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 See more: NHM article, Featured on journal cover 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 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 See more: York University, 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 See more: NHM, FE summary, Featured on journal cover 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 See more: FIU 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 See more: Featured on journal cover 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 See more: NHM, Popular Science, Psychology Today, IFLScience 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 See more: New York Times, Smithsonian Mag, Medium, Popular Science, BBC, ScienceNews, Newsweek, National Geographic, CNET, Duke University 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 See more: Discover Magazine, National Geographic, Smithsonian Mag, LiveScience, Duke University, Wired, CBC Radio |