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Johnson ZV, Moore EC, Wong RY, Godwin JR, Streelman JS, Roberts RB. 2019. Microhabitat predicts species differences in exploratory behavior in Lake Malawi cichlids. Animal Behaviour (in press).

Burford-Reiskind MO, Reed EMX, Elias A, Giacomini JJ, McNear AF, Nieuwsma J, Parker GA, Roberts RB, Rossi RE, Stephenson CN, Stevens JL, Williams BE. 2019. The genomics of invasion: characterization of red lionfish (Pterois volitans) populations from the native and introduced ranges. Biological Invasions 21: 22471-22483.

Stuckert A, Moore EC, Coyle KP, Davison I, MacManes MD, Roberts RB, Summers K. 2019. Variation in pigmentation gene expression is associated with distinct aposematic color morphs in the poison frog, Dendrobates auratus. BMC Evolutionary Biology 18: 85.

Conte MA, Joshi R, Moore EC, Nandamuri SP, Gammerdinger WJ, Roberts RB, Carleton KL, Lien S, Kocher TD. 2019. Chromosome-scale assemblies reveal the structural evolution of African cichlid genomes. Gigascience 8: 4.

Faber-Hammond JJ, Coyle KP, Bacheller SK, Roberts CG, Mellies JL, Roberts RB, Renn SCP. 2019. The intestinal environment as an evolutionary adaptation to mouthbrooding in the Astatotilapia burtoni cichlid. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 95.
Godwin JR and Roberts RB. 2018. “Diverse genetic and environmental systems underlie evolutionarily labile sex determination in teleost fishes” in Leonard JL (ed), Transitions Between Sexual Systems. ​Springer.

Peterson EN, Cline ME, Moore EC, Roberts NB, Roberts RB. 2017. Genetic sex determination in Astatotilapia calliptera, a prototype species for the Lake Malawi cichlid radiation. Naturwissenschaften 104: 41.


Roberts RB, Moore EC, Kocher TD. 2017. An allelic series at pax7a is associated with color polymorphism diversity in Lake Malawi cichlid fish. Molecular Ecology 26: 2625.

Roberts NB, Juntti SA, Coyle KP, Dumont BL, Stanley MK, Ryan AQ, Fernald RD, Roberts RB. 2016. Polygenic sex determination in the cichlid fish Astatotilapia burtoni. BMC Genomics 17:835.​
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Cichlid Science Consortium. 2016. Oil extraction imperils Africa’s Great Lakes. Science 354:561-562

Moore EC & Roberts RB. 2016. Genital morphology and allometry differ by species and sex in Malawi cichlid fishes. Hydrobiologia, doi:10.1007/s10750-016-2912-6.

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Burford Reiskind MO, Coyle K, Daniels HV, Labadie P, Reiskind MH, Roberts NB, Roberts RB, Vargo EL, and Schaff J. 2016. Development of a universal double-digest RAD sequencing approach for a group of non-model, ecologically and economically important insect and fish taxa. Molecular Ecology Resources, doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.12527.

​Albertson RC, Powder KE, Hu Y, Coyle KP, Roberts RB, Parsons KJ. 2014. 
Genetic basis of continuous variation in the levels and modular inheritance of pigmentation in cichlid fishes. Molecular Ecology 21:5135-50.
​​Gammerdinger WJ, Conte MA, Aquah EA, Roberts RB, Kocher TD. 2014. Structure and Decay of a Proto-Y Region in Tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus. BMC Genomics 2014, 15:975.

Moore EC, Roberts RB. 2013. Polygenic Sex Determination. Current Biology 23: R510-R512. 

​​Loh YH, Bezault E, Muenzel FM, Roberts RB, Swofford R, Barluenga M, Kidd CE, Howe AE, Di Palma F, Lindblad-Toh K, Hey J, Seehausen O, Salzburger W, Kocher TD, Streelman JT. 2012. Origins of shared genetic variation in African cichlids. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 30:906-17. 


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O’Quin CT, Drilea AC, Roberts RB, Kocher TD. 2012. A small number of genes underlie male pigmentation traits in Lake Malawi cichlid fishes. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution 318:199-208.

Roberts RB, Hu Y, Albertson RC, Kocher TD. 2011. Craniofacial divergence and ongoing adaptation via the hedgehog pathway. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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​Ser J, Roberts RB, Kocher TD. 2010. Multiple interacting loci control sex determination in Lake Malawi cichlid fishes. Evolution 64: 486-501.

