Publications

Boyette JL, Bell RC, Fujita MK, Thomas KN, Streicher JW, Gower DJ, Schott RK. (2022) Molecular evolution of non-visual opsin genes across environmental, developmental, and morphological adaptations in frogs. bioRxiv. DOI:10.1101/2022.11.10.515783

Mitra AT, Womack MC, Gower DJ, Streicher JW, Clark B, Bell RC, Schott RK, Fujita MK, Thomas KN. (2022) Ocular lens morphology is influenced by ecology and metamorphosis in frogs and toads. Proc. R. Soc. B. 289: 20220767. DOI:10.1098/rspb.2022.0767 
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​Thomas KN*, Rich C*, Quock RC*, Streicher JW, Gower DJ, Schott RK, Fujita MK, Bell RC. (2022) Diversity and evolution of amphibian pupil shapes. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 137: 434-449. DOI:10.1093/biolinnean/blac095 *Equal contribution
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Schott RK, Bell RC, Loew ER, Thomas KN, Gower DJ, Streicher JW, Fujita MK. (2022) Transcriptomic evidence for visual adaptation during the aquatic to terrestrial metamorphosis in leopard frogs. BMC Biol. 20: 138. DOI: 10.1186/s12915-022-01341-z
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​Thomas KN, Gower DJ, Streicher JW, Bell RC, Fujita MK, Schott RK, Liedtke HC, Haddad CFB, Becker CG, Cox CL, Martins RA, Douglas RH. (2022) Ecology drives patterns of spectral transmission in the ocular lenses of frogs and salamanders. Funct. Ecol. 36(4): 850-864. DOI:10.1111/1365-2435.14018
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Schweikert LE*, Thomas KN*, Moreno VM, Casaubon A, Golightly C, Bracken-Grissom HD. (2022) Ecological predictors and functional implications of eye size in deep-sea shrimps. Front. Ecol. Evol. 10: 787315. DOI:10.3389/fevo.2022.787315  *Equal contribution
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​Shrimpton SJ*, Streicher JW*, Gower DJ, Bell RC, Fujita MK, Schott RK, Thomas KN. (2021) Eye-body allometry across biphasic ontogeny in anuran amphibians. Evol. Ecol. 35: 337–359. DOI:10.1007/s10682-021-10102-3  *Equal contribution
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Thomas KN, Gower DJ, Bell RC, Fujita MK, Schott RK, Streicher JW. (2020) Eye size and investment in frogs and toads correlate with adult habitat, activity pattern, and breeding ecology. Proc. R. Soc. B 287(1935): 20201393. DOI:10.1098/rspb.2020.1393
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Davis AL, Thomas KN, Goetz FE, Robison BH, Johnsen S, Osborn K. (2020) Ultra-black camouflage in deep-sea fishes. Curr. Biol. 30: 1-7. DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2020.06.044
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Thomas KN, Robison BH, Johnsen S. (2017) Two eyes for two purposes: in situ evidence for asymmetric vision in the cockeyed squids Histioteuthis heteropsis and Stigmatoteuthis dofleini. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B  372: 20160069.  DOI:10.1098/rstb.2016.0069
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