurocranium drives convergent evolution in neotropical electric fishes by Evans, Kory M., Waltz, Brandon, Tagliacollo, Victor, Chakrabarty, Prosanta, Albert, James S.

“…Convergent evolution is widely viewed as strong evidence for the influence of natural selection on the origin of phenotypic design. However, the emerging…”
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Shift from slow- to fast-water habitats accelerates lineage and phenotype evolution in a clade of Neotropical suckermouth catfishes (Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae) by Roxo, Fábio F, Lujan, Nathan K, Tagliacollo, Victor A, Waltz, Brandon T, Silva, Gabriel S C, Oliveira, Claudio, Albert, James S

“…Identifying habitat characteristics that accelerate organismal evolution is essential to understanding both the origins of life on Earth and the ecosystem…”
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A new species of barred Sternopygus (Gymnotiformes: Sternopygidae) from the Orinoco River by Torgersen, Kevin T., Galindo-Cuervo, Aleidy M., Reis, Roberto E., Albert, James S.

“…Abstract A new species of Sternopygus is described from the Orinoco River of Venezuela using traditional methods of morphometrics and meristics, and…”
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Biogeography of curimatid fishes reveals multiple lowland–upland river transitions and differential diversification in the Neotropics (Teleostei, Curimatidae) by Melo, Bruno F., Albert, James S., Dagosta, Fernando C. P., Tagliacollo, Victor A.

“…The Neotropics harbors a megadiverse ichthyofauna comprising over 6300 species with approximately 80% in just three taxonomic orders within the clade…”
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Diversification of Neotropical Freshwater Fishes by Albert, James S, Tagliacollo, Victor A, Dagosta, Fernando

“…Neotropical freshwater fishes (NFFs) constitute the most diverse continental vertebrate fauna on Earth, with more than 6,200 named species compressed into an…”
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Evolution of the Yangtze River and its biodiversity by Chen, Feng, Xue, Ge, Wang, Yeke, Zhang, Hucai, Clift, Peter D., Xing, Yaowu, He, Jun, Albert, James S., Chen, Jun, Xie, Ping

“…Documenting the origins of megadiverse (sub)tropical aquatic ecosystems is an important goal for studies of evolution and ecology. Nonetheless, the geological…”
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A redescription of deep-channel ghost knifefish, Sternarchogiton preto (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae), with assignment to a new genus by Bernt, Maxwell J., Fronk, Aaron H., Evans, Kory M., Albert, James S.

“…ABSTRACT From a study of morphological and molecular datasets we determine that a species originally described as Sternarchogiton preto does not form a…”
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Gymnotiform electric fishes of the Tres Fronteras region of the western Amazon by Torgersen, Kevin T., Bogotá-Gregory, Juan D., Acosta-Santos, Astrid, Potosí-Chuña, Jhon J., Agudelo-Cordoba, Edwin, Albert, James S.

“…Gymnotiform electric knifefishes are an important yet undersampled component of the Neotropical aquatic biota. We report on the gymnotiform fauna of the Tres…”
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Gravity and the evolution of cardiopulmonary morphology in snakes by Lillywhite, Harvey B., Albert, James S., Sheehy, Coleman M., Seymour, Roger S.

“…Physiological investigations of snakes have established the importance of heart position and pulmonary structure in contexts of gravity effects on blood…”
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Scientists’ warning to humanity on the freshwater biodiversity crisis by Albert, James S., Destouni, Georgia, Duke-Sylvester, Scott M., Magurran, Anne E., Oberdorff, Thierry, Reis, Roberto E., Winemiller, Kirk O., Ripple, William J.

“…Freshwater ecosystems provide irreplaceable services for both nature and society. The quality and quantity of freshwater affect biogeochemical processes and…”
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Genetic differentiation through dispersal and isolation in two freshwater fish species from coastal basins of Northeastern Brazil by Abreu, João Marcelo S., Waltz, Brandon T., Albert, James S., Piorski, Nivaldo M.

“…Abstract The coastal basins in Northeastern Brazil used in this study make up two different ecoregions for freshwater fishes (Amazonas estuary and coastal…”
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Systematics and biogeography of Sternarchellini (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae): Diversification of electric fishes in large Amazonian rivers by Ivanyisky III, Stephen J., Albert, James S.

“…The Sternarchellini (Gymnotiformes, Apteronotidae) is a clade of 10 electric fish species that inhabit deep river channels of the Amazon and Orinoco basins,…”
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