Roberts RB, Ser J, Kocher TD.  2009. Sexual conflict resolved by invasion of a novel sex determiner in Lake Malawi cichlids. Science 326: 998-1001.

​Barrick CJ, Roberts RB, Rojas M, Rajamannan NM, Suitt CB, O'Brien KD, Smyth SS, Threadgill DW. 2009. Reduced EGFR causes abnormal valvular differentiation leading to calcific aortic stenosis and left ventricular hypertrophy in C57BL/6J but not 129S1/SvImJ mice. American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology 297:H65-75. 


​Kaiser S, Park YK, Franklin JL, Halberg RB, Yu M, Jessen WJ, Freudenberg J, Chen X, Haigis K, Jegga AG, Kong S, Sakthivel B, Xu H, Reichling T, Azhar M, Boivin GP, Roberts RB, Bissahoyo AC, Gonzales F, Bloom GC, Eschrich S, Carter SL, Aronow JE, Kleimeyer J, Kleimeyer M, Ramaswamy V, Settle SH, Boone B, Levy S, Graff JM, Doetschman T, Groden J, Dove WF, Threadgill DW, Yeatman TJ, Coffey RJ Jr, Aronow BJ. 2007. Transcriptional recapitulation and subversion of embryonic colon development by mouse colon tumor models and human colon cancer. Genome Biology 8:R131. 

Roberts RB, Thompson CL, Lee D, Mankinen RW, Sancar A, Threadgill DW. 2006. Wildtype epidermal growth factor receptor (Egfr) is not required for daily locomotor or masking behavior in mice. Journal of Circadian Rhythms 16;4:15. 


Roberts RB, Threadgill DW. 2005. “The Mouse in Biomedical Research” in Eisen EJ (ed), The Mouse in Animal Genetics and Breeding Research, Imperial College Press, London. 
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Mrosovsky N, Redlin U, Roberts RB, Threadgill DW. 2005. Masking in waved2 mice: EGF receptor control of locomotion questioned. Chronobiology International 22:963-74. 

Roberts RB, Arteaga CL, Threadgill DW. 2004. Modeling the cancer patient with genetically engineered mice: prediction of toxicity from molecule-targeted therapies. Cancer Cell 5:115-20. 

Roberts RB, Min L, Washington MK, Olsen SJ, Settle SH, Coffey RJ, Threadgill DW. 2002. Importance of epidermal growth factor receptor signaling in establishment of adenomas and maintenance of carcinomas during intestinal tumorigenesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 99:1521-6. 


Strunk KE, Roberts RB. 2001. The 14th annual International Mammalian Genome Society Conference: A glimpse into the future of murine functional genomics. Genesis. 29:153-5.

In the News

One gene, multiple alleles: insights into the microevolution of pigmentation polymorphisms. ME Santos. 2017. Molecular Ecology 26: 2605.

What’s the difference between microevolution and macroevolution? The answer straight from one fish’s mouth. O’Quin K. 2011.
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The pattern of a female sex chromosome. Madge B. 2009. Cell 139: 445. (PDF)

Boys against girls. 2009. Nature 641: 700. (PDF)

East African cichlid fish offer new understanding of genetic basis of sex determination. 2009. National Science Foundation News.

Genetic conflict in fish led to evolution of new sex chromosomes. Blake KE. 2009. UMD College of Chemical and Life Sciences.

Photo credits (RB Roberts)

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Journal of Experimental Zoology B. 2013: 318:n1.

​Maan ME, Sefc KM. 2013. Colour variation in cichlid fish: developmental mechanisms, selective pressures and evolutionary consequences. Semin Cell Dev Biol.
24:516-28.

Wurm Y, Keller L. Parasitoid Wasps: From Natural History to Genomic Studies. 2010. Current Biology.
20:R242-R244.
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Evolution: Boys against girls. 2009. Nature.
461:700.

Madge B. 2009. The Pattern of a Female Sex Chromosome.
Cell. 139:3.

Protas ME, Patel NH. 2008. Evolution of coloration patterns. Annu Rev Cell Dev Biol. 24:425-46.
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Vogel G. 2003. Scientists Dream of 1001 Complex Mice.
Science.
301:456-457.

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